This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news seventy six degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The government says Harvard's been naughty. It comes after an investigation by the Trump administration into allegations of civil rights violations at the Ivy League school. CBS's Stacy Linn has details.
It concluded that the university violated civil rights laws requiring colleges to protect students from discrimination based on race or national origin. The federal task force said at times this school was a quote willful participant in anti Semitic harassment of Jewish students, faculty, and staff. The administration is now threatened to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action.
In a statement to WBZ News Radio, Harvard says, no matter the contact, anti semitism is unacceptable. They also say Harvard is far from indifferent on this issue and strongly disagrees with the government's findings. Following developing news, a long time Boston police officer has been charged with raping a child. The Suffolk County DA says Paul Downey of West Roxbury was arranged today on charges that include aggravated rape of a minor, sexual conduct with a child under eighteen, an
electronic enticement of a child for sexual activity. He has been ordered held without bail. Boston's Police Commissioner Michael Cox says the chargers are obviously very troubling and our thoughts are with any alleged victims. Down He was immediately placed on administrative leave. The sergeant's been with Boston Police since nineteen ninety one. When it comes to tenant paid broker fees in Massachusetts, the Commonwealth is about to just say no.
I'm really pleased to see it. I propose this right. I propose getting rid of broker's fees because you know, we got to make it more affordable for people to be able to rent apartments my administration. As you know, housing is the top priority. You need to build more housing, build more house, and build more housing.
Governor more heay, reacting as lawmakers are close to outlawing mandatory tenant paid broker fees as part of the state sixty one billion dollar budget. It's one of many items in the agreement which Democratic leaders are sending to the governor. The budget would still hike spending by nearly six percent over the state's current spending plan, and estimates of tax revenue may commit hundreds of millions below what state officials had originally projected. Trade talks are back on with Canada.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says talks with the US ever resoomed after they were scinded plans to tax US technology firms.
Canada said it will resume trade talks with the US after the Canadian government said it wouldn't move forward with the Digital services tax. That tax was estimated to cost US tech companies billions of dollars. President Trump last week called the tax a quote direct and blatant attack and said he would end all trade talks with Canada over it, even signaling he would announce new tariff rates on Canada
in the next week. There is currently a twenty five percent tariff on some goods from Canada, as well as fifty percent tariffs on steel on aluminum. Karen Traver's ABC News the White House.
We've had a few clouds around, and we'll carry some of them with us as we head into the evening, but we should stay dry all night long until close to daybreak tomorrow, and even then, probably just west Boston may pick up a shower or two. The temperatures about sixty nine overnight, we will start to pick up the humidity as well. A warm and humid day Tomorrow. There will be plenty of clouds and a few showers or thunderstorms,
especially in the afternoon and evening. Lower humidity. On Wednesday, that's nice, temperatures near ninety maybe nice depending on your perspective, partly sunny skies. And then Thursday, here comes the humidity again.
The temperatures stay around ninety degrees and we may fire off a few of those summary thunderstorms in a few spots on Thursday, before we get into the holiday on Friday with lower humidity, temperatures in the mid eighties with sunshine, and I should continue with us through the holiday weekend as well. Seventy six right now in Boston, did the Red Sox trade Raphael Devers to help funday record signing
for a soccer team. The Socks say no, but local fans of both teams are still finding themselves caught up in the conspiracy theories. As we hear from wbz's Kyle Brain.
It's been a conflicting few weeks for fans of both the Red Sox and Liverpool Left c both of which are owned by Fenway Sports Group. Just days after the Red Sox traded star slugger Rafael Devers, Liverpool announced an English record one hundred and seventy one million dollar deal for German midfielder Florian Verts. Many Sox fans immediately started pointing fingers across the pond, which has left fans of both teams, like Billy, in an awkward spot.
It's just kind of like the cherry on top of the last like five years of the Red Sox. It's just so frustrating, and I understand that fan sentiment so much so I can't even be mad at either side because I get it.
Liam is a host of a popular Red Sox podcast and is also a Liverpool fan. He says it was only a matter of time before people connected the two. I immediately knew it was going to blow up, and you know, beyond sports SoC radio and it's going to be a fiery talking point on social media.
I saw it immediately.
The Red Sox have maintained that trading Devers was a purely base ball move Kyle Bray, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Getting out of Dodge is on the agenda for a lot of Americans this Fourth of July holiday, and when it comes to going places, wz's drewma Holland tells us there've never been more wanting to leave.
Seventy two point two million people will travel at least fifty miles or more from home over the Independence Day holiday period, and Triple A says that would be a record damn good run. And the holiday period began Saturday and runs through July sixth, so we are in it. And if you look at your calendar, you'll notice that travel period includes two weekends, this time around Triple A trying to get a bigger picture, a better feel of
the overall travel flow and safe travels. To you all out there, Drew maholland, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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