Minutes away. And that will help. We have a dense fog advisory. Portsmouth all the way to nashua. If youre travelling in that area, be cautious, even down near the Greater Boston area. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s. So some of that fog can be freezing some isolated locations in southern New Hampshire. And then im watching this low, tracking off of our coast today. Going to bring rain southeastern mass. Future cast coming up. But its 40s today and at least a slight chance of some of the showers making their way all the way up to near boston. Better chance, though, for the cape and islands. More on that coming up. Heather we are following breaking news for you this morning. We want to take a live look right now as hundreds of people take to the streets of Little Havana in Miami Florida to celebrate the death of fidel castro. His brother, raul castro announcing the leaders passing around 10 00 last night. Divisive and controversial hero. Some saw him as a hero, other saw him as oppressing his people, stripping them of their freedom and causing thousands to flee the country. He served for ham half a century. The u. S. Put to recognize his regime. But as time went on, he was seen as a major threat. Especially when he allied himself with the soviet union. From there, we saw a trade embargo w year. And disaster which was the fail of bay of pigs invasion. The world was brought to the brink of war with the cuban missile crisis and in the end, he lasted 10 administrations. In 1998, raul castro took over for his brother. Bus crash now are saying there were several complaints about the drivers driving in the weeks leading up to mondays crash. School records show two written statements by students complaining about johnthony walker. One accused walker of stopping a bus that made kids who were in their seats hit their heads. Another said, seatbelts were needed on the bus. He had children dead. He is being charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide and is due in court on tuesday. This morning, were working to get more information about this crash in framingham. Police tell fox 25 that a woman was hit by a car there. Near route 9 near sposspect street last night. Police say the victim is 50 years old but expected to be okay. No word if the driver will face any charges. Heather it is that time of year already. The area are opening their doors and pose stall carriers getting ready to hit the roads with trucks filled with or holiday packages already. But you might not be the only one waiting for deliveries to arrive. Thieves could be scoping out your neighborhood waiting to strike. Its happened in past years we know. Fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux is live in canton this morning, stephanie, thats one of a dozen of spots around the area designated as a drop zone. Yeah, were actually at a sunoco gas station in canton. These lockers owned by amazon. So what happens is when you order a package from amazon, you can actually have them delivered to one of these secure lockers. You can see this screen right here. You enter a code that amazon gives you it opens up the locker and you can get your package. And police say thats much safer than actually having your package delivered right to your home. Theyve seen a spike in these types of thefts since tuesday. And through tuesday, theyve had 116 reported package thefts so far this year. And 30 alone in september. Police told us thieves follow amazon, ups, fed ex and u. S. Postal Service Trucks to figure out where theyre going and they actually go back to the homes and steal the packages once theyre delivered outside. What were seeing is that homes that are clustered be the targets. Its easy prey for these subjects. Theyre able to get in and out of homes quickly in and out of doorways porches et cetera and be able to walk off with a number of packages at one time. Reporter so police say its a good idea to have the packages delivered to your work or one of these secured lockers. You can also have someone sign for it. Coming up in 30 minutes, the in canton, im Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather stephanie. Thank you. Today marks one week since a lawrence teenager was last seen. The family says they dont believe the 16yearold ran away and they havent heard from him last saturday and thats unusual. Theyre hoping someone recognizes the picture right here and take a look at it and hoping someone can bring him home. Jason this happened on yesterday, police say the 30yearold man tried to run and ended up hitting the officer. The officer was able to roll off of the car so he is okay this morning. Thats the good news. High speed chase ended with a crash here 93 north near exit 16. It turns out the man had several warrants for his arrest. His name not been released this weekend facing multiple charges for that incident, including assault and battery on a Police Officer. Heather it is 6 06 and this one neighborhood after a crash took out a pole yesterday. Speed is to blame for that commotion that sent people running outside to see what happened. Its loud enough to get your attention. It was loud. Take a look at an after math of Edge Hill Road in norwood. Police say an 18yearold was driving too fast and lost control. The telephone pole was down. And my car was up there, facing that way. It was rolling this way here. First i kind of thought the transformer blew out. That was kind of the sound it was like a big boom. Heather police say the driver hit kendalls car, and then the pole before hitting a second car. Several homes in the dark for few hours while crews worked to clean up the situation. I had a car down there. They told me it was a few hours because of the power. At least no one got hurt. Heather the 18yearold driver had two teenage girls with her at the time of the crash. Shes now charged with speeding is not taking a break for the highway. Foxs Lauren Blanchard looks at the reaction from both sides this morning. Reporter president elect donald trump continuing to pull together his team in preparation for his presidency. While some are criticizing his process in picking his administration, supporters say hes right on track. You would expect nothing else from a chief executive officer, ceo of our country, president elect, and hes running it like steam says no cabinet appointments will be made until next week, announcing two staff picks, naming Campaign Finance lawyer don mcbegan as White House Council and kt mcfarlin, a former aid to three republican president s as the Deputy National security advisor. General michael flynn, the administrations pick for National Security advisor tweeting so proud and honored to National Security team she will help us make America Great again. Others remain skeptical of who mr. Trump is considering. Particularly mitt romney, who was a vocal critic of mr. Trump during the campaign. Some of mr. Trumps closest allies are raising eyebrows in romneys name. Others say to trust in trump. Its up to him. Where he feels comfortable bringing in the best people for the job to move our country forwd, thing. While most of the couple has accepted the mr. Trump as the president elect. Green Party Candidate jill stein says she has raised 3 Million Dollars to recount the vote with a goal of raising another 2 million by wednesday. Jason on that note, green Party Officials filed for the recount in wisconsin yesterday. Theyre asking for a reconciliation of paper records, it got the petition and is prepared to move forward with a statewide recount. Meantime, vicepresident elect mike pence getting ready for the inauguration day. Hes renting this five bedroom house in north washington, for 6,000 a month. Neighbors spotted the vehicles packing the tree line neighborhood of the vicepresident elect moved in this week. My husband gets up, goes into the bathroom looks o walking out the front door into one of the big vehicles. Heather can you imagine . Honey, vicepresident just moved next door. Theyre expected to move into the national observatory, thats the traditional vicepresident s home after inauguration day. A community banning together today to replace messages of hate with ones of hope. The special place defaced by vandals that launched a Police Investigation. Jason and the mother today if they only lived in a different state. When did we become a society where were not going to help save someones life. Jason only on fox 25, a fight for her law that would commit addicts into drug treatment against their will. Jason brewer im tracking heather welcome back. New hampshire has one of the highest opoid overdoses in the nation right now. Close to 500 deaths a year. To put that in perspective, the state sees roughly 20 homicides in a year. Now, many loved one addicted to opoids have desperate to find help before its too late. Earlier this week, fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux sat down with one mother who recently lost her 18yearold son to an opoid overdose. Shes calling on the state to force a law that would force addicts into treatment against their will. I remember thinking. Buy more time. I thought we still had a fight. Her 18yearold son john in july. After he overdosed on a combination of fentanyl and cocaine. Two weeks before, she had called pelham New Hampshire police to involuntary commit him under state law that he was a danger to himself. They come over and said, theres nothing we can do. Hes not mentally unstable. A judge makes you mentally unstable as far as im concerned but that law says mental illness. Reporter part of police job is to get them clean, something she wasnt able to do for her own son. She lives more than 2 miles away from the massachusetts state line. Massachusetts has a section 75, whereas here in New Hampshire they dont. Under section 35, a relative or Police Officer can go to court to involuntarily commit someone who is using drugs or alcohol. If the court agrees, that person is then sent to a treatment of law. New hampshire is one of three that do not. And i can walk into a courtroom and section them under my job. But couldnt come home and do it for my own child. Reporter according to the Massachusetts Department of corrections, last year, more than 2,000 people were committed under section 35. Cheryl and her family have started a petition urging New Hampshire lawmakers to pass their own version of the law. Its just another tool. Its not a cure all. Reporter we sat down with attorney general joseph foster, he told us, New Hampshire has created a law to target drug dealers add increase in facilities and increase access to narcan. People who are addicted have a lot more places to turn than before. That helps not only the individual but also their families. Reporter but foster says it will be up to lawmakers to pass the section 35 type law, there are concerns. That would be a policy constitutional right to liberty. Are you kidding . Not helping somebody is violating their rights. When do we become a society where were not going to help save somebodys life. Reporter im Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather well, mercier said shes not giving up. In the mean time, her family is living a sober living facility dedicated in her sons name. We also want to mention, patients can only say at the massachusetts substce due to overcrowding some the patients sent to correctional facilities even. We do have more information about the merciers petition, and the silver libtber tees decision and the massachusetts late state law on fox25boston. Com. Jason a massachusetts man caught in drug scandal not allowed to have his after a state drug lab tampering with evidence, he withdrew his guilty nearly 800 in probation fees. The state Supreme Court said because it was withdrawn, hes not eligible for a we fund. The globe reports this weekend, people may have to wait a little longer for the pot shops to open up. Theyre asked to push back for a few months from january of 2018 to mid jeer of 2018. They say this would give them more time to make sure local govern regulate marijuana sales. Heather walking out to go to my car overnight. As we were jason could you see your car . Heather i could see it. One thing i was go going to say, it was at least a little mild for this time of year. Jason brewer temperatures are generally in the 30s and 40s. We could easily be in the 20s area wide right now. Its going to get a little of ourselves. Weve got some fog. That is one of the weather issues today. We put on a high impact. A dense fog advisory in New Hampshire. And that fog settled into mass. As well of the clouds will hang around and even a risk for some rain. Not all of us get the rain. Start with the fog, though. You can clearly where it has gotten worse. Not so much the cape and islands this morning, but plymouth, the south shore. All the way through beverly. Anyw where its dangerous. So the fog advisory is issued for quarter mile or less for an extended period of time over a wide area. This will continue through 8 00 a. M. Now the worcester airport, not a problem. Youre up above it. Its down in the low areas where were seeing the fog. Temperatures at 39, 40 degrees. Royalston, holliston, could have freezing fog, icy surfaces. Just want to mention it. Mid to upper 30s 40 there in walpole. 43 in duxbury and 49 on nantucket. Get to the hour by hour forecast. In worcester today, one or two breaks of sun. General rule, clouds in the sun. Temperatures in the low 40s with highs starting around midday through 2 00. Into boston, keep it cloudy, temperatures topping out in the low to middle 40s from noon to about 3 00 p. M. Watching down to the south for heres the low Pressure Center that weve been tracking. Right now the radar quiet over southern new england. But as we advance things through time. We started the damper skies falling into the noon hour. So its going to be the cape and islands that get the most of the rain thats going to be coming our way today. One or two showers could spin back across the eastern coastline. Up into southern New Hampshire here toward the sea coast later in the day. Notice the winds, theyre out of the northwest and we start to in overnight tonight. So well drop down to freezing in many locations as we get started on our sunday. Weekend in view, its going to be breezier, brighter and a little bit cooler feeling on sunday. And i cant even rule out that we could see a flurry wrap things up on sunday evening as that low pressure pulse away. And then on monday, it is bright. A nice day in the morning. Chilly morning, but the sunshine will feel nice and wont be very next weather makinger by tuesday afternoon. Rain on the way and then periods of rain wednesday and thursday. A series of storm systems likely bring needed drought relief for southern new england then. Heather one way to look ate. Thank you, jason. Wells fargo fighting back over a lawsuit over a fake account scandal. We told you about this before, the bank accused of opening millions of unauthorized court to force dozens of customers who are suing to rezone their claims behind closed doors. The bank argued that customers signed an agreement requiring them to handle bank disputes outside of court. Wells fargo already apologized opening those accounts in the first place. Jason breaking this morning, fidel castro is dead. And now celebrations underway in the Little Havana in miami. Youre looking at a live picture of miami. And a look back at the controversial leaders morning. Weeks after fan nishing on a jog, a young mother found bound you will and dumped on the side of the highway. Questions now, as the police focus to the woman who left her there. Jason black friday over. There. Jason black friday over. Small business at ikea, we believe that making room for one more at outback, steak and unlimited shrimp is back for just 15. 99 for a limited time. Try unlimited garlic herb butter, or crispy shrimp for just 15. 