flames. we hear from her. the supreme court weighs in on whether employers can claim religion beliefs to avoid paying for certain birth control. and a project looking to transform a neighborhood.. details. >> one minute, loretta was working on her laptop and the neck she was rushed to the hospital with serious burns. authorities say the lithium ion battery in her laptop exploded and flames spread over her upper body, charred her clothing and damaged the carpet in her home. and speaking with letter hours after released from hospital and live outside of the fire department with more on the story. >> that's right, rick, investigators from the fire department here are looking into exactly what caused that laptop battery to explode as you said. the fire that occurred in the woman's home sent her to the

hospital, causing burns and damage to her living room. >> all of a sudden at any blew up. >> using the 6 year old computer at the desk when fire broke out. >> i caught my shirt on fire. i grabbed my shirt off. the rug was on fire and everything, it blew like five or six feet. >> and burns on her arms and face as she ripped off her burning blouse and used it and the water from her dog's bowl to distinguish the flames and she hurt her foot as she ran from the room to get her disabled husband. >> and my foot is the worse. i came down and steps on the battery part. yeah, stepped on that. >> they are not sure what caused the lithium ion battery to explosion. it could be the battery, a

replacement. and also looking at the power supply and there may be a surge after an outage in the neighborhood. and lithium batteries have been blamed, especially those not have the manufacturer. and dell says they should use only dem -- dell-authorized product. >> if it seems to be too good to be true, think before you buy it. >> the investigation of the cause of the fire is continuing. and experts warn it is a good idea to keep laptop batteries away from medal objects like coins or keys or even jewelry. and make sure they don't get wet. water, especially salt water can get inside causing corrosion and all of that. and can cause fires like this one. >> thank you. we have this just in to "action news" news. at that guilty plea in the murder of a cabbie in burgton

county. kerry coleman pled guilty tooled toing a ing a ring ar rra -- .d and he must serve at least 22 years for the killing. the philadelphia police hoping that someone recognizes the man this this video watching in to the lofts on south street and broke in to apartments and stole jewelry and cash, walk out later. and it helped 10 days ago. if you recognize the thief call north as soon as possible. >> a bucks county teenager charged with the rapes of ten young girls. josh mennsen.

and he met victims through online dating sites or at the mall. held on $5 million bail. from our delaware news room tonight, new castle county police are searching for a suspected flasher who has struck the hoe area where he stepped from a tree-lined area next to the road. if you have seen him contact the police. the philadelphia water department spent date repairing an 8-inch water main. this is how it looked after midnight. and thousands of gallons of water flowing do you want street. and the street was closed much of the day tore repairs. and big news for north philadelphia. the city received $30 million to improve housing and job opportunities in the

neighborhood. mayor nutter made ate -- the announcement outside of the apartments. and it is an h.u.d. neighborhood grant. and new and refurbished homes will be built on this site. the work creates 600 construction jobs and 300 permanent jobs. and they believe it is the first step to lowering crime and poverty. a decision that can impact women in the workplace. ing the supreme court roomed that corporations do not have to pay for a woman's con at that exceptions. involving hobby lobby and a lancaster-based company. the owners argued they should not have to play for certain birth control citing religious leaves that is covered under obamacare. kristin has the details. >> good evening.

this is it a battle between a railroad compa -- the religious rights of employers and women. today the religious rights won out. >> a major victory for supporters of religious liberty and pro-life groups. today the supreme court ruled 5-4 in favor of two family-run businesses that fought an obamacare provision that would require them to provide free contraceptives to employees. >> the supreme court recognize the american families do not lose funneled -- fundamental rights when they own a business. >> that and conestoga. and the white house says it jeopardy or -- >> and president barack obama thinks that women should make health conditions for themselves rather than bosses deciding for them.

