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Line. You can see by 5 09 moving toward millville. 5 26 toms river. Atlantic city within the next hour and because of the heavy rainfall take look at the areas highlighted in green. That is an aerial flood advisory mainly for ponding on the roadways until about 7 45. So watch out for your evening commute. So as we go hour with hour you can see that heavy rain continues pushing into south jersey. Still raining outside of our studios here at fourth and market. The main timeing now through about six 7 00 oclock south and east of philadelphia. Follow me on twitter and facebook for updates. Well talk much more about how long yes our third heat wave will last. We officially hit 90 degrees today. How long to expect 90degree temperatures coming up. All right, scott, thank you. You can stay prepared for any weather that rolls through your neighborhood by downloading our fox 29 news app. You can see live radar images and have weather alerts sent to your phone download the app for free in the apple or google play stores. Happening right now in philadelphia, police are on a manhunt and people in one neighborhood are counting not counting on getting very much sleep tonight. This after a fiveyearold little girl is taken from her home and badly beaten. Fox 29s bruce gordon live at the special victims union. Bruce police are warning people to be extra vigilant in this neighborhood tonight. Reporter yeah, they are indeed. May be awhile before piece of mind returns to the neighborhood where this family in question lives. Police are describing this as a single incident not part of any violent string of attacks but the sheer level of violence and the tender age of the victim has everyone shaking their heads. Hopkins takes a break from the daughters bedside at Saint Christophers Hospital to lay bear her emotions. Fiveyearold sinai has a broken jaw, skull fractures and abdominal bruises. To see my child so defenseless and to feel so helpless know i cant do anything to ease her pain is its heartbreaking. Hopkins went to bed with her two daughters monday night in their row home on the 2600 block of north hutchinson street. When she a woke Tuesday Morning her youngest daughter was gone. Interview with the little girl produced this harrowing tale she had a woken in the predawn hours of dues are tuesday mom was still asleep in the other room. When the child says she encountered a strange man emerging from her closet door. Police believe he may have entered through a first floor window. The male took hold of her um literally lifted her up at some point carried her outside of the property and there physically assaulted her. She describes stomping to the abdomen and other physical assault and she kind of lot of consciousness at that time. Reporter the semi conscious child was dumped into brush behind the home where she was found around 8am tuesday after a frantic search by mom and neighbors. My mind went to the worst i went into panic mode. This is the little girl toward better time. A happy child who always said her prayers at night and remind remindedreminded mom to do so as well. The fact that somebody have the stomach and the heart to do that, you know, he left her out there to die. Before returning to her daughters bedside hopkins had a message for the intruder who beat her child. Coward do cowardly things. For to you call yourself a man and to be able to do such unspeakable acts your day in court is comeing. Reporter frankly some of the photographs that we have seen are too grew to show on television the little girl however is in stable condition. Shes in good spirits were told told. She describes her attacker as a tall splendor black man with medium to dark complexion wearing a black tshirt and long tan shorts. Police have interviewed a local drifter with family ties to that neighborhood who was known to be in that area monday night Tuesday Morning. But he has been released without charges. And so far the Investigation Continues with dna and finger printfingerprint vest being inspected as we speak. Iain. Developing right now three people are dead, two people in the hospital after a horrific crash. Tonight police say street racing may be the reason this car crashed splitting almost in half. To night investigators are searching for a second car that may have been involved in this. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser has the story in north philadelphia. They were speeding we know that. Reporter devastating crash left the victims 2007 acura tl split in half killing three young people and injuring two more. Police say the speed was over 75 Miles Per Hour now theyre investigating whether this was case of street racing. I dont know if they were exactly rating but certainly going fast. Too fast for the conditions. Too fast for that roadway. When i look over and i saw a split in half. Ooh never seen such thing. The accident happened just before midnight on this stretch of sand meyer lane off red lion road. The quarter Mile Straight away leads to a tight left hand curve near the construction company. The speed limit is 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour. There was another vehicle really close to that vehicle. So it appeared they were both going at a fast rate of speed. I dont know what they were racing or. What but its sad my heart goes out to their families. Reporter accident investigators spent the day reviewing Surveillance Footage from three cameras closest to the crash site. Hoping to find out exactly what happened. They interviewed the 20yearold driver of the car that crashed. He left the scene and showed up later at a hospital. When we talk to the driver he was still traumatized and didnt really remember a whole lot about it. Reporter friends and tally members arrived at the scene. Some were too shaken to speak. Its sad that parents lost three children. Speed did it and the reckless recklessness did it noun theres a couple people dead as a result. Report roar police say it does atnot appear alcohol or drugs played a in this crash. Police are investigating if the driver of the second car may have been helped the driver from the crash leave the scene. At the Accident Investigation Division dave vat wiser fox 29 news. A man is shot and killed outside of a new jersey apartment complex and tonight police are looking for that shooter. It happened just after 8 00 oclock last night Lindenwold Police say 24yearold henry lugo was found dead in front of a building at the arbor wood apartment complex shot several times. If you have any information on this shooting youre asked to give police a call. A scary announcement for students, staff and parents at west chester university. School Officials Say an employee has tested positive for legionnaires disease. Not only that west chester u says eight campus buildings had a higher than acceptable levels of the bacteria. The school telling more than 1,000 employees in an email yesterday that steps were being taken to kilt bacteria that were found in the buildings cooling towers. Officials say the university was inform of the employees illness on july 6th. Legionnaires disease is a fear severe form of pneumonia spread by bacteria. Commonly found in water supplies. No classes are currently being held on campus. Pennsylvania u. S. Congressman chaka fattah standing tall tonight despite an indictment. He is telling supporters he is going to be around in office in the years to come. Chaka fattah making that statement just day after the feds hit hem with a 29 count corruption indictment. Jeff cole of course tracking the story. Jeff the congressman appears to be going on the tack. He did. Fattah did open broad side today on the local United States attorney and he did it as he always does with a smile but this case is in its infancy and there will certainly be very rough days ahead for this veteran of congress. Please join me in welcomeing to the stage our 2015 advocate of the year given to congressman chaka fattah. applause . Reporter one day after being pummeled with 29 count federal corruption indictment chaka fattah was in washington, d. C. Being sell celebrate beside a black business organize. He stood defiant. I dont want anyone whose thinking about this spend any time thinking im not going to be her doing this work. Im going to be here. applause . Reporter the indictment accuses the 20 year member of the house of among other charges taking in illegal 1 Million Campaign loan and using federal dollars and money from a charity to pay it off. The conduct that congressman fattah engaged in undermines public faith in government undermines confidence in government. Reporter fattah who claims hes done nothing wrong attacked u. S. Attorney zane hem manager what he think Social Security a very weak case. So were not going to substitute the views of the voters for an enthusiastic determined prosecutor who somehow thinks that maybe i shouldnt be doing what im doing. Reporter back in philly, the gate was closed at fattahs city home while city hall the mayor was signing a bill forcing disclosure by independent groups funnel link cash to city candidates. Its now the law. Reporter nutter would not comment on whether fattah should remain in office while he fights the corruption charges. But said, while most politicians follow the law allegations like these damage them all. Its never good for any of us in the elective office. Its never good for the city. Its never good for our citizens citizens. Reporter fattahs wife nbc anchor Renee Chenault is not charged but linked to the case in alleged bogus deal to sell her porsche. Chaka fattah said stepped down from his leadership position on the board on the federal black caucus while the chair caused the charges serious. Dawn. Jeff, thank you. Flames break out at a popular restaurant in media. Iron hill brewer row catching fire just after 11 00 oclock. Sky fox over that scene where you can seventy two see firefighters on the roof to put out those flames. No word right now on how that fire started. The restaurant posting on social media that it will be closed until further notice. Yet another