years old he was found dead on the sidewalk in reading. >> ton night investigators are looking at the possibility the killing involved a halloween mask g evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. to night community is struggling through shock and mourning. chris o'connell is in reading to night where that investigation is on going. chris? >> reporter: lucy, iain an entire reading neighborhood in mourning tonight over the murder avenue very popular well liked 16 year old boy killed on the very block where he lives. police here in berks county made no arrests to night but they do want to talk with the man they say may have been involved. music thumps through the streets of north reading but the signs on the cars and the candles burning on the sidewalk show this is no celebration. instead, a grim reminder of a life loft. >> always had a smile on his face. always having people joking. >> reporter: family members remembering 16 year old christian torres who died on the sidewalk here on the 1100 block of locust street. it's still unclear how he died, but police think torres was established to death after some sort of fight sunday night that may have started over the victim wearing a scary halloween mask. investigators are now looking for 29-year-old avery val len teen bear described as person of interest in the case. >> always made me laugh. >> report roar torres can't believe his friend is now gone. >> he was a good kid. no problems. always had straight a's. he had a job. he just got a car. went to school. >> reporter: tenth grader reading high school already had a job at mcdonald's and was getting his driver's license. now, his family is preparing for his funeral. >> last person i think it would ever happen to one of the greatest kids on this block. never bothered nobody. never. >> reporter: now initially police had reports that the killer had been wearing a halloween mask from the movie purge. those reports have since been clarified. we can tell you the family of christian torres is now planning a weekend funeral. iain. >> chris, thank you. a scare at the willow grove mall turned out to be a false alarm tonight. police rushed there earlier after getting several calls about a man with a gun in one of the stores. officers say they got there, went over security video and once they found the man it turns out someone thought was a gun and was phone he held behind his back. given the shooting it's no wonder nerves were on open. everything got back to normal fairly quickly. >> on your radar tonight a calm mild night. we might not be able to say that for very much longer. let's check in with meteorologist kathy orr. >> in matter of 24 hours, things are going to change rapidly around here. right now we have a clear sky. it's a beautiful night out there, and temperatures are on the mild side. but we are expecting some rain to be moving on in sooner than later. on ultimate doppler, you can see the clear skies with a rain showers moving offshore, and as they continue to do so, temperatures will be falling back into the 50s and the 60s before the rain moves on in as early as tomorrow night. coming up we'll talk more about that timing the rain and show was we have in store for your weekend more changes ahead. i'll see you later on in the broadcast. >> all right, kathy, thanks. happening now police are looking for a bold aggressive robber he demands the victim's belongings when he tries to run away the bad guy shoots him. that shooter is still on the streets tonight. >> and that has port richmond community very nervous. fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us live now from philadelphia police headquarters. dave? >> reporter: lucy, police say this gun toting bandit not only stalked his victim but he also when he demanded money from him the man started to run, he chased him down from behind, and shot him all of it was caught on camera. and tonight police are searching for suspect. >> first i heard him say no, no new york city. >> ran drew was getting ready to go to his grandson's baseball game sunday morning around 6:30 when he heard a commotion then gunshots right outside his front door on thompson street in port richmond. >> i heard a guy yelling and i heard about four or five pops. then i heard little bit of screaming out. like he was in pain. >> reporter: what he says he heard was the attempted robbery and shooting of a 47-year-old port richmond man caught on camera at the corner of thompson and elkhart. it was barely sunrise when the suspect carrying a gun in his right hand can be seen as he walked up on the victim and announce add robbery. >> makes mention of give me everything you have. something along those lines. >> reporter: victim took off as the gunman chased him. he ran down the 2600 block of elkhart when the gunman opened fire. the muzzle flash clearly visible in the video. >> very brazen individual to be out there that early in the morning. people are going to work. to attempt to rob someone that's not bad enough but shoot the individual as she try to flee from you. >> the shooter jumped into the car driven by someone else and fled leaving the victim bleeding in the street. neighbors say they've seen the victim walking to work or nearby store for coffee in the morning. >> unbelievable. it's a shame with this world is can you remembering to. you hear it all the time in all different neighborhoods much it's real a shame. >> reporter: shooting took place across the street from a playground. police are now