Apart. The reporter mark and vanessa, here we are at the police department, that woman was doing what she did every day, taking her dog for a walk when two pit bulls came charging at her. Heres what we can tell you. For the first time were seeing them. Julie, who is only going by her first name, tells fox 25 she was taking their 6monthold rescue lab for a walk. All of a sudden, julie says two pit bulls jumped out of a car and went right after them. Julies right hand was nearly taken off. Kirk was bitten on his chest and leg. Now, all of this happened at 8 00 p. M. , just around 8 00 p. M. Last night on over street in salem. Neighbors shared this cellphone video with us, julie was on the ground she was being helped by a neighbor. Take a listen, here she is. They opened the car door and two dogs just charged and one went for the the gray one went for the back of my dog and at me and shredded my hand. The reporter so in this video right here, you can see the dog owners are trying to get control of the pit bulls. We tried to get a comment from them through social media and they werent willing to make a comment. Back out here live, again, at this hour, criminal charges are in the works. Now, coming up at 6 00 p. M. , we will have that full interview with julie, and also, we will tell you what animal control officers are doing about this. For now, we are live in salem, malini mark it was a really close call for a local driver this afternoon with a long metal pipe smashed, right through their car. The story is still developing, as we work to get more details, it came right through the windshield of this s. U. V. In woburn. The Fire Department tweeted these pictures, saying the driver was very lucky today. Ill say, were on our way to woburn to track down that driver. Today, investigators released the cause of this massive fire that swept through several homes in charlestown last week. Nine families lost their homes. Discarded cigarette likely sparked the fire that went to six alarms on july 21. No one was seriously hurt. Nine families lost their homes. Vanessa developing tonight, federal authorities have charged a washington, d. C. Transit officer with aiding isis. It is the first time a u. S. Police officer has been charge with this crime. Fox 25s Kerry Kavanaugh has been following the developments in this arrest for us, and kerry, this officer had been on the investigations radar. The reporter yeah, vanessa, since 2010, because of a relationship he allegedly had guilty to supporting foreign terrorist organization, thats according to court documents. This right here is video of investigators, searching the fairfax, virginia, home of 36yearold nicholas young. Young, who worked for d. C. s Metro Transit Police appeared wednesday afternoon in u. S. District court, in alexandria. Authorities say he was arrested earlier in the day at the Metro Transit Police headquarters in washington. The affidavit revealed young traveled to libya twice in 2011, where he allegedly said he oust dictator omar cajuns and q. Its surprising, but not surprising. He was just a quiet guy. You know. Its not surprising, because he was such a lonely guy, like he was quiet, he never interacted with anybody, you know, usually you, you know, say, hey to your neighbors, or you know, when you walk by, or weve seen the fifteen and u. S. Attorneys across the country make announcements about and even convictions that they have won against individuals who have sought to support extremist organizations. And were mindful of the risk. That is poses by homegrown posed by homegrown extremists. Young had been with d. C. Transit Department Since 2003. Officials say young did not pose threats to the metro system. How investigators say he was using apps to communicate with terrorists. For now in the control room, mark hundreds of passengers are safe after a plane burst into flames when it crash landed in dubai. The dramatic images show the fire and thick smoke pouring from the plane. Everyone on board the emirates airliner escaped alive. But one firefighter was killed battling the fire. A passenger said the cabin started filling with smoke as it was landing and they could see the plane on fire. The plane and the cabin was full of smoke. Then immediately, they evacuated. The fire. Vanessa all lanes of route 20 in auburn are now open after a car crashed into a tractortrailer this morning. Sky fox over the scene, just before noon today. Mass state police say the driver of an s. U. V. Refused to stop when a trooper tried to pull the car over. The driver crashed into the tractortrailer, when another trooper used a stinger to deflate the tires. The s. U. V. Driver was taken to the hospital. The other driver was not hurt. Tonight, a former catholic high way as a teacher repeatedly raped her. 40 years later, shes suing. Robert goulston live in framingham tonight with more on why the former student is coming forward now. The reporter vanessa, the woman who was a teenager at the time says her teacher crossed the line inside her Old High School in framingham and nobody did anything about it. The teachers knew, the kids knew, thats why i thought the reporter we disguised her voice an were not showing her papers. Student using the name jane doe filed a lawsuit claiming her former teacher repeatedly raped her over a two year period, while the supervisors at the Catholic School and boston archdioceses looked the other way. I believe the people that were outside of it, that were looking at it, that were supervising her, that should have done something. The reporter the lay teacher who was in her 20s at the