meeting aimed at resolving pennsylvanias state budget standoff but the participants arent report anything break throughs. Depth cat tick Governor Tom Wolf meeting this week with republican floor leaders. They talked about proposals to cut Public Sector pensions, privatize the liquor system add money for Public Education and cut local property taxes. Pennsylvanias new budget year started july 1st. Republicans have already sent Governor Wolf budget, pension and liquor bills but the governor vetoed all three. A crime that will make you sad and really angry a little boy playing on an i pad until a thief rips it right out of his hands and runs off. How police say the crook stake out the place before making his move. And weve been talking for years about the damage super storm sandy did our shore and the peoples homes. Tonight a new focus on the damage you cant see that could be lifethreatening. How experts want to fix it. The crisis of biblical proportions. Huge swarms of locusts destroying hundreds of acres of land. The defense villages where this is all happening right now. Recreational marijuana becomes legal in more and more places, some experts say a new danger is spreading for young people the special type of pot that could land your kid in the hospital. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Take a look at reading. If you havent gotten rain that could change soon many were tracking storms that will drop a lot of rain on lot of you. High winds and lightning could also make for a rough night out there. We of course will be updating you on this situation all night long. To a developing story now dominating national headlines. The former university of Cincinnati Police officer who shot a driver during a routine traffic stop pleads not guilty today to charges of murder and Involuntary Manslaughter. 25yearold ray tensing was indict theed yesterday in the july 19th shooting of 43yearold sam dubose. Case intensified to greater degree. The nationwide debate of race and police conduct. Foxs mike tobin has todays big developments. Reporter former university of senate Police Officer ray tensing makes his First Court Appearance a day after being indicted on murder Involuntary Manslaughter charges. All stemming from routine traffic stop gone wrong. It just turns my stomach that a Police Officer would act like this. Reporter tensing is accused murdering 43yearold Samuel Dubose after stopping him for a missing license plate on july 19th. Prosecutors are painting tensing as a loose cannon but his attorney says, theres another side to the story. He was fearful for his own life. He thought he was going to die. He thought hed be sucked under that car and run over as he was pulling away from him. Thats why he fired. Thats why he fire. Reporter meanwhile racial tensions remain high in the city but there has been no violence reported so far. Protesters say peaceful vie yells will be held until the end of the trial. The police claim it was selfdefense and the only reason tensing is being convicted why tensing is being charged because there was a body cam. They admit the incident should not have led to a shooting and the prosecutor in the case says the trial could go a long way toward restoring faith between Law Enforcement and civilians in cincinnati. This was horrible. The shame of it it casts a bad light on everybody. The judge said tensing bond at 1 million saying he is a possible flight risk. Hes due back in court august 19th. Mike tobin fox news. Closer to home changes coming for those who ride the septa trolley into center city. Starring friday at 10 00 p. M. Service on five trolley routes will be disrupted. The 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36 trollies will not take all the way into the city. Repairs are being made to the tunnel that gets you there. Septa says it will take about two weeks and during that time, the trollies will drop you off at the market frankford lines 40th street station. Almost three years later and super storm sandy is still wreaking havoc on some new jersey residents. New study by rutgers columbia and Colorado State universityies finds the storm is now taking a toll on the Mental Health of those affected by sandy. More than a quarter of the hundred thousand peoples homes hit by the storm are experiencing moderate to severe Mental Health distress. Some even experienceing post Traumatic Stress symptoms along with recurring mold problems related to the october 1212 storm. Major league deadline 4 00 oclock tomorrow. It appears cole hamels has made his last start again the phillies with a no hitter against the cubs. Howard . It sure does change the face of this franchise. The future of this team was not and is not cole hamels. And they needed to make change. Its a trade they had to make to begin the long process of rebuilding this phillies team. The reality is hamels would not have been in his prime when the phillies could possibly ab better team and maybe a contender. He had three years left on his contract. By that time hamels is not the same pitcher. Now its never happened