trying to dent fight gunman and find the get away car. >> they have get away car already set up. this is probably something they've done before. >> reporter: the victim was treated for gunshot wounds to the legs. police have not said if this is a random or targeted attack at this point. if you recognize this guy, you should contact east detectives. lucy? >> thank you, dave torments night septa paoli thorndale line back up and running following evacuation and delay due to smoke during rush hour this evening officials suspended the rain line after smoke started rising from a train at the overbrook station. step at a officials tell us the train had an issue with a motor and a fire never broke out. no one is injured. police in berks county arrest add teacher they say had an inn appropriate relationship with a student. police say 37-year-old stephanie france lucky send nude photos and video to 17-year-old through twitter. he was a student in her english black at muhlenberg high school. the teacher and student also would kiss after school. lucky admitted to those offenses and resigned last month. she's been charged with unlawful contact with minor and corruption of minors. head of the philadelphia parking authority has been suspended over sexual harassment charges. ppa's board chairman says he'll recommend that vince fenerty be fired when the board meets again on thursday. first case of sexual harassment was made public last week when he was accused of of harassing an employee at the agency. the board chairman says he just learned of new allegations today fenerty harassing a second co-worker. >> you decide 2016. 24 hours after the first debate and the nation is still buzzing. early estimates show nielsen that actuallily from nielsen show that more than 84 million people tuned in to watch the trump/clinton showdown with many eyes still on them the candidates continued to stump today. both of them hit battleground states. clinton spent today in north carolina at a community college and trump met with the mostly cuban crowd in miami, florida before heading to rally melbourne. they both stuck to their talking points the nominees reflected on last night's spectacle. >> i talked about how we have the worst so-called recovery since the great depression. i laid out details specific plans for new direction. the american people rendered their verdict. the post debate polls as i said to you were so great. >> a lot of work for fact checkers last night. (laughter). >> he actually bragged about gaming the system to get out of paying his fair share of taxes. >> boo! >> in fact i think there's a strong probability he hasn't paid federal taxes a lot of years. >> the most recent real clear politics polling average has clinton leading trump by more than two points. and with just 41 days until the american people elect their next president, political heavyweights are pushing voter registration. especially in the swing state of pennsylvania. ross fox 29ss jeff cole reports, one local university got a visit from one of the biggest names in politics. >> our vice-president, joe bid biden! (applause). >> were tight race and voter swing state like pennsylvania every vote, every voter are gold so tuesday at drexel vice-president joe biden was on the hunt for young voters using an upbeat theme. >> ladies and gentlemen, given a fair shot the american people never ever ever ever ever let their country down. >> reporter: biden' message would you not pro hillary. >> hillary demonstrated she's a leader, she has courage. she cares about the circumstances of the american people. >> reporter: and anti trump. >> the man who seeks to so division of his own for his own gain and own benefit. >> reporter: pro voter registration delivered by young people. >> find an organizer and sign up to register voters make phone calls or knock on doors. >> reporter: check of voter rolls in the tri-state area show voter lists swelling as the election nears. in pennsylvania, since late april, democrats have added nearly 54,000 voters to the rolls while republicans have increased their numbers by over 74,000. independents and others have grown by over 57,000. in new jersey, in august, democrats have upped their ranks by nearly 32,000. republicans by over 10,000 voters while others dropped by 1800. and in delaware, democrats in august grew by 1300 voters. 533 new republicans registered and other voters jumped by over 1200. >> so register. vote. >> at drexel students seemed to get the message. >> will you vote and will your friends vote? >> oh, yes, i'm going to vote. yes, definitely and my friends are going vote, too. so we were all here together. >> both parties are registering voters and working on their ground games to get voters to the polls. often the difference between victory and a disappointing defeat. jeff cole fox 29 news. meanwhile the first lady will make couple of stops in pennsylvania tote tomorrow she'll campaign for hillary clinton at a lasalle university in the morning and head to the university of pittsburgh later in the day. and gop vice-presidential candidate mike pence will be in york on thursday. up next, on stage the vice-presidential debate. this tuesday long wood university that's in farm veil virginia next presidential debate is sunday october 9th at washington university in st. louis. you'll find complete coverage of both right here on fox 29. here's reminder about voter registration deadlines where you live. pennsylvania voters must register by october 11th. deadline