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WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News 4PM January 29, 2016

Student was assaulted near campus. The victim was walking when the assailant attacked her. Quite a few sorority houses on this block in the student was attacked just outside the house. She was attacked and police say she was hit by her attacker. It was a struggle between the 2. The victim fought back. Passerby saw the attack and came to the 21yearolds rescue. The man fled on foot. The victim said he never threatened her with a weapon. It happened just before 2 00 this morning on a residential street a few blocks away from the carolina campus. Many students live here and were shocked to hear how the student was attacked. By pepper spray today. You can understand why some students feel the need to keep themselves protected. Police and officers did not find anyone. The victim was not able to get a good look at her attacker. That is the very latest, i think from chapel hill. Students on alert. Thank you. The community is rallying around a woman who became an icon in downtown raleigh as the manager of one of the most popular restaurants. Former gm was beaten and robbed at her home. Ed crump is live at the scene. Very emotional. She said she never thought twice about turning her back on three young men walking across the street as she headed to her apartment, but when she did, three pounced on any nice. She says they dragged her by the strap of the back she had around her shoulder. She had nothing of value except for a smartphone. She lost her job when tir na nog closed. She was raleighs ambassador for all things irish. Plus, people just love this woman and that is why more than 10,000 has been raised on the gofundme page to help the unemployed victim with her bills. She says if the attacker is caught she would like ask questions. Would you like this to be done to you . How would you like to be beaten ed nice says she refused to let her attackers jim her Bright Outlook on life. She thanked all those who contributed to her cause and said that on st. Patricks day she plans a big payback. Anna our heart goes out to her, ed. I understand you have a link to her gofundme page. It is on our website, abc11. Com. Heather High School Water balloon fight lands some local students in big trouble. They have been suspended. Some say it is a senior tradition and the students shouldnt be punished. Stephanie lopez is live in Orange County with the details. Stephanie students say senior pranks are a tradition of the school and it was all meant to be good fun. Parents say the suspensions take it too far, and now some students are worried about what multiple students were given in school and out of School Suspension after a water balloon fight inside the high school. The students said the School Principal made an announcement go for lunch warning that suspension would be a consequence. They told me they planned to take the crank outside but School Officials locked the doors. Some say that suspensions went too far. One parent in an email that they are shocked at the schools poor judgment. One student tells me that he feels unfairly punished even though she decided against throwing the balloons after the principles announcement. I got caught and after she said, i said, ok, i dont want to get suspended my to want to risk that. Stephanie a spokesperson for Orange County Public Schools would not tell us how many students were suspended or for how long. Eyewitness news. Anna i feel like so many of the student pranks we report on the news dont turn out well. Heather bad idea. Anna remember, kids, they are listening. Happy friday. What a gorgeous weekend. This time last week we were being hammered with snow and ice and freezing rain. That is like a world away ago. Anna this is where i was this time last friday. Just a little buffet with the wind, anna and heather. A week ago today we had the major winter storm rolling through. It is chilly. It will be a cold evening, youll need a heavy coat. The wind is making us feel colder. By midnight we are down to 32. Many of us in the 20s tonight. Mid 50s to near 60. Wait until you see what happens sunday. There is rain in the sevenday and we will let you know when that gets here with more chilly air. Now the weather on the second half of the weekend. Anna, heather . Anna it really is windy out there, chris. Come inside. As many as 30,000 people packed into a Charlotte Park to show their panther pride today. Heather we saw cam newton masks and greater cowboy hats and plenty of jerseys. Andrew blandford gives us a taste of what it was like. Andrea some 10,000 transport into charlotte this afternoon and between the fans of the players, the love was mutual. Keep pounding was quote is the theme of the pride rally right punch their ticket to super bowl 50. The faithful turned out in droves, dressed in black and blue ready to cheer them on one last time before they hit the road. We will, we will rock you andrea and with performances from the cheerleaders and drum line perrcussion, a proper sendoff for the champs. Thank you for being the best fans in the nfl. Andrea after video messages from players and an onstage locum for even more onstage pat mccrory introduced a man at the helm. Appreciate everything you guys have brought. We told you we will continue to work hard and get back to this point and now we are here and we have unfinished business. Andrea the panthers leafed for Eyewitness News. Heather we have more images and video in the panthers section of abc11. Com. You will find all the stories we have covered on the team and fans throughout the season. Check it out now by going to abc11. Com panthers. Anna this is so exciting. Later on in our newscast, we have a story about cam newton, today. Chicagos mayor announces new training for Police Officers in his city after taking how Donald Trumps absence in last nights debate is weighing on the iowa caucuses. Heather here is a live look outside the Eyewitness News center. You can see the flags waving. It is a breezy friday. Going to be a chilling night, but we have some warm weather on the way for the weekend. Guys, to celebrate super bowl 50 im rewarding fans with a special offer. 