that a player was traded after pitching a no hitter in the same season right afterwards. But what the phillies are doing is taking a shot that the players they got in the trade from texas are their future. The catcher jorge was a player they wanted since spring training and the outfielder Nick Williams a good player. Minor League Pitcher they consider one of the top prospects as well. Amaro held out for quality prospects inter appears he actually got that. Definitely tough. Definitely tough to see him go. No hitter in chicago but time goes. Teammates go. It sure does. Theyre now only three players how time flys left from the World Series Team that would be ryan howard, chase utley and carlos ruiz are the only guys left from that team in 2008. Its clearly turning the page with the mvp of that series cole hamels its not official yet but its done. He is now gone. Iain. Howard, thanks. Many people still in shock trying to digest the fact that cole hamels seems to be leaving philly but a lot of phillies fans we spoke with today were divideed about the move. Definitely think it was time to move on, you know, all good things come to an end. I appreciate his time here and the championship that he gave us and lets go phils. Be self fits fish of me want to keep him here. On the other hand i want to see him have a great career somewhere else he did just about everything he could for us. Its not going to be the same without him. Thats for sure. Well have more on the trade coming up tonight on fox 29 news at 6 00. Plus we want to hear from you. Just head to our fox 29 philly Facebook Page and there you can voice your opinions about todays trade. A 5 million project to restore an old canoe house along kelly drive is now underway. The east park canoe house will be the future home of temple rowing and crew teams and the Philadelphia Police marine unit. The athletes are getting a new office and Storage Space while the police will have the second floor upgradeed with much better view of the river. Mayor Michael Nutter at todays Ground Breaking says its a win win especially for the students students. Philadelphia is the number one sports town in the United States of america and rogue will only going to get better and temple has its own boat house. Congratulations. applause . The east parka new horse first opened back in june of 1914. Renovations are expected to take about a year or so. Federal investigators in atlanta tonight after someone puts confederate flags at a church thats special to lot of people. The clues authorities already have about who may have done this. And its the popular Ride Sharing Service that spread like wildfire taking over markets all around the world but people in mexico letting their disapproval of uber turn violent. The group saying it had nothing to do with this. A disgusting surprise coming out of when people in one part of texas try get water. How this is happening. One piece of the missing mh mh370 puzzle may have been found. A large chunk of debris washing on island beach yesterday. The debris found on reunion island is most likely from a boeing 777 the same type of aircraft as missing flight mh370. The piece widely believed to be part of the a wing. Its mark with a potential maintenance number which may help with the investigation. Theyll test that debris in france. We are treating this as a major lead and seeking to get assurance about what has been found and whether it is indeed linked to the disappearance of mh370. That flight is the only boeing 777 missing in the world at this time. Another Malaysian Airlines boeing 777 was shot down in ukraine four months after the 370 went missing. Fastmoving california fire now covering 3,000 acres. Its forcing residents to evacuate. This is what People Living in north folk in that area woke up to this morning. Flames and smoke pouring from the mountain. Crews are trying to battle the fire from the air and from the ground but dry conditions are making it he can treatmently dull. With all the dead trees standing there and new fire going into the area its really not safe for firefighter to start working in that area because potential of trees falling is very likely. This wildfire has been rageing since saturday. Federal investigators are trying to find those responsible for leaving several confederate flags outside of an atlanta church. Four confederate flags were based at Ebenezer Baptist church overnight the same church where dr. Martin luther king, jr. Once preached. Its also next to the mlk center for non violent change as well as National Park service land preserving Martin Luther king injurys legacy. At land tos police chief says two white men were caught on surveillance cameras placing the flags at the church. Coming up a crime that will make you sad and really angry. A little boy playing on an i pad until a thief rips it out of his hands and runs off. And coloring books are not just for children any more. Why more and more doctors are recommending you take up coloring right now. Scott . Dawn right now ultimate doppler still lit up tracking showers and thunderstorms pushing through. When this mess moves out and if well get a break from the heat next. 