99. And let the bold flavors speak for themselves. With unlimited shrimp at ikea, we believe that making room for one more shouldnt cost more. Whether youre headed to the stores, went online or just picked up your phones and did it. Black friday shoppers already spent billions. Holiday sales expected to top 655 billion. Up 4 from last year. Shopping. Today is the Small Businesses will see the busiest rush. Its the Small Business saturday. A push to get people out and spend money at local independent businesses. It was started by American Express and has become a big success raking in more than 16 million for Small Businesses last year. Heather meantime shoppers already dropped about 2 billion shopping online and of course thats even before cyber monday. Amazon will roll out more than 75,000 cyber monday and continues all week long. Big money on books toys and electronics tend to be the biggest seller on cyber monday. One odd product the most watched deal. Were talking about this right here, the mermaid tale blanket. That apparently is the big deal this winter. Jason, i cant picture you with one of those. Jason can you get me one of those . Please please. Heather okay. The hottest months for thieves. The days police say are the most popular with thieves when it comes to stealing deliveries meant for your home. Jason brewer dense fog still a problem in meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. Y265cy ykny this is fox 25 morning it is just about to turn 6 30. This is a live look at the state house. Normal at this time, we would show you a picture of the Boston Common and turn that camera around the other way. But this morning, its so foggy, you cant see anything out there. At least with the lights golden dome. You can see the state house. If you have to drive somewhere, coming back from a familys members house be careful because visibility is an issue this morning. Fox 25 meteorologist jason this morning. The fog is out there but not going to stick around all day. Jason brewer yeah, those are sticking around through 8 00 this morning. And particularly in southern New Hampshire where we have a dense fog advisory. All the way down to beverly and lawrence right now. I had visibility as low as a half mile in plymouth although that has just improved. So its bouncing around. Sometimes thats an issue youre driving along all of a sudden you hit a fog bank. Hour ago all of a sudden are foggy. Be careful on the roads. Temperatures meantime, the low Pressure Center we have been talking about, going to bring rain in southeastern mass. Later today. Slight chance for the Greater Boston area. Tomorrow, we start to turn the corner, more on the timing of the rain today and the rest of the weekend coming up. Jason it is 6 31 this celebrations undergoing in florida over the death of former leader fidel castro. Fiddles brother, raul castro announced his death overnight. Heather he was remembered as divisive controversial leader. Some see him as a hero who changed education and health care. But others accuse him of abolishing basic liberties, stripping the cuban people of their freedom and forcing country. Jason we showed you the live look in miami. When the news broke, thousands flooded the streets. You can see people waving flags, lighting flags even lighting fire works. The people in the streets say this means freedom for their country. It means a lot for the cubans, its a moment we waited for more than 55 years. This is freedom. This is everything for your people. This is a huge change for our commit jason after a half century in power, castro passed on his leadership to his brother back in 2008 because of his health problems. Fidel castro was 90 years old. We have more on his life on fox25boston. Com right now. Heather local news now, two teenagers were arrested in what turned out to be a drug bust in roxbury. Police found marijuana, cash, pulled over a car for improper registration near dudly wednesday night. All of the expects will expect in roxbury district court. Jason the Boston Police department will monitor facebook soon to fight crime. New software that the will allow it to scan social media for criminal activity and public safety. It will search blogs chat youtube. Theyre concerned about how it will impact free speech and privacy. Similar tools used by the fbi and police in chicago. The globe reports that the department is going to spend 1. 5 million on that program. Heather the biggest shopping day of the year is now over. Now this morning, positive stall workers are heading out to deliver everyones holiday packages. Jason same time of year, thieves start scoping out intercept your packages. Stephanie coueignoux is live in canton this morning. Stephanie youre standing close to something that hopefully will keep thieves at bay. Reporter yeah these are actually Package Delivery lockers. Were standing at a sunoco in canton, were outside of the Convenience Store location part of it. You can see the yellow lockers behind me, these are owned by amazon. When you order something online through amazon you can choose a Different Number of optionsen where you delivered. This is one of them. You can have it packaged and delivered to one of these lockers you punch in a code here on the screen they give you and you open up the locker and you get your package that way. In fact, police say this is actually a much safer way to make sure that your packages arent stolen. They say if you deliver it to your home. You may be taking that chance. In fact, Cambridge Police say so far this year, theyve had more than 116 package thefts. And 30 in just the last two follow delivery trucks and go back to the same neighborhoods to steal the packages. They say wednesdays, thursdays and fridays are the most popular days and midafternoon is the most popular time. So right in the middle of the day when the sun is still up. Now people weve spoke with say this is a problem thats so common theyve even come up with a name for it. Its black friday, theres cyber monday and then the following, next wednesday after cyber monday is pack wednesday. Reporter i have to say, i never heard of that myself. But november does tend to be the most popular month for package theft. Because of that, police say its a good idea to have your package either delivered to one of these locker are or at work or have someone sign for it, so you can make sure that it was actually received by someone. Coming up in 30 minutes, the certain Neighborhoods Police say the thieves tend to target the most. Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather we hope package theft wednesday doesnt become a thing. This morning, Transit Police want you to take a look at the photo right here. Looking for this woman wanted for assault and battery on a Dunkin Donuts that happened in their dudley station earlier this month. Police say the victim of the attack was badly burned. Take a look at this woman and call them if you know anything. A man turned himself in to police for this robbery at a gas station. Police say Matthew Skinner pointed a long gun at the clerk of a week and told him to please open the registerment at least he was polite. He turned himself in and he will be in court on monday. Jason were learning of the wrong way crash in plainville. 22yearold James Keating from norton was driving the wrong way when he slammed into an suv. Keating died at the scene. The other driver, a 21yearold woman from barnstable was rushed Bridgewater State university and on the football team. His High School Coach remembered him as a great kid. Theyre investigating how and why he ended up on the wrong side of the highway. Heather a roxbury man charged with driving drunk and causing an accident that hurt a state trooper. Reganyone adrearended a patrol car on 93 in boston. The trooper brought to the hospital but exp the man accused of dragging two Police Officers and hitting two more with his car. Appeared in court on friday. Vincent weeks facing a handful of charges after investigators say he fought with Police Outside of a dorchester bar on stoltoon street. They were dragged 25 feet before being stopped. Weeks mother says investigators have the wrong man. She says weeks was with his girlfriend in her apartment at the time of that struggle with police. I spoke to him that night when i was at work. I was on the phone with him. So hes not he didnt do what yall say he did. My brother is a very sweet person. As far as the whole incident, i i couldnt tell you. Heather well, Court Records show weeks has been arrested several times before. Convicted of drug and Assault Charges dating back to 75,000. The man accused of killing nine people when he opened fire at a church in South Carolina last year is competent to stand trial. The federal judge made that decision yesterday after stopping jury selection earlier this month so dylan roof could undergo a mental competency evaluation. If convicted he could face the death penalty. Jury selection will resume monday. Heather protesters against arrested outside of a mall on friday. The ultimatum the u. S. Army just gave those camping out near the construction site. Jason but first, signs of hate, spray painted at a local high school. The group of seniors its trying heather 6 41 now and only on fox 25. Disturbing signs of hate spray painted in front of a local high school. Fox 25 Christine Mccarthy went to harvard where a group of seniors come together this afternoon to display a different kind of message. Swastikas, homophobic symbols and racist messages painted over to the rock in front of the school in harvard. The rock is a symbol to the school. Something decades. Its an important sick boll to the town. Reporter that safest place for expression among students between 6th and 12th defaced. Several residents outraged to find the graffiti friday morning, called police who are now investigating the case as a hate crime. It will be investigated in combination with the attorney general iss office. And well be prosecuted if we head in that direction. Reporter the department of public works painted over the found at the scene, as well as a possible Video Evidence that was found as well. Reporter meanwhile an effort has begun to repaint it with messages of tolerance and hope for the future. All of these symbols of equality and tolerance were already on the rock. And then now weve had this negative response to it. And then the kids are going to have the chance to voluntarily again. Reporter harvard residents and bromfield resident megan, is helping repaint it saturday students and offering money and supplies. I really wanted to support the kids as they address their space and confronted the hateful symbolism head on. Reporter she and state police agree this does not reflect the values of this small town. They hope the experience starts an important dialogue. Something really good is going to come out of this moment and the outcry in the community is just going to create a platform for something really positive to happen. But we dont know yet if that is the case. If so, adults start need to recognize that hurtful language theyre using in front of children because kids do listen. The state department sent me a message condemning this act, also School Leaders are going to bolster the School Curriculum to make sure incidents like this one never happen again. In harvard, Christine Mccarthy fox 25 news. Jason a local b knocked unconscious after getting hit by a truck. I feel like in many ways, ive given another lease on life. Jason the message hes spreading with new look on life. The california mother who vanished a few weeks ago while jogging has been reunited with her family. This morning, were hearing the first radio calls from when she was found. She is chained to something. Thanksgiving mother, shiri was released by two of her captors more than 130 miles away from her town on a rural road outside of sacramento. She managed to get partially out of her restraints and flag down the captors who let her go were women. Investigators believe there were more people involved in her capture. This morning, still no word on what happened to her during the three weeks she was missing. 33 people were arrested while protesting the Dakota Access pipeline on black friday. Demonstrators set up at a small in north dakotas capital city. But the mall is private property. So Police Stepped in when the police refused several requests a large camp site have been in repeated clashes with police have been given until december 5th to leave or face arrest. The army corps of engineers is making that announcement yesterday saying its all to protect people from the harsh north dakota winter conditions. The pro tests going on for months. The native american tribes in the area are concerned the pipeline will corrupt their water supply and destroy their land. This morning, were hearing from a local bicyclist who was knocked unconscious for two see on fox 25. That crash happened in august and the man tells our Kerry Kavanaugh that he wants everyone to move over and share the road. Reporter do you remember coming down the hill or nothing . I remember nothing from that day. Reporter Shawn Kavanagh remembers nothing about august 17th but he say his ordeal is a reminder, you cannot control fate. An avid bicyclist at age 61, he road to work several days a week to stay fit. Work. This is the thing that probably saved my life. Reporter fox 25 was there shortly after his helmet struck and shattered the windshield of this truck he his bike pinned earned neath it. Witnesses in the waltham neighborhood tell us the driver was trying to beat the like to make the left turn, when he struck kavanagh. The impact threw him into the air as high as the stop sign. Multiple freezing rain fractures, broken ribs, broken hand, i was reporter he was unconscious for two weeks now, though assisted, hes back on his feet. And he says he has an obligation speak the out. Oh, i absolutely do. In many ways i was given another lease on life. So i want to make sure i help other people be aware that this kind of thing can happen on a bike. Be safe, pay attention, be be cautious. He says that valuable advice whether youre on two wheels or four. Hoe he doesnt remember that august day. In ininstant and he hopes his experience can prevent future accidents and maybe safe a life. Im a very lucky man. Reporter his family tells me, theyve never had more thankful to than this thanksgiving. He is no relation. He credits the First Responders in waltham. Im Kerry Kavanaugh, fox 25 news. Heather i think a lot of people might be going out to get Christmas Jason brewer yeah. Its going to be dreary. The clouds under around. With an ocean storm passing through. Kind of dreary overall theme. 39 degrees. No wind, thats one bright spot. But look at the clouds over boston. Theyre thick this morning. Let me drill in and show you not so much here. The cape and islands, 5, 10 mile visibility. So okay. But weve had low visibilities shore. Beverly, portsmouth, new bedford, all of this quarter of a mile or less. Nashua concord dense fog advisory for you extended until 9 00 a. M. Royalston, watching from from those communities, freezing temperatures there. We could have some slick spots. Be careful for the next couple of hours. Temperatures in the mid and upper 30s. The Greater Boston area. The 40s as you go to shore, the cape and islands. And todays highs in the 40s just about area wide. We could touch 50 on nantucket. But rain is likely to come in and shut that down. Heres whats going on. Low pressure gathering steam off of the mid atlantic. Tracking far enough off shore to where most of us remain dry. But Marthas Vineyard, nantucket, cape cod, watch out noon, right through sunset, were going to see at least that chance for some appreciable rain, maybe a quarter inch of that lull moves away. Theres 10 00 tonight. A lingering shower along the coast. As far as rain, there you go, quarter of an inch. And then we go to the north and west were only seeing really trace amounts of rain. Now, next week, check this out. One to possibly two inches of rain on the way. Series of low pressure systems tuesday wednesday and thursday making for an active and unsettled pattern. Theres your weekend in view. Tomorrow, does jason this morning, were following breaking news, former dictator of Cuba Fidel Castro has died. Coming up, were looking at some of the decisions he made that made him such a controversial figure even within his own country. Heather but up first, the pats are in new jersey this vo your love is purely thoughtful, purely natural, purely fancy feast. Delicious entr . Es, crafted to the last detail. Flaked tuna, whitemeat chicken, never any byproducts or fillers. Purely natural tastes hi everybody, im butch stearns. Heres your sports for saturday morning. We all know that yesterday was black friday, of course. What we didnt know was that both the had a black out at the garden. Bruins stoned by their goalie chad johnson. Johnson gives up this third goal to david pastrn . K. Behind the back, behind the net, alex chase son takes the pass. 21. The bruins lose. Tampa comes to the garden. Earlier in the garden, the spurs. San antonios bench, led by former celts tick david lee leads a big come back. 109103. Celtics take theirtal lentsdz to south beach one night. Tom brady back at practice yesterday in foxboro after missing wednesday and thursday. Hes listed as questionable with a knee issue. Brady said friday he was hit in the thigh during the seattle game. When hes asked sunday, he said, well see. Patriots and jets 4 30 on sunday. Also questionable. Julian elgdz man and rob gronkowski. Michigan plays number three and number two. Have a good saturday. Were following the breaking news weve been telling you about this morning. Former dictator fidel castro has celebrate happening in miami. What cuban americans say his death means for their country. 