but if you have any information, you are asked to call lowell police. for now, in lowell tonight, malini basu, fox 25 news. >>> happening tomorrow, the father accused of killing his daughter in newed 19-year-old sabryna desilva was shot and killed outside of her apartment in july. state police took her father walter desilva back to massachusetts today. he has been in connecticut. that's where u.s. marshals arrested him last month for an outstanding warrant for 2002 assault in weston. the 45-year-old faces murder and weapons charges. >>> tonight no arrests of a man and police are not saying if they are looking for a suspect after a lowell woman was found dead in her danville victim is joanne roucher and emergency crews were called to herrous on camp mel drive last night. investigators spent the day there and focused on a charred area above a vacant window. tonight her husband and son are shocked. >> just shocked. got a knock on the door this morning telling me what happened. and they were being investigated. >> like i never expected it. i don't think any

there is also that multicar crash on 495 south in lowell at lowell connector. only the right lane is getting by and we are seeing red and the backup is beginning. we will let you know when it clears. chris and kate. >> breana thanks. >>> we begin with breaking news fbi investigating several suspicious devices found inside a backpack near a train station. one exploded as a bomb squad robot tried to disarm it. >> the fbi questioning five people pulled over during a traffic stop in connection with saturday's explosion in new york city. let's get to nicole jacobs tracking the latest developments from the satellite center for us. >> reporter: the latest situation involves 5 devices found in backpack in elizabeth new jersey. no arrests have been made in any of the incidents authorities have made no official connection between them. new overnight, a suspicious package discovered in a elizabeth new jersey. found in a trash can by two men not believed to be suspects. >> saw there were wires attached to some pipes and dropped it and then they walked over to police headqu

first to lowell. you can tell by there radar, it's coming down hard, pushing off toward the northeast in billerica, led to wilmington, burlington and medford, before it gets to bedford, maldin and lynn by 5:30 p.m. this evening, asouping it holds together. no reason why it can't. let's slide off to the southwest. these are the showers and even a thunderstorm moving through this area. this one in munson has thunder and lightning with it, or has had thunder and lightning with it, hitting stafford and connecticut, it will be quickly moving in to connecticut, worcester county, coming through sturbridge. right about now into southbridge and webster by 5:00 p.m., into putnam, connecticut, by 5:30 p.m. this evening. futurecast shows that we are going to be fine tomorrow, but here is something interesting to look at. by saturday, watch how the clouds start to come in from the south. and build right over the top of us, during the day on saturday. that is associated with hermine, the storm right now, spinning a

it is of a lowell police lieutenant painted 80 years ago. they know there was a black and white photo, used as a model. not even that has helped them identify the man in the painting. they hope someone will recognize him, so that eventually lowell police can get this portrait to the man's family. >> such a great portrait. understandably he is a little nervous, he tells us why that barbara moussette: kelly came through for me and my husband, and i am just forever grateful... with my husband in cancer treatment, we fell behind on our bills, and we needed our tax refund to catch up... ...but hackers had stolen it. we were the victims of identity theft. i was terrified - we faced losing our home. she didn't know us at all, but she went to the irs and she fought for us. thanks to kelly, we got our refund and we kept our home. kelly ayotte: i'm kelly ayotte >>> just talking about the fact that the patriots do not play until sunday nine, that is just longer to weigh. i want this game to get here. patience is not the hallmark of patriots offense. >>

live in lowell, david bienick, newscenter 5. jc: a suspicious death investigation in new hampshire involving the state attorney general and the state fire marshal's office. the ag's office says police were called to the home in danville last night and found one person dead, but gave no details on who it is. there are burn marks on the side of the home. neighbors say a woman lives in the home alone. an autopsy was set for today. ben: new numbers out tonight on gas prices here in massachusetts. aaa northeast reports a gallon of self-serve, regular is now selling an average of $2.11 per gallon. that's nine cents below the national average. how was that drive this morning? let's check the tuesday evening drive home. looking good on the mass pike. the first day of school for a braintree split, 29 minutes. the pike is slowing down a little bit 93 to newton corner. 128 looking good -- where is everybody? that's first solar traffic. jc: the u.s. planning a new assault in the fight against isis. 5:00, the strategy used by the terrorists

police gave o'meara a ticket for leaving the scene and for speeding. >>> lowell police are trying to track down a man who they say exposed him lowell, it's that money in say. >> we are very committed to making sure that we're stewards of the resources given to us. and so we dot every i and cross every t. >> the state says the group must repay more than $57,000 in expenses not allowed. >>> we have new information on a story we reported earlier this week about a scandal involving the braintree police department's evidence room. we're learning four more court cases have now been thrown out as a result of this dismissed. 200 letters were sent to attorneys to notify them of the investigation. fox 25 obtained the audit revealing $400,000 in cash, 4700 drug items and 60 guns all unaccounted for in braintree pd's evidence room. >>> some quincy residents are cleaning up their backyards tonight after a massive tree snapped and crashed into one neighborhood. the tree nearly flattened the garage, wiped out a deck and knocked down a telephone pole the tree is about 150 years old. he believes the

worcester up to lowell and southern new hampshire. that just nasty out there this morning. >> catherine: build in extra time coming from those areas we will be tra >>> we are looking at a live great white -- [bleep] -- whoo! >> gene: they will need a bigger boat. a close encounter for tans fishing. they sent thus video after spotting a great white you a of sandy neck beach. they saw splashing a half a mile. if they were to guess, the length of that is that correct about ten feet. >> sara: oh, wow, and they were laughing. >>> customers flooded a brockton pizza shop. the shop just recently opened after their owner died. a man died from a heart attack vacationing in greece with his family in august. to celebrate his life, the customer challenging for the brockton community to eat at supreme pizza every day for one week. >> i came here since i was a little kid. jimmy is great guy. i know the who he will whole family a >> sometimes people come in and cry with us and hugging us, and it is amazing. >> the shop reopened friday, and the family

we have a trouble spot here. 495 southbound right at route 3 coming out of that lowell stretch. a multi-vehicle crash. last check, one lane was getting through the stretch and then heaviest after 495. that's the traffic. now you are ready for the roads be careful up on 495. >> we are following breaking news overnight. suspicious devices shut down a train station in elizabeth, new jersey. this is video of police accidentally detonating one of those five devices. in new york five people are being questioned by the fbi in connection with an explosion there. abc taken into custody last night after a traffic stop on the belt parkway in brooklyn. nobody has yet been charged in saturday night's explosion in chelsea. nearly 30 people were hurt. one plan's day went from bad to worse. he dropped his phone in the water and then got his head stuck in a jetty trying to get it. firefighters in narragansett, rhode island worked for 2.5 hours to free him. they could not use airbags because the rocks, they could shift too much, so they went hospital to be checked out for hypothermia. randy: in y

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. >>> yesterday it was hillary visited bedford. fox 25's political reporter sharman is a kielty was at that rally and she shows us what he said but more importantly what he didn't say. >> reporter: donald trump back in new hampshire speaking to a crowd at the new hampshire sportsplex in bedford. >> you don't look deplorable to me. >> reporter: he gave a typical trump speech if there is one. he calls for lower taxes, dropping the heroin crisis and painted hillary clinton as a washington insider who answers >> we're going to end the clinton corruption. >> reporter: yes he called his opponent crooked again suggesting the fbi may have given her immunity and blasted the clintons for nasa and trade but trump's campaign ha

clouds for you my friend. 49 in lowell and same in framingham only 50. 48 in worcester and the clouds are a bit thinner this southern new hampshire and temperatures are cooler at 46 degrees in new ipswich. we have mostly cloudy skies now by noontime. we have drizzle in place. showers will start out very light and patchy and they pick up in intensity as they travel through the afternoon hours. coming up, we will show you move through the weekend. julie, back over to you for live drive time traffic. >>> getting ready to head out the door, things are quiet. icons and overnight construction projects that wrap up by 5 a.m. north of the pike route 1 and 93 south moving along fine. single digits on the expressway. 29 minutes from 49 to the leverett connector. 11 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to the weston tolls. >>> right now boston police are investigating a sexual assault in jamaica ordered the victim into the back yard. catherine parrotta is live from where it happened. the victim was assaulted and robbed. >> reporter: yeah, and it happened just down the street where where we ar

this evening and lowell, about 8:40 p.m. this evening, with the leading edge, the lighter stuff first and embedded heavier showers, but with the path of this, here in massachusetts, most of your high scol if you need 100% guarantee, bring an umbrella, but i'm quite certain, most if not all of you will stay dry. at least in massachusetts. new hampshire football games, that's where you have the rainshowers moving in. 72 bedford. 70 in boston, we're under 80 now, 75 in norwood. so things are cooling off out there. some clouds early tomorrow morning, drifting on out of here. back to the sunshine, middle of the day and for the afternoon. tomorrow night we'll be clear, there will be no showers to track all weekend long. in fact, by sunday morning, it is going to be down right chilly out there. irrelevant going to be cool, pleasant, but lots of sunshine in the forecast too. your lunchtime temperatures tomorrow, upper 50's to mid 60's across the area. it is going to be a cool day, no doubt about it. at least compared to what we've h

christine mccarthy is live at lowell. christine, it's another indication why it spread. whether it be on a sidewalk, a public grassy area or right in a children's park and oftentimes police will call up ems to go retrieve the needles but other times arrive themselves with something like this. this is called a sharp container. >> kind of frightening, if you ask me. >> a disturbing discovery in a lowell mailbox. >> reporter: but sadly not surprising. >> the u.s. postal service tells fox 25 a mail carrier opened the collection box on apple street monday to find several needles and syringes like these which we easily spotted downtown. >> reporter: lieutenant donald crawford says lowell police regularly received calls from residents who found syringes. >> unfortunately, almost daily now. >> reporter: this area of appleton street is known for heavy drug use but because the the needles can be found anywhere. >> you're finding needles disposed of everywhere. good neighborhoods, bad neighborhoods, there is no safe place anymore. >> reporter: the postal service says this incident

umass lowell says she was not the a student. police say the suspect was driving a gray or silver sedan which likely has front end damage and anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> hingham police are they say about a dozen teens rushed the derby street shop and stole 22 phones. they are described as being 10 to 12 males with hoods on. witnesses say some fled in a white ford towerous -- taurus with license plates covered up. police are waiting for sur veil isance video and anyone with information is asked to call police. >> prosecutors dropped-- >>> prosecutors dropped the case from a man who took a woman from a long-term care friend wanted when he helped her leave. according to the globe prosecutors determined she was competent to make her own medical decisions and did want him to her her leave she is not pressing charges. >>> the aspca moved 230 animals rescued from deplorable conditions in westport. they have been moved to rescue groups in 8 states and will be put up for adoption from there. more than a thousand f

two lanes closed. 49 at the lowell connector. back to you, guys. >> sarah: right now we're following breaking news. [explosion] five explosive devices located in new jersey discovered in a backpack at a train station. >> christa: one of those devices exploded as a bomb squad robot was trying to >> sarah: all of this is happening as the f.b.i. and new york police are investigating a bombing in manhattan. they have surveillance video of man at the site of the bombing in chelsea. he was also seen at the same location where a pressure cooker device was found. we have live team coverage of the terror attacks. so let's begin with 7's dan hausle live in new york city. with the overnight. dan? >> dan: well, a lot of big developments overnight connected to the bombing here in chelsea. for questioning after a traffic stop under the verrazano bridge. and an elizabeth new jersey, about 25 minutes away from here overnight, five pipe bombs found in a backpack by a couple bar patrons looking through a garbage can. they see wires. they see all t

it is raining here from worcester all the way and on the showers and light mist and drizzle from lowell stretching towards north redding out there this morning. all of this moisture pinwheeling around, believe it or not, still. what is left of hermine sitting and spinning down here to the south, and this thing is weakening and won't get a kick out of here until tomorrow so we are still under the influence of it today. that means the bus stop this morning. you may encounter fog or some areas of mist. temperatures in the mid 60s. mid 70s as you are off the drying things out after this morning. mid 60s right now in worcester. we're closer to 70 degrees on the cape, and the temperatures will climb into the 70s by lunchtime, and notice the wettest weather really is this morning. breaks in the clouds this afternoon. can't rule out that spot shower. i think the wettest time period this morning. overall drying things out as we get into the afternoon. we want to get you out to the roads right now and see if any of the wet weather is slowing you down this morning. good morning. olessa: good morni

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios, this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in, i know it's in, it's in but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that's going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes...mr. mcenroe. see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh, absolutely. i like that. years now to the day that a six- year-old boy banished in lynn. he was out walking up a time it happened. >> police have never close to the investigation into the disappearance of jesus de la cruz. liam martin joins us with new images of what he might look like

it dates back to 1964, it features a lowell police lieutenant. they are hoping to figure out who this man is, so the painting can be returned to his family. >> kevin: hermine, far away and weakening, but still sending rainshowers into southern new england and high surf as well. we'll talk about the remnants and where they're going in the next couple of days. >> vanessa: but first, two local school campus, suddenly shut down. when classes are just supposed to be starting up. thousands of local students now stranded. turn for help when fox 25 news and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford. nea advocacy fund is responsible >> mark: thousands of people hoping to further their education, got a big surprise today. they learned

umass lowell says she was not a student. police say the suspect who was driving a gray or silver sedan which likely has front end damage. anyone with information is asked to call police. video helped find a person in a crash. the footage shows anthony buchanan hitting the victim and driving off. he face adjudge yesterday. police say he -- faced a judge yesterday. police say he was drunk and speat speeding when he hit the woman. he turned himself in on sunday and he admitted he hit someone and drove off. >>> hingham police are investigating an organized retail theft at an apple store. about a dozen teens rushed the derby street shop and stole 22 phones. th to 12 males with hoods on and some of them fled in white ford taurus with a license plates covered up. police are waiting for surveillance rido and anyone -- video and anyone with information is asked to call mis. >>> prosecutor dropped the case against a florida man who tack a -- took a woman from long- term care facility e said he was only doing what his friend herself wa

new clues in a hit-and-run in lowell. police hope this video will lead to an arrest. the video shows the car hitting lowell campus. it does not appear the victim was in the crosswalk. she has been released from the hospital. a friend tells newscenter 5 that the car is a grey or silver colored sedan. ed: keolis, the company that operates the mbta's commuter rail service, is taking action against employees accused of falsifying hours. keolis says it recently discovered evidence of irregular attendance involving a small group of employees. all were connected to the mechanical department. process. six have been fired. commitment 2016, hillary clinton and donald trump trying to prove they have what it takes to be commander in chief. both taking questions from military veterans in their first joint appearance of the general election campaign. newscenter 5's ben simmoneau is here with the answers they gave. trump and clinton did not appear together at the nbc news forum tonight. but both faced pointed questions: r and for clinton, her judgment with emails. >> how can you tru

the man is a former lieutenant for the lowell ploipt. they say the portrait was paid for but never picked up back in 1964. they hope to find his family and reunite them with the painting. >> a wedding picture mystery is solved. couple in this photograph. a tourist took that breathtaking photo last week with the newlyweds, standing there on top of the cliff. it's beautiful. he posted to social media to track them down and soon they came forward. the couple are actors from australia, but they say this is no act. this was their actual wedding day. >>> speaking of australia, a beachgoer there stumbles on a dinosaur footprint. she says she was collecting seashells when indentation in the sand and it turned out to be massive preserved footprints. the 180 million-year-old tracks were probably made by a medium sized carnivore. >>> those sounds definitely out of this world, right. the strange noise you just heard is from jupiter. nasa's juno spacecraft recently sent back images and sounds from the plant net. nasa says the sound from a actually ne

was cut by the flying glass, but no one the driver in this hit and run crash caught on camera in lowell has turned himself in to police. a 19-year-old woman was struck while crossing the street september 5th. 22-year-old tarrel luis romero of lowell is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operating to endanger and speeding. name with route 1 the automile, but now car dealership titan ernie boch, jr. will also be tied to two boston theaters. the boch family has purchased the naming rights to the citi performing arts center. so t operates on tremont street will now be known as the wang theatre at the boch center, and the shubert theatre at the boch center. boch, who has a passion for music, says he's proud to be a sponsor. maria: you health, tonight. it's one of the most common ailments our kids get. ear infections. they are painful and until now the answer has been at least a 10 day course of antibiotics. but local doctors are trying to change that with just a simple single application. >> it's never fun when you're child has an ear infection, it started his medicine. he was cr

fox 25's malini basu is in lowell where she spoke to people who saw the crash. >> they were walking back from a party. >> reporter: witnesses describe to fox 25 the hit-and-run crash that happened early monday morning on u-mass lowell's campus. >> they were going to cross the street, and i guess she kind of wandered into the street and the friend tried to pull her back but she got hit by the are car, and they drove away. >> reporter: police say the teen, who is not a u-mass lowell the pavement. the 19-year-old was walking with friends across the street to fox hall. >> i think it's crazy. i mean, it could have been any one of us. we're all walking around at night. >> reporter: the car involved in the hit and run is a gray or silver sedan. witnesses told police the car drove towards aiken street and morrisett boulevard. >> even if you make a mistake, you should still stop and see if she's okay. >> reporter: investigators say they're waiting to get surveillance video from campus buildings. >> they shouldn't drive off in a situation like that. >> so here the description once again of the car

the man is a former lieutenant for the lowell police department. they say the portrait was paid for by never picked up back in 1964, and they hope to find his family and reunite them with the portrait. >>> next here on 7news, a strange stalker caught. some children of florida now safe after police capture this wild animal. >>> and a boy coming face to face with an uninvited guest inside when a burglar broke through a window. >>> and ahead at 5:00, a dog getting a second chance at life. we'll show you how maverick is doing months after he chewed off his own foot to save his own life. >>> and we're following breaking news. the driver in the deadly crash at the sweet tomatoes in newton indicted today. we'll continue to follow the story and then bring you more new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests lookin

brianna -- breana. >> reporter: we have new information on the multicar crash in lowell only the right lane is getting by on 495 south at the lowell connector and we are starting to see red on the maps which means the backup is beginning. we will let you know when we get a clearing time on this accident. also watch out for a disabled truck on route 1. it's southbound lanes in topsfield at ipswich road. >>> the patriots down another starting qb. >> and the suspicious devices found near a new jersey train station. our top stories begin with that breaking news. >> reporter: nicole jacobs live in the saddle leant sit --saddle lie center following the -- satellite center following the breaking news that led to the suspension of the transit service while than an hour earlier five people were questioned by the fbi when the vehicle was pulled over in brooklyn. this was in connection to the chelsea new york pressure cooker explosion that injured 29 people. four blocks away from that bomb, another one was found before it went off. no arrests have been made. officials have not said if there is a

. >>> the city of lowell is looking to attract more visitors by highlighting its history. the city installed these colorful lights near the merrimack canal yesterday. one city councillor told fox25 that the goal of the project so to attract more visitors is to turn lowell into las vegas without gambling. they plan to add more lights. >> julie: what ha we track traffic and weather every ten minutes. things moving along fine on expressway. nine-minute ride from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. >>> sarah? >> sarah: a lot of clouds. a few cartered showers too. temperatures a bit cooler but quite sticky and humid out there. climbing into the upper 70s to near 80. we will have the latest timeline on when the showers come to an end and a look at the tropics coming up in just a few. >>> big foot has been spotted outside a school on the west morning teaching kids during the first week back to school. >> julie: wow. >>> plus a simple mistake leaked the private information of a town's residents. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. ich means in the time it takes mr

. >>> as police continue to investigate the murder of a lowell teenager, the 17-year-old's mother is hoping for a small piece of closure. cole kenny was shot and killed no arrests have been made. now his mother is hoping to get the necklace you see in these pictures back. those are boxing gloves on a silver chain. he lost the necklace hampton beach the fourth of july weeks before his death. his mother is hoping that someone found the necklace and can return it to her. if you can help, contact fox25 you. >>> some great news for anyone living with due then muscular dystrophy. temporary approval f the disease robs patients of muscle function and drastically shortens their lifespan. it can fight the effect of the disease and extend patience's lifespan. her son has the disease and with as in the mass general study and they saw immediate results. >> he was able to open up a can. it. >> julie: while doctors can prescribe the drug if it still isn't fda approved, that process could take years. when it comes to transporting open alcohol. the bill to expand the so-called cork and carry law has

the mans former lowell police lieutenant. painting was paid for in 1964. but never picked up police want family. >> a statehouse mouse spotted behind governor charlie baker's desk today. senior advisor found little guy and tweeted these photos caption not to worry we all love animals put him in recycling bin and put him on green lawn there. how did he get past security in i don't know. i don't know either. a smart guy. all right joe's standing by next with sports. and bill belichick he thinks that chip kelly's a smart guy and trade for guy kelly took in second round and number 87 back on the practice field. that's good news. with pats set to open their ? with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. with simply right checking from santander bank. ? are you feeling alright, baby? ? narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's t

lowell police hope somebody does to give this painting to its rightful owner. the receipt shows it was painted in the 1960s, but the department tells "the globe" that the man's lieutenant uniform shows on the force earlier in the '20s and '30s. studio. they want to know who the person in the photo is so they can give the painting to his family. >>> checking in live with all of our reporters. we will do that after the break. >>> plus disney world scanning people while it is into the park. why it is taking fingerprints from kids as young as 3 years old. >>> everybody will have to narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's turned my son's life around. narrator: "charter schools amount to hope" for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices public education. vote yes on 2. >>> welcome back, 6:45 here and shiri spear here and everyone travelling in and out of boston. a little further north into wob

one city councillor told fox25 the goal of the project is to attract more visitors by turning lowell into las vegas without the gambling, of course. they plan to add more lights across the city soon. >>> well, usually you need great grades and perfect sat scores to get accepted to mit this high school dropout. how the 17-year-old earned a spot for the fall semester. ? happy birthday to you ? >> and this is the story you just have to see. coming up at 6:00, a local american hero got a very special surprise on his 92nd birthday. >>> good morning, everyone, we check traffic and weather every ten minutes. at this early hour, we are seeing 13 minutes on route 1 as you read in 128 to the tobin bridge. >>> sara? >> sarah: we have scattered showers out there right now julie as we have temperatures in the 60s and 70s. we will have to watch for some of this activity through the morning hours, and even into the afternoon, we will have to watch for a pop-up shower along the coast and 9 cape. temperatures upper 70s to 80 degrees. a bit drier air moving on in and expect to see that coming up. >>>

worcester at 71, lowell, 74 and nashua, new hampshire at 73 degrees. the seven-day forecast for the weekend always in view. overnight sink back to the 60s. tomorrow's high, 80 degrees. lighter winds kind of breezy with a couple of scattered showers. thursday morning an end to hermine. and it will clear out and hot and humid by the end of the week. 86 thursday and 89 on friday with a chance of morning showers. a little cooler on sunday with >>> julie grauert is up with live drive time traffic and an accident update. >>> shiri, backing things up on the pike still. it haven't been cleared up, on the pike near 17th street washington street in newton. as we shift north, other slow spots route 1 in saugus. these are the cameras i am monitoring, but most of them bogged down and skyfox that middle camera not flying because it is too foggy. this is what you i was talking about with the drive time on the pike. almost 80 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 avenue because of the accident i pointed out at washington street. back to you. >>> well, we are exactly two

