It has Storm Tracker radar, weather alerts and you can get customized forecasts for your town. Vanessa we continue to follow breaking news from boston. A 7yearold boy is going to be just fine after being rescued from a staterun pool in hyde park. There were more than 100 kids in the pool at the time. Fox 25s Jackie Heinrich is there live and jackie, two lifeguards and a mom are all being credited with saving this child. The reporter thats right. The pool was packed, and guards the deck area of other swimmers, while those First Responders and the Good Samaritans worked to revive that child, but it could have turned to chaos, his body was turning limp and he didnt have a pulse for several minutes, while all those folks are trying to get out of the way, so people could help him. Witnesses say that little boy had followed a Family Member into a deeper part of the pool, where he couldnt touch the bottom and he panicked, swallowing a lot of water. Thats when people nearby noticed the boys limp body and pume him to the side, where they break, rushed over to help the guards that had blown the whistle and another woman with medical training jumped in and started doing cpr. Didnt have a pulse, so i took two to three minutes oh, yeah. I just think about my son, like, that could have been my son. The reporter that boy was taken to Childrens Hospital with his mother. When he were told hes going to be just fine. And all in all, this is a big relief too, not only the folks who helped him, but also the bystanders here. It was a chaotic situation that could have been very different in the end, so of course, everyone very happy, for this positive ending here at this pool in hyde park. Jackie heinrich fox 25 news. Vanessa five days in to the investigation and vanessa marcottes killer is still out there. Investigators are pouring through about 450 tips theyve received so far. The 27yearold disappeared sunday, when she went out for a jog. Her body was found, less than a half mile from her mothers home. Police say vanessa fought back, and her killer will have signs of struggles, scrapes, cuts, or bruises on his body. Fox 25s bob ward live for us in princeton and bob, police have been running down leads, but so far, no big break in this case. The reporter you know, this is a very difficult investigation. All day long, state police investigators, local police, theyve been here, Princeton Police headquarters, combing through all of the evidence. Now, my sources tell me, theyve been running down some very promising leads, but so far, no arrests. Vanessa marcotte disappeared sunday afternoon, during a jog along brook station road in princeton, thats where her mother lives. Vanessas body discovered in woods only half mile away. Our sources tell us, vanessas body was burned on her hands, feet, and head. And she may have been sexually asking if theyve seen anyone with scratch marks on their body. Vanessa, the d. A. Says, fought for her life. At nearby ski resort, officials there say sunday afternoon at about 2 00 p. M. , a man and a woman showed up. The man had suspicious bruises on his body and asked to clean up. He told staff, he was in a motorcycle accident. Resort officials thought this was suspicious. They called investigators and sent along Surveillance Video to state police. Today, i spoke to the Westminster Police chief and he told me, yes, ther motorcycle accident sunday afternoon. And that the couple who refused medical treatment from e. M. S. Went to wachusett resort and asked for help, so according to the police, it all checks out and the incident has nothing to do with the murder of vanessa marcotte. The d. A. s office though will not comment. So that is an interesting lead, and skuicih might still come of it. The police chief tells me that the road where that motorcycle accident took place is one of you were leaving princeton especially if you wanted to get out of princeton quickly. The cruisers that responded to that motorcycle accident have Video Surveillance in them. So the chief has sent video from his cruisers from that accident scene to the state police, just in case they see something there. If they develop any kind of information, or description of a suspicious car at the scene of the murder, maybe that car shows up on the Surveillance Video, that the cruisers caught, but make no mista frustrating case. Coming up, tonight at 6 00 p. M. , i will show you the exact spot in the woods where vanessas body was found sunday night. Reporting live from princeton, bob ward, fox 25 news. Vanessa as bob has mentioned, state and local police still looking for any tips that could help lead to vanessas killer. All tips are anonymous. The number here is on your screen. Weve also posted it on our web site, and our social media pages. A scare in the air sends 24 jetblue flight took off from Logan Airport, hit really bad turbulence, sending passengers and the crew flying. Passengers say they were screaming in terror and were launched from their seats. As Elizabeth Hopkins reports, the flight left logan and was heading for sacramento. It turned into a rough ride somewhere near south dakota. Eye. We go right into the huge cloud, boom, like flew up way in the air. The reporter a welcome return to solid ground for passengers traveling on a diverted 429, flying from boston to sacramento thursday night, when severe turbulence forced it to land in rapid city, south dakota. Those on board describe a frightening experience. Well, i went flying way up