12 cases of the cold or flu each year. >> reporter: back to schoolle is always an exciting time but sharing classrooms with lots of children can also lead to health problems. when children are young are they touch their face, mowlgts and noses and then touch other kids which is how they pick up other germs like colds, pink eye and strength throat what to do? avoid the water fountain. have your child bring their own bottled water to school and ask them not to share with anyone. use hand sanitizer. make sure the child gets enough rest. 1 to 12 hours of sleep a night -- 10 to 12 hours of sleep a

night is best. a good nutritious meal can build resistance. doctors say bundle up their overcoats. studies have shown people who protect themselves from hold man's winter's wrath are less likely to catch a cold later in the year. for today's health minute, reporting. one of the worst things that comes with back to school is making timing to pack paul have those lunches. experts said go for variety. try to hit all the food groups. even though you want your little ones to eat healthy, it's okay to send along a treat. and she believes communication is key. >> i think it's important for parents and children to establish an open relationship on what they're eating. if they want to buy something, be open and not to have kids feel like they have to sneak or trade with their friends.

>> forget about mills industry meat f your kids do buy, the options are much healthier than in years past. school programs now offer more fruits, veggies and whole grains. >> now that you've got that down, let has talk about school supplies. abc2 is teaming up with the preston mitchum, jr., foundation to make se kids in need have all the things they need. we are also teaming up with the young school. you can drop off supplies at the locations. you want the full list? head to abc2news.com/ school supplies. two aday scrimmages, high school football is in full swing. the ultimate tragedy. what caused the death of a rising star on the football field. >> and we talk about the dangers

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tonight egypt remains at the boiling point. >> and the u.s. continues to walk a tight rope between standing back and taking sides. karen travers on that volatile situation. >> reporter: there's an uneasy calm in egypt. earlier today a brazen attack in the sinai peninsula. they ambushed them and forced them to lie on the ground and they shot them. 25 why killed. in washington the hogs is anxious -- obama administration is anxiously watching. >> our ability to influence the

outcome in egypt is limited. it's up to the egyptian people. >> reporter: egypt is a critical ally in the middle east. the u.s. gives a billion in military aid each year but that funding may be in jep day. based on the recent instability and violence, they're reviewing that aid. >> there are consequences. >> reporter: adding to the volatile situation in egypt, hosni mubarak could be e reese -- released. judicial officials said there were no lonr grounds to keep him in culls zip ending a final verdict. the white house has not weighed in. >> there's an -- it's an egyptian matter for them to determine. >> reporter: the white house said the egyptian government must stick to its commitment to

a democratic government. monday for a lot of people back to school. for a lot of us back to work. it got bright at times, even in the state capital. the calm in the severn river. gray skies over charm city. 76 degrees right now. humidity is moderate and winds are southwesterly at the moment at the airport at five miles an hour. already a good idea to make sure you have this ready. download it for your mobile device. it can help you out in a pinch, especially when traveling. bay water temp doctoring. we're down in the low to mid-70s. last check was thomas point. how about the uv index, moderate. later into august the sun angle

starts to decrease. we get less direct sunlight. so that's a time where you can with stands more sunlight without burning because the sun angle begins to change. what little wind we have is out of the south. take a look at temperatures, comfortable. it feels a little too cool for this part of mid-august. future temperatures tomorrow, we get more seasonable. temperatures ramping up as we should find more sunshine. a better looking day and even a little warmer, upper 80s on tap wednesday. heat could peak near 90, especially in the city. how about a look at your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. look for early fog. we should top out in the mid-80s, places like essex. has we take you into the city itself, warmer numbers, probably talking upper 80s even tomorrow. we get a little more robust

sunshine. the future trend not a lot to tell you about over the next 24 hours. i mean, an isolated shower not out of the question. we have a stationary boundary south of us. looks like more sunshine on tap tomorrow. by the time we get into wednesday, we pick up a stray shower in the mountains. basically looking relatively dry a couple of relatively dry days ahead, less than a 1bilities chance of a pass -- 10% chance of a passing shower. upper midwest, great lakes, that's where it's been the past couple of days. we were stuck under the stationary front has maryland has been. we have so many cloudy days, cooler than average. we've had a station nar rip boundary -- stationary boundary. i want to show you how quiet the tropics are. we have one area of convection.

gulf warts extremely warm. we'll see what happens. we don't have a watch or concern. tonight down to 64. patchy fog will develop tomorrow, 87. morning patchy fog turns warmer. the next couple of days a little warmer each day. we could hit that summer time e lou schiff 90. it's been tough to get to in the not this summer. well, there you g we have lap chance on thursday after which milder air comes. sunshine. even if it feels like fall. give meet sun. i'm hanging on to summer. i want the sun. i wanted the 90 the whole time. i'm the only one, i think. i saw a lady in the airport wearing boots. i said in the ready. we're not going there. >> fall sweater.

high school football season in the fall. two a day scrimmages in full swing. none has ended in a tragedy like thrills. in the second half of a game between two teams many the junior collapsed after making a tackle. he died at the hospital with a broken neck. the coach said this looked like a routine play. to make matters worse it took nearly 15 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. >> his head was up. >> nothing looked out of the ordinary? >> just a regular play. it took a while for somebody to get there. >> the me said the 16-year-old died from a fractured third vertebrae due to blunt force trauma. more and more attention being put on head injuries in sports both at the high school and pro level. we've create lad condition cushion resource -- created a

concussion resource guide. here they are, two great friends, both coming back from watching a fallston basketball game in january when a stop sign almost stopped their lives. as cheryl conner tells us, their almost final drive is driving their plan for life. >> he was in the driver's seat h. ace friend was the passenger. >> we both got knocked out and he woke up, held my hand and said a prayer, which, that made me -- >> that prayer happened on mountain road in fall stofnlt the driver of a pickup truck ran a stop sign and hit josh's suv. >> josh's vehicle came across mountain road and up this emnkment before wrapping around the telephone pole.