is october 15th in delaware. and new jersey's deadline is october 18th. >> ♪ class is dismissed at one local middle school after trouble with their building. that's not the only problem. what parents say they still don't know. also -- i would never invite the devil to come into my home and eat at my table. i will never break bread with this man. i hate this man. >> forgiveness not an option for a grieving in a michigan courtroom. what this killer did when the jury said he's guilty that made his sentence even worse. a local court employee posts some controversial comments about police on social media. should she lose her job? >> you might want to check your freezer. if these chicken nuggets are in there the company says you got to throw them out. what may be inside those nuggets that has nothing to do with germs. plus a man walks in a 7eleven with a two by four. what he did next that has cops trying to track him down. >> the sudden closure of one middle school in south jersey leaving many parents quite frustrated students at salem middle school have not been able to go to class since the ceiling collapsed over the weekend. >> school officials are still trying to work out where to put those students until the issue is fixed. fox 29's shawnette wilson live in salem where some parents are not happy. shawnette? >> reporter: well parents tonight are frustrated because they tell me they had little to know notice about the school being closed and they are still unclear about what happened. nine-year-old is outside playing instead of inside doing homework because her school salem middle has been closed this week. the kids came home friday seeing they didn't have school. i didn't believe them because i didn't get no letter sent home. i didn't get no recordin record. >> she didn't even get automated call from the school until 5:00 o'clock sunday evening. >> seeing that the, um, they had inspection, the ceiling fell so that the kids they ain't got school monday that was wednesday and they will return to school thursday. >> reporter: destiny daniels daughter is a seventh grader here. auto mated call was so unexpected she didn't have time to find a place for her child to go. >> at 12 years old y, i have to leave you home. i don't want to and i'm calling making sure you're okay. you know, you just -- it's an inconvenience. >> the superintendent told us on the phone that there was a ceiling collapse and the school development authority advised them to vacate the building because it was eminent hazard he did not say why the ceiling came down. tamika austin is upset word of the incident first bread over social media before the district informed parents. >> i know things happen were you the right way to handle it would be to have some kind of meeting to address these issues and everybody is on the same page. >> reporter: starting tomorrow the district plans to send third graders to johnson wood ad academy and eighth graders to seven high. they will start thursday if it's approved for occupancy. austin isn't happy her daughter will have to walk a mile to salem high school. >> people still are like where are my kids going? they're still confused. >> reporter: and district officials say they don't know yet when repairs will be made. lucy. >> thank you very much, shawnette. philadelphia police say they've just taken a whole lot of bad guys off the streets officers say they've arrested 50 people for drug crimes in the city's olney, germantown and west oak lane neighborhoods. it's a result of a three-day initiative to get drugs off the streets. cops say they recovered $57,000 worth of drugs and $16,000 in cash. >> community needs relief from drug dealers, and violent offenders. if we can get them off the street any means possible legally that's what we need to do. >> among those arrested three kids. police say many of those arres arrested they were after for violent crimes. charges are pending. families of the two mill l wilmington firefighter who's died in the line of duty are laying them to rest this week. >> fire officials announced memorial plans and senior firefighter jerry fickes and lieutenant christopher leach died saturday while fighting a fire. the floor of a home along lake view road gave way sending the firefighters into the basement of the home. joint memorial for both fickes and lieutenant leach will take place this saturday at 1:00 in the afternoon. it will happen at the chase center on the riverfront while public viewing for fickes this thursday from five to 8:00 p.m. at the grace lutheran church in hokessin and on friday a mass for lieutenant leach will take place at saint elizabeth's in wilmington at noon. traveling from philadelphia to king of prussia could get a lot easier the next several years. penndot says it's partnering with septa to improve travel on the i-76 corridor. part of the plan includes expanding transit on the manayunk norristown line using shoulder lanes on i-76 to smooth traffic flow and improve traffic on local roads. the total project expected to cost more than $125 million. products at a bargain price one local retailer is bring-paying jobs to philadelphia. today mayor jim kenney nounsed that five below's corporate head quarter social security expanding in the city. the store sells all sorts of knickknacks for less than $5. it's growing rapidly and needs a bigger place to call home. so five below is moving from its current headquarters at 18th and market to bigger space at seventh and market. the new space will be