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And keeps you up to 100 flake free now we can cuddle the whole winter jason brewer dense fog in spots early. And im watching these spots. Reporter thieves are gearing up. How to prevent your packages from being stolen right from your front door. Jason breaking this morning, dead at 90. Celebrations take over the streets in florida. This is freedom. This is everything for your people. Jason at look back at the life of the controversial leader. Heather weeks after the election, the results are still being questioned. The state that will be recounting its votes as the president elect adds two more people to his team. Complete new england coverage starts right now. This is fox 25 morning news. Heather good saturday with fox 25 morning news. Its 7 00 a. M. On november 26th. We are in the Holiday Season already. Im heather hegedus. Jason and im jason law. Good morning, everybody. Enjoy the morning. Its a little foggy out there. So if youre driving somewhere. Youve got to keep the lights on. Even if the sun comes up. Were looking outside of our windows in dedham. It is pretty dense out there. Visibility an issue. Absolutely. A dense fog advisory in southern New Hampshire. This is where it is widespread and twitter account. Ill share those with you in the next half hour. Right now look at the. 25s, those are all fog banks sent in. Beverly, points north and west, that is where most of it is. 30s south and east. First sprinkle trying to fall on nantucket ahead of an ocean storm thats going to be drawing close today. The morning fog gets cloudy. A slight chance of afternoon rain for the Greater Boston area where the rain moves in and how long it lasts coming up. All right. Jason, thank you. We are following breaking news for you this morning. And staying on top of this. This is a live look right now in the streets of Little Havana in Miami Florida. Where hundreds of people took to the streets this morning to celebrate the death of fidel castro. Still dozens out there as we speak. These celebrations going on for more than six hours now. You can see theyre holding an american flag. Announcing overnight. That the former leader had passed. He will be remembered as a divisive and controversial leader. Jason some see him as a hero but others saw him as oppressing his people. I am centering them of freedom and forcing thousands to flee cuba. He captured power during a revolution and served as selfproclaimed president for regime. But as time went on, he came to be seen as a dictator and a major threat, especially when he allied himself with the soviet, you know. And from there we saw a trade embargo that finally ended this year. And the bay of pig invasion, brought to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. In the end, castroout lasted 10 administrations. Raul castro all brother. This morning, he says his brother will passed away. He will be cream mated sometime today. He was 90 years old. Coverage continues on our website, on fox25boston. Com. His bitch obituary there and key points of his life and regime. Heather investigators are now saying several complaints School Records show two written statements by students complaining about johnthony walker. One student accused walker of stopping the bus in a way that made kids in their seats hit their heads. Another says seatbelts were on the bus. He left the designated bus route and was speeding at the time of the crash. Killing Six Elementary School alcohol in his system. Hes now charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide and due in court on tuesday. Jason this morning, were working to get more details of this crash in framingham. A woman was hit by a car on route 9 near prospect street last night. The police say the victim is 50 years old and expected to be okay. No word on if the driver will face any charges. Heather all right. Well, happening now, its that time of year already. Were talking about the holiday rush. And right now post offices country, positive stall carriers getting ready right now. As we speak. To hit the road with all of your holiday packages. You might not be the only one waiting for your delivery to arrive jfrnths. Jason yeah, thieves could be waiting, its happened in years past. Fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux is live in canton at a site, that spot is one of many designated as a safe package spot. Reporter yeah, this is one of the amazon locations. They actually have these yellow orange lockers set up at different gas stations as well as hotels around the Greater Boston area. This is what the deal is. You order something online through amazon you have a couple of different options on where you want your package delivered. You can actually have them delivered to one of these locker locations. And what you do is they give you a code you enter that code into your package and you head on home. Police say this is probably a safer bet for you than to have those packages delivered to your house. And in fact, in cambridge, police told us that theyve seen a spike in these type of package thefts recently. Through tuesday, theyve actually had 116 reported thefts. So far this year. And po of these types of thefts alone since september. Police telling us they follow these amazon, postal Service Trucks. To figure out where theyre going and they return to those homes to steal the packages once theyre delivered outside. What were seeing is homes clustered together, homes close to roads, those are the homes that tend to be the targets. Its easy pray for these suspects. Theyre able to quickly get in and out of homes quickly in and out of doorways porches et cetera and be able to walk off time. Reporter police say if you do still want it delivered to your home, its a good idea to have someone sign for it so you know its inside of your home and not just left out through your front door, you can also have it delivered to your work or one of these locker locations. Coming up in 30 minutes, the most popular days police say thieves target to steal these packages. In canton, im Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather thank you, stephanie. Lawrence teenager was last seen. Take a good look at his picture right here. His family tells fox 25, that they dont think he ran away. They say they havent heard from the 16yearold since last friday. Thats unusual. Now theyre concerned. They hope someone recognizes this teens picture. They would like to bring him home. Call police if you know anything. Jason meanwhile, a man in custody accused of hitting a Police Officer with his car and leading police on a high speed in dorchester yesterday. The 30yearold man tried to run and ended up hitting an officer. The officer rolled off of the hood and is okay this morning. The high speed crash ended with a crash here on 93 north on exit 16. Several warrants out for his arrest. Hes facing multiple charges for that incident, including assault and battery on an officer. Heather the power with is back on this morning for one neighborhood in norwood after a crash took out a pole yesterday. And for the commotion that sent people running outside to get your attention. Reporter take a look at the aftermath on edge hill roetdz in norwood. An 18yearold girl was driving too fast and hit a pole, police say. My car was that way, rolling this way here, first i kind of thought the transformer blew out. That was kind of the sound of driver hit kendall crays car and then a pole before hitting a second car. Several homes in the dark for several hours while crews worked to clean up the situation. Down that way because of the wires, they told me a few hours for the power. At least no one got hurt. Heather the 18yearold driver had two friends in car with her at the time of the crash. Shes now charged with speeding and negligent driving. Jason president elect donald trump not taking a break for the holidays. Administration. Lauren blanchard looks at reaction from both sides. Reporter hes continuing to pull together his team in preparation for his presidency. While some are criticizing his process in picking his administration. Supporters say hes right on track. You would expect nothing less from a chief executive officer, ceo of our country, president elect, and hes running it like a business. Will be made until next week. Announcing two staff picks naming Campaign Finance lawyer, don mcgan as white House Counsel and kt mcfarlin, a former aid to three republican president s a as the Deputy National security advisor. General michael flynn, the administrations pick for National Security advisor, tweeting, so proud and honored to have kt mccarlin as part of our National Security team. She will help us others remain skeptical of some mr. Trump is considering, particularly mitt romney who is reportedly a contender for secretary of state but was a vocal critic of mr. Trump during the campaign. Although some of mr. Trumps closest allies are raising eyebrows at romneys name, others say to trust in trump. Its up to him. And where he feels comfortable bringing in the best people for the job to move our country country has accepted donald trump as the president elect. Green Party Candidate jill stein has raised to recount the votes. With the goal of raising another 2 million by monday. In washington, Lauren Blanchard, fox 25 news. Jason on that note, they filed for that petition yesterday. Theyre asking for a reconciliation of paper records which is one step further than a simple recount. The election board said it move forward with a statewide recount. Heather a community banning together today to replace messages of hate with ones of hope. Well tell you of the special place defaced by vandals that launched in the Police Investigation. Jason first driving while high. The new tool that police could use to make sure people arent smoking marijuana and getting behind the wheel. Jason brewer reports of fog heather welcome back. Marijuana becomes legal in massachusetts next month now and police are worried about seeing more impaired drivers as a have a roadside test for drugs like they do for alcohol. But as fox 25 Vanessa Welch shows us, Law Enforcement officers in colorado are testing a possible solution. Reporter in colorado where marijuana has been legal since 2014. More people are smoking marijuana and eating edibles and getting behind the wheel. Ive been driving down the road and the guy next to me is lighting a pipe. Reporter these are just fears not corrections, 4. 12 accidents in colorado involved a driver tested positive for cannabis. And now were concerned well see the same in massachusetts when marijuana becomes legal next month. Were allowing more people to drive impaired on our streets. And people are going to die because of it. Reporter i sat down with the police chief michael i cant passed it. Like many Law Enforcement, he opposed it. They dont have a test for drugs like they do for alcohol. Plus chief carmichael says theres no standard limit for impairment. Do you think people are going to get away with it . They are, yeah, unfortunately. In colorado, theyre impaired if they have five nanograms of thc in their system. Right now blood tests are only used as evidence. Bu program that test saliva. But the results dont tell you the amount of thc. They have thc in their system but did they take that drug today or yesterday . Even officers using the devices have concerns. Some of those instruments are fairly large. And i think that would preclude them being used in a patrol car. Many of the devices test enzymes that are sensitive to heat and cold. Massachusetts passes a law for these devices they may not hold up in court. Im sure were going to see a lot of cases down the pike that were going to have to deal with and were probably going to lose a lot of those cases. They have a few officers specifically trained to identify those on drugs but chief carmichael worries thats not enough. Fox 25 investigatess road along with the drug recognition expert this summer. They use blood cease and, to try to prove whether a suspect is under the influence and even what type of drug the person is on. We actually have over 100 data points that were looking at. Its not just, the guy has bloodshot eyes hes drunk. Were on violations for drunk driving up 42 since 2011 in massachusetts. Many worry legalizing marijuana will increase that. Its just going to be difficult, very difficult for us to handle it. Heather Vanessa Welch and they were against, in other states where legalized marijuana and even here in massachusetts, they told us, quote, these are fears theyre not facts. They all made the same dooms date scenario. They also said Neither Police nor mr. Is did anything to address the standard similar to alcohol when the state decriminalized marijuana and when the medical marijuana was passed. Jason people may have to wait longer for the pot shops to open up. Theyre pushing back the opening dates of those pot shops by a few months. To mid 2018. It will give us more time to regulate sales. Pot will be legal to use and possess a couple of weeks from now. Heather go ahead. Heather and so isnt the fog. Looking out the window right here at our dedham studios, its still Poor Visibility out there, even at 7 18 in the morning. Jason brewer i love fox 25. Because weve got windows. A weather man needs to be able to see out. Yeah, weve got low beams on. It is dense in many locations. So do take care on the roads this morning. Allow some extra time. I know i had to. On my drive in, i say a coyote and a couple of deer coming across the road. That was earl a. Take extra care. Manchester, New Hampshire, gary thanks for sending that in. Visibility across the parking lot, across the tree, the things are collapsing. Lets drill in right now to the south shore, not looking too bad. At least southern Plymouth County and then the cape and islands, a few sprinkles on nantucket. Try to move in on the radar manchester back up here to orange, keene, jaffrey, this is widespread thick fog. Driving along places like nashua and concord, youre going to run into a very thick fog bank and going to want to exceed the speed limit. Good idea to shave off 5 or 10 on a morning like this. In fact, were seeing freezes temperatures, royalston, ridge, and hollis, all reporting 29 to 32 degrees. This is a spot left over moisture on the road, freezing up, freezing fog if you will. Something to be aware of this morning. We dont have freezing numbers in the Greater Boston area, from norfolk area down to the south shower mid to upper 30s and even lower 40s there. Mid 40s sandwich to harwich. Look at nantucket, beginning to see the radar returns of some light rain trying to move in. Where its in the upper 40s there. So hour by hour. Worcester not too concerned about rain for you today. Just cloud cover hanging tough. Dont get too excited about any sun. Lower 40s at 1 00 and that will pretty much do it for your high temperatures today. Into boston we go. I do think clouds all day long, although some of the lower thicker clouds like were seeing this morning may start to lift during the day. I dont i dont expect to them to break out in any sun. 1 00. 33, 3 00, 44, that is stuck with those cool temperatures. Look at the big picture. Heres low pressure down to the south and east of us, off of the d beginning to swing to our direction. Thats going to send the best rain chance for the cape and islands today. Cant rule out a stray sprinkle. North of the pike. But its going to be Plymouth County, out and eastward from there, where you have a better rain chance through sunset tonight. Theres 11 00, a lingering shower for the cape and thats going to do it for our rain chance today. Overnight tonight, down in the lower 30s in a lot of spots. A cold freezing start to our sunday. And we could even wrap up with a tomorrow evening as the cold air sweeps in. But a little left over moisture with that departing low. Our chance of showers really going down into the start of the week. But look, tuesday, already going right back up. Weve got a series of low pressure systems on the way. Tuesday into wednesday and thursday. Some needed drought relief looks to be in the offing. Well talk rain totals in the next half hour. Theres your weekend in view. Tomorrow does loo jason breaking this morning, fidel castro is dead. Celebrations still underway in the Little Havana neighborhood of miami. Taking a look to the skies now. Thatter gaing there in florida. The cuban americans on the streets about what his death means for their country. Heather plus weeks after vanishing on a jog, a young mother found alive but tide up and dumped along the side of the highway. Well tell you of the questions still left unanswered this focus to the woman who left her there. 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. No minimums. No fees. And a toprated app, lets you bank right here. Thats banking reimagined. Everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. Let other people know what youre made of. Always be real. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. Jason whether they headed to the stores or went online. Black friday shoppers already spent billions at the register. Holiday sales are expected to top 665 billion up by 4 from last year. Thats just the start of the Holiday Shopping. Today is when Small Businesses will see the biggest rush out there. This is the 7th annual Small Business saturday. Its a push to get people out and spending money and it was started by American Express to become a big success raking in more than 16 billion last season. Heather meantime, shoppers already dropped 2 billion while shopping online. Even before cyber monday, when were preparing for now. Amazon will roll over 75,000 sales this monday. It will condition all weekend long. Big money on books and toys to video games and electronics. Look at this one product most watched deal this year. Mermaid tale blankets. Sort of like the snuggies similar to that sort of thing. Apparently all of the rage this morning. Jason, feel free to get me a pink one. Reporter november is one of the hottest months for thieves. The days police say are the most popular with thieves when it comes to deliveries sent to your home. Jason brewer good saturd showers to begin to move into jason this is a great shot this morning that illustrates exactly what jason brewer has been talking about all morning long. Led out the door right now. Downtown is somewhere in there. The buildings in there, we think. Just cant see them. Not going to see them for a little while. Heather meteorologist jason brewer is in the Storm TrackerWeather Center this morning. The good news, the fog shouldnt stick around all day. Jason brewer thats right. Clouds will be, but the thick ground fog will be lifting between 8 00 and 9 00 this morning. In fact, in southern New Hampshire, we have a dense fog advisory until 9 00. Area. Thats portsmouth all the way to nashua, over to keene. And some of those dense fog banks settled all the way down into the norwood area, past the Greater Boston locations and along the north shore. Its 32 in fitchburg, an orange, outside of those spots, i dont have any freezing numbers but its kind of a dreary and chilly start to the day. A little light rain beginning to move into nantucket. And this is going to be the spot, the cape and islands, where we have the steadier rain today, back to the north and west, cant rule out overall, a low chance for a passing shower. Santa includes coming in today for the common. Around 10 00 a. M. Hopefully the ceilings will lift just enough to let him fly down. More on this cloudy saturday. When we brighten up coming up. Snow more than ever today. Breaking this morning, celebrations under way in florida over the death of fidel castro, the live look from the miami. Heather fidel castro will be remembered as both a divisive and controversial leader. Some see him as a hero who changed the face of education and level care in that nation and created racial integration in cuba as well. But others accuse of him of abolishing basic liberties, stripping the cuban people of their freedoms and forcing thousands of people to flee that country. We showed you that live look in miami. When it announced this streets of miami. In Little Havana. You can see people waving signs there, lighting flags, lighting fire works too. The people in the streets say this means freedom for their home country. It means a lot for us cubans its a moment we waited more than 55 years. This is freedom. This is everything for your people. Its huge for our community. Jason fidel castro passed on health problems. He was 90 years old. His funeral set for december 4th. After nine days of public mourning in cuba. Well be following the celebrations in cuba all morning long. And right now on our website, on fox25boston. Com, the obituary with the key dates of his life and regime. Heather the biggest shopping day of the year is behind us. Now postal workers are ready to head out to deliver holiday packages. Jason same time, thieves looking for hot spots to intercept your packages outside your front door. Stephanie coueignoux is outside of a gas station in canton, standing next to something that would keep porch pirates at bay. Reporter yeah, jason and heather, these are called Safe Delivery walkers. Im going to walk you through this. These are owned by amazon, they ship millions of packages all of thieves can actually target packages at home. Amazon gives you the option when you go online and you buy something you can also have your package delivered to one of these lockers either at a gas station, some of them are actually in hotels. What you do is they give you a code, you enter the code right here on your screen, the package is in one of these lockers it pops open and you can take it home with you police say this is a much safer way t delivered at home. In came bring, they say theyve had more than 116 package thefts and 30 in just the last two months. So theyre saying thieves, they actually follow these delivery trucks. They then return to those neighborhoods to steal the packages. They tell us, wednesday, thursday, and fridays are the most popular days for this to happen. They also say midafternoon is the most popular time of the day. People we spoke with, say its a problem theyre familiar with. And one woman said she even came up with a name for it. Theres black friday, theres cyber monday be and the following, next wednesday, after cyber monday, is package theft wednesday. Reporter okay. So hopefully you know, doesnt get to be as widespread as that to warrant a name for it. But november is the most popular month for this type of theft. Because of a good idea to either have your packages delivered to your home and have someone sign for it. And delivered safely inside or to your work or to one of these many lockers in the Greater Boston area. In the meantime, coming up in 30 minutes, the most common types of neighborhoods that police say these thieves like to target. In canton, im Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Jason this morning, were learning more about the driver killed in a wrong way crash on 495 in plainville. This was scene early thursday driving the wrong way when he slammed into an suv. Keating died at the scene. The other driver, a 21yearold woman from barnstable was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. And this morning, the sun chronicle reports that keating was a senior at Bridgewater State universitiened on the football team. His High School Coach renned him as great kid. Theyre investigating how and why he ended up on the wrong side of the highway. Heather a roxbury man charged with driving drunk and causing state trooper. Reginald was in court on thursday. When pie ram rear ended a patrol car on route 3. He was expected to the hospital but expected to be okay. He will be due back in court. The man accused of dragging two Police Officers and also hitting two more, appeared in court yesterday. Vincent weeks facing a handful stoughton street. These these two officers dragged 20 feet before being flown from their car. Then hit two officers who were running over to helpful all four officers treated and released from the hospital and expected to be okay. Weeks mother says they have the wrong man. She says weeks was with his girlfriend in her apartment. When she spoke with the. He he did. My brother is a very sweet person. As far as the whole incident, i couldnt tell you. Heather Court Records show weeks has been arrested several times before convicted of drug and Assault Charges going all the way back to 2005. A judge has now set his bond at 75,000. Dozens of protesters rallies against a pipeline in north dakota arrested outside of a mall during black friday. Camping out near that construction site. But first, symbols of hate spray painted at a local high school. A different message a group of seniors is hoping to send out welcome back. Disturbing signs of hate in front of a high school. Seniors will come together to deliver a different kind of message now. Swastikas homophobic symbols and other messages painted over the rock in harvard. The rock is a symbol to the school. Its something theyve done for decades. Its an important symbol to the town. That sacred place for selfexpression and acceptance for students between grades 6 and 12 defaced. Several residents outraged to morning. Call police who are now investigating the situation as a hate crime. I will investigate it with the Attorney Generals Office and will be prosecuted if we head in that direction. Reporter the department of public works painted over the rock and covered it with a tarp. There was evidence collected found at the scene as well as a possible Video Evidence that was found as well. Reporter meanwhile an effort has begun to repaint it with messages of tolerance and hope already on the rock. And then now weve had this negative response to it. And then the kids are going to have the chance to volley again. Reporter harvard resident and bromfield resident emma is helping organize the repainting saturday afternoon coordinating with students and offering money and supplies. I really wanted to support the kids as they address their space and confronted, you know, the hateful symbolism head on. Reporter she and police agree these messa town. They hope the experience starts an important dialogue. Something really good is going to come out of this moment. And the outcry in the community is just going to create a platform for something really positive to happen. Reporter many believe this was a bad decision made by kids that we dont yet know if thats the case. But if so, francine says adults need to recognize the hurtful language they could be using in front of children because kids do listen. Me a statement condemning this act but also saying the Diversity Committee and other School Leaders are going to work to bolster the School Curriculum to make sure incidents such as this one never happen again. In harvard, Christine Mccarthy fox 25 news. Jason a small group of students making a big difference. Next the thanksgiving tradition they start with messages of hope plastered on more than 1200 lockers. Heather but first a mother who vanished weeks ago while jason a dozen students here at Somerville High School wanted for the thanksgiving holiday. So they left a marker on every locker inside of the school. It all started with a post it. Blue red yellow. Ive never seen a whole school wide event like sticking postit notes all over the school. With up lifting notes like smile when you want to smile and love wins. Ment this week, ella and a handful of her classmates spent five hours of writing notes on 1200 lockers. After the election, many felt sad anger all across the school different. I wanted to show on a whole were united and together to show the community that were also united and show up as a united front together. Reporter ella says the small group of sophomores juniors and seniors came up with the idea themselves. She says wednesday many of the students reposted the notes inside of their locker. Youve changed hear your voicing just keep swimming things like that. Reporter when ella graduates in the spring she hopes the younger students make this postit note an annual tradition. For the whole process we involve sophomores and juniors to carry on the legacy. Reporter reporter jason law, fox 25 news. Jason it took them five hours. Thats a lot of notes. Its a cool little thing. You one right now. I like the thought. Jason its a great idea. Jason brewer yeah, im all about it. Jason we should write to each other. Heather ill write one right now over to your desk. We appreciate you this morning, jason, guiding us through that fog. Jason brewer yeah, no ones the weatherman. Fog and cold. Thats what ive got for you right now. And clouds, add that on too. And some rain to get through today, the issues on saturday. Let me show you the visibility. Right now to get through the dense fog. Not on the cape and islands. Just cloudy here with that risk for rain. Around norwood, boston, beverly, lawrence, lack at portsmouth there, around. 10 mile of visibility. A dense fog advisory from southern New Hampshire through nashua through 9 00 a. M. Until then were stuck in the soup. Mid and upper 30s, near 40 in boston. New i am all at freezing. I do want to mention a few icy spots on deck on some of the roads. Be careful. And then the radar, north dakota beginning to show those light showers moving in. And then im watching snow and rain back over new york. A lot of this is just going to dry up as it moves over southern new england. However, this storm right here, that little spin in the atmosphere, i show you that on the water vapor picture because vermont and New Hampshire. I do want to mention that chance for a shower because of that moving by during the day today. Framingham, going to keep it cloudy. Very low risk for any rain. See those temperatures in the low and middle 40s for the afternoon. Cape cod, well, a better chance for those showers to come through for you. With temperatures stuck in the mid and upper 40s there. And then high temperatures anywhere you go in the 40s today except closer to 50 on nantucket underneath that rain. Now the pretty impressive back to the west. Watching that rain and snow closely. And then we also have that low coming down through the ocean as we get into the day today. So that is going to spread the rain into the cape cod and the islands. Then unthat one disturbance coming across with a risk for a shower but just spotty a better chance of southern New Hampshire to see any rain through the daylight hours. And then overnight tonight, a slow clearing a left over shower for the cape and islands into the evening. Im not too impressive as you go northward, but down to the south, anywhere from. 25 inch rain possibly more. Before its all said and done for the cape and islands. Then look at this, as we get to the week ahead 1 to possibly 2 inches of rain falling. Tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. So it is an active midweek. The good news is, sunday looks brighter. Could have a left over flurry for the cape on sunday evening. And monday, it is dry as we kick off the week. Back to you. All right. Three weeks ago while jogging has been found alive and reunited with her family. This is she is chained to something. Jason thanksgiving morning, shiri pa peenknee was released by two of her captors 130 miles away from her hometown in sacramento early sunday morning. She managed to get partially out of her restraints and flag down a passing car who called police. Issued a statement through her sister. Heres part of it. We are overwhelmed with joy of how supportive everyone has been to help bring us together as a family again. Everyone everyones tireless efforts has made our family whole again this thanksgiving. Pa peenknee says the two captors who let her go were women. Investigators believe there were more people believed in her captures. This morning, still no word on what happened to her in the three weeks she was missing. The protest of the pipeline yesterday. They set up a protest in the mall. The problem is mall private property. So Police Stepped in when they refused that several requests to leave. This large camp site the site of repeated clashes with police are now being given an ultimatum until september 5th to leave or face arrest. That announcement yesterday its to protect people from the harsh north dakota conditions. The protests going on for months. Native american tribes in that area are concerned. The pipeline will corrupt their water supply and destroy their land. Jason this morning, were following breaking news, former cuban dictator fidel castro has died. This is a live look at celebrations in south florida. This means freedom for their country, theyre saying. The decisions fidel castro made that made him such heather but first its a reporter theres a lot going on around town this weekend. First, continue your thanksgiving celebration, with a trip to plymouth plantation, go back in town as you explore and learn about the pilgrims first settlement back in 1620. Actors playing the role of the settle lors, make it truly you a then stick and spark the imagination of both kids and adults. And find theater in arlington. Sing play and march with the disney . A spoonful sugar helps the medicine go down . It invites those to sing along. Gear up for the race to cure 5 and 10k this morning. Raise hearts for the Hope Foundation. Which offers Financial Aid for families battling cystic a. M. Head over to mansfield high. For more on whats happening around town. Make sure to have the fox 25 news app. In the menu click the around town section. Or click around town tab at fox25boston. Com. Whatever you do this weekend, make it a great one. Im Michelle Lazcano. Hope to see you around town. Jason this morning, were continuing to follow breaking news where former cuban leader fidel castro has died. This is a live look at the celebrations happening in lite a look back at the half century in power and what cuban americans say his death mean for their country. Jason brewer im tracking where rain will impact your weekend this weekend straight ahead. Heather mother believes her son would still be alive today if only they lived in a different state. When do we become a Society Energy costs go up and down. At eversource, we dont like it any more than you do. It doesnt mean more money for us. Of the energy we buy for you is changing. But were working to increase the supply of clean, Affordable Energy across the region because more energy means Lower Energy Costs for you and the communities we serve. And as the numberone provider of energyefficiency programs in the nation, were committed to helping you manage the energy you use. Ever new england. Eversource. Y265cy ykny jason brewer watching where rain moving in later today. Reporter with Holiday Shopping in full swing, thieves are also gearing up. How to prevent your packages from getting stolen right from your front door. Jason breaking this morning, celebrations take over the streets this morning. A look back at the controversial life of its leader. Heather plus weeks after the election, the results are still being questioned. The state that will be recounting its votes as the president elect adds two more people to his team. Complete new england News Coverage continues right now this is fox 25 morning news. Heather good saturday morning to you. Thanks so much for waking up with fox 25 morning news. Its 26th. Already the last weekend of november. A foggy start. Im heather hegedus. Jason im jason law. A beautiful start to your weekend. Look at your window, not much to see. Jason brewer has been talking about it all morning. The big deal if youre driving it could be dangerous. Jason brewer i got a tweet earlier somebody driving through and dover, he could see 20 feet in front of him. Today. You see why. 25 visibility that is the biggest problem. Through the south, we begin to see some improvement. But temperatures in the 30s as you get out the door a few icy spots possible. Fitchburg, parts of southern New Hampshire, a heads up there. Light rain moving into nantucket and this is the area to watch. The cape and islands for the steadier rain today. A few spotty showers possible north of the pike as the disturbance rolls by. Well be in the 40s today. Its ou the slight chance of afternoon showers in the Greater Boston area. Ive got more straight ahead. Back to you. Heather all right. Jason, thank you so much. Were following breaking news that were staying on top of. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead. This was the scene earlier as hundreds took to the streets in Little Havana in miami to celebrate when the news of his death broke. He died overnight. The news aonce announced by his jason some see him as a leader who changed education and health care in cuba. But others accused him of oppressing his people stripping them of their freedom and forcing thousands to flee cuba. He served as dictator of that island nation for almost half a century. The u. S. Quick to recognize his regime but as time went on he was seen as a major threat. Especially when he allied himself with the soviet union. Jason from there we saw a ended this year. And disaster known as the bay of pigs invasion. And the cubic ban missile crisis. In ten, he out lasted 10 administrations. In 2008, raul castro took over for his all brother. This morning, he says his brother will be cremated. Followed by a funeral one week from tomorrow. We have more on fox25boston. Com. Heather now new details coming in of the driver of the tennessee Deadly School bus crash as the Investigation Continues this weekend. Investigators now saying there were several complaints about this mans driving in the weeks leading up to mondays crash. School district records show two written statements by students complaining about johnthony walker. One accused him of stopping the bus that made kids moving in their seats t another said seatbelts were needed on the bus. He left the designated bus route and speeding when it killed Six Elementary School students. They did not find drug or alcohol in his system but now hes charged with vehicular homicide, multiple counts, hes due in court on tuesday. Jason more details about the crash in framingham, police on the scene tell fox 25, a woman was hit by a car. Police say the victim is 50 years old. She is expected to be okay. No word on if the driver is expected to face charges. Heather it is that time of year already. Right now post offices around the nation are opening their doors and postal carriers ready to hit the roads with trucks filled with all of your holiday goodies. But heres the catch, bad people might be waiting for your gift to arrive. Jason thieves scoping out neighborhoods waiting to canton outside of a gas station this morning. And thats just one of a dozen spots around that area designated as a safe package drop. Reporter yeah. Its interesting, a lot of gas stations even some hotels in the Greater Boston area are taking part in this. You may have driven by, dropped off and seen some of these yellow lockers and may not have realized what they are. They are actually owned by amazon. What happens is, when you order from amazon, you can actually have your packages delivered to they give you a pick up code. You enter it into this screen, the locker pops open. And you can get your package. And this time of year, police say its much safer to do this than to possibly have your packages delivered at homes. In fact, in ccambridge, police see a big increase in package theft. Through tuesday they had a reported 116 thefts so far this year and 30 thefts alone since september. Police telling us t often follow amazon, ups, fed ex and usps Service Trucks find out exactly where theyre delivering and then return back to those homes and steal the packages once theyre delivered outside. What were seeing is homes that are clustered together, homes close to the road, those are the homes that tend to be the targets. Its easy prey for these suspects. Theyre able to get quickly in be able to walk off with a number of packages at one time. Reporter so police say if you are going to have delivered to your home, have someone sign for it. So they can have it safely taken inside. Or better yet, have them deliver it to your work or better yet one of these lockers right here. Coming up in 30 minutes, the days of the week police say thieves target the most. In cant coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather lee viloriss family says they dont think he has run away and havent heard from him since last saturday so theyre really concerned. Theyre hoping someone can recognize the teens picture right here so they can bring him home. Call Lawrence Police if you seen him. Jason a person in custody accused of hitting police with his car and leading the police on a high speed. It happened in dorchester yesterday. The 30yearold man tried to run officer. The officer able to roll off of the cars hood okay and is okay. Turns out the man had several warrants for his arrest. So far his name has not been released. Hes facing multiple charges for the incident. Heather the power is back on for one neighborhood in norwood. Speed is to blame, police say, for the commotion that sent people running outside to see what happened. Loud enough attention, it was loud. Reporter take a look at the aftermath of on Edge Hill Road in norwood. Police say an 18yearold girl was driving too fast and lost control. The telephone pole was down and my car was up there facing that way. Was rolling this way here. First i kind of thought the transformer blew out. That was kind of the sound of it. It was like a big boom. Reporter police say the driver hit kendall crays car and then the pole before hitting a second car. Crews worked to clean up the situation. Down there, couldnt get near the driveway because of the wires. At least no one got hurt. Heather the 18yearold driver did have two teenage friends in the car with her when it crashed. Now being charged with speeding and negligent driving. Jason the president elect donald trump is not taking a break for the holiday. Hes just added two more names to his administration. This morning, foxs Lauren Blanchard looks at the reaction fr b reporter president elect donald trump continues to pull together his team in preparation for his presidency. While some are criticizing his process in picking his administration, supporters say hes right on track. You would expect nothing less from a chief executive officer, ceo of our country, president elect. And hes running it like a business. Reporter the Transition Team says no cabinet appointments will be made until next week. Announcing two staff picks. Mcgan as white House Counsel and kt mcfarlin a former aid to three former republican president s as Deputy National security advisor. General michael flynn, the administrations pick for National Security advisor, tweeting so proud and honored to have kt mcfarlin as part of our National Security team. She will help us make America Great again. Others, however, remain skeptical of some mr. Trump is considering. Particularly mitt reportedly a contender for secretary of state. But was a vocal critic of mr. Trump during the campaign. Although some of mr. Trumps closest allies are raising eyebrows at romneys name. Others say to trust in trump. Its up to him and where he feels comfortable bringing in the best people for the job to move our country forward, i think its a good thing. Reporter while most of the country has accepted donald trump as the president elect, green Party Candidate jill stein says she has raised over 5 michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, with the goal of raising another 2 million by wednesday. In washington, Lauren Blanchard fox 25 news. Filed for the recount yesterday. Asking for a recon sillation of papers record. It got the petition and planning to move forward with a statewide recount. Heather mike pence is setting in advance. He is renting this 5 bedroom home in northwest washington for 6,000 a month. His neighbors saw as the vicepresident elect moved in last week. My husband gets up, goes to bathroom, looks out the window and he sees mike pence walking out the front door into one of the big vehicles. Heather well, the pences are expected to move into the naval observatory, the but quite a sight for neighbors to see that unusual thing to see all of those details you know, a detail like that in their neighborhood. A community banning together today to replace messages of hate with ones of home. Coming up well tell you of the special place defaced by vandals that has now launched a Police Investigation. And a mother thinks her son would be a i live today, if they only lived in a different state. Only on fox 25 this weekend, for a law that would commit addicts into drug treatment discover card. Im not a customer, but im calling about that credit scorecard. Give it. Sure its free for everyone. Oh well thats nice and checking your score wont hurt your credit. Oh im so proud of you. Well thank you. Free at at discover. Com creditscorecard, even if youre not a customer. Z26moz zknz heather New Hampshire has one of the highest opoid deaths in the nation. 500 deaths a year. And to put that in perspective, the state sees roughly 20 homicides a year. Many families who have a loved one addicted to opoids are desperate to find help before its too late as you can imagine. Earlier this week, fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux sat down with one mother who recently lost her 18yearold son to an create a law that would force addicts into treatment against their will. I think 40 more times. I thought we still had a fight. Reporter Cheryl Mercier lost her 18yearold son john carter in july after he overdosed on a combination of fentanyl and cocaine. Just two weeks before, she had called pelham New Hampshire police to involuntary commit him under state law that he was danger to himself. They come over. And said, theres nothing we can do. Hes not mentally unstable. Well drugs make you mentally unstable as far as im concerned but that law says mental illness. Reporter as a Police Officer, part of cheryls job is to help addicts get clean, something she says she wasnt able to do for her own son. Cheryl is less than two miles away from the massachusetts state line. Massachusetts has section 35 under section 35, a relative or Police Officer can go to court to involuntary commit someone who is abusing drugs or alcohol. If the court agrees, that person is then sent to a treatment facility. Massachusetts is one of three New England States to have this type of law. New hampshire is one of three that do not. And i can walk into a courtroom and section them under my job. But i couldnt come home and do it for my own reporter according to the Massachusetts Department of corrections last year more than 2,000 people were committed under section 35. Cheryl and her family now started a petition urging New Hampshire lawmakers to pass their own version of the law. Its just another tool. Its not a cure all. Its a tool to help people. Reporter we sat down with New Hampshire attorney general foster, he told us New Hampshire has created a law to help get people who are addicted have a lot more places than they did before. Not only help the individual but also their families. Reporter while foster says it would be up to lawmakers to pass the section 35 type law, there are some earn concerns. That would be a policy decision. Youre implicating peoples constitutional right to liberty. Are you kidding . Not helping someone is violating their rights. When do we become a society that were not going to help save somebodys coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather mercier says shes not giving up. In the meantime. Her family is building a sober living facility in her sons name. We also want to mention, patients can only stay at the Substance Abuse center for 90 days. Due to overcrowds some patients sent to correctional facility. We do have more up about merciers petition and that law on fox25boston. Com right now. Jason 8 17 on this saturday here in boston. And that could put a damper at santas arrival on the common. But santa is supposed to arrive at the frog pond by helicopter at 10 00. So in an hour and a half by now. He does have a back up plan to arrive in ambulance. If that wont freak the kids out, arriving in an ambulance. Heather hes got a that will guide him. The nose not only works in snow but f jason brewer better since the last hour. The ceiling well call the base of the clouds. Thats coming up in a little bit as evidenced as you can see the buildings now. At least the bottom half of them, right . So, yes, improvement. Thats going to be the deal today. The dense, low lying clouds, the fog, is not going to last all day long through 9 00, 10 00 a. M. I expect a lot of it to be lifting. This is from bob in essex retweeted that something smog assume. You can see the visibility right now not too bad for the south shore the cape and islands. But at logan we have a. 25 of a mile. Even though improving in the city. Closer to the water, it gets worse. Bedford,. 13. Its been that way for the past several miles. No improvement in concord, new hampshir there. Higher elevations a lower fog chance. Worcester airport youre above it. Not bad. Just some clouds there. Temperatures as youre stepping out the door early in the Greater Boston area. Back metrowest neighborhoods we are seeing some freezing areas new ipswich townsend, leominster at 32 degrees. Any of those damp areas like damp frost spots on the meanwhile, light rain now falling on nantucket. Nothing measurable in the bucket but that will be changing. Also watching rain over upstate new york. Cant write this off. The Service Producing that tracking right across southern New Hampshire today and bring at least a slight chance for light chance across north of the pike later this afternoon. Lets track our hour by hour forecast today. Heres the 30s and into the lower 40s by noontime . And then staying there for the better part of the day before the fall off drops there towards sunset. Boston we stay overcast. Well be in the lower 40s here through noon and hitting those highs in the middle 40s today. Thats about it. Which is pretty typical this time of the year. Not unseasonably cool but not warm by any stretch. Lots of clouds today. We are watching ocean moisture, Marthas Vineyard and nantucket. This is where you have a better chance of the steady watch of the rain right now through nantucket through 4 00, 5 00, and then things take off. Up north, theres not much rain. I do want to mention the spot shower chance as the disturbance comes by. Theres 10 00 tonight. The clouds left over but were beginning to see a clearing trend back to the west of overnight tonight, developing mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. Thats going to drop down to freezing in most spots. It will be a chilly monday with possible flurry for cape cod as that low pulls away. Next couple of days our rain chance is going down. Look at this, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, its coming right back up. Some needed rain on the way next week. Well talk totals in the next half hour. Jason wells fargo is fighting back against a lawsuit over a fake account scandal. We told you about this before. The bank accused of opening millions of unauthorized accounts. Court to force dozens of customers who are suing to resolve their complaints behind closed doors. They signed an agreement to handle bank disputes outside of court, they argue. Wells fargo already apologized for opening the accounts in the first place. Breaking this morning, fidel castro is dead. Celebrations broke out overnight in south florida. Youre looking at Little Havana, the neighborhood in miami. A look at the local reactions and cuban leaders this morning. Going on a jog. A young mother found bounded up on the side of a highway. Police now turn their focus to the women who left her there. Police now turn their focus to the women who left her there. At ikea, we believe everyone should be able to afford a welcoming home for the holidays. And that nothing should get in the way of a good conversation. And that you can make a place for everyone. Spend your holiday overjoyed and under budget with ikea. I asked my dentist if an electric toothbrush was going to clean better than a manual. He said sure, but dont just get any one. Get one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head go pro with oralb. Oralbs rounded brush head cups your teeth to break up plaque clean vs. Sonicare diamondclean. My mouth feels super clean oralb. Know youre getting a superior clean. Jason whether youre headed to the stores or just picked up your phone, black friday holiday sales expected to top 665 billion, up 4 from last year. Todays small buildings will see the Second AnnualSmall Business saturday. Its a push to get people out and spending money at local independent businesses. It was created by American Express and has become a big success