time, was jane does sex ed teacher and coach. The 14yearold at the time was having trouble at home, and the it was a means by which she was able to control jane and to engage her in sex acts for that period of time. The reporter the student says the teacher gave her alcohol and marijuana. And let her drive her sports car and said it went on for two years before jane doe quit school and now, four decades later, figured out she was a victim. It takes a very long time to come to terms with victimization i think. The reporter both the school and boston archdioceses telling us, because it i legal matter, they cannot comment. The school has been independent of the dioceses since 2004. Jane doe says shes speaking out to help others. I just really am doing this, not particularly against her totally, but against the system thats allowing this. The reporter we also reached out to the former teacher, who now lives down in north carolina, but we have not heard back. We are live in framingham, robert goulston, fox 25 news. Tomorrow, in everett, now that the state has given a final green light. Wynn resorts received this Construction Permit and has already moved more than a dozen cranes to the site, at least 4,000 Union Construction workers will be hired for the job, making it the largest construction project in state history. It is scheduled to open in late 2018. Second chance today for more than 200 convicted criminals. President obama commuted the sentences of 214 people serving federal sentences. Now, thats the most in a single according to the white house, 67 of those given a Second Chance for serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses, none of the criminals are from massachusetts. Vanessa weve learned within the last 30 minutes, a norwegian citizen who traveled through boston has been arrested after police say he made violent threats against officers in maine. This has been developing all day in portland. Police say a chain of emails was sent out this morning, threatening to shoot and kill officers. Time for more police to die. It did involve the use of assault weapons, and killing police officers. Its specifically killing Portland Police officers. Vanessa the man was taken into custody around 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. Portland police say he traveled through boston last tuesday with family members. He is now facing federal charges. Mark the first medical Marijuana Dispensary in boston opened to patients today, the seam day as two city councilors called for legalizing vanessa the issue is top of mind as novembers vote draws closer. The reporter when doors opened at 1 00 p. M. , about a dozen patients were standing outside, 21 mill street and one man i spoke with, told me that medical marijuana gave him his life back. Richard pascual says hes lived with cron he can pain for years, taking oxycodone and fentanyl patches every few hours, but when a doctor prescribed him a medical marijuana card, he became more clear headed. For him, prescription pain marijuana. They wouldnt mind having a pharmacy next to their house, thats what it is a pharmacy. Boston city councilor tito jackson, along with city councilor michelle wo announced they are in favor of question 4, a question on novembers ballot, which asks voters if they would like to legalize marijuana. Marijuana, i dont believe is a gateway drug, and theres a cvs right up the street and you can go get it. The reporter jackson says has suffered due to current laws and penalties around marijuana. When blacks and latinos are disproportionately incarcerated, it makes it harder for them to get jobs and increases the level of unemployment. The reporter but not everyone supports legalizing marijuana. Boston mayor marty walshs press secretary sent us this statement from him. Ive been a member of the Recovery Community for many years. I get calls from parents, terrified of whats happening to they are teenage child, who is using marijuana. Thats who im thinking about divisive, but for those who rely on medical marijuana, theyre thankful this option is available. Columbia care decided on this specific location, because its near several f stops. That way, patients could take Public Transportation to get here. In boston, im stephanie coueignoux, fox 25 news. Mark saddening to the search for a missing North Andover teenager. Today, police found the body of a teenager in a wooded area in wilmington. The 18yearold was last seen there on monday. Foul play is not su a man wanted for beating people with a baseball bat has turned himself in. Robert russell surrendered to police in manchester, New Hampshire, last night. Police say he assaulted three people, including a 16yearold, in a house on west hancock street last friday. He appeared in court today, charged with three counts of first degree assault. Vanessa a local kennel owner is now under investigation after a dog died in her care. Mark just ahead, the city job she has now lost in the wake of the dogs death. Kevin an upgrade for the moving toward mexico and the yucatan peninsula tonight. Ill show you the path of that storm and when some showers will affect our forecast. Mark plus, the new charges tonight against a man who once took hostages at a local Hillary Clinton campaign office. Vanessa and speaking of clinton, she is about to take the stage in colorado. Heres a live look for you, and when she does, we will stream it capital one believes your bank should work for you, not the other way around. So capital one reimagined banking. And helpful people that talk to you. Not sell to you. With free checking accounts that are actually free. 