. >> >> elizabeth noreika has more on this. >> that car was engulfed in flames when it exploded on the side of the road in canton. thankfully no one was hurt. traffic is still backed up and that explosion and fire causing huge delays. again, a car catching fire and exploding along the side of i 93 in cannot ton. nobody was hurt but big tie ups on the highway in that area. we'll keep you updated in the newsroom, elizabeth noreika 7 news. >> also breaking, boston college now saying 80 students have become ill after eating from chipotle in cleveland circle and city health inspectors are saying the highly contagious nor row virus is to blame. inside with brighton with the latest. >> city health inspectors coming row virus is causing the problems here. within the hour, you can see the closed sign on this chipotle bind me after the number of victims at boston college has more than doubled. >> workers continue toed to scrub down the chipotle where boston college students amendment before getting seriously sick. >> i got a snap chat from a friend two days ago in a hospital gown, saying he was

let's go to elizabeth noreika . >> reporter: kim, police in high school student. they say that student hacked a classmate's facebook page and posted a threat there. the sorely media threat mentioned bombs and a plan to shoot up brockton high school. the bomb squad was brought in to check things out and at this time officials say there is no credible threat. police were able to find the student using an ip address that went to that teen's cell phone. this is brockton high school's months. in the newsroom, elizabeth noreika, 7 news . >> anchor: all right, also breaking right now aaron bars. guards make a dangerous find inside his jail cell. wondering what that was? here is sheryl fiandacca with more on the story you will see . >> reporter: sources say aaron itted unit in shirley after a sh shank was found h his cell. correction officers found the prison made knife during a shake down of his prison block. sources tell us this all happened yesterday when corrections officers were seing the block and the cells where hernandez is housed. the officer found the knife hid

here is elizabeth noreika with that . >>> police in brockton have arrested a 15-year-old high school student them say that student hacked a classmate's threat. the social media threat mentioned bombs had a plan to shoot up brockton high school. the bomb squad was brought in to check things out and this time credible threat. police were able to find the student using an ip address that went to that teen's cell phone. live in the newsroom, elizabeth noreika, 7 news . >> anchor: now some breaking news on aaron hernandez. the convicted murderer is now . >> anchor: guards made a sheryl fiandacca has what was found there. sheryl? >>> sources say aaron hernandez is now in a segregated unit at the correctional center in shirley. this after a shank was found in his cell. now corrections officers made the prison discovery during a shake down of his prison block. sources tell us this happened yesterday when corrections officers were searching the where hernandez is housed. the officers found the knife hidden in his cell. hernandez was immediately taken out of general population and put into a s

this morning's is elizabeth noreika's turn. and here is elizabeth holiday helping. >> hi, everybody, when will welcome to my home. this is my husband josh. we are making a savory saucage and dish that will hit the spot we will take the chicken sausage which i have precut. you can slice it anyway you want. i have chosen chicken sausage because it's a healthier option. this is already cooked, but we want to get a nice seared, so we want to put it in a pan that has been coated coated with cooking spray. we are going to take the chicken broth and add it to this pot over here. you want to keep an eye on the chicken sausage and when it starts to 5 a nice brown crust on it. flip it over. now we're going to add the tomatoes that we diced up to the chicken broth. now we are going to add a lotted of spices but this kicks it up a notch. we have the canelini beans here. i have already rinsed them and all we need to do is add them to the pop, and cook them until they are tender. this seems like a lot, but it isn't, because it's going to you

the night team's elizabeth noreika is live in lynn with more details. >> elizabeth: that's right, adam. a 20-year-old woman, her mother, her cousin and her pregnant aunt died in this fire. lots of people have gathered here tonight to pay their respects. as you can see here, dozens of people have come tonight for a memorial, lying candles, sharing memories and being there for one another. it didn't take long for these fast-moving flames to tear through this lynn home. you can see the fire raging in cell phone video shot by a person living nearby. intense heat and smoke made this a tough fire to fight. sadly it was a tough one to escape. investigators say four people were trapped and never made it out. >> they were lovely, like really good people, like they never got in trouble or anything. they were really good people. >> elizabeth: the building was so heavily damaged, even after the flames were out there was still danger. watch again in the background. building collapses with fire crews below. kimberly seravino an her family lived on the third floor and were home when the fire started.