>> a big blow for the obama separation the first time they ruled that for-profit businesses can hold religious views under the read law. and they stopped short much do it for large, publicly-traded company. keeping it on where it o belongs, the greens and the haughns and every day americans living out their faith. >> and they are worried it can pave the way for bigger companies to follow suit. >> working with congress to see any women affected by the decision still have the same coverage of vital health services as everyone else. >> split along the lines with all conservative judges ruling against the barack obama. >> and more on the supreme court's ruling including the potential impact on millions of businesses and women employees. watch it following "action news at 6:00." and time for an update honestly the highways and byways

on a monday night. >> and matt pellman to see the latest >> hi guys. ending june with a commute that would be worse. better than most but a fewish pews. the disabled vehicle to the side and people are slowing down to see what is going on. and a broken down car at broad street giving us extra heavy delays off 76. in old city don't forget that through wednesday afternoon the fifth street vehicular tunnel is closed nor maintenance. and maintaining the water main break in this morning. and summer dale heavy closed and a few issues in new jersey this afternoon. in hamilton township a crash 195 web by 130 often the left shoulder. and westbound near 73. and the northbound of delsey

drive closed for work on the gas main. and still with main street or 322 as alternates. back over to you. >> thank you. and much more to come on "action news" tonight. toronto's controversial mayor out of rehab and back to work and you hear from him about his stint in treatment coming up. and the u.s. taking on belgian. and we have an injury update on one of the star players. as we turn the calendar a lot of changes heading our way. humidity, is your pours and possibly a tropical storm. all of the changes coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> a lot going on. >> those stories, and the son of a hollywood megastar arrested and charged with having cocaine. details when "action news at 5:00" continues in just a moment.

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says "the wild beasts will pay a heavy price." one. teenagers add dual israeli-american citizenship. president barack obama says congress is delaying immigration reform and taking action on the issue. and in a rose garden news conference announcing paroles on the boarder and homeland security to step up security. asking congress for $2 million to address what he calls an you are kent h -- calls an urgent humanitarian situation. and the toronto mayor out of rehab and before cameras again. and late this afternoon he spoke before reporters at toronto city hall. entering rehab for two months after admitting to an alcohol problem and he struggled with

drugs and made offensive comments. >> after experiencing some of the darkest moments in my life, i decided that enough was enough. i had become my own worst enemy. >> he says he face as lifetime of battling the demons of alcohol and drugs and begged for forgiveness. now to the scare in the air. investigators are working to determine how an evacuation slide began inflating inside of an airlines jet. from chicago to southern california in the air, declaring an emergency at 38,000 feet. you see from the photos the slide beginning to fill up the galley or kitchen area.

>> and i heard a pop noise and you look back and see it inflated by an air bag in a car. >> the captain came on and said we have a problem and started noses it down staying we will find a place to land. >> landed in kansas. and all are ok. and federal investigators may need weeks to look into what went wrong. and ducis rodgers here with sports. news about a young eagles players. >> and the eagles right tackle, layne johnson faces an nfl suspension. the reports say he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will be suspended the first four games of the upcoming nfl season. the nfl has not formally announced anything yet. johnson as a rookie last season started every single game. if the recovery goes well the sixers with a big christmas

gift. embiid. he was afraid his foot injury would cause him to be in the second round and expected to be out of action five to eight months. >> i just wanted to get back on the court whenever i can when i feel like i am better that 110% and i will walk on and do everything and walk out and come back whenever i can. baseball, the graphic over my shoulder says phillies struggling. it says that because phillies playing awful baseball right now wouldn't quite fit. out scored losing eight of the last ten. thankfully off tonight beginning a 10-game road trip in miami tomorrow. the skipper is trying to remain positive. >> that's what we need now, to go on the road after an off-day.

go on the road where we played well and hopefully pick it up and have a road trip like we did on the last. the matches get bigger and bigger for americans at world cup, foam facing belgium and the winner advances to the quarter finals. good news on the injury fault, the striker is declared able to play missing with a hamstring. and trying to get to the quarters, belgium is a touch opponent. >> it is like a volcano ready to erupt. so talented front to back. it is incredible. a lot of these guys we are talking about are household names in their early 20s. and so we want to try to bottle it and contain if. and france and niep -- nigeria and our native the

first to ref a world cup match. opening the scoring with a header, and 2-0 to advance to the round of eight. the nhl draft behind them time for them to relax and unwind. taking part in the 2014 alumni golf invitational this morning. he can swing it the proceeds from the sold-out event benefit flyers charities. at wimbledon, novak and murray advance. and through the legs, and the first things [talking in high voice] that could have been disaster out. >> i like that, try it again. >> you know that is rick's true voice. >> we will take a break and be right back.