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To hear her speech, head to the meanwhile, clinton has seen a boost in the polls since last weeks convention, and donald trump has stepped into controversy after controversy. But as joel waldman reports, the businessman says everything is just ok in his camp. The reporter even while backing off his highly criticized feud with the parents of a Muslim American war hero, donald trump is still managing to stick both feet in his mouth. First, by cracking a joke, when a vet came him his purple heart. Purple heart. This was much easier. The reporter then throwing a crying baby out of his virginia rally yesterday. You can get the baby out of here. The reporter and these public missteps are having a major effect at the polls. This has been about the most dreadful two weeks of a president ial candidate following his convention and all of it has been selfinflicted. The reporter as republicans are backing away from trump, Hillary Clintons most powerful supporters urging an outright g. O. P. Mutiny. What does this say about your party . The reporter trumps campaign, in turn, slamming street journal reported the u. S. Secretly ferried 400 million in cash to iran. We cant have four more years of accommodating and apologizing to our enemies or abandoning our friends. But the state department defending the payment, saying the money was part of a separate claim dating back some 40 years. It was their money, and the president said at the time, and we spoke to this at the time, release, with the iran deal done, it made no sense for us to continue to drag out the complaint. The reporter donald trump also inaugurationering the Republican Committee chairman, who is said to be furious over Donald Trumps refusal to endorse House Speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain in the upcoming primary races. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. Vanessa also tonight, mike pence said he would endorse paul ryan. Yesterday, donald trump also made news when he said he would not campaign for New Hampshire senator kelly ayotte during reelection. To speak with the senator about the controversial move, but she was not available for comment. Kevin hope youre getting outside this evening. Its going to be gorgeous out there for sure. Temperatures falling down to the 70s and 60s. Very pleasant, dry conditions, to hint of a shower. Just a few clouds dotting the sky. These are the temperatures right now, its still 77 in boston and 80 in plymouth. In the 80s, met fro west right you cant forget this concert. 78 degrees at 5 00 p. M. , dropping down through the 70s. This is at the Blue Hill BankBlue Hills Bank pavilion. Boy, i have trouble saying that, right in southie on the waterfront. In the 60s when the concert is over. Got you covered no matter what youre doing in and around the boston area. 59 in worcester. In the mid 50s to low 60s generally across the area. Cooler temperatures off to the north and west. We tend to see that. We get in to the well, i dont want to say fall because its still august, but we get into this part of the season, we start to see that pattern taking shape, where youre going to see the much cooler temperatures start to fall to the north and west. 79 boston by lunchtime tomorrow and 82 in bedford. You know were warming up into the 80s everywhere tomorrow, except for some of the beaches. A bit of a sea breeze keep any the upper 70s here, like on cape cod, for instance, but most beaches will get up to at least 80 degrees or into the lower 80s while inland temperatures get into the mid and upper 80s tomorrow. Its not the warmest day of the week. Friday and saturday will be that. Saturday has a little problem coming our way. Well talk about that more in a moment. Boston, 80 tomorrow. 86 framingham. 88 fitchburg. You see the hottest temperatures back here to the north and west and the cooler temperatures on cape cod and the islands with that sea breeze. Now lets take it into friday. The morning is looking good for the zip trip. Afternoon, we have plenty of sunshine. Winds are coming in from the south. That will keep you cooler on the cape and islands for sure and maybe even cape ann too, but inland, warming up. The front to the north and west, starts to push toward us, going to arrive in to new england duri were at 6 00 a. M. Here now. And this starts to push across our area during the middle of the morning with some showers starting to break out and this is our latest update from the futurecast model data. Watching last halfhour, it looks different now already, this happens every day, so im glad you stuck with us, but notice the showers and thunderstorms are continuing through the middle of the day and into the afternoon. That part hasnt changed. So saturday is the day for that. I wanted to update you on hurricane earl, it was Tropical Storm when we first started at Hurricane Center sent an aircraft in there for reconnaissance data and found it has 80mileperhour winds, which makes it a hurricane. Minimal hurricane, but still 80mileperhour winds, plenty strong to do damage. Theres belize, yucatan, mexico and belize looks like the place where the center of the storm is going to go. Remember, this part of the storm, the storm thats moving in the direction of the storm, thats where your strongest winds are going to be and storm surge, so right up against the coastal areas to, are going to get the wind and surf to kick up. Possibly even storm surge, but the strongest winds come through belize later on tonight and youll see that here, that pink area, 2 30 