in the air, and my laptop flew way up in the air and there was stuff flying, the whole the storage thing up on top opened up completely, just for a second and flew out and a bunch of people got hurt. I felt like i was in a tower of terror. We just dropped like that, people were injured. The reporter those on board with medical training began taking care of those around them. There was a nurse on board and at least one physician, maybe two, and they were really good with helping people, helping the flight attendant. Elizabeth 22 passengers and two crew members suffered injuries during the incident. They were taken to a rapid City Hospital for evaluation after the plane landed safely. It didnt look like anything seriously because some flight attendants were seriously hurt. One of the women hit the ceiling and actually broke part of the ceiling. Elizabeth everyone injured has been released and passengers were flown to california on another plane. Passenger tweets show some of the damage, including a toilet that was actually ripped from its anchoring during the turbulence, but they also tweeted their grad taught for the Rapid City Police department, who calmed children and made everyone feel a lot more comfortable when they were on the ground. Elizabeth hopkins, fox 25 news. Now, turbulence is the airline passengers, and flight attendants. Each year, 58 people are hurt in the u. S. , while not wearing their seat belts the from 1980 to 2008, u. S. Carriers had 234 turbulence accidents resulting in nearly 300 injuries including three deaths. Vanessa Worcester Police say the drown death of a local woman appears to be an accident. The 49yearold went for a swim last night at coves pond near the lakeside apartments. Darkness forced police to off the search last night. The Worcester Dive Team recovered her body this morning. Traffic finally starting to return to normal on the mass pike after an overnight truck crash caused huge backups today. The fiery crash eastbound in charlton initially shut down both sides of the interstate. The westbound lanes, they did reopen this morning, but the pike eastbound was reduced to just one lane until lunchtime. And that led to a 12mile backup. No word yet on what caused the crash. No one was hurt. A 9yearold boy is safe long search in boston. Sky fox flew over the search for 9yearold Calvin Martin around noon today in dorchester. Boston police had been looking for him and his father since the shooting last night on blue hill avenue. Police finally caught powell around 2 15 p. M. This afternoon. They say he pulled the trigger, the nondeadly shooting last night, that 9yearold calvin may have been with him at the time. Powell faces multiple charges. Mbta police want your help tracking down is brought Blue Line Service to a halt all because he wanted to take a selfie. You can see one of these photos, they have of the suspect, pretty clear. Police say this guy went into the tunnel at the aquarium station wednesday to take that selfie. The t was forced to disrupt service while they searched for him. Vanessa new at 5 00 p. M. , a popular restaurant chain is cleared to reopen on boylston street in boston. Health violations forced sweet salads. City inspectors found 20 Code Violations issues so they were shut down on tuesday. The nurses strike didnt happen, but Brigham Womens hospital took a big financial hit anyway. The hospitals Parent Company said today that strike preparations alone cost them 24 million. The cost included 8 million spent hiring replacement workers and 17 million in lost revenue from cancelled procedures. Bay state health is laying off 300 people to handle a projected the reduction is about 2 or 2. 4 of its more than 12,000 person workforce. The president of Bay State Health says the reductions will come in nonclinical areas as they are hoping to preserve the quality and safety of patients. We are hearing for the first time from the officers who pulled the trump tower climber inside. Many us in the newsroom couldnt stop watching this man trying to scale trump tower earlier this week. We showed you the dramatic finish live here on air and now inside, theyre talking about what happened. The moments before the rescue officers were trying to get limb to protect himself with extra ropes in case the worst happened. Initially, i was trying to hand him a safety line, which is a rope with a catching on it and i asked him to please lock himself in. Got forbid, he got god forbid, he got tired and lost his grip. Investigators identified the suggest peck as steven regatta. He faces charges of reckless endangerments and criminal campaign trail swings back through New Hampshire this weekend as democrat and v. P. Hopeful tim kaine arrived for a fund raiser. He will speak at holderness on saturday at the home of stoney field farm cofounder, gary hirshberg. Sarah we have over 2,000 lightning strikes with this storm. Im showing you the potential for more severe thunderstorms before the day is done and the threat that continues over the weekend. How local researchers are helping the u. S. Get closer to a zika vaccine. Before that vaccine could be used on people. Water levels continue to go down because of these dry 70. Sarah im fox 25 Storm Tracker meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski. Taking a live look at the city of boston. Some of the rain has ended in the city, but weve got more showers and thunderstorms out there right now. Im going to show you where some of the heaviest