>> josh was in critical condition a broken pelvis. 28 screws now hold him together, a punctured lung and brain injury that' raced over a month of memory. >> the last thing i remember is christmas. >> reporter: help spent 17 days in -- he spent 17 days in shock trauma. he's asking you to join him on thursday as a way to thank the responders, doctors and nurses. >> the fallston fire department. >> reporter: randy was on the slain that night. >> be safe, always. >> reporter: from a hug to a friend getting a rare answered. they're out to make sure their friends in fallston or taken care of because they were on that rainy january night. fallston, cheryl conner, abc2

news. >> well, josh and brandon are hoping to meet every emt who had a hand in saving their line -- lives. it will be from 2 until 8. despite years of warning, women, especially white women are spending too much time in tanning beds. past studies show young people who use them increase their risk of many types of skin cancer. these types are on the rise, especially in young white women. >> the man known as the blade runner formally charged for killing his girlfriend. who will be called to testify against piste -- oscar pistorius and how much jail time. ♪

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new developments tonight in the case against the man once hailed as an olympic hero, now accused of murder. >> tahman bradley has more on oscar pistorius. >> reporter: oscar pistorius wiped away tears inside the pretore ya courthouse -- pretoria courthouse. the charges stem from the valentine's day shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. she would have turned 33 -- 30 today. >> reporter: pistorius left court in this silver suv. he's free on bail, waiting for

the trial to gain march -- begin march 3rd, 2014. pistorius admitted shooting steenkamp mullet -- multiple times. the olympian claims he took miss steenkamp for an intruder. prosecutors submit lad list of more than 100 witness, including some neighbors who will testify about screams handgun fire they heard that night. the trial will likely be followed around the world. >> he was thought of as a golden boy, someone who overcame trem men dismuls adversity. this came crashing down when he, by his account, shot her. >> reporter: a judge will decide whether pistorius is innocent or guilty. tahman bradley, abc2 news.

christopher lane was on a baseball scholarship in oklahoma. he and his girlfriend had just gotten back from australia and decided to go for a run near campus. that's when three teens drove up and opened fire. >> there were some people who shaw him stagger across the road, go to a kneeling position and collapse on the side visit road. >> police used surveillance footage from a nearby footage to track down the teens and arrest them. a 17-year-old admitted to driving the car and told investigators a 16-year-old pulled the trigger. he is from australia. his parents still live there and are not able to make the trip to oklahoma right now. coming up all new at 6:00, new details about the truck driver, the center of last month's accident on the bay bridge. we have the latest interest --

from the ntsb. three arrests. there are four more suspects after the rash of cell phone thefts. those stories and more coming up all new at 6:00.

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a young girl will get her wish to hit the gridiron with boys. >> the 12-year-old's family plans to fight. the district changed its stance mainly because it didn't have the money to fight the aclu. children need your help going back to school. >> we'll tell you how you can

help on abc2 news at 6, which starts right now. a home improvement project turns tragic in anne arundel county after a trench collapsed. >> a guilty plea in the case of a former morgan state student accused of killing a man and eating part of him. >> the butler is number one at the box office but not everyone enjoyed it. why one couple said they were the target of racial profiling at one theater. first, a home improvement project turned deadly for one man in severn. >> the neighbors tried to save his life as they watched his life slip away before their eyes. >> reporter: a 25-year-old man was downing a -- digging a hole for footers when this collapsed.

>> jumped up, started running back and started digging. >> reporter: he hired a construction company to build a deck. >> one gentleman doug down in the hole and started digging further. as far as i they everything collapsed around him. saw the workers. they said hour friend's in there. >> reporter: ron griffin lives next door and tried to help. >> i got down on my knees and tried to dig. it was tragic. his coworkers were yelling. you could hear him back yelling. it was horrifying. >> reporter: the consistency of the sail made this diff -- soil made this difficult. >> that hole will continue to fill. every scoop we were taking out, seems like four were falling back in. >> reporter: they stood by

helpless as their coworker died before their eyes. >> not good. >> reporter: in seven, don harrison, abc2 news. now his site manager tells us his wife is expecting. the accident is new being investigated by mosha, maryland occupation safety and health advocates. we brought you the story first on twitter and on abc2news.com as soon as it happened. for the latest breaking news you can find us at twitter on abc2 news. >> are we going to see the showers for the rest of the week? chief meteorologist wyatt everhart has the answer to that. we had a cloud -- cloudy day, clouds di -- cloudy night. look at the temperatures being held down by the clouds.

73 in woodbine. 5 in -- 75 in bel air road. temperatures looking warmer, more seasonable. we should see a significant amount of sunshine, more sun than we saw today. we could see patchy fog in the morning. watch out for fog in the low valleys. all right. a former morgan state university student charged with killing a house guest last year and eating part of his organs will not strand trial. 22-year-old alex kinyua entered a not guilty plea but found not criminally responsible. harford county's state's attorney questioned the findings. >> i mean, they were -- there were things about the commission of the crime, the planning that went. the commission and the planning that went into the disposal of the evidence and the