a. M. , coming ashore, thats the center of the storm system making its away across mexico, honduras, belize, guatemala and then in to, looks like mexico proper, as opposed to the peninsula, but staying well south of the mainland u. S. Thats certainly the takeaway from this and the good news that rain here. We dont want the wind that comes along with it or the storm surge. Getting up near 90 on friday. Towns hit 90 plus on friday, particularly inland and there is the shower and thunderstorm threat coming through on saturday. Im get more updates through this evening and keep you updated on that storm track for saturday afternoon. Vanessa well, welcome the first weekend of august with our zip trip on friday. We will be broadcasting live from norwood, massachusetts. We are proud to showcase local cities and towns that making living and working here so great. Join us at 6 00 a. M. Well be live at the norwood town common until 10 00 a. M. You can meet our team, grab some freebies and even get your picture taken in the photo booth. Well see any norwood friday morning. Mark the fight to stop the zika virus from continuing to spread. The battle is brewing in washington. They left on a sevenweek recess a day early. At the height of mosquito season. And it basically told the mark 15 minutes from now, we are sifting through whats true and whats not, about how much money in washington is really available to fight the virus. Vanessa and breaking right now, we are watching a pretty bad crash right now on 128 north in waltham. This is at the route 20 bridge, two lanes of the highway are blocked off right now, and fire and police work the scene. No word yet on any injuries, but we are starting to see slowdowns and backups in this area. Well keep on this and bring you fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. Vanessa a fall river teenager is dead after his dirt bike collided with the police car. The crash happened at the intersection of montaf and slate streets early this morning. Police say the dirt bike rider didnt stop and hit a cruiser on the way to a call with its emergency lights on. The 19yearold was taken to the hospital where he died. Two officers inside the cruiser were treated for minor injuries. Police registered and had no headlights. Commuter rail riders can expect some weekend closures as the mbta embarks on a new federal safety project. Starting next spring, crews will begin working on the 469 million mandate requiring all lines to include that control system that will keep trains from colliding in to one another at high speeds. The t plans to conduct installation work on two lines at a Time Beginning on the southern section of the system starting next april. Mark the New Hampshire man is accused of sexually Nicholas Beaudet appeared in court, facing two felony Sexual Assault charges. Detectives arrested him yesterday after a nearly yearlong investigation. Police say he assaulted the child last september in nashua and knew his victim. Two men are behind bars tonight after a violent Home Invasion in laconia, New Hampshire. Police found chase ryan and Zachary Esteves in the basement of a home and arrested them. They are accused of holding robbery. A third plan is on the run. Police also recovered a loaded gun. When firefighters get the call that a house is on fire, every second counts. It can be the difference between life and death. Vanessa ahead in the next halfhour, fox 25 investigates looks at how many departments across the state are meeting the National Standard for responding to a fire. Mark plus, a veteran gets a knock on the door, and is told his house has been sold at an auction. The all too common situation thats taking the roof over his head. This kennel under investigation after a dog allegedly dies in her care. You dont let anything keep you sidelined. Thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Mark we continue to follow breaking news out of waltham. Only the right two lanes of route 23 north are moving after this bad crash at the route 20 bridge. No word yet on any injuries, and since we first showed you these live sky fox pictures about ten minutes ago, 128 south has also slowed down, drivers are trying to see what happened on the other side of the highway. Trucks all on the scene as you can see right here. Well update you on the crash as we get more information. Vanessa the owner of a local dog kennel is under investigation after police say a dog died while in her care. That woman is also an animal control officer in a nearby town. Mark fox 25s Katherine Burcham is live in East Bridgewater and katherine, that womans job is now in jeopardy. The reporter yeah. Annie brown has been serving as the towns animal control officer here on a contractual basis, but the chief says, that contract has been suspended in now, that dogs owner is claiming that brown left his dog alone for hours, suffering in agony from an illness from which she possibly could have survived. Its business as usual at annies clean critters in whitman as detectives down the road are busy investigating what unfolded inside the kennel two weeks ago. The owner of this German Shepherd told police he boarded weekend to pick max up, he claims no one answered the door or the phone for hours. Then, maxs owner says owner annie brown told him max had just died of a condition known as stomach bloat. In a facebook post, maxs owner wrote, i cannot live with the fact that not one person was there while my dog was in pain, dying in a small cage all alone. He also claims brown never apologized for maxs death. But since, changes have been made here. Employees