rain is falling and when the threat comes to an end in just minutes away. Dangerous snake was discovered. A quincy woman found the timber rattlesnake lounging outside her front door on grove street. Take a look at that guy. Quincy and state Environmental Police came to her rescue. The say the snakes are native to the blue hills reservation, but the drought may have lured this one out. Its not so much for the water themselves, but they go after the prey and the prey may be moving down into more populated area so the snake is going for their food source. Daniel police contained the snake and moved it back to the bl the timber rattlesnake is poisonous, so if you see one, you should call police. Vanessa water bans are in place across the state, but in one town, its even harder to come by. Plymouth shares one of its Water Supplies with cranberry growers. Water levels have fallen low enough that the town can only use half as much as it usually does. Fox 25s Robert Goulston live in plymouth tonight, where that longtime contract robert, causing some big problems. The reporter vanessa, yeah, over here to stay if business. Now, deep down under the ground, under the pound, is the drinking water, which the town, of course, uses on this side of town, because of a state requirement and the low water levels. They have to cut the use dramatically. K. C. Beelined it for the water. Water that this summer is slowly taking a toll on. The water levels normally will go up to here. Out every day and measures the level at darby pond. The pond helps officials determine the levels in the underground well used for drinking water. The problem when the pond gets down to a certain revel, the town has a deal with two Cranberry Bogs that it has to reduce withdrawal by 50 . They have to. Its their business. The reporter public works Officials Say they have more than enough water, the concern is overworking the entire system to move the water e. So were moving. So were moving water to puts weaknesss on those other areas. The reporter on average, the darby ponds well provides about 1. 25 million gallons of water. Now, the town can only take about 500,000 gallons. The town declared a water emergency a few weeks ago. So far, they have been able to cut the systemwide demand by a million gallons of water per day. The town is also counting on people to conserve water to just take the burden off the system off a whole. If one of our pumps went down, if we had a major water break necessary water to meet demand, then we would have to come up with some other means to move water into plymouth. The reporter right now, the town needs this water level to go back up about 6 inches. Theyre hoping for rain to make that happen. In the meantime, theyre also lobbying the state to see if they would waive this restriction until after the drought. We are live in plymouth, Robert Goulston, fox 25 news. Sarah im tracking rain out there right now, some we actually recall getting some reports of thank you so much for sending in all of your reports and viewer pictures. This one right here, one by one, under a tree, in line, as a tree has fallen down on this road right here on the Bedford Billerica line, so just be aware, you may run into some traffic problems as some of these storms have rolled on through with heavy rain and strong winds, but also, a lot of lightning. Take a look at this picture. This is what it looked like as it passed over somerville, you can see the clouds in the distance there. Looking at boston right now better than it did about an hour ago. And look at that temperature. 86 degrees. Now, typically, we would say, hey, that is really a warm day out there, above average, but you know what, it was in the 90s about an hour ago, and that heat index was over 100. That dew point 78. Thats a record for this date to have that dew point so high. And with the combination of the high temperatures, as well as the high dewpoints, you get what is your feelslike conditions, dressing for how it feels, the Comfort Level outside. And it feels like its in the upper 90s to 100 degrees. So we still have that excessive heat warning with that possibility of a heat index going up to 108 for the boston area, this area shaded in pink. That also includes parts of connecticut, otherwise, a heat advisory means you could have that heat index up to about 105. Its holt. Its humid. When you get that combination, its uncomfortable, and youve got a lot of moisture to work with in the air, doesnt take much f weve been tracking some thunderstorms, and some of them have been severe. Now, this is a brand new Severe Thunderstorm Warning, because just a couple minutes ago, before i came on, we didnt have this yellowshaded area, but now in the providence area, youre under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for this storm that is producing so much lightning. I also want to point out, there is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning out in western parts of massachusetts, this is a storm that went through new york, and actually five people were injured from getting hit pinkerton lightning. This particular storm right here. Its over 2,000 strikes in the last minimum minutes, along with earmarked for heating last 15 minutes, along with heavy rain. Where youre seeing heavy rain, its slow moving to the south and east, so some areas are going to see a good amount of rain in a very short period of time. I know, some of us actually need this rain, but we dont want it all at the