This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Thirty two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening, thoughts. Taking it on the Chin today on Wall Straight after President Trump says tariffs against Mexico and Canada will start tomorrow, Bloomberg's Tracy Junkie joins us as the markets have just rung the closing bell, We're off the lows that the closed, Tracy, but whoop de doo.
Yeah, I mean it's a difference between nine hundred point loss for the Dell and what we have at the closed six hundred and forty nine. It is a large loss either way. Nasda's down four ninety seven, the SMP down one oh five. And like you said, it's clear that many of the market had been hoping for an eleventh hour change of heart from President Trump and that triffs of twenty five percent on Canada and Mexico and this plan to double his tariffs on China would not
go into effect. Instead, the President has signed an order sending the Chinese tariffs at twenty percent, and he says the Canadian, ad Mexican tariffs. We'll kick in as scheduled tomorrow.
Ben, all right, we'll keep tabs on the terraff issues. Of course, we'll get back to Tracy shortly as Wall Street kind of falls on its face this afternoon. Meantime, a major investment into semiconducting manufacturing in the US. ABC's Karen Travers has more on an announcement from the White House.
President Trump today is announcing a one hundred billion dollar investment in the US over the next four years by a chip maker. Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company TSMC first announced in twenty twenty it would break ground on a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Arizona. It has since pledged sixty five billion dollars in investments in that state, calling it the
largest foreign direct investment in Arizona's history. It's not immediately clear how much of the one hundred billion the company's announcing today is part of previous commitments. TSMC also benefited from a six point six billion dollar grant from the Biden administration last year from the Chips and Science Act. Karen Travers ABC News the White House.
US Cyber Command is being told to hold on orders are being given to back off Russian targets.
Several US officials tel CBS News the order came from Defense Secretary Pete hagshith no cyber planning or offensive digital actions against Russia. What's not known right now is how long it will last, nor what the motivation behind the move is. High ranking Republican lawmaker and the president's national security advisor both say they were unaware of the order, which comes as President Trump tries to negotiate an end
to Russia's war with Ukraine. Peter King's CBS News Health Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior is now promoting the measles vaccine as that virus spreads in Texas.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior wrote an opinion piece published by Fox News in which he says he's deeply concerned about the recent measles outbreak. He wrote, vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity. The outbreak is in the Southwest, mostly in Texas, with an unvaccinateed child dying last week.
Kennedy is dismiss critics who say he is anti vaccine, claiming is used were mischaracterized and insisting he was advocating for common sense policies. Matt Piper, CBS News, It's going to.
Remain chilly tonight, temperature about twenty five in Boston, upper teens for many of the inland suburbs, clear to partly cloudy. Sky's light breeze. There'll be a light breeze tomorrow with times of clouds and sun will be milder though in the afternoon as we get into the upper forties in many places. Partly cloudy Tomorrow night thirty eight and then Wednesday a real warm up, mid to upper fifties. There
will be clouds around. There will be a couple of showers around as well, and as we get into Wednesday night there'll be some heavier rain passing through the area and perhaps a thunderstorm war two as well. Thursday, we'll have some clouds, we'll have peaks of sunshine, We'll have a leftover shower in temperatures in the mid fifties right now thirty two degrees in Boston. The last thing you want when you get off a long flight is to be held up at customs or at the baggage claim.
Wbsy's Nicol Davis tells US a traveler had to deal with a whole different problem after she got to Boston last night.
It was about seven point thirty when State Pelay a woman was making her way through customs at Terminal E, the International terminal at Logan Airport. Officials say when she was gathering her luggage, she was somehow stung by a scorpion. Now police say the woman was taken to the hospital for treatment. We don't know how severely she was hurt.
We don't know where the scorpions stung her. We also don't know how the scorpion got there in the first place, whether it was in her luggage or in somebody else's. Now experts say scorpions are rare in this part of the world, but you can find them on almost every single continent save for Antarctica. Stings can be painful and potentially deadly. Officials say they could lead to problems with your heart, neurological issues, or organ problems, but the CDC
says most stings from scorpions are not that serious. Nicole Davis WBZ Boston's news.
Radio burning the Midnight Oil at a Cambridge cafe. The or he is staying open late for Ramadan Wdbz's and a Freedman with details.
So there's a fistop platic so basically it's cookie butter with chistop.
Saw Luxer Cafe opened in Harvard Square almost a year ago, bringing wal food and Egyptian classics to the neighborhood.
We have some traditional dishes that are however she it's like a minced ground beef stuffed in feeder bread or kipdo which is like a liver sandwich.
And for Ramedan owner up to Kalman Hassan is keeping the place open until two am, modeling it off of the cafes you'd find in Egypt.
You'll meet people, you'll hang out with people. It'll be like a place to play card games. You just make friends there.
After fasting all day, Muslims share a meal before prayer and then normally they don't have anywhere to go since most places are closed. Hassan says staying openly gives people celebrating Ramadan a place to meet up with friends.
I think it's important for to have this kind of space for Muslims or non Muslims or anyone interested. It kind of gives you an idea of what you would expect at a different country.
In Cambridge, Emma Freedman, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
There are laser printers, laser hair removal, laser light shows, lasers for lots of medical procedures. How about lasers for turkeys. Some turkey farmers are using lasers as a new weapon against bird flu.
It sounds like something out of an Austin Powers movie by the lights, but the president of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Jake Vlaminck, says, the lasers work.
To me, it's been a big difference and I've seen it results throughout the state.
Farmers install the lasers atop their barns and windmills, and the green streaks of lights scare away ducks and geese, the main carriers of bird flu.
We've been able to cut our mortality down in about half, and I want to tribute a lot of that to these lasers.
Michael Wallace, CBS News.
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio