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out scoring them 11-0 over the last three matches and trying to keep the trend going tonight. on the road, union getting a taste o their own medicine. camara scores twice. union dropped three of the last four. how about the sole playing baltimore against the only team that has beaten them this year. sole getting revenge beating them by 49 points, 70-21. the regular season is over next saturday. nascar, it's the truck series. kyle busch dominating early but knocked out by justin halee who won last night's race. with busch done, his understudy takes the checkered flag.
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>> joel embiid is good at playing around and playing football. why not combine the two? i'm sure he would love to do that to javar ball one day. >> one day. thank you, jeff. "action news" at 11:30 next. we take you to wildwood where residents and visitors ride out the storm. plus a little boy is being called a hero for what he did when he saw flames inside the family home. plus the federal government is looking at how much room airline passengers are getting to sit and stretch their legs. details when we come back. ♪ ♪
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under the microscope. a young child is dead following a fast-moving fire that destroyed their camden home. annie mccormick has more from the cooper medical center where some are recovering tonight. the camden row home, four children and two adults were transported to hospital. some children were tossed to neighbors, but the four-year-old didn't make it out alive. her grandmother shared her picture tonight. >> she was is sweetest little girl. >> the family is trying to comprehend that she's gone. >> so much life ahead of her. it's hard on all of us. the fire started at 1282 and
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damaged 1284. when firefighters respond today the blaze just after midnight the flames were so intense several other homes on the block wereaffected. >> we have family members locally here onsite. >> two adults and four children taken to the hospital, ten days old to 12 years old. firefighters on the scene say smoke detecters inside the home were working. annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> a man is recovering after being shot after being shot this afternoon. the 18-year-old victim was found
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on the porch of his home. he was rushed to temple hospital in critical condition. so far authorities don't know who shot him or why. >> from our delaware news room, four people were hit by gunfire in the wilmington block overnight. initially, authorities responded to the area after hearing reports of shots fired. they first found a 26-year-old man with gunshot wounds. a search of the area, two men and a woman all taken to hospital and expected to be okay. >> one year after a man was mured on his birthday in bristol, his family hopes you can identify his killer. here's rick williams with the crime fighter report. >> he was out going, very out spoken. he would give anyone he considered a friend, anything.
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>> travis lyle says good nature makes his brother herbert's murder that much more puzzling. >> wouldn't hurt anybody. >> tuesday, july 26, 2016, herbert was at his cousin's house in bristol. about 9:00 p.m. herbert called him. >> he called me about 9:00 p.m. and told me that someone tried to rob him. they put a gun to him. >> little did travis know four hours later at 12:45 a.m., herbert would be killed. they say he received a phone call. when he walked outside, they heard two gunshots. >> police found the 32-year-old dead on the sidewalk. >> the 27th was his birthday. >> will is a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the
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person responsible. 215546-tips. all calls remain anonymous. for him to be the person he was, wouldn't hurt anyone. for someone to do this to him, our family, his children, i feel like deserve justice. >> for crime fighters, i'm rick williams, "action news." >> parts of new jersey are drying out after heavy flooding in many communities. "action news" surveyed the street flooding in the surrounding neighborhoods. drivers were able to get through without too much of a headache. in atlantic county the waters reached further inland. residents and visitorred road out the storm. >> heavy rain, high winds, overnight, it was a downpour. the storm brought enough rain to
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submerge streets and cars. in wildwood we spoke to one family trying to get out of town before sunup. they weren't having luck. >> it's flooded up to my driver's middle of the door. stay off the road if you can. that was 5 thm this morning. now we see the results, park avenue in wildwood was severely flooded. sarah fullerton tried to get to work but she stalled. >> i thought i would have a nice drive to work but the flooding was about four feet, right past the door of my car. i tried to drive out to work. didn't happen. >> she did walk in, but she says the morning's activity was limited. >> no one is coming to work, so i'm standing here trying to find
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something to do. >> if you are someone like greg with a ford excursion suv, the water was still no match. but he was being careful. others in cars, not so much. >> they are blasting through and stalling the little cars. >> if you are driving through the streets that are flooded, go slow so you don't create big waves to go into homes and businesses and cause further damage. bob brooks, "action news." >> dozens of young protesters gathered in camden this afternoon. >> the students are protesting plans to demolish camden high school. they say their voices have not been heard. the high school is scheduled to be torn down in, in october and replaced with four buildings.