same time. Watching this storm develop right now in west bridgewater, heading to the south and east, were going to have to watch this closely as it looks to be developing in the last 15 minutes, and any now pushing off. So our futurecast takes the threat of these showers and storms through the evening hours with some improvement to the north, and then as we head through the overnight, when the sun sets, well see some improvement. Partly cloudy skies, some areas of fog, watching this frontal boundary thats going to dip southward, mabry cooler conditions to the coast tomorrow, staying hot and humid in the interior and that means another round of showers and storms in the afternoon and evening mainly to the north and as the front lifts to the north on sunday, were bringing back the heat, were bringing back uncomfortable conditions, and more showers and storms to erupt late in the day. That fronts finally comes on through, producing some showers early monday and then drying us out late monday into tuesday, with temperatures back to near normal. Over to you. Daniel check out these sharks feasting on a whale in cape cod bail. A tuna fishing crew sent us this video out of quincy thursday morning. Three great whites devoured the dead whale. You can imagine, they were pretty excited by that site. Wow. Flying a little easier for travelers. The app that could help people avoid those long lines at customs. Vanessa also ahead, this may be music to your sons and daughters ears. A Massachusetts School is getting rid of homework. Why the schools principal believes it will actually help kids get a better education. Daniel but first, the citgo sign is an iconic part of bostons skyline and it was up for sale. Who bought the local landmark fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Capital one believes your bank should work for you, so capital one reimagined banking. . . With a place that feels nothing like a bank. And helpful people that talk to you. Not sell to you. With free checking accounts that are actually free. No minimums. No fees. And a toprated app, lets you bank right here. Thats banking reimagined. Whats in your wallet . Daniel new at 5 00 p. M. , hits tonight that bostons iconic citgo sign will stay right where it is. Boston university announced it reached a deal to leave the sign where it sits and though b. U. Did not release specifics, a University Official says he hopes the announcement will calm Community Concerns about the sign. Ahead of the Boston PreservationAlliance Says the new developer is known to be sensitive to historic concerns. Well, beam me to boston. Weekends comiccon. Vanessa it is all happening this weekend at the seaport world trade center. Joe martin got a look at some of the characters already in town. Take a look. Oh my god, this place, its grown dramatically from the little basement comiccon that was a couple years ago down the street. Right now, were currently standing on the floor at boston comiccon. What are you looking at. Comiccon is a lot of things. Basically, a place for nerds and geeks and all kind of people like come together and just spend a few weekends doing what they love, whether its cause play or looking for comics. We travel across space and time, and we grasp and cant really escape, so we just have to we just have to stay here i guess. Basically, if you like anything, scifi, fantasy, comic books, youll find it here. Boston comiccon, whole bag of transformers. Its cool, because you have a bunch of likeminded people here afternoon and it beats working. So why not, right . Its so fun. I love it. Im a huge nerd, i love dressing up, so this is like the best place for me. A lot of them look really awesome, even if you want to throw in, if im wearing a shirt if youre a fan of what im a fan of. If not, youll pass it over. Im wearing more suits, because i am the girl version of links, but the hipster version. What would i say to a newbie. Find emerge yourself in, something you really, really love, whether its scifi. Speaking of someone who is here for the first time, its greats youre surrounded by people like you, its awesome. Daniel i think i found something to do this weekend. Vanessa nerding out on a friday. Are you ready for it . All right. Coming up, fox 25 sits down with a man leading the efforts to create a zika vaccine as the virus continues to spread. Why he says boston researchers had been years before anything is available to people. Daniel and also ahead this evening, the key clue that could finally shed some light on the last hours of the el faro before the doomed freighter sank near the bahamas. Nearly two decades after the temporary bridge was put in on route 3a, finally some good news for south shore residents. Vanessa now at 5 30 p. M. , tracking storms. Weve had a Severe Thunderstorm Warning this afternoon, an right now, all the warnings in our air why have expired, but there is still a chance of Severe Weather rolling through this evening. Good evening, im vanessa welch. Daniel im Daniel Miller in this evening for mark ockerbloom. Fox 25 Storm Tracker meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski staying busy this afternoon, tracking all the storms and the brutal heat. Sarah and the humidity. It is just brutal out there for sure. It feels like its about 100 degrees and with all that humidity, its really allowing for some of these storms that have developed across the region to but frequent lightning is also a major concern. Now, i did mention the Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in our area have expired, but for parts of northeastern connecticut, as well as northern rhode island, we still have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6 00 p. M. And now that is also for parts of Bristol County as well. For this storm thats been pushing on through. We also have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of western mass, for this storm with a lot of lightning and a history of actually lightning that has injured multiple over 2000 strikes with this particular storm, as well as some heavy rain, looks as though we could see some possible flooding with this rain coming on through. And it has sort of linked up with this shower that has really developed over bridgewater w lightning as well, heavier downpours and some showers extending to the coast, probably if marshfield youre hearing a rumble of thunder, pushing this into motion, southeast, about 25 miles an hour, going to hitting the carver area, around 5 45 p. M. , 5 48 p. M. Be prepared, we have more storms out there, more heat and humidity. Get a break coming up in a few minutes. Vanessa finally, some progress on a bridge project that started two decades ago. Daniel this is good news for People Living on the south shore. Nearly three Million Pound bridge is being razed. Once its in place, its expected to relieve some of the traffic along route 3a. They call it the forever bridge. The reporter after more than two decades, progress in the four river bridge project on this 324foot bridge span is ready to be floated down river, and installed as early as next week. The 244 million bridge will replace a draw bridge from 1936, and is designed to be wider and taller, so large ships can pass under it more easily. A temporary bridge was installed in the early 2000s. Im just hoping theyll take some advice and make both lanes heading in the southern direction. Because all the way to wollaston beach. The reporter peter dawson owns the lobster shop that sits in the shadow of the infamous bridge project. At a News Conference this afternoon, transportation secretary stephanie pollack said traffic wouldnt be affected when the new span goes in, and it will be open for use once installed. 25 shipped lobsters, 10 pounds of steamers coming up. The reporter lobster stop regular bob harvey is skeptical the bridge will ever be done. A mistake by the fabricator of bridge delayed the project more than a year and its more than a Million Dollars over budget. I try to stay on this side of the bridge until they correct it. The reporter i asked secretary pollack what she has to say to south shore residents fed up about the delays and extra tax dollars. Im sorry that delayed the project. Once we put it in there, it would be much more expensive and disruptive, if we had to fix it 5, 10, or 20 years from now. The reporter the new piece of the bridge is expected to go in as soon as monday. Reporting in quincy, crystal haynes, fox 25 news. Daniel families who lost loved ones in the el faro disaster may soon know more about what happened. Three people from new england were on board when that freighter sank near the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. Federal investigators have the ships data recorder. The hope is that it will shed some light on what happened in the final moments. The reporter Family Members of those who died on board the el faro cargo ship may soon know final moments. The ships voyage data recorder now back on land after it was recovered some 15,000 feet below the surface of the atlantic ocean. Weve never done that before. We had a acquiring media at depths like that. I dont believe weve recovered one that i recall under water. The reporter the vdr stores navigational data and crew Member Communications on the bridge. El faros device was first discovered back in april, and analysts at the ntsb headquarters in washington, d. C. Will be processing the data. There is currently no time frame for the examination. We have to look into back in the lab, those of which was the vdr damaged, was the vdr working properly. If there is good data on the vdr audibly, how many hours it might contain. The reporter el faro traveling between florida and puerto rico when it sunk off the the 790foot cargo ship going under during hurricane joaquin, all 33 on board died. We owe it to those who perished, the families and loved ones, to learn all we can from this tragedy to prevent accidents like this from taking more lives. The reporter the ntsb says a transcript of whats on the vdr will be made public once available, but the actual audio file will not be released. Fox news. Military Officials Say the remains of a massachusetts korean war soldier who died a prisoner of war in 1951 have been positively identified and will be returned to his family for burial. We first reported about the return of cambridge native ronald sparks on sunday. Today, weve learned he is going to be buried with full military honors next friday. Sparks was reported missing on february 12 the of 1951. He died several months later in a p. O. W. Camp. Daniel response tonight from a group of veterans after a black lives matter banner was the American Legion post in somerville is flying an all lives matter banner. The commander of the post tells the herald its a response to the mayors refusal to change the black lives matter banner hanging at city hall for the last year. Last month, Police Officers from around the region held a rally