Studio with their story. Deanna . They said the beds moved, dishes fell to the floor. What they felt was so strong, they thought that they were much closer to the epicenter. It wasnt long after that quake that they learned how lucky they are. Life is very fragile and we have to cherish every minute. Reporter thats the reason karen and her Opera Company will not be cutting short a trip to italy, at least not right now. We feel very blessed. Our prayers and thoughts are with the victims. Reporter theyre in central italy with the opera theater of philadelphia. Her group consists of children, teenagers, College Students and their parents. They felt as if the earthquake was happening right underneath them. They came in and they were really shook up. They did dishes fall down from their cupboards. The whole building they said was shaking. Reporter she was able to talk to us through wifi at a local cafe. Her Theater Company members took to social media to let people at home know, that despite devastation, that all of them are okay. I want to let everybody know that were fine. And our prayers are going out, and most sincere thoughts are with all of the families for those who have experienced tremendous devastation. And were so sorry that this happened. Now, the Opera Company will remain in the small central town where theyre staying. They plan to arrive home on august 29th. Despite feeling that quake, and the aftershocks, they say they feel as safe as they can be tonight. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Meanwhile, developing overseas, at least one student is dead, 14 others wounded after an attack at an American University in afghanistan today. Staff and dozens of students were trapped inside the campus as militants attacked it with explosives and gunfire around 6 30 local time. The schools president said elite Afghan Security forces arrived on the scene soon after. No word on who is responsible. The Afghan Taliban offshoot of isis has recently claimed a string of attacks aimed at destabilizing the country. Back here at home, new video could help police catch a serial predator who rides his bike while groping women in philadelphia. Investigators released this Surveillance Video today showing the man reaching out and touching a woman as he paddled past her. The same man is a suspect in three other similar incidents this month. That one on 8th street, another on 13th street between mckeen and snider avenue, another on lumbart between 9th and 10th, and a fourth on 15th and fourth. He rides up on his bicycle and gropes her. Call Philadelphia Police if you recognize this man. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. That heat and humidity, yep, gearing up for their big return. These people had the right idea, though. Rosemary, wouldnt you want to do this . Oh, yeah. Down the brandywine river in wilmington. This warmup could take us back into the 100plus degree temperatures. Were still in august, so we can expect it, right . Glenn hurricane schwartz has more on the neighborhood forecast. Glenn . Yeah, rosemary, this is a live view in wilmington. The sky not quite as blue as it was over the past couple of days. A little indication of the increase in humidity. And the temperature trend, well, its going to be going up. 83 over the last couple of days. But 85 so far today. 89 tomorrow. It will feel like 90 or 91. But friday is the day, 94 degrees, feeling like 100. And in some places like in delaware and extreme south jersey, it may be feeling hotter than that. We dont have any kind of significant cloud cover. Certainly no rain anywhere nearby. The showers in indiana starting to get into ohio, with just a slight chance that we get any in the Lehigh Valley tomorrow. Well be seeing the temperature not drop nearly as much tonight as it did yesterday. And the day before. Suburbs, 62. In the morning. Lehigh valley 63. Both places were in the 50s the last couple of mornings. Thats an indication in the increase in the humidity. Its certainly going to be staying dry. Well let you know how long that heat is going to last and the latest on that tropical system threatening florida in just a few minutes. Glenn, thank you so much. New at 4 00, a Cumberland County grandmother targeted her home, burglarized. Tens of thousands of dollars in cash stolen. And a lifetime of memories gone. The story from bridgeton. Everything was taken. Down to her underwear. Reporter heather said whoever ransacked and stole more than 100,000 worth of items from her mothers bridgeton home also took her life. 72yearold bonny suffers from alzheimers. She would give you the shirt off her back. And for somebody to violate her in this manner, it just kills me. And its not about the money. Its just the violation. Reporter she said she left nearly all of her moms belongings at the house after she moved in with her in millville more than a year ago. Its been boarded up since saturday when a neighbor discovered someone had broken in. Her loved ones told police 70,000 in cash, 50 grand in gold coins, electronics and even depressionera silverware and plates were among the items taken. Many others were destroyed. I didnt remove the house because i didnt want to close that chapter. For someone else to close the chapter for me, it just kills me. Just kills me. Reporter because so much was reported stolen, police dont believe everything was taken out of here all at the same time. It appears the person might have made multiple trips back and forth, taking items. If you have money in your house, i would suggest putting it in a bank. Reporter police have few leads. Lowe believes the breakin happened since she last checked on the house a few months ago. I dont know how theyre sleeping at night. I dont. Because im not sleeping at night. Reporter ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. To a story thats been almost a quarter century in the making. A man once convicted of rape and murder is now free. And talking about his past and his future. Earlier today, 44yearold tony wright embraced