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>> adam joseph now keeping an eye on a very important week and lots going on. >> yeah shall the first day of july tomorrow. and not only do we change the calendar, but changes in the weather as well. and not for the best. we look now at stormtracker live double scan around the region. we are showing lots of sun. some clouds out there, but all is quiet at the present moment. and temperature-wise pretty perfect for this time of year. 85, pretty much normal for philadelphia. the normal high 86. 84 in the lehigh valley, 84 reading. 78, cooler in dover and at the shore with the wind off the water. temperatures there only in the 70s. looking at satellite and radar across the eastern half of the country. all looking ok right now. to the west a little showers in the appalachians but they fall apart here this evening. and tracking a cold front

pushing through the midwest. along the front severe weather south of waterloo in yeah. some tornado watches and warnings, hail damage. pushing east towards chicago. it is weakening and it will continue to weaken. we will not see that severe weather with the front. as the front arrivals it sparks its own down pours and thunderstorms for midweek. but prior to the front arriving from the west. tuesday and wednesday the high pressure will be just to our east. this is a heat pump with the winds coming out of the south. heat indices tuesday and wednesday between 95 degrees and 105 around here. true oppressive humidity. then wednesday afternoon into thursday, downpours and thunderstorms arrive with the front. and if that isn't enough to watch here this weekend, at the end of the week for the 4th of july we will be watching for the possibility of a tropical system that develops off the carolinas and moves just to our south and east. in fact, as we look at what we call the spaghetti plots later

this week, every single line is a different computer model looking out into the future this is for friday, the 4th of july 5:30 in the afternoon. showing the consensus of all of the models agree if there is a tropical feature or storm it slides off the coast, but close enough to bring some rain to the jersey shore and also the possibility of some very strong rip currents for 4th of july and on saturday. if you are at the shore this week it looks great the next two days. take it. and 85 degrees. a little cooler at the shore, ability of a sea breeze. 88 and dry. and thursday the wet day, 84 degrees with number use downpours and thunderstorms. and the seven-day forecast hot and humid tomorrow, 92. and a scorcher wednesday, possibility of downpours and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon. and then the majority of the tropical downpours would arrive on thursday. thursday could be a pretty active day of 88 degrees. then we will watch the tropical

feature that could become tropical storm arthur off the coast friday, staying unsettled at 82. and then everything pushes away for the weekend. saturday, sunday, gorgeous, low humidity. and heating back up monday 88. and fine-tuning it and watching it all week, but the downpours start wednesday afternoon and can continue through the fourth. >> we need a nice day on the fourth, don't want to be out there with rain. >> you have cover. much more "action news." we will be right back.

>> topping tonight's people scene, the son of actor robert downey, jr. arrested for alleged cocaine possession. he was taken into custody after a traffic stop in west hollywood yesterday. he was released after posting $10,000 bail. and right now jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories and more up next at 6:00. another 8.2 million vehicles

added to general motors recall list. the problems and which vehicles are included coming up. the search is suspended for 14 year old swimmer who went missing off the coast of ocean city, new jersey. those stories and more coming up next at 6:00. for the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass. have a great

♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> it is monday night and the big story on "action news"

tonight is more trouble for general motors. g.m. has issued a recall of 8.2 million vehicles, primarily because of faulty ignition switch. the latest recall involves mostly older mid-size cars because of what it calls unintend unintended problems. and it has no conclusive evidence that the faulty switches caused the crashes. the recall covers seven vehicles including the chevy malibu from 1997-2005. the pontiac grand pre 2004-2008. the cadillac cts, 200-2014. and the c.e.o. says today's recalls stem from a safety review from within the company and "if any other issues come t