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Morning Report: Thursday, July 11, 2024
This is WBC Boston news video redefining local news see just like that it's Thursday I don't know is this a quick week or a slow week for you either way we're hinching up on the weekend and welcome aboard six o'clock on this Thursday morning still stuffy 78 here in Boston and the news at six is brought to us by your new England Toyota dealer your hybrid all-wheel drive headquarters welcome aboard I'm Jeff Brown and here we go again lots of clouds in a shower or two this morning that's of Sun later on are high eating at the city of a low 90s inland WBC actually whether meteorologist Joe Lundberg the heat and humidity will continue into what is turning into a shaky looking weekend we've got details coming up a former Boston police officer is getting a fine and is sentenced to probation for his role in the city sprawling over time scandal 58 year old Craig Smalls of Roxbury will pay fines and restitution of more than $30,000 for submitting over time hours on time sheets for hours which he never worked the investigation is so far come up with charges against more than a dozen Boston cops Smalls is the third to be sentenced a frat house and a sorority at Dartmouth College are both suspended following the death of a student please continue to investigate the death of 20 year-old Juan Zhang on leads that alcohol and or hazing might have been involved during a party on the shores of the Connecticut River over the weekend beta alpha omega and alpha phi are at the center of the investigation and both are on alcohol probation. Zhang a biomedical engineer was found Sunday night near the Dartmouth boat house he was expected to graduate in 2026 I'd rather be driving a tight list a long time rallying cry for retirees but it turns out now the bumper sticker only tells half the story the American workers getting up there and finds that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the retirement fence more of us are trading in the golf clubs for another day at the office Vermont is the state with the highest share of workers over the age of 65 more than a quarter of these seniors are still in the job up north Massachusetts is also among the states with gray in the pay checks changes in social security and retirement plans not to mention inflation are key drivers keeping older Americans on the job longer J will act a bbz boss's news radio nature lovers and thrill seekers on a recent whale watch off the coast of Cape and get to see something that even researchers say they haven't seen in decades a sighting of a rare blue whale spotted in the New England waters on the 4th of july sends shivers up the spines of tourists and even the most hardened of marine experts at over a hundred feet long with a heart the size of a Volkswagen it's the largest animal on the face of the earth and it's endangered too the blue whale was first spotted off the coast of Nova Scotia and more recently the New Hampshire sea coast rare but they do occupy waters over much of the planet red socks go hungry at Fenway they lose to the A's Celtic star Derek White becomes a late sub and is added to the USA Olympic team for the Paris Games later this month and this is getting a little ridiculous isn't it high heat humidity again in play in Boston this morning we're out the door under gray skies it's still quite uncomfortable it's very muggy 78 degrees already we're headed towards the 90s once again today the actual air temperature will likely stall out in your neighborhood in the upper 80s that's close enough but the real feel temperatures will make it feel just as hot as it did yesterday we will see some sunshine a little bit later on today patchy clouds overnight tonight low temperatures only dropping into the 70s and it looks like we're in for some showers moving in just in time for the weekend especially tomorrow afternoon we do run the risk pretty much every day with an unstable weather pattern here even though the temperatures will be in the 80s we're looking at the potential for some very heavy rain and some thunderstorms moving in from time to time a good deal of the day on Saturday but the rest of the weekend looks okay right now it's 78 and very sticky here in boston at 6 0 5 on this Thursday morning and remember you can take us on the go anywhere you are and think of it this way the news actually follows you on the iHeart radio app check it out more questions and concerns this morning from the jury in the karen read case the defense says a fourth juror is the latest to come to them reporting that the 12 person jury had found read not guilty of two charges murder in the second degree and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death legal analyst filip a tracy jr says that would mean they were only truly hung up on the manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol charge even though their note to the judge said otherwise emma freedman wbz boston's news radio judge beverly kannoni has not issued a ruling on this motion as of yet by the way the Norfolk county d a's office does say it plans a retrial on all charges a hearing is set for july 22nd big mystery behind a big disease may finally have an answer researchers at brigham and women's hospital in boston take part in a discovery that they say releases the origins behind the cause of lupus this is a disease that sends the immune system haywire to launch an attack on otherwise healthy tissues and organs the results of the research in this week's journal nature reveals abnormalities in the immune system ignited by an imbalance of interferon scientists have long thought lupus was triggered by genetics or hormones often influenced by the environment but caution the symptoms are so varied that is extremely difficult to pinpoint one specific cause hundreds of thousands of the united states are affected by lupus every year boston is about to rub shoulders with some angry neighbors at an historic stadium in franklin park white stadium isn't much to look at at the moment but that's the reason why people are being invited to check it out and its potential an opportunity for everyone to really come see up close what the changes will look like and and what the conditions are now mare wu says the facility has been crumbling for some time and that students in boston deserve better it's just not what we aspire to and what we know will unlock the full potential of the incredible talent we have in boston the open house is being hosted in collaboration with boston unity soccer partners whose women's soccer expansion team will also be using the stadium the event takes place from three o'clock to seven p.m. at white stadium james rojas wbz boston's news radio golf star rory mackelroy begins his scottish open defense this morning in golf and wbz drew mahalen tells us he addressed his nightmare u.s. open problem good morning and room morning Jeffrey yeah rory mackelroy speaking for the first time since he missed tube short putts late to gift wrap the u.s. open to breast into shambo i think the way i've described pine hearse on sunday it was like it was a great day until it wasn't okay yeah well said but he's moving on with life uh adds there's not a day that google was by he's not grateful to play this game uh as for peeling out of the u.s. open parking lot and not speaking with the media he says uh you guys were kind of the least of my worries at that moment i get it golf is not an easy game i think we all know that there you go you are now in the loop for news updates 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