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Tanya Singleton has been battling breast cancer and her lawyer says the cancer is incurable and she cannot receive adequate medical treatment in jail

A cousin of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to contempt for refusing to testify before the grand jury that indicted Hernandez in the 2012 killings of two Boston men. Tanya Singleton has been battling breast cancer and her lawyer says the cancer is incurable and she cannot receive adequate medical treatment in jail. WBZ's Christine Hager reports.

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In the last two weeks, calls have poured in to the National Domestic Violence Hotline in Austin, Texas since the Ray Rice tape was released

In the last two weeks, calls have poured in to the National Domestic Violence Hotline in Austin, Texas since the Ray Rice tape was released. About half the calls have gone unanswered, due to low staffing. But the hotline's executive director says a new partnership with the NFL includes money which will allow the center to increase the number of calls it answers each day. Elaine Quijano reports.

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