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Morning Report: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
This is WBC, Boston's news video. We defining local news. Let's make it stop. Would you? It's hazy. It's warm and humid already this morning, 75 degrees here in Boston. Good morning, six o'clock on this Wednesday and your new and this update of the news is brought to us by your new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all-wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us today. I'm Jeff Brown. And yeah, this is pretty ridiculous, I'd say. Intervals of clouds and sun today breezy, hot that humid this afternoon, 90 to 94. It's WBC, AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Lundberg, who tells us that the heat and humidity will be with us through most of next week as well. As for now, Boston's heat emergency runs through Friday, watch for thunderstorms also in the area this afternoon. More twists and turns in the Karen Reed saga. This morning we learned that a Canton police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave for his interactions with now suspended state police trooper Michael Proctor. Kevin Albert is the brother of Canton officer Brian Albert, who hosted an after hours party at the home where John O'Keefe's body was found in a snowbank outside. Kevin Albert was placed on leave pending Proctor investigation on June 13th, but only comes to light now. Meantime, the state police union says it's disappointed with the suspension of Proctor and says the decision to put that and says that decision puts the responsibility on his family. They're back and they're biting. WBC's Drew Mulholland is here to tell us about greenhead season. Good morning, Andrew. Good harbor beach for me when I was a kid, all ready to jump in the water and then, bam, greenheads ruin your day, right? It does, right? Our hair and reports on North Shore beaches that the little buggers are early this year. Greenheads are notorious for ruining those days at the beach. Officials at Crane Beach, Ipswich for one say they've emerged a couple weeks ahead of schedule. Now the females are the ones with a chip on their tiny shoulders. Did I just say that? Yes, I think I did. The good news is greenheads are only around for a couple weeks. You've been warned and there will be no refunds, I guess. Really? Yeah. No refunds at the beach, so you proceed at your own risk. There you go. It is very tough to avoid them this time of year. They hurt. True, thank you. More problems while in mid-air. WBC's Jay Willette has details. We've seen close calls in the tarmac, but this is something else. The FAA begins an investigation after two regional jets appear to come closer than they should have in the skies of our Syracuse. Video shows the close encounter and what looks like a potential disaster, but in reality, officials say the jets were about 700 feet apart, close enough. This involved a Delta connection flight on takeoff and an American Eagle flight coming in for a landing. Jay Willette, WBZ, Boston's News Radio. Red Sox bats provide the thunder as Boston thumps the A's at Fenway. Three-time all-star Rafael Devers, by the way, will bow out of the mid-summer classic next week in Texas due to shoulder soreness. As Las Vegas continues to simmer in a record-setting streak of five consecutive days of 115 degree temperatures, the VP hopes it up in Sin City. Vice President Kamala Harris pays a visit to the U.S. Olympic basketball team. Bring back that goal. Bring back the goal as the team ramps up for the summer games in Paris later this month, while a 17-year-old high school star from Maine actually steals the show. Cooper Flag gets kudos from the likes of LeBron James after an impressive scrimmage against Team USA and what was almost an upset of epic proportions. Flag is headed to Duke this fall. The heat is still on in Boston. You can feel it again as you walk out the door. The air is very heavy once again this morning in Boston. It is 75 degrees and we're watching the thermometer as we're going to jump into the 90s once again today. In fact, heat visory remains in effect. Right now it's posted until eight o'clock tonight and there's a very real possibility that the National Weather Service will extend it another day. The heat advisory and emergency here in Boston has been extended until Friday and AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Lundberg tells me that he expects the high heat and humidity to last through most of next week as well. So you kind of get the picture. In the next coming days, we'll get the after-effects of what was once Hurricane barrel. It'll come with some high winds likely tomorrow and have some high temperatures too. We're going to need to watch the skies pretty much every day with this atmosphere that is not really conducive to keeping things pretty straight and narrow. We are expected to see some thunderstorms bubble up each and every afternoon, but for now we're in the middle of it. It's 75 right now in Boston at 606 on this Wednesday morning. It ain't easy making green and more Americans are doing something about it. The cool way to describe it these days is to call it a side hustle, but the barebone facts aren't like him. I got a couple of checks coming in as do more than one third of American adults according to a new study. Some is a hobby to explore new options and fields. Most however, out of necessity to keep afloat as prices continue to go up. The fuel costs, the food costs are doubled, everything's doubled, insurance is doubled, things that cost you $10, cost you $20 now. It's kind of nuts. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, everything's nuts. Chris Fama, WBZ, Boston's news radio. Dreams of sugar plum dollars continue to dance in our heads. British researchers say saving money regularly can help improve your mood and your sleep. They found about two thirds of people saving between four and $500 a month were satisfied with their life overall and slept well, compared with fewer than half of non-savers. Even those who put just small amounts away every month were more relaxed and optimistic about the future and regular savers on low incomes had similar life satisfaction levels as richer non-savers. Vicki Barker, CBS News, London. Donald Trump uses dysfunction in the Democratic Party as catnip for his campaign appearance in Miami while President Biden uses the world stage at the NATO summit as a deterrent to efforts inside his own party to push him out. President and First Lady Jill Biden will host a NATO dinner at the White House tonight. While on Capitol Hill, it appears Democrats are falling in line with the president's decision to be in it to win it in November, falling in all hands meeting. And that all hands meeting still leaves the party's support for the president up in the air. Many lawmakers acknowledge they have little power over the situation and that Biden will be the nominee. Over in the Senate, Colorado's Michael Bennett claims Biden cannot beat Trump in November. For me, this isn't a question about polling. It's not a question about politics. It's a moral question about the future of our country. Multiple sources say Senators John Tester and Sherrod Brown have conveyed similar concerns. And now new post debate analysis shows Trump gaining ground in key swing states. ABC's Christian Cordero, just this week, Trump has issued a challenge to President Biden for a no-holds-bar debate and the opportunity for a golf match as well. You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBC News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBC, Boston's News Radio. radio.