against the banner. Vanessa a terrifying encounter for a local teenager, right inside his own rockland home. And tonight, police are on the hunt for a suspect. The 13yearold boy was home by himself when he says he encountered a knife burglar. Birdie davis told fox 25 he caught a stranger trying to pick the lock to a side door. So i came out the front door to go get my bike, to go to my friends house, and i see this guy frying to open the door and he has a huge knife in his pocket and i just like froze there. I thought i was going to die. I was very scared. Vanessa take a look at the sketch of the man police are now looking for. Hes about 6 feet tall and in his mid 40s. The man is bald with a reddish beard. Daniel a warning from police in one local town after a string of breakins. Groveland police say several week. The thieves took cash, sunglasses and clothing. Police say you should always lock your car and make sure valuables are kept out of sight. Vanessa a local family is looking for their lost parrot who flew away. The revere family says the parrot means the world to their 3yearold son who has autism. They say the bird helps calm him down. The family posted this video on youtube, hoping someone will recognize the bird. They are offering a 2,000 reward if that bird is found. What a beautiful bird. Vanessa we are working now on several news stories for fox 25 at 6 00 p. M. Daniel coming up, the mbta rolling out a new app to help riders get around the city. Vanessa first, a Massachusetts School getting rid of homework. Why the schools principal believes less homework means better grade and a better education. Daniel but first, the new app about to take off at Logan Airport. How it will help travelers avoid long lines at logan. Differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Daniel the nations first offshore wind farm is set to open off the coast of rhode island this fall. Five turbines will be built off block island. Developers, federal regulators and Industry Experts all say the opening will pave the way for the construction of many more wind farms. New at 5 00 p. M. , a 22story Apartment Building received unanimous support from the boston predevelopment authority this week. Vanessa the condo complex is going to sit overlooking the the building is expected to cost 260 million, and include 124 units. South boston restaurant owner, john cronin hopes to start the project next year. Cronin has pledged that. So of the money will go to Charity Projects like the Martin Richard park at childrens wharf. Daniel also new at 5 00 p. M. , Governor Charlie Baker quietly killed an 82yearold liquor law that you could take advantage of, this holiday season. The governors bill includes a provision that allows massachusetts residents to buy liquor on christmas, if Christmas Falls on a sunday, like it does this year. The law was on the books for more than eight decades, following the passage of the 21st amendment, allowing alcohol to be sold legally again. Vanessa Logan Airport revealing an almost secret express lane to help you avoid long lines to go through customs. The mobile password is a free app for apple an android phones. You take a photo of your passport and yourself. Grabs your info and wave your phone over a scanner and step right up to customs. Logan Officials Say the app should be available by the end of the month. Daniel traffic backups are becoming a main concern in northern new england. The main Turnpike Authority says every month in 2016 has been a record month for traffic. State officials salo gas prices, hot and sunny weather are an and increasing number of tourists are driving up traffic. Traffic is heavy on several state highways. Im tracking showers and thunderstorms. Showing you the laest timeline of when the threat comes to an end and when you can expect them to fire back up over the weekend. Vanessa first, only fox 25 has an exclusive interview with a man leading the way with the fight against the zika virus. The local researcher is getting closer to a vaccine next, right sarah im fox 25 Storm Tracker meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski, tracking a few showers and thunderstorms, an one particular storm, severe also parts of Bristol County. We have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6 00 p. M. We have a Flood Warning until 7 45 p. M. A lot of heavy rain, numerous lightning, all associated with this storm. And were also tracking some showers and thunderstorms heading towards the south shore. My latest forecast is just minutes away. Daniel a brockton nursing home got a scathing state report after a dementia patient couldnt be revived after suffering a heart attack. Vanessa the state released the 70page report on bray more the state ordered the facility to stop taking new patients, fined it 200,000 and froze federal payments that cover many patients bills. The report found the nursing home had faulty equipment and staff who lacked training. Daniel gay, list bean and Bisexual High School Students consider suicide at a rate almost three times as high as straight teens. Thats one of the key findings from the c. D. C. s first ever study of on health risk facing nonheterosexual youth. Gay teens also reported being and three times as likely to stay home from school out of fear for their safety. The c. D. C. Says the findings show a need for Health Programs to help sexual minority teens in school. No homework at all for students at one Massachusetts School. Kelly full