postin social media, noting they aided a shade canopy to the outdoor kennel. Dogs still greeted customers inside the business today, but brown was nowhere in sight. Our request for comment about the allegations was met without response. Brown not only owns the business, shes also the animal control officer in nearby East Bridgewater. Tonight, the police chief tells fox 25, they have suspended her while the investigation against annie brown is preponderance of the evidencing, they are receiving pending, they are receiving support from animal control officers from nearby towns. Katherine burcham, fox 25 news. Vanessa salem New HampshirePolice Believe alcohol and speed may have been involved in the deadly motorcycle crash that happened on shadow lake road around 7 30 p. M. Last night. Leo martin lost control of his motorcycle and slid 200 feet before he hit a parked car. He was not wearing a helmet. The force of that crash through martin and his motorcycle into the air. Police are still the exact cause of the crash. Right now, police are trying to track down a man who may be responsible for a pair of robberies last night in billerica. The two incidents happened within minutes of each other, an they were right down the road from each other than. The first at a liquor store on salem road. We spoke with the man who lives across the street, and noticed something odd. Well, he was running, and usually, if theyre going to go to cars do park there, theyll just walk, talk, or whatever, but he just ran, got in the car, and i looked again, like i said, i found that he did that. Vanessa around the same time, there was a call for a robbery at a Convenience Store on boston road, thats only about three miles from the first robbery. Both robberies had similar suspect descriptions. Mark updating you now on the health of a massachusetts state senator. We have learned senator ken donnelly, who represents Middlesex County had a brain tumor removed and is now resting comfortable live. On monday night, we told you that donnelly had been rushed to mass general. His family said they are overwhelmed with the love and support they have received. Poli 90yearold man who called to report a crime got himself in trouble as well. Police say, nicholas solerno paid a woman 100 to perform a sex act at his dennis port home last month. He later called police to report she stole a necklace from him. When an officer told the man he would be charged with a crime as well, he told the officer, he didnt care because hes 90 years old. Both pleaded not guilty in court. Vanessa to florida now, where standing water is being the zika virus, a virus that sickened 15 people in win wood, florida, north of miami and when it comes to financially fighting this virus, republicans and democrats once again at odds on capitol hill. Fox 25s george colli takes a closer look at the political battle for us tonight. The Reporter Health officials are making strides in their fight against the zika virus, but an action by congress to fund their research could derail their efforts. The National Institute of health said its begun a phase one trial to test for a zika vaccine, but all available funding of this month. The. The bad news is, we already know that they will not be able to begin phase two testing, if congress doesnt act. The reporter republicans are accusing the Obama Administration of holding back roughly half of the funding available to fight the virus. Theres 300 million sitting there, waiting to be spent and the president prefuses to spend it. Why . The reporter its not quite as simple as being able to go out and stroke a check for the money. You have to go through a process to make sure you spend the money wisely, that youre spending it the reporter hhs says 201 of the 374 million allocated to the domestic response for zika is already spent, to garner testing and research to develop a vaccine and mosquito control. Kevin griffith says the 1. 9 billion in emergency funding requested by the president remains the number Public Health experts believe is needed and they will need it by the end of august. Thats going to impact whether we can move forward with vaccines and diagnostic tests that we need to make sure we democrats and some republican lawmakers are calling for congress to return from recess early to pass a zika funding bill. Mark developing tonight, the search for two buses continues after a bridge collapsed, plunging them into a raging river in india. As you can see, whats left of the bridge after flooding caused it to simply crumble away. Its believed there are no survivors. More than 160 people have died from severe flooding in india over the last several days. Vanessa flooding also being blamed for the deaths of National Park if india. More than 21 rare, onehorned rhinos were killed. Rescuers were able to save more than 100 other animals. A forest officer at the park said the flood lefthanded pitchers from this years monsoon is much higher than its been in previous years. Mark Broken Ground has been broken on the first private warning station. Vanessa the company chose the location near palm springs because of its proximity to multiple active fault lines. Once installed, experts say, it will eliminate false alarms and get the word out quicker when an earthquake is detected. Have here, we can actually declare an earthquake based on a single station, which means were able to send out the warning that much faster. Vanessa eventually, they are hoping to grow their product, so individuals will get warnings sent to their homes, but it could be a while before that hams. And fox 25 Storm Tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz, that technology could save mills of lives. Meteorological, thats when the earth is shaking around and we need that technology to detect when thats going to happen. We get earthquakes all the time in new england, they seem to be very tiny ones. So we have clouds that have popped up this afternoon. Not a big concern, certainly. No showers out there. Its a beautiful evening. Look at this. 77, boston. 