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Com a live look at trenton right now. The heat wave getting broken up a little bit by a line of thunderstorms. Doesnt look too bad right now but we can get a lot of rain tonight in spots. Lightning winds also an issue. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is tracking all of it. He will have an update coming up in a few minutes. Three people are dead and one person is in the hospital after an overnight crash. The wreck happened just after 11 30 last night in the citys bustleton second. Two women and one man were pronounced dead at the seep. Police say the victims were in their late teens outer loop early 20s. Investigators are searching for second car that was involved. Philadelphia police say a fiveyearold little girl from hunting park was taken out of her home and beaten by a stranger sometime monday night. That man is still on the loose this evening. And police are asking neighbor to be extra cautious investigators say the man knocked the child out and dumped her in her backyard. She is in the hospital tonight in stable condition at saint christophers. In florida a cruel cross crime that might make your jaw drop and surveillance cameras caught the whole thing. Teenaged thief rips an i pad right out of the hands of a fouryearold little boy. Foxs brendan briar with the story. It felt a little bit sad that who would take an i pad from a four years old. Its a good question and one the Broward Sheriffs Office helps you can answer. Who would grab an i phone from a fouryearold watching cartoon. It happened inside this salon last fry today. His mom works here. He sometimes sits in the front watching his shows. He was watching his radio sponge bob or curious george. His buddy likes to tease him. Do you watch sponge bob. No new york city, no. He was watching any kid stuff like pokoyo. He quick to defense his younger friend and knows whoever did this is wrong. They could be 14, 19 or 17. And teenagers can do that. It all happened so fast not even the adults could react in time. Grace owned the salon for 12 years. Caught me by surprise. I saw the guy pass by twice. Grace says the suspect mater a couple of passes back and forth in front of her salon. Even does one of these. He gets a clear shot at a little boy with an ipod. He grabs it. Hes out of here. Leaving little alejandro stunned. One little boy the victim avenue robbery. The other wondering who would do such a thing to a fouryearold . He might be a teenager. He might be . So but i wonder why did he do that . Aww thankfully the little boy whose mother work at the salon was not hurt. Thankfully. Back to your fox Weather Authority now. Dealing with heavy downpours and lightning and all kinds of stuff out there, scott. Thankfully nothing severe. Its dropping the temperatures for a little bit but tomorrow were still looking at 90 degrees or better. So our third heat wave will likely continue to spike yes a cold front oy guess you can call it more of a cool front right now moving through just for brief period of time. Well get that drop in temperatures. But look at ultimate doppler with the front. You can see that blue line showers and thunderstorms pushing through right now. Well put a tracker on it most of the heavy rainfall is south and east now in philadelphia arriving around millville right now moving toward toms river within the half hour. Arriving toward egg harbor around 6 00 07 and Atlantic City by 6 21. As that line continues to move on off to the east. Take a look at whats happening right now around browns mills. Moving through medford lakes. Also, as we move into sections of camden county, gloucester county. Still looking at some of that heavy rain. So heres philadelphia start to go dry out across the area. In the city but south and east were still looking at downpours downpours. A buena vista moving toward the vineland area millville still looking at pockets of heavy rain also as we move south of dover approaching the milford delaware area and this will continue moving into parts of suss says conduct teen. Due to the heavy rainfall especially ponding on the roads slick conditions out there for your evening commute. Along the i95 corridor flood advisory across the area until 7 45. Around winslow moving into Atlantic County as well as just north of vineland and new field were talking flood advisory there until 9 15. But well go hour by hour. Most of the heavy rain over the next hour or so continues to move down the shore. Heres 6 00 oclock. Impacting Atlantic City and then pushing offshore. That cold front but really its not going to drop our temperatures a whole lot. Were just looking at a wind shift but the humidity its going to be more tolerable as we move toward your friday but yes, its official. Today 93 on tuesday. 93 yesterday. We briefly touched minute degrees this afternoon before those downpours arrived. Right now its rain cooled. 