the work home of 154 new employees. >> for past 15 years, five below has been an iconic brand and we are proud to support the company as it continues to grow. their new headquarters on east market street will only add to the bustling seen east of city hall. companies like five below help create a desired environment for professionals to live, work and enjoy downtown. >> five below says it will invest $10.5 million in building improvements and new equipment. her dad is retiring from the police force and she wanted to get him cake from wal*mart. she says the workers in the bakery turned her down and she says she was shocked by the explanation she got. we didn't have to feel like this. >> after days of protests in charlotte young girl breaks down expressing the grief and pain in her community. the speech grabbing headlines around the country right now. local high school senior battling a terminal disease has a new title tonight. homecoming king. what his classmates did when he was crowned. now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. good evening, everybody. get ready for delays again tomorrow on i-95. they've been working mainly right here on 95 southbound in the area of the betsy ross bridge. also, new project along route 70 began today between southampton and pemberton so watch for a bumpy ride there and tomorrow another campaign event michelle obama coming to town taking over lasalle university. that event will be at noon. so watch for motorcade madness with our peanut butter and jelly at lunch time. we'll check the forecast and the jam cams. i'll see you tomorrow starting at 4:00. does pat toomey speak for you? 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that person couldn't do that, cops say the guys tried to open open it themselves. it didn't work instead they took off with cigarettes thankfully no one was hurt. >> philadelphia's juniata neighborhood cops say this man walked into the 7eleven along east luzerne street last week armed with a two by four. investigators say a store worker ran to the stock room and called 911. when he saw the man come in. police say the hooded man used that piece of wood to smash open the register. he took off with the cash. if you have any information, you know what to do, give police a phone call. well, tonight police in fairless hills are looking for a moon who tried to lure a child into his car. he happened yesterday evening outside the st. francis school. police say a white man in his 40s with facial hair and short brown hair tried to get a child into a dark blue mini van but the child did not get in. he toll his mom. you can help find that man and give police a phone call. three girls who prosecutors say killed a high school student were get their day in court a judge in wilmington, delaware, scheduled that court date for april 3rd. a year after the 16-year-old's death it will not be in front of a jury. prosecutors will try all three girls who authorities believe are responsible for amy joyner francis' death as juveniles. an autopsy found that joyner francis who had pre-existing heart condition died of a sudden cardiac event during bathroom fight in wilmington's howard high school of technology. ♪ happening right now, delaware county employee is under fire for facebook post about use of force by police. the court worker is now deleted post was filled with profanity and statements against police. a group she often work with. >> fox 29's bill anderson tonight. a response from the public and the police. >> reporter: social media is buzzing over a facebook comment posted by a darby borough court worker. >> she should have the right to say some of that stuff. >> everybody is entitled to their own opinion. it's basically freedom of speech. >> she went a little too far. >> reporter: the worker clearly bothered by the recent deaths by the hands of police ex lit situatedly talk about police officer. upper superintendent chide chitwood told me it's not about whether or not you can, it's about whether or not you should. >> when you see that type of hatred it certainly raises your antenna but again she has a right to say what she feels. the unfortunate thing is that she works in an environment where trust is very very important component. >> reporter: darby fop reposted the comment and the response has been angry at best. they want an investigation into whether any policies were violated but the aclu had a different perspective. they reminded us that freedom of speech is a two-way street. >> the fop knows better than anyone the importance of prote protecting the right of public employees to speak their mind when they are out of work. when they are off the job. that is called your freedom of speech. police officers value it. they should value it for this woman, too. >> bill anderson had that report and we would very much like to hear from you. freedom of speech or is it really going too far? et tweet us at fox 29 philly or comment on our fox 29 face bock page. thousands of philadelphian cos soon get a chance to start over. the philadelphia bar association is holding a free citywide expungement clinic. what does that mean it? means people it will help people who committed minor crimes to clear their records. it comes after the state passed a bill expanding criminal record ceiling in pennsylvania and for many this means a chance to pursue a job or houseling that would otherwise be unavailable to hem. >> when i growing up in the '60s, um, and '70s, it was kind of lock them up mentality. lock