It doesnt matter, you know, gays, straight, everything. Its a parade for everybody. I love it and im glad everybody gets a chance to participate. This is america. Land of the free. I think its fine. They have been marching all along but they just didnt carry banners. Reporter the mayor said pope francis visit to new york city and the intervention of Cardinal Dolan helped get parade organizers to change their tune. Maurice and kristine . Thank you. Starting next year, new york city Public Schools students may get the day off to attend the parade. State Senate Passed legislation that would make st. Patricks day a school holiday. If enacted the measure would take effect on march 17, 2017. For the second time this week police say a student took a loaded gun to school in jamaica, queens. A 15yearold boy at York Early College academy allegedly brought this gun to class this morning. Investigators say the student was showing off the weapon to a classmate who then n school officials. Until Pol
The d. A. Making that announcement a short time ago. Youre looking at video from last week when cosby was booked in pennsylvania on criminal Sexual Assault charges in that state. If convicted in that case, comedian could go to prison for 10 years. Tonight the mother of bella bond, little Girl Found Dead on deer island, is being held on 1 million bail. She made her First Court Appearance since the Suffolk County grand jury indicted her for being an accessory after the fact to her daughters murder. Bond claims she couldnt come forward because she was under the control of her boyfriend, killer. She told police she knew immediately that her daughter was dead and went to hold her, but mr. Mccarthy prevented her from seeing her daughter. Michael mccarthy is charged with killing bella, when the child resisted night. Her body was initially put in a trash bag and stuffed in this rerefrigerator and eventually tossed into the harbor. The federal judge residing stepping down from the case. Sampson
Merrick allegedly admitted to the decoy but said he was a regular guy in the chat room and used the chat name, a great guy. The report says the chats were sexual in nature and he initiated the chats. Fox25 first reported in december state police had been to his home for an investigation. We can now tell you an examination of his desk top computer found activity from the two chat rooms in question and police say a school issued laptop contained evidence consistent with chat activity on those web sites, plus dozens of graphic files depicting adult pornography. When investigators questioned merrick he acknowledged his behavior was inappropriate and said he did it quote because its exciting. I think its horrific as a principal of a school with children. The best thing is hes not there anymore. The most thing is our kids safety. Reporter we reached out to his attorney who emphasized his client is not facing any criminal charges. You might be wondering how that can be. We asked the essex dis
Morning, but a change is coming for the weekend. Fox25 Storm Tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear is here with how long we have got until the sunshine before it turns to ice and rain. Julie thats right shiri thats right, because even before tomorrow turn to drizzle. All clear skies. From 9 in orange 16 in bedford. 27 in boston. 25 in plymouth. 21 hyannis. 14 nashua. Worcester waking up to the middle 20s. From singles to the middle 20s and by 6 a. M. Very Little Movement in those temperatures. Maybe move one or two degrees from where they are right now. Tons of sunshine. We pause things up during noontime upper 30s to 40 degrees for your lunchtime temperatures and this afternoon we weave in high, thin clouds. Not more in wave makers. Leads us to our high of 40, 45 degrees. Mostly sunny and calm, chilly morning and the timeline on incoming drizzle and some icy spots here for your friday and saturday come up shortly. Julie, send it back for a check of the roads. Shiri, things moving
Are facing. 7 a. M. , temperatures dont move very much until you hit 7 or 8 00. By noontime, we are bouncing into the upper 30s. A couple of thin clouds come into play. Blend with our sunshine. You see 40s on the map because high temperatures end up ranging from 40 to 45 degrees under those nice mostly sunny skies. Calm, chilly morning that we got to get through first and of course those big weekend changes that we got to break down in just a few. Julie grauert up with live drive time traffic. Julie, start the car early. Yes on these chilly days. North of town things moving along nicely on route 1 along nicely on route 1, 93 south and 128. North and southbound. Over to the pike wide anticipate from framingham through the weston tolls and this is what you will see through brighton. The live drive times. 12 minutes from route 128 to the tobin. Eight minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 19 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. Gene and sara, ba