78 degrees in philadelphia. Humidity still up there at 84 . And it feels like 81 degrees. As we look at temperatures across the area, you can see rain cooled right now along the i95 corridor. Mid to upper 70s. The dew points still sticky above 70 across the area but for tonight with winds more out of the north and west, the humidity drops. We clear the skies out mid 60s in the burbs. Low 70s in the city. For tomorrow, yes were talking about a break from the humidity. But look at the high. 91 degrees. What about headed down the shore for your friday upcoming weekend looks pretty good. 86 degrees. Land breeze more of a sea breeze on saturday and sunday but still nice a mixture of sun and clouds so another winner down the shore water temperatures in the low 70s. Big weekend in the pocono mountains. Nascar races were talking less humidity 80 tomorrow. Looking good on sunday. Beautiful weather across the area. Despite the heat still in the city. Were talking 91 degrees. Not as humid though tomorrow. Into dry heat continues for saturday. Sunday 92 degrees and yes same song and dance into early next week a couple of popup showers and thunderstorms tuesday wednesday into thursday. Not as hot temperatures drop back into the mid 80s for high temperatures maybe a couple of degrees below average. Wow. Not until thursday, no. You got to wait awhile. It will feel cool next thursday. Yeah. A crisis of biblical proportions. Huge swarms of locusts destroying hundreds of acres of land. Defense villages where this is all happening. And do you not like going to the eye doctor, dread it . Theres a new app that could make live easier for you. What doctors say you should know before downloading it. And coming up tonight at 6 00 the manhunt for the ak47 bandit. Latest heist happened and why the fbi continues this man to be so dangerous. Well, sir. After some serious consideration id like to put in my 15year notice. Youre quitting . Technically retiring, sir. With a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. Wow youre totally blindsiding me here. Whos gonna manage your accounts . This is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. Well, im gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. Jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. Red velvet. Oh, thank you. I made this. Take charge of your retirement. Talk to a state farm agent today. So, i needed to deposit a check. I was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. This looks one of the biblical plagues. Look at this. Thousands of locusts swarming a Russian Village destroying countless crops much this is in the southern part of the country country. Authorities there say this crisis started last week and the swarms have grown to cover more than 220 acres. Officials there have now declared state of emergency. No word yet on where all these locusts came from. Crowd of people attack uber drives in members could it happen outside the mexico city airport. Video shows people smashing car windows and pelting vehicles with eggs and flour. Uber Ride Sharing Service says between 10 and 12 cars suffered damage but no one was seriously hurt. Mexico city is the first city in latin america to create official regulations for car services such as uber. The citys Taxi Drivers Union which is also campaigning against uber denies being involved in all of that violence there. A painted picture says a thousand words. Animal rights activist in japan are hoping that holds true. Demonstrators taking to the sidewalk outside tokyo painted in crocodile print to protest the Companies Use of animal skins on its luxury bags. The women with peta caught the attention of many people passing by and their hoping the message gets to them after a controversial video showing animals being skinned was released and a big name on the bags decided to just walk away from the company. Jane made the commission to ask her mess to stop using her name to represent the bag in protest the cruelty every bag represents. Were simply asking them to stop please stop selling exotic skins skins. Jane first agreed to lend her name to the company much shes asking the company to adopt better practices and meet International Standards for their production. Hermes does conduct monthly checks to make sure doctors are treat the correctly. It plans to investigate the plant involved. New record tonight that will rev up your are appetite for dinner. How about this . Mexico city just broke the record for the longest sandwich ever prepared in latin america. An army of chef organized by the local government craft add 213foot long monster sandwich. Each section of that sandwich had a different flavor as big as this looks the sandwich fell well short of a world record according to the finesse book of World Records the longest sand watch was made back in 2011 in lebanon a sandwich of more than 2400 feet long. Wow. Recreational marijuana becomes legal in more and more places some experts say a new danger is spreading for young people. The special kind of pot that could land your child in the hospital. A disgusting surprise coming out of faucets when people