there were scientists who were engaged in this, including a -- christopher lowell, best percival lowelltleman , scholar, not a trained academic. and as for lowell there, you can on the left the map of mars he created based on his observation. and you can see these canals, long, straight lines that he believed would deliver water from places that were barren or desert like. only in a hydraulic society, it can only exist if you have a strong centralized probably , worldwide structure of organization. and that is the story that came down. so if you ever read any of the edgar rice burroughs john carter stories about "barsoom" or saw that horrible film called "john carter of mars," that was the kind of stuff that was being speculated about. it did not take long to send probes to learn that it was strikingly different. i love this particular picture. it's was a cartoon from "the washington post" in 1964. it's lyndon johnson looking at pictures from mariner 4, which reached mars, and his question is, are these of mars or vietnam? those of you who are a little older may get the joke. those of y

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. >> gene: buildingy vac waited last night when a suspicious package was discovered inside the headquarters. charlotte police say took a hours to safely remove the package. scare comes while the city deals with protest following police involved shooting last week. >> sara: keith lamont scott's home came a place for family, friends and activist to light candles and lay flowers and protests sometimes turned violent. one of scott's neighbors everyone will find peace. >> we need to search hearts to see if we still have anger, still have frustration, still have biases against one another. >> sara: police say they shot scott when he refused to drop a gun. the family does not believe he has -- had a gun. >>> sara: last was shot and man confessed to shooting and he is set to appear in

the man is a former lieutenant for the lowell police department. they say the portrait was paid for and never picked up back in 1964. they hope the find his family and reunite them with the portrait. >> sarah: all right. >> chris: sarah, tracking some scattered showers. brief bursts of heavier rain north of boston stretching along the north shore out into the merrimack valley. a couple showers working in, getting a little more water on the lawn the last couple days with some of these showers that have managed to work in. also nearing the higher humidity, so a lot of water vapor in the atmosphere and these spotty showers and brief bursts of rain, although we get into the weekend and it starts to feel more comfortable by saturday with the on-shore flow. september doesn't mean we can't hit 90 degrees. friday. tomorrow any shower chances mainly in the morning. a lot of clouds in the morning. in the afternoon we start to break out into partly sunny skies on thursday afternoon. temperatures low to mid-80s on thursday. warmest away from the coastline. fri

if you think you can help investigators, give low -- lowell p.d. a call. >> vanessa: new evidence is expected to be presented in a lowell courtroom in the death of a massachusetts paramedic. the woman is accused of strangling her wife in grand by in 2010, but has maintained her guilty. the prosecutors this time around is promising new evidence and new experts. jury selection will continue in the morning. within the last hour, fox 25 has learned the driver who plunged his car in the cape cod canal today is now facing charges including operating to endanger. bourne police posted this video of a crane lifting that car from the water this afternoon. police say the driver intentionally drove in to the canal, he did get out of the car on his own, emergency crews helped him to then rushed him to the hospital with minor injuries. >> mark: boston police officers are set to begin wearing body cameras under a new pilot program, beginning next week. but the union representing the officers say it's a violation of an agreement it has with the city. fox 25's bob

or say help riel at 59. 69 for you now in lowell. 68 in plymouth, 69 in sandwich. temperaturewise jump next couple hours and take you to 78? at noon time today and sunny and breezy and 82? at 3:00 p.m. 7:00 this evening but includer skies barely budging and show you when the clouds and showers, when the humidity all come back during the day tomorrow and changes next. julie? >> julie: things starting to move along a little bit better on 128 southbound. the concentration of volume is now focused into lexington area. 93 south sluggish from somerville. a little bit of volume eastbound on the pike after the weston tolls. here are live drive times, 35 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. 29 minutes on the expressway. 43 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back now to the breaking news in danvers where a woman has been hit by a car. we go right on you to fox25 jessica reyes who's live at the scene. jess, police say they may know what caused this. they say solar glare was factor in all of this and that woman we understand is in her 70s. taking look

. >> new clues right now in a hit-and-run in the city of lowell. police hope that this video will lead to an arrest. the video shows a car hitting a 19-year-old near the umass lowell campus monday morning. it does not appear the victim was in the crosswalk. she has been released from the hospital and her friend tells newscenter 5 that the car is a gray or silver-colored sedan. right now bank robbery suspect called armed and dangerous is off the streets and i caught matthew alden sleeping in his car outside a gas station yesterday morning. the 22-year-old was wanted for robbing a bank in west boylston last month. berlin police say he got away when they chased him on sunday. >> thousands of kids in boston are preparing to start a new school year. this year there's a change in leadership at one of the city's most prestigious schools. juli mcdonald live with a new but familiar leader at boston latin. down after a number of racially-charged incidents. a report found that 115 complaints were filed of racial inequality. 17 of the cases were found to have