them all up and throw away the key. that never work. it won't work and we have so much talent like the movie bronx tale the worst think in life is wasted talent. i think we can bring people back with this. >> the clinic will take place november 12th at self locations in the city. >> it's bun year since pope francis visited philadelphia to a the the world meeting in families much the pope visited st. joseph's university where he blessed a statue that celebrates the vatican ties with the jewish community. well today the school hosted a special mass celebrating one year since the pope's visit. >> i think there's a greater curiosity and connection with the pope and his activities. i think people follow his addresses and his speeches and homilies in the news. i think there's a personal connection people feel with the pope in cunningham people think people feel that connection because pope francis puts people as priority. >> her dad is retiring from the police force schenn wanted to get him cake from wal*mart. she says the workers in the bakery turned her down, though, and she was shocked by the explanation she got. >> check your freezer if these chicken nuggets there are the company says throw them out. what may be inside those nuggets that has, well, nothing to do with germs. coming up at 11:00, playing video games for hours may seem to be not entirely a bad thing. how it could benefit your child but also hurt them. ♪ firefighters are battling a fast moving wildfire in california sap at a cruz mountains this brush fire has burned nearly a thousand acres and is threatening hundreds of homes. firefighters say its location on top of a mountain ridge makes it easy for winds to push it in many different directions. thankfully no one has been hurt. mandatory evacuation orders have placed -- been placed for people nearby. tonight retail giant wal*mart is saying sorry after employees at one of its stores in georgia refused to make a blue lives matter for a retiring police officer. his daughter wante wanted the co show a thin blue line which not only represents plea unity but the line between officers community they serve and criminals. when she asked for the cake she ran into resistance. >> she said, you know, i'm not really sure if we'll be able to make that. um, let me talk with someone. she grabbed a co-worker, and she came and looked at it and she said, yeah, i'm not really sure because it could be perceived as racist. >> the wal*mart manager along with wal*mart's corp. office both apologized to jordan. no word on whether wal*mart has taken any action regarding the workers involved. to your money now a new way to get lucky in atlantic city. new york firm is hoping to be the first in the world to install skill based slot machines on casino floors. the main determining factor how much you can win will be how good you are at the game. game coast is ready to put machines in the three atlantic city casinos opened by caesars entertainment as soon as next week. all depends on approval by new jersey gambling regulators and the machines have an element of chance common to regular slot machines. how well you maneuver through the game will determine how much you could win tysons foods voluntarily recalling more than 132,000 pounds of chicken mug nuggets after receiving reports that hard white plastic was turning up in some nuggets we're talking about 5-pound bags of fully cooked panko chicken nuggets sold at costco stores nationwide. tyson says the plastic may have come from a rod that is used to connect the plastic transfer belt. thankfully no injuries have been reported. children's hospital of philadelphia is giving children a reason to look forward to their doctor's visit. that is because chop is giving doctors offices books to hasn't out to patients. the hospital celebrated the 20th avenues of its reach out and read program. flyers player danny briere joined in on the fun making his rounds and reading to some patients at the hospital. chop has given 1 million books to its patients more than 138,000 this year alone. and temple school of medicine has new leadership tonight. the board formally made dr. larry keyser the inaugural lewis katz dean. katz created a dean fund that let's the dean address the areas of greatest need and opportunity within the school. a local high school senior battling terminal disease has new title tonight. homecoming king. what his classmates did when he was crowned. plus -- i would never invite the devil to come into my home to eat at my table. i will never break bread with this man. i hate this man. >> forgiveness not something a grieving mother in a michigan courtroom is ready to give. what this killer did when the jury said he's guilty that made his sentencing open worse. kathy orr is tracking your forecast. >> iain, get this. a spinning upper level low pressure system over the great lakes, hundreds of miles away is going to keep rain in forecast for about three days. i'll explain why coming up. does pat toomey speak for you? i also want to thank the nra for it's, uh, strong support for my campaign. pat toomey: he opposes an assault 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(cheers and applause). >> that's video of adam from his homecoming dance saturday nice his classmates cheered has i was crowned the homecoming king. he dance danced with the queen s parents tell lehigh valley live what really touched them when the crowd chanted adam's name once he was crowned. >> time now to check in with kathy orr on your radar all kinds of stuff, kathy. >> all kinds of stuff. quite right now, though, lucy. behind me we have old city philadelphia and market street. the temperature is 66 down 10 degrees from the high today of 76. southwesterly wind keeping pretty mild out there. but -- excuse me. i'm all choked up about the poconos. 