in one part of texas try get some water. How this is happening. Live look at wilmington delaware tonight were getting a brief break from all this heat thanks to some thunderstorms that are moving through downpours, gusty winds and lightning all possibilities tonight. Fox 29 Weather Authority is tracking all of it for you so keep it here. Recreational marijuana is becoming legal in more and more places these days. But theres an off shoot that presents hidden dangers. Foxs Casey Stegall is in dallas tonight with the story. Last time i remember doing it i actually actually bar barricadeed myself into a room thinking my friends were going to rob me. Reporter scott lynch is a recovering addict a s Substance Abuse expert. Synthetic marijuana is known as k2 or spice on the streets. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers more than 2600k2 poisoning cases were reported in 2012. So far this year, the number has nearly doubled. With texas mississippi and new york recording the highest numbers. Its become an increasing problem for. Austin Police Respond to do a record 600 emergency calls since end of may. While fatal overdoses are rare, consuming the drug is quite risky because essentially plant material laced with dangerous chemicals like bug spray. It caused some sort of high but with it extreme anxiety paranoia hallucinations, dilutions and then they can also have chest pain and heart tack. K2 can be sold in tobacco shops and on the internet because of a legal loophole. Its marketed as incense not for human consumption which make it okay to buy and sell. Only a handful of synthetic marijuana ingredients are considered illegal and police say the drug makers are always changing the recipes to skirt the law. In dallas, Casey Stegall fox news. When athletes report to rio next summer for the Olympic Games the sweet smell of victory may be covered by something a little more foul. Investigation done by the Associateed Press has found extreme pollution where swimming and boating events will be held. The ap found high levels of viruses and bacteria from human sewage swarming the olympic water venues. Ap report found a number athletes were training in rio have already become ill with fevers, vomiting and diarrhea. This is by far the worst Water Quality weve ever seen in our sailing careers. These numbers are very high numbers and they would set off alarm bells anywhere where the the sanitary infrastructure is believed to protect the public. Extreme Water Pollution is common in brazil where the majority of sewage is not treated. Local Officials Say theres simply not enough time to get the countrys waters clean in time for the game. Well no one in a small tech text town wants to use their tab water right now. They say its disgusting and its filled with worms. Yes worms. Water department in old river winfrey says they had electrical problem on monday. Water in the town of under 3,000 was shut off but when it came back on, the worms began showing up and not just in the kitchen sing. When you turn on the water worms come out. Worms come out of it, yes. When you fill up a bathtub and if you put the plug you can see the worms in your bath water float aig round in it. Yuk. Some 200 homes are affected. Water department insists the system was flush out and chlorinated this week and it hasnt seen any worm. No word on when the problem will be remedied. Going to the eye doctor is an important but maybe not necessarily fun part of life. Well now an app could make things things easier for you. Its called operate 10 in a tim the first of its kind. Its registered with the fda prone sides an eye chart. You answer questions and win 24 hours you get a prescription from a registered ophthalmologist. It costs just 40 bucks. But doctors warn you should still go see an eye doctor in personperson. Just in time for throw back thursday proof that you might want to rediscover an old childhood pass time. Coloring books are making a come back for adults. Foxs laura ingle reports it all has to do with color books many Health Benefits. Report roar coloring is just for kids, right . Not any more. Now adults are using coloring books to relax and unwind. 30yearold jason abrams is hooked and even sparked a trend at his new york city Public Relations firm. On friday afternoon sometimes get a coloring session in around the office to help relieve the stress. Reporter coloring offers Health Benefits like exerciseing your fine motor skills and training your brain to focus. In fact, doctors have known about these benefits sin the early 1900s. Psychiatrist carl junk the founder of analytical psychology prescribed coloring to his patients to calm and center their minds. Doctors are still doing it today to combat anxiety. Because its a centering activity the amygdala the part of the brain that is involved with our fear response actually gets a bit little bit of a rest and it ultimately has really calming effect over time. The trend is spreading nationwide as adult coloring books are popping up on best seller lists and major publishers are producing the books