50 cents . thats pocket change if only we had pockets. What . Purely decorative. Get a large,1topping pizza foronly 50 cents when you order any large pizzaat regular menu price. Add our new brookie for just 6 more. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Better football. Escaped from a california jail last week just turned himself in. The woman who taught english as a second link which to one of inmates is charged as an accessory to the estate. She is one of 10 people arrested in connection with the prison break. His probation in a 2013 drunkendriving wreck that killed four people. Anna Chicago Police will be getting more training is this the reforms how would response mayor rahm emanuel says that officers and 911 dispatchers how to interact with people in crisis. The city also says it will work with Mental Health efforts and Community Leaders to improve access to Mental Health Services Contact with first responders. Heather in iowa, final campaign frenzy. Candidates for president are crisscrossing the first state in the nation to vote for president ial nominees. But donald trump, absent from the debate last night, is absent from the state altogether. Marco rubio. Reporter all hands on deck in iowa. Ms. Clinton i will stand up and fight for you. Reporter the democratic and republican candidates are crisscrossing the state three days before the iowa caucuses. The only one not in iowa, donald trump. Furniture after boycotting last nights foxnews debate. Mr. Trump i did something very risky and i think it turned out great because i am on the front page of every paper. Reporter this is on the front page of the des moines register, rough night for ted cruz. I think you got a better picture of ted cruz and it did not do well for him. Marco in the first hour had a very good night. Senator rubio i had more time than usual. There was somebody missing or something. Reporter on the democratic race it is a tight race between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. Senator sanders another national poll, she beats trump by seven points, thats good. I beat him by 13 points, that is better. Reporter there are an estimated if the candidates dont get their support, they need to convince them to show up monday evening to caucus. Heather president obama is pushing to advance equal pay for women. He is proposing a new rule that will require Companies Report pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity. The rules would apply to companies that have 100 or more employees. Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act, the first piece of legislation mr. Obama signed as president. The act loosened the statute of limitations under which workers consume employers for pay discrimination based on characteristics such as gender, race, age, or disability. Anna in michigan today, Governor Rick Snyder signed a law that gives 28 million in emergency funding to address flints lead contaminated water crisis. It is the second round of state aid since the fall. The money is intended to pay for bottled water, testing kits, Additional School nurses, and medical treatment, and to help i had a noun newscast, we will show you how people of North Carolina are pitching in. Your heart just goes out to them. Heather one of those days where you need a heavy coat but it sounds like this weekend we may not need one. We are talking about the wind outside, too, chris. Chris not damaging winds but it will add a chill to the air. The winds will be diminishing as we go to the evening. Had some guests at 30, 32 miles per hour. Blustery but sunny, bright day. Temperatures seasonable. When youre in the low 50s for late january, close to normal and not too bad considering what it could be. Mid 50s tomorrow. We will jump into the 60s on sunday. Great weekend. Warm wednesday the rain comes back and it looks like showers are likely, may an isolated rumble of thunder, as we will be wednesday but then thursday it gets colder than normal again. It looks like after thursday, and extended stretch of chillier than normal weather. We will see what happens then. Northwest winds at 10. Air is very dry. The winds gusting to about 26. Rocky mount wilson at 52. 59 in fayetteville. 60 on the sandhills. Not bad at all. Even to the midwest, temperatures not that cold. Mid to upper 70s, Oklahoma City to dallas and fort worth. We will not get that warm. 60s in our future for several days, starting on sunday. Clear skies from other than a few clouds to our north today. New the virginia border, more clouds there. Clouds in association with snow showers are moving across parts of pennsylvania and new york. Some areas getting a light northern california, causing problems with rain. This assistant props to the southeast and becomes a potent storm for the midwest. Severe weather across the south early week. This front comes through here on wednesday. Tonight, clear and cold. Upper 20s around the triangle. Suburban outlying areas coming mid 20s. 30 in fayetteville. Beautiful saturday. Startek chile. Starts out chile. Sunny skies through the day. By mid to late afternoon, upper 50s down to the south. It wont be as windy as it was today. That will make us feel nicer. South winds. A little warmer tomorrow. Big change for send david mid 60s big change for sunday. Mid 60s for highs. Tuesday to our west. Chance of Severe Weather for parts of indiana and kentucky southward. It looks now when this system gets here it will be in a weakened state. We not looking for a big threat of Severe Weather. Showers on wednesday. Mid 50s in raleigh. 55 in carry. Beautiful on saturday. 