Service Community school in holyoke is assign homework to students, instead focusing on classroom students. Some teachers and parents told the school, they had students surpriselying, overwhelming supported the idea. The tradeoff students will be at school from 8 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. Vanessa promising results by researchers at beth israel are helping the u. S. Get closer to a zika vaccine. Jacqueline feld has an interview with a doctor leading the fight. The u. S. Health department is shifting money away from other Disease Research to keep funding work toward a zika vaccine. We asked dr. Anthony at the nih which Health Projects will take negative impact on other disciplines, including cancer, diabetes, other infectious diseases. The reporter the federal government has already tapped more than half a billion dollars from the e. Bola fight. He has enough money to last through november or december. Rocket speed when it comes to vaccines, so were very pleased with how quickly we were able to move. The reporter some of that vaccine work is underway at bostons beth israel. Promising, as they stopped mice an monkeys from getting the virus. To develop a vaccine, its teamwork of multiple people, municipality. Institutions, multiple multiple institutions and multiple agencies. The reporter the white house requested nearly 2 billion in emergency funding two months ago. Congress is deadlocked on how to get the money. Jacqueline feld, fox 25 news. Daniel a new oreo cookie is coming out and its a marriage made if dentist nightmares. The swedish fish oreo. The cookie apparently tastes like the gummy treats you can find on many candy aisles. The swedish fish oreo is a limited Edition Flavor and can only be bought at the soup mart chain krogers. Some people are buying the cookies and selling them amazon for triple the price. Walmart is now selling the deep frozen fried twinkies, or frozen deep fried twinkies. The retail giant started selling the hostess products at some stores this week with the nationwide rollout starting tuesday. The deep fried twinkies come in two flavors original and chocolate. Vanessa i have a huge sweet tooth. I love chocolate, but i dont know, that doesnt sound good to me. Frozen . Daniel you can only do those at state fairs. I cant see that going homer day sarah the frozen part is probably what would cool you off in this type of weather, but i dont know, im not really a big fan of that, it has been hot out there. Hopefully youve been trying to get relief. This is definitely an ice cream day. Thats what i would say. Temperatures have soared into the 90s, and the humidity just really allowing for it to feel even hotter. Enough that weve seen showers and storms develop, thank you so much for all of your pictures. This is a downpour to the northeast of cambridge, you can see the cloud tops there, and taking a live look at the city of boston, you can acal some brightening to the sky over here, 86 though. Temperature was in the upper 90s, the shower that came on through the last hour, dropped that temperature, but that dew point, still in the upper 70s, so that heat index is close to 100 degrees. These dewpoints, measuring the moisture in the air, it is so juicy, its so tropical out there when you have dewpoints in the 70s and temperatures in the 80s and 90s, youre going to see your feelslike conditions, what you need to be dressing for, how it feels out there, the Comfort Level, up into the 90s, through the Merrimack Valley into parts of New Hampshire. So still pretty oppressive out there. We still have a heat advisories, and also an excessive heat warning for the boston area. As we could expect continue to see that heat index go up to 100 to 108, through 7 00 p. M. Still going to stay hot and humid as we head through the evening hours, if you do have plans this friday night. Be aware, we have a few showers and storms, weve been tracking down south of the pike, but also out to the west too and i really wa this severe thunderstorm, it has a warning until 6 00 p. M. , that goes for the providence area as well as attleboro, as well as parts of Bristol County. A lot of lightning being associated with this storm, as well as heavy downpours. Watching for possible rotation. There may be some strong wind gusts, were going to continue to monitor that for you. But places like seakonk and swansea, you will see the showers and storms rolling on through and the darker red indicating the heavier rain threat too, now pushing to the youre seeing, hearing a few rumbles of thunder, but seeing some of the showers pushing on through. This is going to continue to slide to the south and east with the current conditions, temperatures 80s, 90s, so weve actually cooled off a little built, but its still pretty humid and feeling hot. So futurecast, i want to show you what were expecting. Through the evening hours, hit or miss showers. Not everyone will see one and were going to see that threat of Severe Weather diminishing once the sun sets. Overnight, were holding on to a lot of clouds, perhaps a fewer breaks, some areas of fog and temperatures back into the 70s. Could frontal boundary had been sliding southward along the coast tomorrow, so waking up to the 60s and 70s tomorrow, but look what happens for high temperatures. A little bit cooler at the coast. 