in droves. Heidi johnson recently join the Ladies Coloring Club in new hope minnesota. Once a month the group meets for cocktails and coloring. You dont have to be an expert or artist. You can just pick something that you like that speaks to you and just color it however you want. Jason says its like yoga for your brain. You go in, youre tight youre tense you start going through the motions and the poses and stretching out and when youre done, youre like, i feel excellent. It really lets you be a kid again and channel a worry free lifestyle. Plus no need to stay in the lines. Im Laura Ingle Fox news. I would totally do that. I know youre shaking your head iain. Honestly i think that one thing was more cocktails than coloring. Whatever work for you. All right. Tom hanks was wrong it turns out there is crying in baseball. A lot actually. Last it ins game between the mets and the padres turning out to be a tear jerker. The fact that hes out there with the injury at a time when youre trying to make a trade in itself for him to be that emotional out on the field strikes me as odd. Short stop Wilmer Flores found out he may be traded to the Milwaukee Brewers during the game. So once that rumor spread through the magic of the internet and social media the crowd gave flores a standing ovation bringing him to tears. But hold on it turns out the trade never happened and hes still with the mets tonight. Imagine that. Rumors were wrong. The search for the next and last American Idol rolled through philadelphia this morning. Right. Lots of people lined up outside our studios in old city for a shot at super stardom. Fox 29s Quincy Harris was there for all the fun. Ground breaking show American Idol is near its last season show produced stars such as kelly clarkson, Cary Underwood and oscar winner Jennifer Hudson to name few. This morning we held our very own fox 29 philly idol competition winner receives a silver ticket which grants them second round audition with idol producers and meet and great with American Idol judges, keith urban, Harry Connick jr. And jennifer lopez. Many came out for their chance to super toe stardom. Our judges have a very hard decision to make but they have an extensive background in music. The legendary architects of the philadelphia sound kenny gamble and leon huff, Patti Jackson of wdas radio dj cosmic kev of power 99 and American Idol expert our very own jennaphr frederick. Do not sing whitney or a dell unless you can sing whitney or dell. Thats number one. Get to the hook. People are starting in the beginning no good. And just like cosmic kev said look the part, act the part. I think youre, um, style has major challenge. Bring your a game. Like the bottom line. Finding a great singer or great performer is like finding a needle in haystack. It was an opportunity, you know for the talent and i think its a great thing. The big question who wins fox 29 philly idol with a chance to compete to be the American Idol . You have to tune in tomorrow on good day philadelphia to see who walk away with the silver tick. All right. Finalists will perform live tomorrow on good day starting at 6am right her on fox 29. Well see who wins. The skies open up bringing heavy rain to the area. From lightning to flooding much these storms packing a powerful punch. How long this is sticking around and will it help break us out of the heat wave . This hung of metal used to be a car. Now its split into two and three of the people who were inside are dead. What happened on this stretch of road that ended with the car slamming in a tree. Fox 29 news in hd brought to you to you by x finity the future of awesome. Right now keeping a watchful eye on the sky. This is why. A look at ultimate Doppler Radar plenty of green yellow and orange storms are sweeping across the Delaware Valley as we look live tonight in trenton. That rain came down pretty hard here in philadelphia. We are drying out tonight. Its been a hot day in the city and these storms should bring some temporary relief from all that humidity. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Thank for joining us. Im in for lucy noland. Im iain page much these storms bringing heavy rain to our area creating flooding some parts. Lets get right over to chief meteorologist Scott Williams. Hes tracking these storms tonight. Scott. Thats right, good evening iain and dawn. Right now we continue to follow some heavy rainfall in particular for Burlington County as well as ocean county. Thankfully nothing severe. But all of this activity along and out ahead of a cool front that will drop the humidity but not so much the temperatures in the days ahead. Well zoom in a little closer right now and you can see drying out around bensalem over to trenton but were still looking at that heavy rainfall as you move a little farther to the east. Philadelphia right now mt. Laurel drying out as well as around the chester area. But that heavy rain continues once again mainly south and east of the i95 corridor. So well put a tracker on

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