raking in more than 16 billion last year. Heather shoppers already dropped about 2 billion shopping online thats even before cyber monday. On monday, amazon will be rolling out 75,000 sales and were told those sales will continue all week long of you can save big bucks on everything from books and toys to video games and and while electronics do tend to be the big ticket items. Look at this. This is something different. This odd product is being called the most watch deal of this season. Its a mermaid blanket. Its designed to look like a mermaid tail and apparently this is going to be the big seller this holiday that you want to watch. So jason, im trying to figure out which color you would like, because im told theyll come in a variety of colors. Jason i dont get it. I dont know. Maybe the kids like it. Heather its a fad. Jason yeah. The days police say are most popular with thieves when it comes to deliveries sent to your home. Jason brewer nashua, good y26moy ykny complete new england News Coverage continues right now. Heather good saturday morning to you. Its about to turn 8 30. And heres a live look at the city of boston. The skyline is starting to become clear. As were watching a layer of fog finally and gradually begin to lift. As we continue to see the skyline again. Weve been watching this all morning. In the beginning of our news cast, when we started a 9 at 6 00 a. M. We couldnt show you that shot because there was nothing to the roadways even outside of our dedham studio much better than an hour ago even. Lets get it over to meteorologist jason brewer to see how its shaping up. Jason brewer still a dense fog advisory for southern New Hampshire until 9 00 a. M. And beyond that, pockets of fog to deal with. Right now Logan Airport reporting a quarter of a mile. Thats dense. Right near portsmouth there, its tough and slow going. Be extra careful. Freezing in fitchburg. Where theyre 32 a moment ago. Still concerned about a little ice still left on the roads or on the decks. Meanwhile light rain falling on nantucket. And sort of the vineyard, nantucket, cape cod, it looks like a very wet and dreary day. Areas north and west just a slight chance of showers coming through. Overall its the clouds that will be sticking around with mid 40s for most spots this afternoon. More on the rest of your weekend coming up. Heather all right. Thank you, jason. Breaking news this is dead. His brother, the current leader, is confirming that news overnight. Jason weve been showing you pictures that the news of his death led to celebrations on the streets of miami. This morning, well look at that and how other World Leaders are reacting. Reporter celebrations in the streets of miami as news spread of the death of the former cuban leader fidel castro. Many in the community cheered. Waiting for more than 55 years. Were pretty i mean, the man that cast so much suffering, so much people to be sad in my country are the dictatorship in our country is dead. This is freedom. This is everything for your people. This is a huge change for our community. And i think its a lot of things good things are coming for us. A lot of good things are relationship between us. And for the peace and the love that we always had in a country. Reporter florida congresswoman lateman tweeted her response for the death calling for a free and democratic cuba. Meanwhile other World Leaders including the leader of cuba expressed sorrow at his passing. Raul castro, his brother and success sore announced the death on friday. Cremated early saturday. In washington, im karin caifa. Castro gained power in 1959. In 2008, he passed on the role of his lead ebship to his brother because of health problems. Over the next nine days they will mourn his death following a funeral. He was 90 years old. We have much more on the his life and times on fox25boston. Com. The Boston Police department will be monitoring facebook to fight crime of the boston that it is buying new software allow investigators to scan social media sites to scan for criminal activity and threats to public safety. They will search blogs, websites chat rooms and also apps like facebook, instagram and twitter and youtube. Civil liberties concerned about how it will impact speech and privacy. Its already being used by the fbi and in chicago. Program. Heather the biggest shopping day of the year is over now. And now postal carriers are delivering everyones buys. Also private carriers not just postal workers. Jason thieves are hoping to swipe your packages right on your doorstep. Stephanie coueignoux is standing next to something or in front of something that hopefully will keep thieves at bay. Reporter jason and right behind me these are called delivery lockers. They are owned by amazon. And what happens is when you order something from that website, you can actually have the package delivered to one of these lockers like this one here at the sunoco in canton. Theyll give you the pick up code, you enter it right in and then you can just get your package here. And Cambridge Police say thats probably a good idea, especially in that city, because theyve seen a spike in a lot of these thefts right there. In fact, theyve already had 116 months. Well say thieves targeted the last few months they will go back and steal those packages. They say wednesdays, thursdays and fridays are the most popular days for package thefts. And police say midafternoon is the most popular time. The people weve spoken with are familiar with all of this. In fact, one woman says its so common shes coined a phrase. Theres black friday, theres cyber monday and then the after cyber monday is package theft wednesday. Reporter now, november tends to be the most popular month thats again when a lot of people do their Holiday Shopping. So police say if you have it delivered to your home. Have someone sign for it so they can immediately take it inside, you can deliver it to work or again at one of these lockers. In fact, in the last five minutes. I spoke to a woman who got her package. She didnt want to go on camera, but she told me she specifically feels its a lot safer. In the meantime, coming up in 30 minutes, the specific Neighborhoods Police say these thieves like to target. In canton, im Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather all right. Stephanie, thank you. This morning, a roxbury man being held on bail caused driving a accident that injured a state trooper. This is the scene thursday night when police say pie ram peer ended a patrol car. That trooper brought to the hospital but expected to be okay. Pie ram is expected back in court next month. The man accused of dragging two Police Officers and hitting two more in his car is expected in court monday morning. After investigators say he fought with Police Outside of a dorchester bar on stoughton street. The two officers dragged 20 feet before they were thrown from the car. Police say weeks then hit two other officers running over to helpful all four treated appeared released from the arrested several times before drug and Assault Charges indicating back to 2005. Yesterday a judge set his bond at 75,000. Heather dozens of protesters rallying against a pipeline in north dakota were arrested outside of a mall on black friday. Coming up well tell you of the ultimatum now that u. S. Army corps of engineers just gave people camping out near that construction site. Jason first symbols of hate spray painted at a local high school. Next the different messa grandma is so happy to be here for your very first christmas. I hear youre quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. Let me show you how grandma does it. Your daddy made this when he was a little boy. Where he had his first christmas. Thanks for making the coffee. Well look whos up. Im really glad youre here mom. Me too. Heather its 8 39 right now. Disturbs signs of hate were spray painted in front of a high school recently. Fox 25 Christine Mccarthy reports how the town of harvard is fighting back. Reporter swastikas homophobic symbols and rates cyst messages painted over a rock in front of the harvard high sch something theyve done for decades, its important for the town. Reporter that selfappreciation for students between 6 and 12 defaced. Several residents outraged to find the graffiti friday morning. Call police who are now investigating the case as a hate crime. It will be investigated in combination with the Attorney Generals Office and will be prosecuted if we head in that direction. Reporter the department of collected, found at the scene, as well as possible Video Evidence found as well. Reporter meanwhile effort undergone to repaint it with messages of tolerance and hope for the future. All of these symbols of equality and tolerance were already on the rock. And then now weve had this negative response to it. Appeared then the kids are going to have the chance to volley again. Reporter harvard resident emma is helping organize the repaint coordinating with students and offering money and supplies. I really wanted to support the kids as they address their space and confronted the hateful symbolism head on. Reporter she and police agree these messages do not reflect the values of this small town. They hope the experience starts an important dialogue. Something really good is going to come out of this moment. And the outcry in the community is just going to create a platform for something really positive to happen. That we dont yet know if thats the case. But if so, francine says that adults need to start recognizing the hurtful language they could be using in front of children because kids do listen. The state Attorney Generals Office sent me a statement that condemns this act but also the School Leaders and Diversity Committee are going to bolster the School Curriculum to make sure incidents such as this one never happen again. In har jason a local bicyclist knocked unconscious after getting hit by a truck. I feel like in many ways i was given another lease on life. Jason coming up, the message hes spreading with the new out look on life. First, a mother vanished kisses deluxe chocolates. With a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, theyre twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. Say more with kisses deluxe. Discover card. Im not a customer, but im calling about that credit scorecard. Give it. Sure its free for everyone. Oh well thats nice and checking your score wont hurt your credit. Oh im so proud of you. Well thank you. Free at at discover. Com creditscorecard, jason a california mother who vanished three weeks ago was found alive and reunited with her family. Were hearing the first radio calls from police. On scene and advised me she is chained to something. Jason thanksgiving morning, shiri panini was released by captors. She managed to get partially out of restra a passing car whose driver then called police. She told the people who let her go were both women. More people they believe are involved and continue to investigate this weekend. Heather 30 people arrested while protesting the north dakota pipeline. They were set up at a mall in capital city. The mall as you might imagine is private property. So Police Stepped in when those protesters refused several requests to leave. Protesters at this large camp site, the site of repeated clashes with police, have now been given until december 5th to leave or face arrests. The army corps of engineers making that announcement yesterday given that ultimatum saying its only to protect people there from the harsh north dakota winter conditions. The protests going on for months native american tribes in that area are concerned the pipeline will corrupt their water supply and destroy their land. Jason this morning, were hearing from a who was knocked unconscious for two weeks after getting hit by a truck. That crash happened in august. And now the man tells our Kerry Kavanaugh that he wants everyone to move over and share the road. Reporter do you remember coming down the hill or nothing . I remember nothing from that day. Reporter Shawn Kavanaugh remembers nothing about august 17th. With you but he says his ordeal is a reminder you cannot control fate. An avid bicyclist, he road to fit. He was on his bike that day in august but never made it to work. This is the thing that probably saved my life. Reporter fox 25 was there, shortly after his helmet shattered and hit the windshield of this truck. His bike was pinned under neath it. The impact threw him into the air as high as the stop sign. Multiple skull fractures brain bleed, pul broken ribs, broken hand, i was pretty beaten up. He was unconscious for two weeks now though assist hes back on his feet and he says he has an obligation to speak out. Oh, i absolutely do. I feel like in many ways i was given another lease on life and i want to make sure that i help other people. Be aware that this kind of thing can happen on a bike. Be safe, pay attention, be cautious. Reporter he says thats valuable advice whether youre on two wheels or four. Kavanaugh says his life changed in in an instant and hopes his experience can prevent future accidents and maybe save a life. Im a very lucky man. Reporter his family says theyve never had more to be grateful for this thanksgiving. He is of no relation to me. Thats just a coincidence. He says that helmet saved his life. Also credits the Quick Response of First Responders. In waltham, im Kerry Kavanaugh, heather the big news is the fog. A lot of people want to be headed outside today as you mentioned earlier, on the Boston Common, were seeing some improvement. Thats the good news. Jason we are. Really judging by the looks of the building. As we look outside, theres the hack con and the prue. Early this morning, we couldnt see any of them. Now we see almost the top of the prue in the distance. Even one or two peaks of blue i dont have a wind chill to tell you about. When you have a lot of winds and moisture, you can get a res spy for fog. Not so much the cape and islands, not a concern of fog visibility there. Bedford half a mile. Thats up from a quarter of a mile. Im still seeing lawrence, portsmouth, nashua and concord even keene. All still reporting the dangerous visibilities at a quarter of a mile or less. And we also have some freezing temperatures to tell you about. Royalston, ring and boston all reporting 30, 32 degrees. Thats a spot where you could have some ice on the he can dids maybe some roadways, left over moisture or freezing fog, if you will. Temperatures upper 30s Greater Boston area. Whack to metrowest area. Marlboro, boston at 40 as we showed you duxbury at 41. Rain on nantucket and 48 degrees there. Might get to 50. Thats about it for your high. Theres the rain right now over nantucket. Not much more behind that at to get more organized and bring additional rain to the cape and islands. In particular today. Meantime, rain and snow over new york is tracking eastward but its not going to have much punch when it gets here, just spotty light showers, north of the pike i think possible. The steadier rain today through midday and late afternoon. The Cape Cod Canal points south and eastward there. As you see on future cast. Well stay socked in with clouds better part of or one or two weaks showing you there possible. Tonight, evening plans, risk of a shower, mainly coastal spots. Overall drying things out into the evening. Burlington forecast mostly cloudy skies. Hour by hour look. Up into the 40s by afternoon. 2 00 p. M. Back in the 30s by 8 00 tonight. And cape cod, well see the rain around. Its going to be increasing in coverage as we get to the midday tonight. So there are your highs area wide in the 40s today. Not too atypical really. Light winds. Thats good news. Lets track the hour by hour rain fall. Look at this, not much around boston. A few showers producing maybe a. 10 inch in a couple of spots north and west. Really vineyard, nantucket, chatham,. 