57 in fayetteville. We stay warm. Temperatures in the 60s on sunday, monday, tuesday, even into wednesday. When you see these colors, that means he gets colder. That front goes through on wednesday. Big dip in the jet stream means a big drop in our temperatures, which may last for a while. Make the most of it on sunday, monday, groundhog day in the 60s. Showers on wednesday, breezy. 40s for the high on thursday and friday. It looks like after wednesday, the next week or 10 days or longer after that, averaging winter is not done with us yet. Anna back to february, everybody. Chris nice until then. Heather women need to get their sleep. To Health Concerns associated with losing zs. Anna downtown raleighs not just focused on getting new restaurants. They want retail. An inside look at the plans underway. Look at the many styles Comfort Keepers can provide a variety of Inhome Services for your aging loved ones. Well assess their needs and create a custom care plan abc11 is keeping you connected. Like us on facebook and click get notifications for the latest updates. Anna we know what losing sleep can do to our bodies but women are being told there is one specific risk, diabetes. Research out of harvard says that women who have difficulty sleeping and writing up frequently are much more likely to get type 2 diabetes. Those women were four times. Four times more at risk. Heather a woman in new york is a look at thethe fda is also reviewing the policy on blood donations as zika continues to spread. Anna wise decision to heat that travel warning, i think. How 22 Shaw University students are showing what really happens. Reporter these are all medical records faxed to this fax machine. We are not in a medical office. We are in somebodys home. We will let you know how this happened and what you need to know, coming up at 4 30. Heather also, apple song thats life song thats life song thats life song thats life thats life. You diet. You exercise. And if you still need help lowering your blood sugar. This is jardiance. Along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. It works by helping your body through urination. This can help you lower blood sugar and a1c. And although its not for weight loss or lowering systolic blood pressure, jardiance could help with both. Jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. This may cause you to feel dizzy, faint or lightheaded, or weak upon standing. Other side effects are genital yeast infections, urinary tract infections, changes in urination, kidney problems, and increased bad cholesterol. Do not take jardiance if you are on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. Stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of an allergic reaction. Symptoms may include rash, swelling, and difficulty breathing or swallowing. Taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you have any medical conditions. So talk to your doctor, and for details, anna oh wake county mans this is fact that keeps them up all hours of the night but the keepers coming through are not for him. Heather they are medical records meant for a nearby doctors office. Jon camp is nearby in raleigh to let you know how this is happening. Jon it is an incredible story, really. 01digit difference in fax of peoples detailed medical records have been sent to a private home instead of a doctors office. He has been living in his home for some 20 years and has had the same phone number and fax number for the whole time, he says. About six months ago, he started getting faxes from pharmacies, doctors offices, hospitals containing Detailed Health care records from a private medical practice nearby. The stack of records we saw today has been piling up since midnovember. He says he has taken similar piles to the private practice, told them what is going on. Nothing has changed, he says. You call and talk to them and they say they will take care of it and then you dont hear from the office anymore for a month but then they start coming again. Folks whose records were sitting on john lockharts table. We will let you know what they had to say at 5 30. And whether this violates privacy laws, we will let you know what we found. Jon camp, abc11 Eyewitness News. Anna that is disconcerting. Glad they are digging into that good one thing people want more of in downtown raleigh, retail. I found stores with really unique things from around the world. I got my hands on a new report that shows an explosion of growth for where we work and live. We decided to move back and make a home and start a family. Raleigh was a nobrainer. We love the city, we love the state, we love downtown. Anna annamarie is one of the first tenants at the new building downtown. Showcases designdriven pieces. I saw the opportunity to bring something different, based on the expenses we had living abroad and traveling hit i wanted to bring it here and it felt like the right time to do it. Anna according to the downtown raleigh alliances latest Economic Development report, 8 streetlevel retail is open at the end of 2015. 17 new so scheduled to open this year. We have a little bit of the modern vibe but involving other cultures. Anna around the corner, jewels. People here are educated, very adventurous. Anna the biggest challenge, knowing to come downtown and julie show. We have an opportunity in the i wanted to be a part of helping it become that fiber in, livable that fiber, livable, schappell, enjoyable place at Everybody Knows it is going to be. It is getting there. Anna i will mention, we were just talking about in the studio, a lot of people dont come to these Smaller Stores because they think they are expensive. The price points are reasonable. Coming up, we will take you to and that to another shop off the beaten path downtown. We are giving a good ideas of what to do on our warmer, sunny weekend. Chris he is going to be a warmer, sunny weekend as we get into sunday. This evening it is blustery, no secret there. Those winds will rightfully commission manage the c

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