elizabeth noreika has the story. >> reporter: two elves safely tucked into these stockings in her living room. >> it was an emergency. i was very nervous. >> reporter: izzy made a desperate call to 911. the elf ended up on the floor. >> hello? hi. why are you calling 911? >> suddenly, izzy panicked. >> there was an accident. >> you could just say you made a mistake. okay? >> she was throwing a ball and accidentally hit her elf. police came to the door worried that she was in real trouble. her mom woke up to see her daughter trying toshoe the cops away. the officer radioed headquarters. >> go ahead. >> isabella apologized. she won't call 911 again. >> reporter: the police were understanding. >> to her, it was an emergency. she touched the elf and she was going to ruin christmas so. that was her emergency. in her mind, she did right. and it was fine with us. >> izzy learned her lesson with santa. >> he knows i'm not going to >> christa: up next, the final holiday helping today. adam williams introducing us to a holiday cookie from his >> sarah: we are whipping up our favorite holiday recip

elizabeth noreika, 7news. >> the first case connected in the death of freddie gray in baltimore helding in a mistrial, these are live pictures over the scene where protestors are demonstrating along the streets lined with police officers. >> gray died after he was taken into police custody. >> jurors saying they couldn't determine whether the baltimore police officer was criminally responsible for his death. we understand a news conference protests continue there on the streets. and their desire to reach a just and impartial verdict doesn't always work. that's the nature of the system but i have every confidence that it will work in the future . >> it's just a bump along the road to justice. of bumps. >> again, most hung injuries get retried and those that get retried are usually 70% or so in favor of conviction, about 20 something percent in favor of -- >> you've been listening into a news conference law norgsment officials talking about the hung jury which was seen as a blow. people are now in front of the courthouse. they're protesting the judge's announcement, which you can see here

in the newsroom, elizabeth noreika, 7news. >>> the first case connected to the death of freddie gray ending in a mistrial. tonight protestors gathering in baltimore, we've got some pictures coming in right now of some crowds that are demonstrating and just listen. >> along the streets, they're lined with police officers. let's get to ryan schulteis here with more tonight. >> freddie gray died after he was taken into police custody and jurors say they could not determine whether a baltimore police officer was criminally responsible for his death. to the prosecution of the trials of five other police officers freddie gray. the jury deliberated for the past two days even telling the judge they were deadlocked and now with the jury unable to reach a verdict, the judge there declared a mistrial. the 25-year-old died after he was injured while being transported in a police van. his death sparked demonstrations and riots throughout baltimore. his family urging everyone there to stay calm. pickup saw pictures earlier there of protestors chanting, having the extra police officers lining the s

elizabeth noreika is at our breaking news desk with more. >> the mayor of chicago was making a speech to the city council several groups of protestors joined chanting and calling for the mayor's resignation. these protest protesting about police brutality. >> i take responsibility for what happened. because it happened on my watch. and if we're going to fix it, i want to understand it's my responsible with you -- responsibility with you. but if we're also going to begin the healing process, the first step in that journey is my step. and i'm sorry. chicago native and former

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elizabeth noreika reports from lowell with the very latest. a baby stroller and crime scene tape are all that's left after police in lowell say a driver hit a group of people crossing the street, including children. it happened here at the intersection of flechler and varney streets. crowds gathered as the victims were loaded up into ambulances and taken to the hospital. >> my heart goes out to them. it is a sad thing to happen. especially this time of year. with the holidays being nearby, this is the last thing you want to hear about. >> reporter: as police investigated, neighbors say this area is very dangerous and drivers do not slow down. >> it is not real good here. >> it is really bad around here. people should have respect for when you are driving, that is common sense. >> kris: also on 7: dangerous deliveries leaving drivers a bit shaken up in worcester after a string of violent encounters hitting close to home for some. one driver says he was attacked and robbed at gunpoint. now he is talking about this takeout trouble. kimberly bookm

i'm elizabeth noreika. >> and i'm kim khazei. we hope you have a great evening. we know a lot of you are starting your holiday celebration. recipe is up tonights. that will be fun. we hope you come back and see us for 7news at 11:00 or cw56 at 10:00.