25 inch or more possible there. Rain chances going way down sunday into monday. Tuesday, though, its spiking once again. System on the way and another one behind it. So tuesday, wednesday and thursday. We could see rain totals on the order of 1 to 2 inches. So much needed. Theres your weekend always in view, though. Tomorrow looks brighter. Could see a late flurry late in the day towards the cape. Monday is dry. Theres the rain, tuesday through thursday. Back to you. This morning, were continuing to follow breaking news. Former cuban dictator fidel castro has died. The news led to celebrations the decisions over the years that made castro such a controversial figure. Heather first the pats are in new jersey this weekend heather first the pats are in new jersey this weekend taking on the z26moz zknz sure, you could buy this. But why miss out on this . Its baking season. Warm up with pillsbury. You can never tell from the outside just how many warm, flaky layers are on the inside. Re flaky layers its baking season. Warm up with pillsbury. Reporter hi everything, im butch stearns. Here are your port is for saturday morning. The bruins and celtics have a black out at the garden. Stoned by former goalie chad period goal to david pastrn . K which died the game at 1. A few minutes later, alex takes the pass, beats, the goalie. Bruins lose 21. Celtics lead over the spurs, but led by david lee, lee a big come back and win over the celtics 109103. South beach monday night. Tom brady back at practice yesterday in foxboro after missing practice on both wednesday and thursday. Hes listed as questionable with a knee issue. Brady said friday he was hit in the thigh during the seattle game. When asked directly if hell play sunday. He said, well see. Patriots and jets at 4 30. [ lost audio. Reporter . Heather century in power. Jooblg and right now, tracking this low pressure system bringing rain to our west that could bring a shower today. The timing on all of this straight ahead. Jason plus messages of hope posted on all 1200 lockers at a afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. The long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. T treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Now in kids chewables. Heather plus weeks after the being questioned. The state that will be recounting its votes as the president elect adds two more people to its team. Complete new england coverage continues right now. This is fox 25 morning news. Heather thanks so much for watching fox 25 morning news. Its 9 00 a. M. On saturday, november 26th. Already the last weekend in november. Jason hard to believe. Heather a nice start to the week. Im heather hegedus. Jason you say that every month. Almost time for another month, yeah. Almost time too. Heather not too bad out there. Jason the fog is lifting. But jason be you had some rain in the forecast as well. Jason brewer yeah, plenty to track. Right now the visibility still a problem. Darker gray colors are, the primarily north shore locations. Bedford, lawrence, beverly, nashua, portsmouth, all about. 25 mile or a little higher. That will create problems on the roads. Be extra cautious. Freezing now with 30s and 40s out the door. Meanwhile, the rain continues to fall. Light on nantucket. Vineyard, hyannis, watch out for the steady showers midday through afternoon. Even a few showers making their way north of the pike. A better chance as the disturbance comes by today. Over all, lighter amounts of rain. The Greater Boston forecast today. Mid and upper 40s. The clouds hang tough. That slight chance for the afternoon showers. More on the rest of the weekend coming up. Heather jason, thank morning. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead. Hundreds took the streets of Little Havana and miami to celebrate when news of his death broke, you can see the scene there, he died overnight. The news was announced by fidels brother, cuban president , raul castro. Jason some see him as a hero in cuba who changed the face of education Amount Health care there. Oppressing freedom and causing people to flee. Heather he came to power during a revolution and served as dictaor of the island nation for almost a half century. The u. S. Quick to recognize castros regime but as time went on seen as a major threat especially when he allied himself with the soviet union. Jason we all remember the trade embargo, which ended this year and the disaster bay of pig in 1962 brought to the brink of the war with the cuban missile crisis. In the end, he out lasted 10 administrations. In 2008, raul took over for his all brother. This morning, his brother will be cremated he ed is. Nine days of mourning to haved by a funeral one week from tomorrow. He was 90 years old. We have his obituary and key our website fox25boston. Com. Heather the driver of the Deadly School bus crash, the Investigation Continues this weekend. Investigators saying there were several complaints about his driving in the weeks leading up to mondays crash. School district records show two written statements by students complaining about johnthony walker. One student accused walker of stopping the bus in a way that made kids hit their heads on their seats. Another said seatbelts were needed on the ntsb says walker was speeding and left the designated bus route when his bus crashed. Killing Six Elementary School students. Police didnt find a trace of any alcohol or drugs in his system. But he is being charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide and now due in court this tuesday. This morning. Were working to get more details about this crash in framingham. Police on steven tell fox 25 that a woman was hit by a car there. It happened along route 9 near prospect street last night. But expected to be okay. No word if the driver is facing in i charges there. Lets talk about the holidays now. And its that time of year already. The post offices some people done with their shopping, which i dont understand. I know. Postal carriers and Delivery Services out there hitting the roads as we speak filled with all of those packages we ordered. But you one waiting for your delivery to arrive. Jason thieves out there waiting to strike. Fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux is live in canton this morning in front of a gas station. Stephanie youre in front of just one of a dozen spots designated as a safe package spot. This is interesting. Reporter yeah, gas stations and even hotels around the Greater Boston area have these lockers here outside. Something from amazon, you have a couple of options on where you want your packages delivered. This is one of them if you dont want them delivered to your home, what you do is you they give you a code you enter into the screen and you get your package and you head home. This could be a safer option and internally this time of year. As we first reported earlier this week, at least in cambridge, theyve seen an increase in package thefts. Package thefts so far this year and 30 alone since september. So police are telling us that a lot of these thieves, they follow those trucks from amazon, ups, fed ex, u. S. Postal service, figure out where the trucks are going be and then eventually return back to the homes and steal the packages once theyre delivered outside. What were seeing is homes clustered together. Homes close to roads. Those are the homes that tend to suspects. Theyre able to quickly get in and out of homes quickly in and out of doorways porches et cetera and to be able to walk off with a number of packages at one time. Reporter so you know, these locations, it may not be so convenient for everyone. Police say if you still want your packages delivered at home, just have someone sign for it so you can make sure its inside of your house safely. Another option would have it delivered to work. Coming up in 30 days of the week, the police say tend to be the most popular when it comes to these sorts of thefts in canton, Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather all right. Stephanie, thank you. Today marks one week since a lawrence teen was last seen. Leevillias family is hoping someone recognizes him from this photo right here. Call Lawrence Police if youve seen him. Jason this happened on julian street in hovp thursday. The 30yearold man tried to run and ended up hitting the officer. Were told the officer was able to roll of the car s hood but doing okay this weekend. Near exit 16 of 93 north. The mans name has not been from this incident, including assault and battery on an officer. Heather its 9 07 right now. And the power back on for one neighborhood in norwood yesterday. Speed is to blame for the Ocean Commotion that sent people running outside to see what happened. Loud enough to get your attention. It was loud. Reporter take a look at the aftermath of a crash on Edge Hill Road in norwood. Police say an 18yearold woman was driving too fast and lost control. The telephone pole was down that way. It was rolling this way here. First i kind of thought the transformer blew out. That was kind of the sound of it. Like a big boom. Reporter police say the driver hit kendall crays car and then a pole before hitting another car. Several homes in the dark for a few hours while crews worked to clean up the situation. Had a car down there couldnt get near the driveway because of the wires. They told me it would be a few hours because of the wires at least no one friends with her at the time of the crash. Now charged with speeding and negligent driving. Jason president elect donald trump is not taking a break for the holiday. He just added two more names to his administration. Lauren blanchard looks at the reaction from both sides. Reporter president elect donald trump continuing to pull together his team in preparation for his presidency. While some are criticizing his process in picking his administration, supporters say from a chief executive officer, ceo of our country, president elect. And he is running it like a business. Reporter the Transition Team says no cabinet appointments will be made until next week. Announcing two staff picks. Naming Campaign Finance lawyer, don mcgan as White House Council and kt mcfarlin, a former aid to three former republican president s as the Deputy National security advisor. General michael flynn, the administrations pick for National Security advisor, tweeting, so proud and honored to have kt mcfarlin as part of our National Security team. She will help us make America Great again. Others, however, remain skeptical of some mr. Trump is considering. Particularly mitt romney. Who is reportedly a contender for secretary of state. But was a vocal critic of mr. Trump during the campaign. Although mr. Trumps closest allies are raising eyebrows at romneys name, others say to trust in trump. Feels comfortable bringing in the best people for the job to move our country forward, i think its a good thing. Reporter while most of the country has accepted donald trump as the president elect. Green Party Jill Stein has raised 3 million to recount the vote in michigan, wisconsin. With the goal of raising another 2 million by wednesday. In washington, Lauren Blanchard fox 25 news. Jason green Party Officials filed for the recount yesterday. The states reconciliation of state party records. It got that petition and is preparing to move forward with the statewide recount. Heather a community banning together today to replace messages of hate with ones of hope. Well tell you of the special place that was defaced by vandals and it launched a Police Investigation as a result of. Jason but first, driving while high. Coming up next, the new tool that police could use to make sure people arent smoking marijuana and then getting heather marijuana becomes month. Police worry about stopping impaired drivers. They dont have a road test like they do alcohol. Law enforcement officers in colorado are testing a possible solution. Reporter in colorado, where marijuana has been legal since 2014, more people smoking marijuana and eating edibles and getting behind the wheel. Ive been driving down the road and the guy right next to me is lighting legalization say these are just fierce not facts. But according to the department of transportation, 12 of road deaths in colorado involved a driver tested positive for cannabis in 2014 alone. Thats up 1. 5 than 2013. Were allowing more people to drive on our streets and going to have an affect and people are going to die because of it. Police chief john carmichael. Like many Law Enforcement, he opposed question 4. Driving while high is illegal but officers dont have a way to test for drugs like they do for alcohol. Plus chief car michael says theres no standard limit for impairment. Do you think people are just going to get away with it . They are, yes. Unfortunately. Reporter in colorado, the law states drivers are impaired if they have 5 nanograms thc in theirly is the Colorado State patrol is running a Pilot Program to test saliva. But the results dont tell you the reamounts of thc. Did they take that drug today or yesterday . Even officers using the devices have concerns. Some of those instruments are fairly large. And i think that would preclude them being used in patrol car. Enzymes that are sensitive to heat and cold. Chief carmichael, even as they pass these ways to test, they may not hold up in court. Im sure were going to see a lot of court cases were going to have deal with and well probably lose a lot of those cases. Right now, massachusetts has many trained to identify those on drugs. But chief carmichael saysha fox 25 road along this summer, pupil size and a battery of other tests to try to prove whether a suspect is under the influence and even what type of drug the person is on. We actually have over 100 data points that were looking at. Not just, you know, the guy had bloodshot eyes hes drunk. Reporter many Police Officers worry legalizing marijuana will increase that. It. Heather and that was Vanessa Welch reports. We also spoke with yes on 4 appropriateds they said, even those here in mass, since medical marijuana became legal. They also told us these are fears not facts they all made these same dooms day scenarios. Theres been no increase in impaired marijuana in massachusetts. They also said police did anything to add similar to alcohol when the state decrimnized marijuana and in again in 2012 when medical marijuana was passed. Jason this weekend, the boston globe is reporting people may have to wait for pot shops to open up. By a few months january of 2018, to midyear 2018. They said this would give them more time to make sure local governments are ready to of a different kind of green plant today. That would be a christmas tree, right. A lot of people out to get their Christmas Trees today. Jason youre getting yours, i think its time. Got to. Heather youre the guy ask, is it the best day to do it . Jason if youre down on the island, a dreary, soggy at times. North shore, fog coming through. But tomorrow, the rain chance is all gone. Maybe tomorrow. Breezier tomorrow. Just part of the sky. The blue sky up on the top. Jason brewer yes, on the top. Jason thats like breaking news. Almost see some of the sunshine. Jason brewer ive been showing this camera all morning long. Its really the gauge of the visibility report. Theres the citgo sign we can see it now. Of course, this morning, we couldnt see any of this. The prue is almost visible to the tom. Theres the very top of the hancock no you we can see. Wind chill 36 at the airport santa is coming to the common at 8 00 today. Rudolph can punch through any of that you have the. Looks like well be able to get him in there. The cape and islands are great. No problems just a little bit of light rain. But around lawrence and portsmouth, we still have a quarter of a mile reports, nashua as well. Dense fog advisory was allowed to expire in ring and hollis reporting 31 and 32. Those two spots an icy spot or two from the freezing up. 39 in mansfield, duxbury and hanover both the low 40s. Theres the cape and islands, all the mid and upper 40s there. And the rain coming on in nantucket now. Light rain. And if you look at that. It looks like its moving away. Island. To punch south over the mid atlantic waters. You can see these showers starting to develop and theyre heavier. Thats whats headed toward cape cod this afternoon. Then we have snow and rain in new york. This is crossing over the berkshires. Higher elevations snow possible. A lot of this will start to dry up, if you will. And as we get over the mountains, i do think some spotty showers, midday through the afternoon. North to the pike, a better shot to get a little bit of rain this afternoon. And of course, cape cod, the islands, will be watching out for you this afternoon. And lasting into your early evening plans. Theres 10 00 tonight. Most spots drying out, except for the cape, where you have a left over shower. The temperatures today, caught in the mid and upper 40s. Well be socked in for most of the day with cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. As far as rain amounts, well, well see the potential for a. 25 inch here. Cape cod, nantucket, maybe a then showers over to New Hampshire. Mostly 40s cold start to your cind. But really wrapping up our rain chance into sunday and monday and popping it back up next week. Theres your weekend in view, 48 today. 44 tomorrow. I do have a snow flake in that forecast. Just to mention the ocean affect flurry coming up sunday evening. Monday, upper 20s in the morning, mid 40s in the afternoon. Tuesday, here comes the rain again. We do have needed drought relief. Looks like its going to be on the way on wednesday and thursday as well. Much more on this in the next half hour. Heather the Glass Half Full. Jason thank you. Wells fargo fighting back over the lawsuit over a fake account scandal. Weve been telling you about this. The bank is accused of opening unauthorized accounts. Now wells fargo is asking a court to force dozens of customers who are suing to resolve their complaints behind an agreement requiring them to handle bank disputes outside of court. Wells fargo already apologized for opening the accounts in the first place. Jason breaking this morning, fidel castro is dead. Celebrations woke out in a miami neighborhood of Little Havana. Still ahead, a look back at the controversial regime. Heather a young mother found alive and tied up on the side of the this morning, questions still left unanswered as the police turn their focus to the women who left her there. Jason weather you physically went to a store or picked up your phone and shopped that way. Black friday shoppers already spent billions. Holiday sales expected to top 655 mill bun. Up almost 4 from last year. Thats just the start of Holiday Shopping. As we know. Today is when the small buildings will see the biggest rush. This is the 7th annual Small Business saturday. Spend money at local independent businesses. Actually created by American Express. Become a huge success raking in more than 16 mill bun last year. Heather remember we havent hit cyber monday yet, folks. Amazon will be rolling out 7500 sales this monday and continuing that all week long. Of course you can save big bucks on everything from books toys video games to electronics. Elec jason is laughing. Take a look at the big hot ticket item this year. Jason explain to me why this that is a hot ticket item. Heather this is different. Its a mermaid tail blanket. Its like the snuggies. I had a hard time wrapping my head around the snuggy craze. I think it makes for a Great Holiday photo and ill leave it hottest months for thieves. Got any good gift ideas . . Verizon prepaid is gonna be my gift . . No extra charges . Stingy. . deep voice with verizon you look awesome. . You wanted more data and look what santa gave ya . . Verizon keeps you going with that alwayson data . . 