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. kelly: you know me. please vote yes on question 2. nfalse, negative ads- but as your first female attorney general- appointed by republican and democratic governors. as your senator, i'm fighting for strengthen and preserve medicare, and i reached across the aisle to protect access to mammograms. i approve this message because after all the false, negative ads, i'm still the kelly ayotte you know- and i'm still fighting for you. ed: discovering new barriers in the fight to get special services for children with special needs. here is five investigates. keep secret? in massachusetts, special investigations. parents are kept in the dark but now services spelled out in private settlement agr

we are getting reports of lowell stretch here. 495 southbound. multivehicle crash. just the right lanes getting by at route 3. heading into that chelmsford stretch. we are seeing big delays. route 3 getting quite busy. monday morning, seeing delays on 93 out of methuen. those extend most of the way down to the city. that's a very tough ride early on on this monday morning. 93 north south of town slow-going getting onto the expressway. 24 busy o heavy pockets. expressway 22 minutes braintree right up to the o'neil tunnel. >> thank you. four minutes before the top of the hour. following breaking news at the top of the hour. >> the explosive scare in new jersey as investigators make leads in a blast in new york. and new this morning -- make your home more appealing to potential buyers for free. the simple changes you can make right now. >> looking out across the have rain moving through. >> breaking overnight, a startling scare in new jersey as police follow leads in a new york bombing. emily: a shooting outside of a boston nightclub. what a witness saw in the neighbor

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. randy: picking up your news to go. then leaders are predicting a 5% increase. and even more spending than last year. >> more politicians than last year. >> that is true. >> you are looking at the fall. cindy: typically it is early october, parts of new hampshire and vermont, and that's next early because of the drought, and here in southern new england, it's closer to mid to late october, but again, it could be a little earlier this year because of the drought so we'll be watching for it, we want to share this with you. this is live from worcester right now. how beautiful is that? there are clouds and breaks as the sun pops up. a gorgeous shot, and we'll sneak in a bit of bonus sunshine today. a lot expected as there

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. >>> tonight, the rush hour horror. the deadly train crash, and we have new images this evening, from inside the crash. the train from new york to hoboken, slamming into the terminal. >> we got multiple walking wounded. >> victims climbing through twisted metal, and new surveillance from before the crash. our reporting tonight on the engineer. >>> the deadly police this time, a 6-year-old is killed. marshalls firing at an suv. the boy with autism was in the passenger seat. >>> at this hour, the new hurricane brewing. it could effect the u.s. and the major storm system, blinding rain in the east. >>> donald trump tonight, sources inside his campaign now saying he was prepped for the first debate. but did not execute th

. >> the driver in this hit and run crash caught on camera in lowell has turned himself into police. a 19-year-old woman was struck while crossing the street on september 5. 22-year-old tarrel luis romero of lowell is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operating to endanger and are investigating a shooting in that city as the attorney general's office says that jonathan vazquez-ojeda was shot just before 7:00 on wednesday night at the intersection of merrimack and beech streets. police and detectives spent hours processing that scene focusing on a car stopped in the middle of the road. so far, no arrests were made. >> it's now 6:35. 5 on the opioid crisis, illegal drugs were the main killers of the more than 2,000 people who and 2014 according to a new report from the department of public health. only 8.3% of those who died had a prescription for an opioid drug. nearly 85% had taken heroin or fentanyl. the report also found half of those who died had a popular tank lazer drug in their system. >> a jewelry heist in texas. the search for these suspects, and this expensive s

the lowell sun reports she stabbed the victim, her daughter's former boyfriend, after her daughter's apparent overdose. the daughter was found dead yesterday. tucker, a nurse at tewksbury state hospital, pleaded not guilty in court today. anchor: relief in shirley today, where police determined a driver who approached a female runner does not pose a threat at all. the jogger was alarmed yesterday when a van pulled up beside her, she noticed a second man sitting in the backseat and sprinted away. police tracked down the driver, a 71-year-old retired veteran who transports handicapped individuals to doctors appointments which explains the second person in the back seat. the chief said the woman told her friends what happened, and then other people shared the information on social media, with some incorrect information. anchor: other people share that information on social media with incorrect information. police are encouraged people always contact them if they notice anything suspicious. helicopter pilot forced to make an emergency landing today in peabody. it was just before 2-30 tha

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices for public education. please vote yes on question 2. >> deadly wrong way crash on interstate 195 under investigation. ed: three people were killed. they crashed head-on into a family. a crashed and caught fire. the driver and the passenger and a 23-year-old woman were killed. four people did survive. >> it was very chaotic. we tried to get control of evidence and figure out what was going on. ed: this happened just after 8:00. salem new hampshire mother may face charges after a car crash that involved her young daughters. she let her seven-year-old daughter go outside and start the car last night. she put the car in reverse and accidentally backed over her two-year-old sister. >> the children are inquisitive. they are going to do things and supervise when parents aren't in danger. she put both h

