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whadowsueneral brrerent i te.n ih of85 w by 6:00 p.m. during the afternoon a chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm in a couple of neighborhoods, where they hit they could be drenchers. we'll have more on that coming up. karen. >> reporter: all right, dave we're checking out the schuylkill expressway, so far so good, that's the westbound traffic heading toward the boulevard. the construction on the boulevard near broad street has
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cleared. we can see speeds on the blue route, schuylkill expressway and i-95. in good shape. later on we have a lot going on. the mann center performance at 7:00. as well as the susquehanna bank center. you'll see lots of congestion later. we have a building fire going on in clifton heights. springfield road stick to providence. we have another accident on prince frederick street and one in upper providence on louis road. >> a car collided head-on with a ambulance. here's what happened. broad and tioga in north philadelphia at 1:30, police say the driver of a chevy impala crossed into the southbound lanes and slammed into the ambulance. the driver of the car is in critical condition. a patient in the ambulance is in
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stable condition. none of the medics were seriously hurt. the search is on for a gunman who shot and killed a 30-year-old man who was sittingness suv. it happened in the grays ferry section of philadelphia around 11:15, officers found the victim sitting in the driver seat with two gunshot wounds to his head. he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced. the drivers side window was open and shell casings littered the ground around the suv. >> police are talking about a temple student being assaulted on campus as the freshman class was moving in. katherine scott is live in north philadelphia, katherine. >> reporter: well, eva we're lerping about the story, there are different accounts about what happened, here's what we learned so far, for the student we don't know what year they are in, but we have been told they
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were treated and released in the hospital. this happened late yesterday afternoon. according to temple university they say that the student was punched in the face and subjected to antisemitic and religious slurs. but there's an account of the incident from temple students justice for palestine. it happened during temple fest at welcome week at temple university. they say is a victim was will a are asking a booth set up by the club, while a student not affiliateed with him did slap him. university officials said the university condemn assault on a person -- they did reach out to temple jewish and pro palestinian
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communities. they are looking for information on the attack, if you witnessed it, temple university police are investigating. we're live in north philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> katherine thank you for that. lehigh valley couple are being investigated into the death of three other children. investigators are taking a second look at the deaths of three of the couple's other children, two died at and a third child died of chronic knew money a i can't when he was 7 months old. taney dragons have to shake off last night's loss and get ready for a game with a tough chicago team. mo'ne davis struck out 6 of the players, but gave up 3 runs.
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nevada went on to win 8-1. after the game, he said he didn't think the media hype didn't take her off her game. >> she wasn't locating her pitches as she typically does, i don't think any of the distractions this week impacted that. >> if taney beats chicago tonight the team would earn a rematch with vegas with the u.s. title game on saturday stay with us with "action news" as taint request gets to play again. chad perdelli will be covering of the rest of the little league world series live from williamsport. there's another major security breach this affect us locally. maribel abers is live at the nasdaq in time square. >> reporter: ups delivered bad news, a computer virus affected
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100,000 transactions in the philadelphia area. ups store on the 1400 block of route 70 in cherry hill was breached from april 29 to august 11. delaware is the first state to give heirs access to online accounts of those who died. the law is the first of its kind and took effect last week. other states such as connecticut and rhode island give executors limited access to e-mail accounts. the tooth fairy feels the pinch for a slugy economy. the going rate is 3.40 cents that's 30% drop.
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visa did a survey. they lunched the tooth fairy calculator app to help. teach your kids the value of compound interest early, think how much it would be worth now. the bigger the tooth the more you should get. >> my parents were like a quarter is what you get. >> reporter: it was 50 cents tops in my house, but that was a while ago. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we have nothing in the way of lgpcet. cloud oeasternhean p 7hi2 intl in t yofpi wl. e m toooet a treof
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>> sky6 live hd taking a live look for us, this morning of the platt bridge. you can see up of traffic. more lights coming across and going across the bridge, 6:15 on this fabulous thursday. >> you know, karen, it looks dark out there, really gray. we have a good amount of clouds, but we have sunshine, as well. aven.ne l 495 andrtn eaglein sod
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72. 495 northbound is closed. 69 degrees, 85 is the high, clouds and sunshine, watching for spotty thunderstorms not affecting your morning commute, ould impact yourvening commute. 85 is the high. flash flooding in thailand has turned deadly, surging waters swept away a 60-year-old man, another 60-year-old man is missing after the house he was in was torn apart by the heavy downpours. army rangers are coordinating eleaf efforts in the stricken area. outrage is spreading over the beheading of james foley.
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foley's family priest said the pope plans to call the family with condolences later today. president obama was called out by name bye-bye -- by foley's murderer. the president has ordered a new round of airstrikes in iraq. >> we'll be vigilant and relentless, when people harm americans anywhere we do what's necessary to see that justice is done. >> the white house has revealed that the president approved a secret rest rescue mission into syria earlier summer trying to save foley and the other american captives. >> in tech news, apple is teeming up with the nfl here's devon dwyer. >> reporter: good morning, nfl is teaming up with apple.
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>> r ce s cover.po bu wng t c heavy -- heavier toward montgomery and girard. we have a disabled tanker truck on the schuylkill expressway westbound. we're jamming to city avenue overall. we have an accident at west branch road and one in glenside at jenkintown road and garfield avenue. we have a building fire in clifton heights, closing thorndale road and springfield, stick to providence road they are out there on the scene with the buildings fire at clifton heights. ben franklin bridge, eastbound traffic no problems construction blocking the r50eu89 -- right
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lane. westbound no problems. >> campus police at temple university are investigating a student assault. temple said a student was punched in the face and subjected to antisemitic and religious slurs yesterday afternoon, but there are differing accounts. the group known as justice for palestine said another student was harassing. another student not affiliated the group slapped the student. they said no antisemitic slurs were spoken. temple has reached out to the temple jewish students and pro palestinian groups. police found bullets in the
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side of a home in point breeze late last night. someone drove the young victim to the hospital where he died. witnesses gave officers a vague description of the suspected shooter. there are police cameras in the area that could provide additional clues. a police-involved shooting in camden sent one man to the hospital in critical condition. chopper 6hd flew over the scene of the 1100 block of north 35th street. the camden county prosecutor's office is handling the investigation, but has yet to issue a statement. 64:00, an american doctor who contracted the ebola virus while working in west africa will be released in atlanta today. he received an experimental drug before being flown to an isolated unit at emory hospital. brandtly himself will give a statement. the world health organization has declared it a global
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3:00 p.m., 84. during the afternoon there's a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. not everybody will see it, if you do it could produce a quick-drenching downpour and dangerous lighting. >> time for a preview of "good morning america." got r hdst fm thenoetunngking >>s mmwalld honis aer t hundr o
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