. >> reporter: i'm elizabeth noreika. savory saucing an with spin of and beans . >> reporter: get the less pier for this holiday helping tonight at 11:00 and for more go to >> anchor: lebron james flies into a fan while trying to grab a loose ball. it turns out it was the wife of star pj golf jason day . >> anchor: she had to bing a taken from the floor by strepper strepper. skirt emoments during the nba game between oak ago city thunder and cleveland caviliers. after lebron james scrambling to get a loose ball on the fourth six foot 8, 250 pound all-star crashing into a woman sitting court side. that woman is early day, we of australian pro golf jason day. officials stopped the game while day who gave birth to her second child just last month was placed in a neck brace and put on a stretcher. she was rushed to cleveland metro hospital. apology. i hope you are doing okay. my apologies. hope you guys come back to another game soon. love lj. while the team tweeted we hope you feel better quick and are back for a game soon.

. >> elizabeth noreika joins us with the details. >> yeah, before the meeting several groups of protestors joined forces at city hall chanting and calling for the mayor's resignation and other groups have staged marches and sit-ins around the city. these protests center around the deadly police shooting of 17-year-old mcdonald back in 2014 and other cases of alleged police brutality in the city. this video of mcdonald's shooting was released last month prompting protests and the resignation of chicago's police chief and today the mayor spoke

chicago native and former masshusetts governor deval in the newsroom, elizabeth noreika, 7news. >>> bc has stopped the use of all self service food at its dining halls like salad bars. the goal is to stop the spread of the highly contagious norovirus. the school says more than 126 students are sick right now all of them ate at the cleveland chipolte during the past weekend. health inspectors say a sick employee went to work. >> we have breaking news out of worcester this evening. police say more remains are missing from a city cemetery. investigators discovered skeletal remains have been taken from a mausoleum sometime in october and now they believe someone broke into a second building. a connecticut man is facing charges in the first theft. he told police he's a san ria priest and stole the bones for a healing ceremony. >> a rollover on 95 south in peabody, traffic is down to just one lane there. but police say that no one is hurt. >> and there's more breaking news at 6:00. the red sox now stepping up safety after several fans are hit by flying bats and foul balls at fenway park. the

. >>> in the news room, elizabeth noreika, 7 news. >>> still to come tonight trackdown, the charges a swom facing after posting that photo of her dog on facebook. >>> then at 5:30 taking the case to court, a teacher tackling discrimination at his former school. >>> an anonymous e-mail leading to a scare at several schools in cambridge. >>> and then in just one bedford found guilty in a death overseas. how long he will now stay behind bars. >>> a robbery in new hampshire takes a thief threatens to ignite the situation. we have knows stories and much more. hope you stay with 7 mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps like this one that lets you choose a time for us to call you. so instead of waiting on hold, we'll call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone rings] but a little less crazy. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. >>> a connecticut woman admitted to a cruel crime. >> her dog named brow

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zero first months payment p p on a new passat >> anchor: another 60 minutes of 7 news ahead of' elizabeth noreika . >> anchor: i'm kiss kayy. stay right there for 7 news at 5 5:30. >> anchor: now at 5:30, running from a crash an running from court. police look first asuspected hit and run driver who skipped his court date . >> anchor: tragedy in westport. a fierce fire kills a four four-year-old boy . >> anchor: the texas teen known for his a nfl uenza defense is on the run. why police think his mother is helping him hide . >> anchor: same big hits but a different feel. gillette stadium getting a winter classic makeover. we're following breaking news now at 5:30. the nashua school district will reopen tomorrow. after threats were made to the

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elizabeth noreika, 7 news . >> anchor: join us tomorrow morning we'll have complete storm force cover as you get ready to star your day. we'll track the some as it moves in. daniel will keep an eye on road conditions will we'll have reporters bringing you the latest conditions get started toll morning at 5:00 a.m. >> anchor: also on 7, a boston chipolte restaurant is back in business after a more virus out outbreak forced officials to shut it down. dozens of bc students got sick. tonight kimberly book hahn live in cleveland circle. kimberly, how is it going? >>> well, know, it just after 5 5:30 which is about dinner tie. take a look over my shoulder. you can see it's fairly quiet inside the restaurantment remember, this neighborhood is full of college students and right now they are on winter break between miss christmas and it was an unusual site. the very people who suspended chipolte's license to operate in cleveland circle were among the first customers to dine at the restaurant when it reopened. >>> very comfortable about coming here and having lunch . >> anchor: boston's inspect