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an emergency popped up on this family's property. you hear from the dad what happened. >> if you are tired of not having enough leg room on your flight, the federal government says they are going to do something about it. cecily? >> low humidity. i tell you how long we stay in the comfort zone in the accuweather, seven-day forecast. ♪ ♪
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family home caught fire. harrison was home with his family on sunday. his dad cut the grass and put the mower in the barn. 20 minutes later there were flames in the barn. his dad told him to call 911. he did that and more, grabbed his baby sister and carried her to the oak tree in the front yard. >> he was chatting with 911. the tree was the designated meeting spot in the family 911 plan. the fire destroyed the family home but they hope to rebuild. tesla handed over keys to the newest car. if all reservations turn into
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actual orders, it will become one of the best selling vehicles in the country. >> best buy's geek squad is about to get smaller. the company is eliminating 400 positions. best buy is roughly 20,000 people working on the geek squad. >> the faa is under a federal court order to increase leg room on airlines. an adequacy group has pushed for new rules. small airline seats put passengers at risk for blood clots in legs. the aj size has been cut an inch and a half. airlines say adding extra seats can improve efficiency and offer
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better fares for traveler, but who wants to go anywhere? that's right. stay here. great temperatures tomorrow. live in sky six looking at dill worth park, christmas in july out there tonight. i think this weather is a little bit of a gift, especially after the way our weekend started with heavy rain in parts of the viewing area. no rain out there now at all. even the clouds are clearing. you can see where the clouds are clearing, temperatures dropping quickly. poconos, 56. allentown and reading, 53. philadelphia 71, low 70s along the shore with lingering clouds, moving out overnight. dewpoints tell the story. last night we had dewpoints in the 70s.
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they were tropical. 50s along the i-95 area still with 60s along the coast. around 50 tomorrow. that's comfortable. satellite and radar showing the storm system out of here. it was all about location. areasnorth of philadelphia barely got a drop of rain. three, four, five, seven and a half inches of rain. a lot of flooding along the coast. that storm pushing storms away. no a.c. tonight. 63 in center city. if you want to take the kids to the playground tomorrow, if they are feeling cabin fever issue after today, tomorrow should be perfect. put on the sunscreen. i'm a mom. temperatures across the board
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tomorrow in the low 80s and upper 70s with bright sunshine and low humidity. high pressure is building in. monday, 87-degrees. again, low humidity. as the high pressure moves east through the week, temperatures respond to the low 90s. down the shore tomorrow, breezy, better than today. a high risk of rip currents, stay on the beach. be careful about going into the water. 81 the high. in the poconos, race weekend, it should be fantastic, a high of 75. the exclusive accuweather forecast, we deserve a forecast that looks like this, tomorrow, sunny, 83. sunday, 87. tuesday, as high pressure moves east, we have a return flow, warming up to 90-degrees. wednesday, hot and humid, 91-degrees. there is a possibility of pop up
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thunderstorms, a better chance later in the week. thursday, make it up to 90-degrees. could be the sixth heat wave of the year. friday, showers and thunderstorms, temperatures back to the 80s. next saturday, thunderstorms and 86-degrees. enjoy the weather tomorrow. we deserve it. if you don't have the opportunity tomorrow, monday and tuesday as well. >> in north philadelphia, members of the community took steps to fight childhood obesity. when the wawng was over there were free health screenings and tips for living. the event was organized by the medical association. ♪ ♪
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>> jeff here with another check of sports. a few hours from now, fans will check out the eagles. >> they'll be cheering for alshon jeffrey. in training camp, jeffrey left drills with a shoulder injury but he returned fine. good news. nick foals is not practicing because of a sore elbow. no word on how much time he could miss. for the first time in camp, eagles in full pads. today, carson wentz hitting targets to perfection. he doesn't miss a throw. >> today was a good day for offense. we had a few snafus here and there, but it was in a good day. we executed well. only one practice, but that's as well as we have executed since i
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have been here. >> for us to come out today and have the day we had is a good building block for our offence. >> i'm sure that sounds good to sydney jones. eagles have their first open practice tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. should be a packed house as eagles get the look at the new team. >> i'm looking forward to spend time with them, sign autographs. football is football. playing with one person or out on the link, we have to be sharp every time we come out here. that's the biggest think i'm worried about. >> new phillies outfielder picked up with the jeremy hellickson trade joining the phils tomorrow. it will be a conundrum playing
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time. down 3-1 in the eight. aaron altair, driving in another. rbi single, phillies get within one. coming up big, herrera, flips the bat all you want. game tieing homer 3-3 to the 11th, ty kelly breaking up the tie. two outs, bases loaded, phillies win 4-3-11. they won for the second time in three weeks. ty kelly getting a shower tonight. >> jeff, thank you. finally, it's the summer of love with the pennsylvania spca. they held the summer love and adoption event. the goal was to find homes for the dogs at the shelter the
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castle: so, what do you think? this feels different, doesn't it? what does? rolling up to a crime scene as a married couple. we're like nick and nora charles. ooh, like "mcmillan & wife." "hart to hart." "turner & hooch." turner and hooch aren't even married. yeah, but you still remind me a little of hooch. [ camera shutter clicks ] so, uh, morning blend? did this just happen? ryan: yeah. jogger found him about an hour ago. lanie: which was about the time he died. needless to say, pretty obvious what killed him. gunshot wound to the head. "him" being paul reeves out of queens. we're running down next of kin. anyone hear the shot? no, and there's no video coverage in this area of the park. the killer probably knew that. took reeves' phone, cash from his wallet, and probably waltzed right out of here. looks like a mugging gone wrong. well, there's no signs of struggle. if this was a mugging and he didn't put up a fight, why risk shooting him, especially in broad daylight? singed fabric. nobody heard anything because the killer used a backpack
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