the jurors who acquitted him after less than two hours of deliberations yesterday. A judge ordered the new trial when dna testing revealed that another man assaulted the 77yearold victim in 1991. Since wright has been in prison, he has become a grandfather, and is eager to start this next chapter with his life with his family. I thought i was going to miss something. I dont think i slept a wink since i left last night. The evidence was so compelling for tony, that there really could have been no other verdict. Lawyers from the Innocence Project of new york and attorneys in philadelphia helped wrigtd win his case. He now has plans to spend time with his parents who live in pompano beach, florida. Police say a man was shot and killed as they were breaking into his exgirlfriends home early this morning. Investigators believe the womans current boyfriend pulled the trigger. Theyre still hoping to talk to him this afternoon. The reason being, they say the exboyfriend tried twice to force his way into the home overnight. The second time there was a scuffle. The womans current boyfriend shot and killed the man. He was gone when officers got to the home. Now theyre trying to get him to come forward and talk. 17 people injured at this concert in camden earlier this month are suing. They were among more than 40 people hurt when a railing collapsed at the bb t pavilion. Lawyers representing the 17 detailed the lawsuit this morning. Rapper snoop dogg and kaly fa were performing when the railway gave way. They seek damages from both performers as well as the owners of the pavilion. The first lawsuit is filed against the navy for tainted water in montgomery and bucks county. A family from warrington filed the suit. They live near the former Horsham Air Guard station. They allege their water has been contaminated by Fire Fighting foam previously used. The navy has yet to comment on the lawsuit. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with some welcome news for a new jersey driver. They could soon be spending less time in line at the Motor Vehicle commission offices. Governor Chris Christie announced today a series of changes designed to reduce the wait times. It will eliminate the fees for online transactions, encouraging drivers to use computers instead of going to offices and thus decreasing the line. That change takes effect in october. Governor christie is promoting a bill that would change expiration dates for licenses and registration from the last day of the month to drivers birthdays. That would spread out transactions instead of causing a jamup. Wine lovers throughout the state can celebrate this afternoon. Wineries throughout the country can now ship bottles directly to their doors. Nbc 10 was in glen mills today. The company packaged and shipped wine under a new license issued by the liquor control board. Pennsylvania passed the law in june allowing wineries to send directly to anyone in the states. Were pleased to see pennsylvanias finally coming out of the dark ages. We were only one of two states with full liquor control by the state. Also utah. The staff of grace winery is one of 48 wineries that have already been approved for a shipping license. Now to a followup on a racial controversy involving a Radio Station that nbc 10 first told you about last night at 11 00. Today it was sports as usually with the phanatic. One of the stations producers created an and imitated a black caller who was heard on the air for two years. Nbc 10s tim furlong is following the stories for us today, and joins us live outside the station. What have you learned . Reporter nobody from 95. 5 returned my many inquiries today. Ive been listening to the show, literally across the street from the station here. I wanted to see how he handled the whole controversy. He said yesterday he had no idea the caller was in fact fake. At the start of show on 97. 5, this is the only hint of the controversy surrounding his show. Just like that, it was on to eagles talk, no mention of station producer creating a regularly appearing fake caller, duane. He didnt know duane was real, but after an article, it came out that its not abnormal to have fake callers to just try to stir the spot. But the white producer also had a twitter handle and used a picture of an africanamerican friend for a profile picture. Duane talked often of courting white women and his fear of having illegitimate children. You know what im saying . I didnt think that kid was my kid. Reporter Jason Martinez talked about the end of the line for duane. They appeared to be apologetic that they suggested the character was racially offensive. Nobody here or from the stations Parent Company called me back. But this is what he told a persistent caller today. I said all i needed to say about that yesterday. I hope people will indulge us. All it does is further fan the flames here. Were about letting this thing just die on the vine. Reporter back live near 97. 5. We got kicked out of that parking lot. Ive been calling the stations management all day trying to get a statement about this. And talk to them about the whole idea of fake callers. Does it happen that often. Are they going to stick with real callers moving forward. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Theres also fallout in sports talk radio today. Our partners at the Philadelphia Business journal are reporting that competing sports radio 94 wip fired onair host josh ennis. Ennis was fired for his response to the fake caller story. The Olympic Games may be over, but the scandal involving swimmer ryan lochte is still making headlines. Fellow swimmer now james feegen is apologizing for what he calls a serious distraction at the games. Lochte initially said he had been robbed at the gas station but later admitted to making that story up. Meanwhile, golden girl simone biles returned home from rio today. She arrived back in houston, texas, as you can see to a celebration. Biles is the most decorated gymnast in america. She won four gold medals in team, allaround, vault and floor exercise. She also took bronze in the balance beam. Another member of the womens olympic teammate hit texas today as well. That is Madison Kocian as she arrived in dallas. The five will forever be known as the final five, after bringing home the gold from rio. The olympic countdown is officially on in japan. Look at this. Tokyos governor brought the olympic flag into the city today. At the end of each games, the flag is passed on to the mayor of the next olympic city. A tradition thats been carried out since 1988. The tokyo games are set to begin on july 24th, 2020. Now to decision 2016. Donald trump is continuing his swing through the battleground states with a stop in florida today. Trump held a rally in tampa. The republican nominee said hes feeling good about his chances in the sunshine state. Today Florida University released a poll that shows Trump Holding a twopoint lead over clinton in florida. Trump sounded a familiar battle cry today telling the crowd of supporters that he is the candidate, not hillary clinton, to get americans back to work. We will create great numbers of american jobs, beyond anything youve ever witnessed. I will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. Prior to todays rally, trump visited with volunteers onboard a Voter Registration bus just outside the venue in tampa. Hillary clinton is taking a brief break from going after her opponent in november. Today the democratic nominee is talking about the zika virus. Shes proposing a new fund to improve the federal governments response to major public held crises. If elected, clinton said she will create a Public HealthRapid Response fund. Caesars entertainment is hosting a job fair with several hundred positions up for grabs across our area. The company held a job fair in Atlantic City today. Theyre hoping to fill positions of all kinds in five of their properties. Were talking about 500 jobs to be exact. Most of them are in Atlantic City. We caught up with caesars Talent Acquisition manager. He offered up a few tips on how to make a positive impression, and increase your chances of landing a job. Were looking for somebody who will definitely be upbeat, whether fresh out of college or someone out in business for a long time. If theyve never done the job before, thats fine, we can teach them. There is still time to grab an opportunity. Another job fair is scheduled at the end of the month. Another day, kind of unusually comfortable for august. Humidity starting to creep up there, a little bit, 85 degrees right now in philadelphia. A lot of sunshine across the area. The skies generally not quite as blue as theyve been. The humidity will continue to go up. The ocean 76 degrees. But just a very light sea breeze has allowed the temperature to get just above 80 degrees. Holgate at 81. Avalon 83. 79 in cape may. And 82 inland. The temperature trend in philadelphia, going straight up. Its not going to be 94 over the weekend, but it may still be close to 90. Feeling like 100 on friday. The humidity down a little bit over the weekend. So it wont be feeling quite as hot. We have dry conditions across the entire east now. A little bit of moisture. A weak system coming through. Indiana and ohio, and the future cast shows this hour by hour. As we go through the day tomorrow, there might be a couple little showers coming through berks county and Lehigh Valley, poconos. Thats about it. It looks like the rest of the area is dry. Looks like a lot of sunshine back at the shore once again. And then on friday, were looking kind of dry. Very hot. These are the high temperatures tomorrow. Plus the feelslike temperature, how high thats going to get. So Chestnut Hill 88, feeling like 90. Upper mayfield, 88, feeling like 89. Same story in easton. The higher the humidity goes, the bigger the gap of these temperatures. Like, for example, cape may, high of only 79, because of the sea breeze, but it will feel like 89 because its going to be so humid. Tropics continue to be active. Gaston, way out in the atlantic. And this next one could be developing, but it hasnt. Its got a lot of wind with it, a lot of thunderstorms. But its all spread out. Disorganized. And so it is not developed yet. The tracks, once again, continue to head toward florida. Especially south florida by sunday. And then potentially into the gulf of mexico. But the real question is, how strong is that system going to be by the time it gets there. It may not be all that strong. It has to get organized first. Over the weekend, close to 90 degrees in philadelphia. Looks like its going to be dry. A lot of sunshine. At the shore, a little cooler on sunday because of the sea breeze being a little bit stronger. Well get into next week a little bit later. Glenn, thank you so much. A little boy who defied medical odds continued his victory lap today. Little zion harvey woke up early in the big apple and joined the today show team this morning. Watch him take on the weather with al roker, next. Hes just 5 years old with big dreams to one day become a Police Officer, and hes got a big heart. How this little boy dug deep into his pockets to show appreciation for local officers. But first heres a look at the closing bell on wall street. As you can see, for a second straight day, the dow jones, nasdaq and s p 500 all finishing down. Well be right back. Right now sky force 10 is live over breaking news in bear, delaware. Crews are on the scene here of a zip lining accident at the state park. We know that one guest has been hurt, but its not clear how seriously injured that person is. We do have one of our crews headed to the scene, heading to the ground to bring you more information. As soon as we get it. A zip line accident in bear, delaware. Sky force 10 will continue to monitor this. As soon as we have an update, well pass it along. It appears the zip line goes across that water. Te made history in philadelphia. About a year ago. Becoming the first child to receive a double hand transplant. Today he celebrated the anniversary of his s