82 bedford. 83 down 95 to norwood. Even 80 in plymouth. 70 in nantucket, so getting cooler. Showed you this a preliminary while ago. We keep cycling through the concert events for this evening, going down through the 70s this evening in boston and into the on the blue hills pavilion. Really gorgeous place. A nice spot to see a show and a perfect evening for it for all of your plans. Low temperatures tonight in the mid 50s and low 60s. Wake up in the morning, it will be on the cooler side. It will be dry too. Ill show you how hot well be by the afternoon and updated timeline on the weekend showers. Mark two new traffic lights are confusing walkers and drivers alike. I noticed actually, when the they were counting down to the vanessa all new at 6 00 p. M. , our crews went to quincy to see for themselves whats so give to understand about technology thats been around for decades. Mark numbers dont lie. How bad for business the selfscanners at the store appear to be. Vanessa but first, were going to give you sobering looks at what happened after police saved a person overdosing on opioids. Mark now its time to check out the roads with live drivetime traffic. Sky fox left the scene crash on route 20 on the waltham bridge. The backup slowed things down. To the map, slow going on the expressway and both directions in and out of boston. Well take a closer look right here. Here are your live drive times. Leverett connector, 495, 35 my experience with usaa is awesome. Homeowners insurance Life Insurance automobile insurance i spent 20 years active duty they still refer to me as Gunnery Sergeant when i call to pass that on to my kids something that makes me happy my name is roger zapata and im a usaa member for life. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an insurance quote and see why 92 of our members looking for balance in your digestive system . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Porch. Vanessa seeing the fight against the Opioid Epidemic from the eyes of Sturbridge Police tweeted out this picture right after they saved someone from an overdose. The powerful picture shows two empty syringes on someones dash. Several police departments, hospitals and Treatment Centers on the south shore are joining forces to help people impacted by the Opioid Crisis. Starting this month, they will host a monthly Dropin Center at the new Testament Church in plymouth. Officials will be on hand there to help addicts and their families. Mark New Hampshire governor Maggie Hassan wants the head of the state police to take on a commissioner of the department of safety. Maggie hassan says its experience in the narcotics Investigations Unit and leadership in the Opioid Crisis means hes ready to tackle Public Safety challenges. The executive council has to approve the nomination. The owner of bostons largest task Company Faces tax fraud charges and could spend more than two years in prison. He owns boston cab, he appeared in federal court on monday. Prosecutors say he has agreed to pay more than 2 million in fines and penalties. His company owns about 20 all taxi medallions in the city. Vanessa a researcher at m. I. T. Will share one of the countrys largest awards in medicine. Susan lee lundquist will share the albany centers prize in medical research with two other researchers regarding their work with alzheimers disease. They will be awarded the 500,000 prize next month. New at 5 00 p. M. , a flower that smells like rot flesh is attracting hundreds of visitors in the nations capitol here. We took a look at the socalled u. S. Botanical garden in washington, d. C. That foul odor attracts bugs to pollinate the flower. But the stench wasnt as strong as they were expecting. Peaks bloom for the flower started yesterday and ends today. Kevin disappointed because it didnt sting enough. Clouds popping up over the area this afternoon, but really, nothing to them. Just beautiful evening for all of your plans, but im already looking ahead to the weekend and when some showers will arrive. Mark when a firere the difference between life and death. It can be the difference between a fatal fire and, you know, a rescue, and getting the fire out with minimal damage. Mark next at 5 00 p. M. , fox 25 investigates takes a look at how departments around the fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician man what i love most about tempurpedic mattresses is that they contour to your body. It keeps us comfortable and asleep at night. Can i take a nap now . vo change your sleep, change your life, mark fox 25 investigation uncovers that a third of massachusetts Fire Departments are failing to meet National Standards in Response Times. Now and blair, firefighters tell you seconds could be the different between life and death. They certainly could and we got this data from every department in the state to find out whats behind the slower Response Times. It can come down to a matter of minutes or even seconds. It can be the difference between life and death. The reporter here at the natick Fire Department, there are four stations that serve 32,000 people and the average Response Time here is below the National Standard of 6 1 2 minutes. Chief Richard White factors, including distance and the number of fire stations. The difference between a fatal fire and, you know, a rescue and getting a fire out with minimal damage. It can be that serious . Absolutely. The reporter fox 25 investigates found through an open records request, that last year, more than a third of massachusetts Fire Departments reported average Response Times higher than the National Standard. 