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Afternoon Report: Thursday, July 11, 2024

A lawsuit filed by the family of a Worcester teen who died after taking part in the One Chip Challenge.
President Biden announces more military aid to Ukraine. Truckloads of sculptable sand are dumped on Revere Beach. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

Duration:: 7m
Broadcast on:: 11 Jul 2024
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This is WBC Boston's news video, redefining local news. 88 degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The family of a Worcester teenager who died after eating a spicy chip has filed a lawsuit against the chip's maker. WBC's Brooke McCarthy has the tales. Last September, 14 year old Harris Woleba died just hours after taking part in the one chip challenge, which was popular with kids on social media at a news conference in Boston. Attorney Douglas chef accused chip maker Packe of marketing a chip that was so dangerous. Government officials have issued warnings. The other side of the box is even worse. It actually depicts the grim reaper complete with a sickle who asks any last words. It's just unbelievable. Chef also accused the company of encouraging children to post videos on social media, them eating the chips. The wrongful death suit names Packe along with its parent company Hershey and Walgreens, who chef says was selling the chip to kids. Harris's family is filing the lawsuit to ensure this doesn't happen to anyone else. Brooke McCarthy, WBC Boston's news radio. Walgreens meantime says they have no comment in a statement to WBC news radio. Packe says we disagree with the allegations and we'll defend ourselves against the claims. President Biden taking time out of the NATO summit to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky today and announce another round of US military aid. He is not a member of NATO, but Ukrainian President Zelensky's war with Russia was that summit's headline again. Ukraine will prevail. And I'm watching to know we're going to be with you every step of the way. Mr Biden joining President Zelensky during the summit, who thanked the US for the additional military aid and the historic actions that will protect the world from from similar wars. Former President Trump claiming he knows how to end the war. If he's reelected Andy field, ABC News, Washington, local researchers recently discovered a concerning connection between military combat and the health of military spouses back home. WBC's Nicole Davis, breaking down this new study. At first, the Brigham and women's team wanted to know if female military service members who served during deployments with more intense combat are at higher risk for coming down with chronic pain when they get home. To do this, they examined health records for women who served from 2006 to 2013, a time of heightened combat conditions around the world. They determined the women who served during that time were indeed more susceptible to chronic pain. They also found, though, that female dependents of anybody who served during intense combat deployments were also at higher risk of chronic pain. This was especially the case for those who suffer from mental health concerns or those in a lower socioeconomic status. One of the study authors, Dr. Andrew Schoenfeld says now they'll be taking a closer look at how both the service members and dependents are using opioids to deal with this chronic pain and try to dig a bit deeper to to understand the health impact of combat deployments for everybody involved. Nicole Davis, WBC, Boston's News Radio. They're cracking down on cheaters, the IRS looking to show that it is going after the wealthy who don't pay their taxes. The tax agency says it's collected one billion dollars in back taxes from high wealth tax cheats. The announcement today, coming as the administration seeks to show its increasing tax fairness. The IRS is also seeking to prove it's making the most of increased funding. Republican wins in November for both the White House and Congress could mean future budget cuts. That is CBS's Cammy McCormick. We are going to lose a few degrees over the coming days, but the humidity is going to stay high. And then next week we're going to be right back into the low 90s. In fact, we may fire off a heat wave next week. We'll see. Let's get there first tonight. Patchy clouds, humid temperatures close to 70, maybe a shower, especially over the South Coast Cape and Island. Very warm for tomorrow. Humid to some sunshine, maybe a late day thunderstorm. Temperatures will make a run again towards 90. We may not make it everywhere, but it'll certainly feel like it's in the 90s with the humidity tomorrow night. Turning out mostly cloudy chance of a shower of storms. And on Saturday, still the threat of some showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be only in the low 80s. I say only in the low 80s. It'll feel gross because we'll have the humidity still in place. And thunderstorms really aren't doing anything to kick that humidity out of here. So we deal with humidity again on Sunday. Temperatures around 90 for the high. And again, we may get into the low 90s as we get into next week, 88 right now in Boston sand. It can be a pain if you get it in your shoes, but barefoot on the beach. It's pretty welcoming. It's the beach that gets all sandy and revere a special delivery for a special event as we hear from WBS. These count Stevens the big trucks dumped 420 tons of high quality, very sculptable sand on the revere beach sidewalk on hand for the occasion with revere mayor Patrick Keith. This is like Santa Claus. This is Christmas in July for us. Christmas in July, the sand sculpting festival, which brings 15 of the world's best sand sculptors onto the stage of America's oldest public beach. The secret really is to come down Wednesday of Thursday and you're watching the sand sculptors put together these unbelievable artistic interpretations of what they what they want to put out. The official opening of the festival is a week from tomorrow, but starting now, it's very much an entertaining work in progress from revere beach. Carl Stevens, WBC Boston's news radio. Whether you're heading over to revere beach or anywhere else, if you can't be near the radio, take the radio with you with the iHeartRadio app downloaded for free and WBC News Radio will be with you wherever you go. A local service dog organizations looking to change the culture. One space at a time to tell some WBC's Madison Rogers, a black lab and a red vast verna showing workers here at the Boston public library. What a true professional looks like. There are a lot of people out there that try to pass their pets office service dogs here and everywhere attempts to make that illegal have stalled for a decade. So needs is rolling out the red vests training program, which means they completely and fully understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to legitimate service dog access needs. Kathy is a Midas teaching library staffers things like what you can and can't ask and how a real service dog behaves. Kathy hopes more and more businesses and organizations will become red, best designated and over time, less pet owners push their luck. Burna just turned off a light switch at the BPL in Coppley. I'm Madison Rogers, WBC Boston's news radio. After Shelley Duvall has died, the Texas born movie star busted out in Robert Altman's musical dramedy Nashville in 1975 had a big role aside Jack Nicholson in the shining in 1980 Shelley Duvall 75. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBC news radio on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBC Boston's news radio. [MUSIC PLAYING]