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. please vote yes on question 2. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios, this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in, i know it's in, it's in but it's not working. ally? yes...mr. mcenroe. see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh, absolutely. i like that. . >>> when you hear flood victims describe roads that turned into rivers, this is what they're talking about. parts of central and eastern north carolina are underwater after some extremely heavy downpours there. some areas saw 9 inches of rain. >>> the world's highest, longest glass storage is back open tonight. too many tourists tried to cross it and there are now foot long bridge. soo

"outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. what's for dinner tonight? wegmans ez meals. dinner's not just delicious, it's done. [mmmm] we made it for you. like this favorite. scallops with garlic pesto sauce made fresh every day. it's ready to cook. just pop it in the oven put it on your plate. no prep. no cleanup. delicious, fresh, easy. wegmans ez meals. ed: in tonight's 5 for good a double tragedy is inspiring a major effort to fight a mysterious illness. maria: our erika tarantal tells us the story of a special bond, that will be celebrated this weekend in a run against batten disease. reporter: theirs is a forever friendship. john tanner and young nicholas dainiak have an eternal bond, despite both being lost far too >> nicholas loved what johnny did, jo

. >>> lowell police want you to take a good look at the man in this surveillance video. they say he's wanted in restaurant merrimack street last night. you can see him remove a cash tip jar that was next to the register then leave the store. the clerk says he actually came back because he dropped a bag of what looked like heroin inside the restaurant. >>> police are searching for a man who shot a teenager inside a c.v.s. yesterday afternoon. they're looking for this guy 23-year-old marcus pierre louis. officers say he shot an 18-year-old who was at the cash register checking out. he was hit in the shoulder. a 15-year-old and been arrested and charged with conspiracy and assault with intent to kill. but the search for louis continues. his neighbors say detectives have come to their doors. >> it's a little scary. you know somebody that brazen who would do something in public in a c.v.s. store is living in our same neighborhood. >> a source has confirmed that one of the teen'sard is a relative of the shooter. again police are begging the public to call them with any informa

you jump inland, 78 in lowell, mid 70s in worcester. mid 70s with sunshine and pleasant conditions today. >> we are seeing lots of delays. a live look outside at 93 and summerville. you can see the southbound side kicking up the delays in place already, let's get to the maps and check out the rest of your ride 24, out of avon, six eastbound, 495 to 128, accident-free start north of town, 93 south, building delays, and passing by 495 and down to dascum record and concord street to spot pond. i'm olessa. that's a look at traffic. >> the kick is no good. >> it all came down to that missed field goal as the patriots steal a two-point victory in their season opener, and it was certainly a big for the quarterback, jimmy garoppolo. >> doug outside with the key victory. >> good morning. yes, you have got no tom brady. you have got no rob gronkowski. the patriots heavily favored to lose against the cardinals but jimmy garoppolo proved he was ready for the task at hand. he was prepared and ready to go in his first career start. garoppolo went 24-

up in lowell decades after its created the search for the >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. it's 9:00 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> i'm christa delcamp. it sounds like eventually we gel some sun in the mean time just bring along your umbrella in case. el know nancy chin got caught in one of the downpours >> she did. and she got soaked. she told me all about it when she came in the weather office and said that's my contribution to the weather forecast. dodging a couple of brief downpours this morning. upper 60s lower 70s. the showers to work with. although any downpour that's been out there has been brief. you just kind of unlucky to get caught one if running from the car to office. taking a look at radar. kind of quiet north of boston. we have some spot spotty showers southwest of the city down toward kanlton over to dedham. it will slide through hyde park into boston. couple of showers continue to back in to the north and the west. eventually through walsahm and lexington as well. we havepo out this morning. that's the case this afternoon even some breaks

. >>> lowell police are trying to solve a mystery, and it's not a crime. they found this painting in the home of a photographer who recently died. it's of a lowell police lieutenant, probably painted at least 80 years ago. >> they know the painter used a black and height photo as a model. but they haven't identified the man depicted here. they hope someone will recognize him. >> he may the be the the -- the most interesting man in world. >> very distinguished there. very well done. it's a beautiful portrait. >> i bet he can split coconuts. >> probably could. absolutely just like ken can as well. >>> we're chasing records for the day tomorrow. boston forecast and records were forecasting a high of 90. so a hot end to the week. record to beat, 93. that was set actually just last year. so i don't think we'll quite get there. but it is going to be quite sticky and humid today and at least to start our friday as we have dense fog in spots. at the coastline, particularly going to watch out for some of the thick areas of fog. 68 in nashua. 64 in plymouth. 65 in p