4g lte thats a lotta speed . . Think about it n youll say. . deep voice thats the deal of my dreams. With verizon you look awesome. vo give verizon prepaid with alwayson data on the best network for only 50 per month. This is fox 25 morning news. Jason welcome back. A live look outside. The fog has lifted. Now just a cloudy morning. At least we can see Downtown Boston camera here. Thats great. Santa is coming, too. Hell be at the common in about 30 minutes. Heather cant wait. Jason should be a lot of fun for the kids. No problem with a crash landing or anything. Heather happy saturday, everybody. I hope you had a great thanksgiving and now were heading to the Holiday Season. A lot of people out and about today. Buying Christmas Trees going to see santa. I want to check in with jason brewer to find o jason brewer the fog the big problem this morning. Problem in beverly, nashua, keene, portsmouth, the rest of the area, improvements. Temperatures climbing too. Mid to upper 40s for the cape and islands. The first batch of rain moving away from nantucket. More on the way, heading in here through the midafternoon. Vineyard, nantucket, keep an eye on steadier showers heading south shore. Lots of clouds, mid and upper 40s out there today. Slight chance for afternoon showers around boston. But probably get out and get your afternoon plans done as well. If youre grabbing that christmas tree. More on the weekend, coming up. Heather were staying on top of breaking news this morning. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead. His brother, the countrys current leader now, confirming that news overnight. Jason all morning long weve en pictures of people celebrating in miami celebrating his death. More on how the rest of the world is reacting. Reporter celebrations in the streets of miami as news spread of the death of former cuban leader fidel castro. Many in the Cuban American Community cheered. For more than 55 years. Were free at last. Sad, my country, already passed away. The dictatorship, in our country is at an end. Freedom. This is everything for your people. This is a huge change for our community and i think its a lot of things, good things are coming for us. A lot of good things are coming for this country for the relationship between us. And for the peace and the love that we always had in a country reporter florida congresswoman tweeted her response to the death calling for a free and democratic cuba. Meanwhile other World Leaders including the Prime Minister of india, expressed sorrow at his passing. Raul castro, his brother and successor announced the death late friday. He said, fidel castro will be cremated late on friday. Heather donald trump also reacted to his death. Tweeted a short message only writing fidel castro is dead. Over the next nine days of course cua will be mourning castros death. Followed by a funeral tomorrow. Fidel castro was 90 years old. Right now log on to fox25boston. Com to learn more about Fidel Castros lights and powers his decisions jason the boston globe is reporting this morning, that the Police Department will buy more software to scan criminal activity. They will search blogs websites and apps like Facebook Twitter instagram and youtube. Civil liberty groups are worried about how it will impact free speech and privacy. The Police Department in chicago. Heather talking about the holidays and the biggest shopping day of the year is over. Did you go out . Jason no. Heather i didnt think so. Jason no no no. Heather this is for the rest of us who dont like to leave our homes. Postal workers and Package Delivery people are heading out to deliver everyones holiday packages. Jason yeah, this same time of year, there are thieves out there scoping out your neighborhood hoping to intercept all of those packages on your doorsteps. Thats right, se fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux is live this morning in canton, standing in front of something that were hoping to keep thieves at bay. Reporter you probably see this wall of yellow behind me. These are actually outdoor delivery lockers that are posted all across the Greater Boston area. A lot of them are at gas stations like sunoco and even at hotels, basically this is from amazon, they give you a number of options when you order something online. Delivered to your home or possibly to your work. These are delivery lockers. So what you can do is you pick up your packages here, you give the code, bring it to the locker and grab your package. Police say that could be a safer option than having your packages delivered to your home. Now we reported earlier this week. That in cambridge, theyve had more than 116 package thefts so far this year. And 30 in just the last two months. They say that thieves are going they then return back to those neighborhoods to steal those packages. They say wednesdays, thursdays and fridays are the most popular days for this to happen. They say midafternoon is the most popular time. People that we spoke with, they heard of this, and they say that its so common, one woman actually coined her own phrase. Theres black friday, theres cyber monday and the following next wednesday after cyber wednesday. Reporter so november tends to be the most popular month for this to happen because a lot of people are doing Holiday Shopping. Police say either if you want it delivered at home. Just have someone sign for it. So you know that its actually been delivered and put inside your home or have it delivered to work. Again, you can use these delivery lockers. They also say neighborhoods that have clusters of homes together tend to be more popular for thieves. Because they can quickly go doortodoor. So, again, just some good advice as you possibly enjoy your Holiday Shopping. In canton, im Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Heather stephanie, thank you so much. A roxbury man held on bail, charged with driving drunk and causing an accident that hurt a state trooper. Reginald appeared in court yesterday. This was the scene right here thursday night. Police say pie ram rearended a patrol car on 93 in boston. That trooper had to be okay. Pie ram is do in court next month. A man accused of opening fire on nine people last year is competent to stand trial. The federal judge made that decision yesterday after stopping jury selection earlier this month so dylan roof could undergo a mental competency evaluation. If convicted he could face the death penalty. Jury selection in the federal trial is expected to resume monday. Heather dozens of protesters rallying arrested in front of a mall on black friday. Now the new message the army corps of engineers is giving those campers right there. Jason but first, the signs of hate at a local high school. A different Message Group of seniors is hoping to send today. Jason brewer picture in from steve out there in whitinsville. Heather 9 40 now. Disturbing signs of hate spray painted in front of a local high school. Christine mccarthy went to harvard high school. Reporter swastikas homophobic symbols and racist messages painted over a rock in front of the high school in harvard. Its a symbol to the school. Something theyve done for decades. Town. Reporter that sacred space for selfexpression and acceptance for students among grades 6 and 12 defaced. Several residents outraged to find the graffiti friday morning. Called police who investigated the case as a hate crime. Investigated in combination with the Attorney Generals Office and will be prosecuted if we head in that direction. Reporter the department of public works has painted over the rock and covered it with a tarp. There was evidence that was collected, found at the scene, evidence found as well. Meanwhile an effort begun to repaint it with messages of tolerance and hope for the future. Symbols of equality and tolerance were already on the rock. And then now weve had this negative response to itself. And then the kids have a chance to volley again. Reporter harvard resident and graduate emma is launching the repainting saturday afternoon coordinating with the kids as they address their space and confronted, you know, the hateful symbolism head on. She and police agree these messages do not reflect the values of this small town. Reporter they hope the experience starts an important dialogue. Something really good is going to come out of this moment and the outcry in the community is just going to create a platform for something really positive to happen. Reporter many believe this was a bad decision made by kids that he with dont but if so, francine says that adults need to recognize the hurtful language theyre using in front of children because kids do listen. The office sent me a statement condemning this act but also said the Diversity Committee and School Leaders work to bolster the School Curriculum to make sure incidents such as this never happen again. In harvard Christine Mccarthy, fox 25 news. Jason if youve been like watching football too. The fun does not have to stop there. The post thanksgiving activities happening around town this weekend. Heather but first the mother heather we want to breaking you news weve been reporting on all morning long. Fidel castro has died. He rose to power in 1959 and led that nation for nearly half a century. This morning, celebrations breaking out in Little Havana. In that neighborhood in miami. When word of his death broke. Cuba is now going through a nine day period of mourning. Sunday. He was 90 years old. Head to our website, fox25boston. Com, there we have castros obituary and also some of the policies that made him such a controversial leader. Jason the california mother who vanished three weeks ago while jogging has been found alive and reunited with her family. This morning, were hearing the first radio calls from when she was found. She is chained. Jason thanksgiving morning, shiri captors 130 miles from her hometown. She managed to get out of her restraints and track down a car, whose driver called police. Yesterday she released a statement by her sister. We are overwhelmed with joy how supportive everyone has been to bring us together as a family together. Everyones tireless efforts has made our family whole again this thanksgiving. Let her go were women. Investigators believe there were more people involved in her capture. Theres still 2340 word on what happened to her during the three weeks she was missing. Heather three people arrested protesting the Dakota Access pipeline on saturday. The mall is private property that theyre protesting on. So Police Stepped in when the protesters refused several requests to leave. This morning, look at this, protesters at site that has been the site of repeated clashes with police have now been given until december 5th to leave or face arrests. The army corps of engineers making that announcement yesterday saying its to protect those protesters from the harsh north dakota winters. The protests going on for months. Native american tribes in the area are concerned the protests will corrupt their water supply and destroy their land. Now your local forecast from meteorologist jason brewer this saturday. Started out very foggy. Some improvement now. Just got this tweet out there from steve in worcester county, where in the valleys still dense or fog issues of the fog with us. The clouds, that will be with us today as far as the issues go. Rain, a moderate risk. But certainly the case. And areas west, a chance for that rain. Visibility, right now boston improving but up to beverly over to lawrence, portsmouth and back to nashua, all still a quarter of a 10 mile visibility there now. And worcester had no problem in the Higher Elevations but down low, still a few of those pockets. Good news, too, temperatures are above freezing area wide. Weve had some of those freezing reports in parts of southwest New Hampshire and parts of worcester county. Those now coming up. Mid and upper 30s around most of the metrowest neighborhoods. Truro, harwich, all in the 40s. More back to the west and then a few spotty showers now developing back to the south and west here of the islands. So this now beginning to take shape and make its way northeastward. Thats why a wetter day for the southeastern areas on the way. Back here to the west here, over new york, ive been watching rain getting closer to the berks. A few coming across western mass. Near springfield. A lot of this will not have much luck getting over the mountains. But with a disturbance coming across north of the a chance of spotty showers this afternoon. The cape and islands continue to see the steadier rain risk. Through midday and 4 00. By 10 00 p. M. Theres just a left over coastal shower and the rest of the area is beginning to dry out for your evening plans. High temperatures today. In the mid and upper 40s. Not much sun. One or two peaks of blue all able to squeeze out today. The rain fall today. Not going to be high amounts. Islands. Then north and west of boston, where that. 10 of an inch possible if any of those showers come through. Then we jump ahead to the week, tuesday wednesday and thursday. A couple of storm systems likely to impact the area. So needed drought relief on the way. 1 to possibly 2 inches of rain on those three days combined. But not so much on the back half of the weekend. Which is always in view here. Of course on fox 25. Got a flurry left over. On the cape for sunday evening. Otherwise, its dry on sunday. And into monday. Theres the rain, though. Tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. Reporter its a been a week of cooking eating and shopping. But the fun doesnt have to stop there. Theres a lot going on around town this weekend. First continue your thanksgiving weekend with a trip to plymouth plantation, go back in town as you explore and learn about the pilgrims first settlements back in 1620. Actors playing the roles of the settlers, making the recreation imagination of both kids and adults. Find even more family fun at the theatre in arlington. Sing, play and march along with the disney classic, mary poppins . A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down . The interactive experience helps those to sing along with mary poppins shows running all weekend long. Gear up for the race for a few 5k and 10k this morning. Hundreds take to the all right staking line t the hearts for Hope Foundation which offers Financial Aid to families battling sis sick fibrosis. It kicks off at 10 00 a. M. And register on site this morning. Throw on your sneakers and head over to mansfield high. For more on whats happening around town, make sure to have the fox 25 news app. In the menu click the around town section or click around town tab at fox25boston. Com. Whatever you do this weekend, make it a great one. Im Michelle Lazcano hope to see small group of afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Were non stop, weve gotta have our extra protein. Oikos triple zero greek non fat yogurt has 15 grams of protein. Zero added sugar, zero artificial sweetener and zero fat. And zero holding me back jason a dozen students at Somerville High School wanted to do something inspirational before the thanksgiving holiday. They left a mark on every locker inside the school. It all started with a post it. Blue, red, yellow. Ive never seen a whole school wide event like sticking postit notes all over the school. Building with up lifting notes like smile when you want to smile and love wins. Writing and sticking notes on 1200 lockers. Many felt a mix of emotions sadness,ing anger, happiness, all aboard the its been different after the election. I wanted to show on a whole, were united and the Community Well show as a united front together. Reporter the small group of sophomores juniors and seniors came up with the idea themselves. She says students reposted the notes inside their locker. All had a handwritten note heart or friendly phrase saying hear your voice, just keep swimming things like that. Reporter when ella graduates in the spring she hopes the younger students make this postit note campaign a an annual tradition. For the whole process we involve sophomores and june nors to carry on the legacy. That. And i wrote one for jason to as we end the broadcast. Heather stay bright and sunny. As we head into winter. Jason my last note to you was foggy. Were improving now. 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