46 of those Response Times 14, 15 minute Response Times, i would strongly suggest they ask the question what would we have to do to close that Response Time . The reporter kenneth with the National FireProtection Agency sales at 10 minutes, a fire can be devastating. At that benchmark, the entire room explodes into flames, there is no breathable air, and anybody who is in that space has little chance of mark coming up tonight at 10 00 p. M. , we head to a department with one of the longest Response Times in our area. We also found that some agencies are not reporting accurate Response Times to the department of fire services. We get answers from the state on why there are so many inconsistent numbers. Ock . Mark if you have a tip you would like fox 25 investigates to look into, email us at fox 25 investigates at fox25boston. Com or call 1877fox 25 news. Vanessa the alabama board of bomber, thomas blanton. The former kkk member is one of three men convicted in the 1963 bombing. Of the 16th Street Baptist Church where four little girls were killed. Blanton was convicted 15 years ago and is serving a life sentence. Additionally, the board voted not to allow blanton another chance for parole for five more years. More arm officers are hitting the streets in england as the threat of isis and another terror Group Continues to rise in europe. Londons police chief says hes increasing pole another attack. However, most officers still do not carry guns around the clock. And the chief is defending his decision. We still argue that we are relatively safe. Weve not seen a successful attack in this country for around three years. Vanessa police say the best way to help prevent attacks is for people to report suspicious activity. Mark new at 5 00 p. M. , check this out. This is what the future of buses just might look like. Its an elevated bus that traffic congestion. This is just a prototype. It will be 70 feet long, carry up to 300 passengers. One of these elevated buses could eliminate up to 40 conventional buses. Todays test was on a straight nearly 1,000foot track to test brake and power usage. Kevin a lot of sunshine out there for your evening plans. Beautiful shot of boston, the fluffy clouds, none of which have any showers attached to nice to see the sun back in full force for a whole day after some gray weather weve had lately. This is going to continue for another couple days too. Temperatures out there in the 80s, metro west, 70s right at the coastline, but 80s in plymouth. 70s in cape cod. James taylor at fenway park tonight, dont you know and if you have tickets, or youre going to be hanging around the park, want to hear it from outside the walls, you can do it. Temperatures 76 at 6 00 p. M. By the end of the show, 60s at fenway. Plan ahead, if youre not already there, bring a jacket cool. If 60 seems cool with you, bring a jacket with you. Futurecast shows all the sunshine we have out there this evening, staying clear overnight. Youre waking up to sunshine first thing in the morning. Youll stick with that sunshine all day long. Yeah, there will be a couple clouds that pop up just like today, but overall, a Beautiful Day coming up. Fast forward into friday and check this out. Some fog starts to form on cape cod, but overall, we are clear again and even that is going to burn off. Be back to a mostly sunny, if not totally sunny day on friday. So, heres some more details of both golf time temperatures in the morning, 59, so the average low temperature is about that tomorrow. Going to be in the mid and even low 50s north and west of worcester. Around 60 into the low 60s for boston and out to cape cod. Then 68 by 8 00 p. M. 77 already by late morning. 10 00 a. M. , 77 degrees, so you know were getting warm tomorrow afternoon. Here you go, to the west, 87, arlington to watertown tomorrow at the coast, 84 in quincy. 80 in boston, northward to maldin. Cape cod and the south shore, it duxbury and marshfield, but 80s inland to hanover. On cape cod, temperatures will be in the 70s, generally all the way across barnstable county. Out on marthas vineyard, edgartown at 74 degrees. Hottest temperatures in merrimack valley, 88 in nashua. 80 in cape ann tomorrow. Beautiful everywhere. But that comes with this tradeoff. The pollen levels going up, the next three days. It looks like by this weekend, saturday into sunday, it will drop a t, on by, and im inclined to want to flip that as well, with the rainshowers coming saturday t will likely be lower, then pop back up on sunday. Beach forecast looks good. Sunshine all day tomorrow, hampton beach, 83. Wollaston at 84. So weve got the sunshine in there for friday, but look what happens friday night. A front to our northwest is pushing toward us. Thats going to bring some showers hand thunderstorms in to northern new england, first thing in Morning Saturday and and as that front drags its way on through, some showers start to develop in southern new england. Thats what well be dealing with on saturday. The risk of a shower or thunderstorm. Now this is a little less fine tuned, as we get closer and the models become more fine tuned, so its not going