70s, 80s, further west you go, the hot conditions continue with that humidity. Temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90. And again, the threat of showers and storms back in our forecast. If you have outdoor plans this weekend, well be watching for more damaging winds as well as heavy downpours, and frequent lightning. Sunday. Futurecast, that frontal boundary will allow for the showers and storms to develop in the afternoon and evening on saturday and sunday, hazy, hot and humid and in the afternoon, more wet weather. The good news is that front to the wells, will slide to our south, allowing for showers early monday, but then improvement late monday into tuesday, with drier air working in. Over tough. Vanessa heres what were working on for 6 00 p. M. The search for a killer continues tonight. The reporter a y jogging down this road. Her body found in these woods. The leads police are investigating. The reporter terrible turbulence on board a jetblue flight from logan. All new at 6 00 p. M. , one pilot shows us how he teaches pilots around new england to react to situations like last night. Plus, thousands of people are saying no to corporations sponsoring national parks. Coming up, the petition being delivered today asking for certain policy change. Fios is not cable. 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The reporter when she saw the desk she liked was on sale for 325, she jumpe deal, but when she went back on line later in the day i noticed that the price of the desk had changed to the original price, which was 1,299. The reporter she called Customer Service. She said, yep, it was 325 when you purchased t. I will note the account that we will honor the price. The reporter a few days later, she had a voice mail. The message saying this is pottery barn, were calling to inform you that your order has discrepancy. Please refer to you are inaccuracy disclaimer. The reporter that disclaimer allowed them to correct pricing errors, even after you submit your order. My basis was the fact that they stated that they would honor the price, they even noted it on the account, and then they reneged on that. The reporter we contacted pottery barn and were told in part, Customer Service is a priority for pottery barn as we are committed to providing an outstanding experience to all our customers. Eventually, they did sell her the desk at a 50 discount. She thinks this could have easily been avoided. Add the disclaimer to the checkout process. The reporter pricing errors are a huge problem for everybody who sells product on the internet. For airlines with fare errors and for retailers with prices changing constantly through the day. My simple rule if the price on something seems incredibly and possibly low, dont expect they have to. Im clark howard. Vanessa well, we now know when you can expect to see apples shiny new version of the iphone. An apparent leak about the launch date of the iphone 7, bloomberg hooterring the apple will reveal the smart phone at an event on september 7. Industry experts say apple will likely open up preorders september 9th and the full release date will be september 16th. The reporter now at 6 00 p. M. , an excessive heat showers and storms. When the threat ends and we find relief from the extreme heat. The reporter the search continues for the man who killed a local jogger. Where police have focused efforts today as hundreds of new tips roll in. The reporter plus, scary moments on a crosscountry jetblue flight. The storage thing up on top opened up completely, just for a second and flew out, a bunch of people got hurt. Navigate through bad weather. Plus nearly two decades after the temporary bridge was put in on route 3a, finally some good news for south shore residents. Progress on the four river bridge project. Vanessa first at 6 00 p. M. , we continue to track storms popping up all over the area. Heres a look at the radar right now and with this hot and humid air, the chance for showers and thunderstorms will continue throughout the weekend. Good evening, im vanessa welch. This evening for mark ockerbloom. Fox 25 Storm Tracker meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is here now, and sarah, these storms have kept you busy all afternoon. Sarah definitely popping up. Both jason and shiri mentioned it this morning, the threat was there this afternoon and sure enough, they have developed and some of the storms have been severe. Weve got Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, still in place for parts of connecticut as well as rhode island, even parts of Bristol County, for this storm, thats really pushed south of worcester into this area, lots of lightning, heavy rain, even youre hearing thunder, you need to get to shelter and you want to wait at least 30 minutes after a storm has passed to resume any outdoor activities. Just some rainshowers in the plymouth area, steady at times, but we have to look out to the west and thats where we have a few more storms out there. Temperatures, 80s and 90s have cooled off from these storms that rolled dewpoints remain very high. So its very uncomfortable out there. Heat index is anywhere in the 90s, to feeling like the triple digits as you head into the place for boston area, middlesex and norfolk county. Heat advisory 100 to 105. When we finally break the heat and when the risk of showers and storms continues over the weekend. Daniel stay with fox 25 for continuing coverage of this weather alert. Sarah will be back in less than 15 minutes, with the latest look at the storms. And for weather updates any time, head over to our web site, its fox25boston. Com