i'm elizabeth noreika . >> anchor: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: we begin with break breaking news right now. a pedestrian hit by a car in somerville tonight two people >> anchor: susan tran is now in somerville on the phone with the very latest. susan? >> reporter: you are looking at this car here. it is a white suv and what we're told by state police who are on scene is that this was a stolen vehicle that was driving and as they were making this turn here in somerville right under the expressway, they hit a person who was crossing the street. we do know that person has non- non-life-threatening injuries and is taken to a local hospital and police were able to arrest the two people involved. now we had a photographer who was on scene earlier right when this was all happening and he described the scene to police just running throughout the area checking all of the neighboring buildings and it was just a very chaotic scene here in somerville but we do know right now is that they say they did make the arrest of two people and there is no one else that t

. >> anchor: i'm elizabeth noreika. tonight governor baker is trying to reassure people the t is staff safe. our coverage begins with 7's byron barnett who is live now in south boston with this pat of the story. byron? >> reporter: well, investigators were already saying they were focusing on operate error but now a source is telling 7 news that the operator may have tampered with the controls. controls.. a source familiar with the investigation tells 7 news the operator of that run away train apparently tied a chord around the throttle when he exited the train to override a signal . >>> i said at the time that the investigation was ongoing, but that i had been led to believe that the throttle had been tampered with. that's still my understanding . >> anchor: this is a train operator's cab like the one on the run away train. the throttle is the big lever on the control panel. t officials say if the operate did tie a chord around it. he would be facing serious consequences. that restricted thmovement of

i'm elizabeth noreika . 7 news at 5:00 starts now p breaking news of a violent threat in nashua, new hampshire prompting schools to shut down. . >> anchor: also break, a mother and her two young children missing. police now asking for the pledge pledge's help . >> anchor: a deadly drive on the las vegas strip killing one person and injuring dozens of others. the woman accused now behind . >> anchor: temperatures 40's . >> anchor: breaking news out of fenway. another red sox legend getting his number added to the right field facade steve harvey crowns miss universe but then takes back her title. >> anchor: we begin with break breaking news at 5:00. a violent threat shutting down schools in nashua, new hampshire today but administrators just announced that things will resume as inal tomorrow. so police tell us this threat was very specific and directed at the city's to high schools . of all the students and staff

passat >> anchor: there is another 60 minutes of 7 news straight ahead ahead. thompson, i am elizabeth noreika noreika. 7 news at 5:30 starts right now. >> anchor: breaking news at 5 5:30. everett police with guns drawn on christmas in a standoff after witnesses heard an explosion . >> anchor: a fierce fire swallows a rhode island home forcing families on to the street on christmas day . >> anchor: a postal worker delivering a christmas miracle to a man in need of a kidney . >> anchor: and before you power you your new gadget, how you can protect yourself against hackers targeting your tech gifts. >> anchor: we start here at 5 5:30 with breaking news. in everett a dramatic, tense standoff still unfolding as we speak. witnesses telling police they heard gun shots, once officers got to the scene a man ran into his home. he hasn't come out since. officers have been talking with the man over a loudspeaker even fired tear gas into the home and if we are getting updates from our crew here we'll bring them live to you on 7 news .

elizabeth noreika, 7news. >>> and in worcester, police say there are more remains missing investigators discovered skeletal remains from taken from the mausoleum and now they believe someone broke into yet another building. a connecticut man is facing charges in the first case. he told police that he's a santa ria police and stole the bones for a healing ceremony. >> and breaking news from major league baseball. the league recommending more safety measures at ballparks. this comes after some fans were injured by broken bats and foul balls. >> the goal here is to protect fans at all 30 major league ballparks. dan hausle live at fenway to tell us more about what's happening. >> a lot of fans are looking for the best seats possible and for many of those fans, those seats are right here next to the dugouts, right next to the field. but those can be also the most dangerous seats so now the league and red sox adding extra protection. >> reporter: just months after sox phantommia carpenter suffered horrific injuries by a flying bat at fenway park, the baseball are announcing to increase the pr