47 degrees already. mild in philadelphia. mild in wilmington. trenton mild. points to the south and east but those numbers falling quickly with clear skies and light winds. down the shore, we do have that ocean water keeping these temperatures on the mild side. ocean water temperature still in the 60s. so avalon 64. wildwood 64. cape may point reporting in at 66 degrees. i want to show you what's going to be evolving over the next couple of days and why it's going to be raining. we have upper level low pressure system an area of low pressure high in the atmosphere that is just churning through the great lakes. this is going to dive down into the midwest and draw all this moisture up from the south and in from the east and that is what is going to fuel the next couple of days with rain heavy at times but it looks as though the heaviest rain is going to be west of the delaware valley. in baltimore and washington could see about three to 5-inches of rain. here's how it will happen tomorrow. some showers moving in by the dinner hour but spotty at best. tomorrow night, into thursday morning's rush, that's when we see the rain heavy at times. that will go through the day and team up with some wind. but notice where the heaviest rain further to the west. the eastern shore of maryland and heading toward the d.c. area. we will be seeing possibility of an inch of rain in philadelphia but as you head westward, you see higher accumulations so one to 2is right through wilmington heading toward newark, delaware. and then the eastern shore and up to 3-inches some higher amounts from lancaster westward. we will be seeing some strong winds as well. winds gusting out of the east at about 30 miles an hour for thursday right through thursday night. overnight, 58 in the city. 52 in the suburbs. a quiet wednesday with high of 75. the rain moves in tomorrow night and into thursday. so for your thursday, the high only 70. friday 71. saturday drying out and then sunday, monday, tuesday, for that first full week of october, looking pretty good. that's the latest on the seven day sean bell. >> kathy, the sixers officially started training camp and jahlil okafor talks about learning from hull his off the court issues and he had a lot of them last year. plus the phillies rebound from getting embarrassed with an early offensive 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burners to steal third. a bad throw and he's able to pop right back up and head home. the phils take a five-zero lead right there. early in the game. but rain has currently stalled this one now so the phils are up six-one in the fifth inning. to the mets and the marlins. new york fighting to take one of those wild card spots up two-one in the third. two run bomb to centerfield. the mets win 12-one. still holding ton that top wild card spot. to the sixers. they kicked off training camp and the jibe is totally different from what it was last year. excitement and fun is back in the building. jahlil okafor got into some off the court issues last year. so he talked about what he learned from it all. >> hahn neverly, i got in trouble but there's nothing really i can learn from it. i knew what i was doing was wrong at the time and it won't happen again. >> to the eagles they get a week off the rest up and celebrate that three-zero start. everyone has been talking about carson wentz but the defense has been the best in the league this morning for the by week edition of fox 29 "game day live" we talked to dave spadaro about the influence of new defensive coordinator jim schwartz. >> he uppeds the personnel they has. the eagles had some pieces here particularly along the front four that really were kind of wasted in a react defense with chip kelly here. they've got dynamic front four where i think honest until talking to coaches it's so good that fletcher cox is the second best defensema defense lineman s team through through games. >> to the flyers the regular season is a couple weeks away and they're trying to make that jump from that play off hopeful to stanley cup contender. today they had their first pre-season game at home. flyers taking on the islanders first period flyers already up one-zero on the power play. one simmonds puts in the goal and wayne simmonds had a great day. like he was in mid season form. simmonds at it again gets another goal close to the net. they go on to win, four-zero. wayne simmonds looking like he's ready to take this team to the next level. just a lot of young stars in philly all of a sudden. >> exactly. >> came out november where. ben simmons, carson wentz, wayne simmonds right there. city is looking up in sports finally. >> we need that. last few years have not begun good. >> cyclical. >> exactly. we've been down. we're trying to up. lucy what's coming up at 11:00. >> knock out at the wells fargo center back stage. tmz has video the famous ram per who was laid out and musician who threw the punch. and your wake up weather and seven day forecast in the first five minutes. remember, your mega millions lottery drawing is next. hope you got a ticket g luck to you. we'll see in you just a few. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at