to be as widespread as youre seeing heres but scattered showers and thunderstorms erupt across the area throughout the middle of the day on saturday, plan accordingly. This is hurricane earl moving toward belize, tracking that tonight and by the time were be very close to making landfall. Getting to 90 on friday in many towns especially away from the coastline. On average, upper 80s, but low 90s. Saturday, cooler because of the clouds, increased threat of showers and thunderstorms and as the new timeline comes in this evening, new computer model data, ill update that situation for you. Vanessa an emergency at the boston red cross, with record low blood donations coming in this summer and were doing our part at fox 25 to change that. We hosted a blood drive in our see donations go down during the summer months. People are less available to donate this time, or people are on vacation, theyre away from home, that means here not making as many appointments as we see throughout the year, so thats resulted in a critical shortage. Vanessa and you dont have to go to a Donation Center to help. Just log on to the red cross web site, type in your zip code and a list of blood drives near you will pop right up. Mark great job today. We are working on all new stories for fox 25 at 6 00 p. M. Including a local woman her hand when pit bulls charged and attacked. The reporter a woman was walking her dog and they got attacked by two pit bulls. Tonight, we had show you what happened to the lab and that dog owner. Mark also ahead, a new traffic signal is supposed to make a really busy intersection safer, but instead, its causing some chai oles. Nobody seems to know how it works. Well cheer up the confusion. And a dozen of cats being four hundred Million Dollars. Thats how much Charter Schools will drain from massachusetts Public Schools this year. Four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. Four hundred million that wont fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, four hundred million unavailable to the ninetysix percent of students who dont attend Charter Schools. Lets improve Public Schools for all students, not just a select few. , new. Vanessa new at 5 00 p. M. , selfcheckout lines at Grocery Stores may be bad for business. A new study looked at one million audits worldwide and found businesses were losing three times the amount of products from selfcheckout lanes compared to traditional lanes. The study could not determine whether the loss was from people intentionally stealing or just from innocent mistakes. Google is getting ready to deliver goods with drones. The white house confirming googles project wing will Start Testing soon. The administration on board saying, it hopes drones will be able to fly problemfree before the end of the year. Amazon is also working on drone deliver. Its going to start doing testing soon in Great Britain isis claimed responsibility. Mark an 87yearold who served his country with honor could lose his home as a victim of identity theft. This is joe grooms from billings, montana, a korean war veteran. A man showed up at his house and told him his loan was foreclosed because of nonpayment. Days to get out, but joe says, this cant be true. He says, hes no dead beat. I worked in the navy and i made my own living all my life. I never lived off anybody else. Mark joe contacted a state senator who has opened an investigation. Vanessa a new report says students and staff both buys ad episodes in bostons premiere high school, which comes the head master their job. Mark fox 25 news at 6 00 p. M. Starts right now. The reporter now at 6 00 p. M. , a woman out for a walk with her dog with two bill pulse attacked. The owner nearly lost her hand and the lab can barely move on its own. Tonight for the first time, you will hear from the heartbroken dog owner. Mark also, Boston Latin School under fire again. Bostons most prestigious Public Schools. Plus, the careless mistake that ignited this Million Dollar massive fire in one of bostons oldest neighborhoods. Mark sending mixed signals. The reason a new traffic light at one busy intersection is causing a lot of confusion. Vanessa first at 6 00 p. M. , dozens of cats being removed from a home here in upton. The in rough shape. On its scene, weve learned two women who lived there, they have done this before. Good evening everyone, im vanessa welch. Mark im mark ockerbloom. Police, firefighters, mspca workers have been going in and out of this home on School Street for hours. Fox 25s Jackie Heinrich joins us by phone and these two sisters were caught in this same situation years ago. The reporter thats right, mark and vanessa. Weve been hearing from neighbors, not only has this issue been persisting for a similar incident at another home in the past and its been a real problem for their neighbors. Just about three weeks ago, they tell me that mspca was here, evaluating the situation, trying to determine, if theres a healthy amount of cats in this house and this came to their attention after neighbors circulated a petition complaining about a strong odor of ammonia, a urine smell, and dozens and dozens of cats, feral cats roaming the neighborhood, to the traps in several neighbors backyards trying to control the situation. Over time the situation has not improved, resulting in the removal today. Weve been watching mspca workers go in to the home in full hazmat suits with breathing gear on, theres about a dozen of them on scene and theyre bringing out crate after crate of animals. I overheard some of the conversations between the mspca workers, saying theyre trying