i'm elizabeth noreika. >> and i'm kim khazei. stay right there for 7news at >> reporter: chipolte given the green light to re-open in cleveland circle. the reaction and when the restaurant could be back in business. >>> temperatures 40s and 50s even warmer by christmas eve. >> also two men lucky to be alive after falling into the cold waters in boston. plus, the mbta releasing its first financial report. it could be a painful picture for t riders. then senator ted cruz firing back after a controversial cartoon mocking his two young daughters. >>> and food for thought, a community outrage after a lunch lady is fired for giving a student a free meal. >> no white christmas in sight because it's william for the holidays. temperatures continue to warm throughout the region and tomorrow well, it's almost summer like. as we get those tropical temperatures, the wet weather keeps showering on. rain and thunderstorms are moving in once again this evening. >> how long will this last? your forecast.

. >> anchor: i'm elizabeth noreika. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. we start here with breaking news news. reports of shots fired in everett. swat teams on the scene where police say a man barricaded himself inside of a home there . >> anchor: then lights out for hundreds of families we're starting back with bragging news in brockton swat teams on the scene of the situation most of the afternoon and right now it is still going on . >> anchor: yeah, that's right. i believe we have a live report reporter out on the scene as well. withally get get straight to kelly o'hara covering this for an developing situation there. kelly, what you can tell us how? >>> yes, good afternoon. now this has been going on for about five hours right now. i don't know if you can hear or see it but they are firing shots into that home right now. we dote know if they are gun shots or if they are tear gas. now this has been very fluid just about a moment before we went live, police were saying to the man inside of that home come out, come out, put the gun down, come out with yo

firefighters had to deal with the serious collapse concern forcing crews to step back to safety. 7's elizabeth noreika shows the heart stopping details. >> it didn't take long for the fast-moving lanes to tear through this lin home. lynn home. intense heat and smoke made this a tough fire to fight. sadly it was a tough one to escape. investigators say four people were trapped and never made it out. >> they were lovely, like really good people. they never got in trouble. they were really good people. >> reporter: the building so heavily damaged that even after the flames were out there was still danger. watch a in the background during an interview. with firecrews below. kimberly and her family lived on the third floor and were home when the fire started. >> we couldn't breathe and see anything. >> she says she could hear people calling for help. >> they need help. >> reporter: you hear them? >> yes. >> but we couldn't do anything. >> reporter: now the family who moved here from puerto rico say it's about looking to the future and being grateful they made it out alive. >> we came here five years ago wi

as 7's elizabeth noreika tells us, they're expecting the war of words to fire back up in just a few days. >> elizabeth: don't feel guilty about your last-minute christmas shopping. even presidential candidates are procrastinating. >> normally i'm much better right. >> elizabeth: jeb bush browsing for a game. >> unlike donald trump, i didn't try to have a m.p.ly. >> elizabeth: and taking shots at donald trump, who is focused on hillary clinton in a not-so-silent night on christmas eve. >> i haven't gone after hillary yet. there's a lot to go after. she's very suss sentable. the job she's done is horrible. >> elizabeth: trump's attacks just getting started, cautioning clinton to be careful, and while trump has called clinton a liar, she's under fire now for what after examining his controversial comments and determining three-quarters are not true, that's also not hurting. >> donald trump is the only candidate i've seen in how many cycles that's been able to get away with what he gets away with. the electorate constantly forgives him for the things that he says. >> thank you. >> elizabeth:

elizabeth noreika, 7 news today in new england. >> anchor: stop what you are doing for a moment and take a look at this video. a close call caught on camera. the czech republic a passenger train slamming right into a tractortrailer truck. the truck driver apparently ignored the crossings red flashing lights something he should not have done. driving over the tracks just as that train was coming through there and is t swipes the trailer right off of the truck but didn't hit the cab of the truck driver suffered minor injuries. everyone on board that frank was okay. wow. still ahead this morning an anonymous donor bringing holiday cheer it a place that was struck by violence just a year ago. >> anchor: weather we had in southern new england, another mild day today. who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. ahead.. >> reporter: mild weather continues

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i'm elizabeth noreika . 7 news at 5:00 starts now p breaking news of a violent threat in nashua, new hampshire prompting schools to shut down.