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News seventy two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Suzanne Sausville. Here's what's happening. If you're headed to the Cape this weekend, you might want to bring some bug spray. Wbz's Jeremy Russ explains the.
Town of Falmouth has detected West Nile virus in another mosquito sample. The town says this latest sample is collected this past Tuesday. It's Founmoth's second positive sample of the summer. There's still yet to be any human cases of West Nile in Massachusetts this season, and the town says the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project routinely treats the area where this recent sample was collected. Despite all that, officials are still urging people to protect themselves, bug spray being a
good start. Right now, most of the state, including the Cape and Islands, is listed as low risk for West Nile, though Boston and some of its northwestern suburbs are considered moderately at risk. Jeremy Russ WBS Boston's news Radio.
A warning from the City of Boston to avoid part of the Charles River because of high bacteria levels. Health official say a blue green algae bloom was found downstream of mass Ave and the Harvard Bridge. The algae bloom can produce toxins that make people and pets sick. Official say to avoid swimming, rowing, and fishing in that part of the Charles until further notice, and to make sure your pets don't swim in or drink the water. Police in Montana are searching for a gunman who killed four
people at a bar. CBS's Dana at Jacobsen with details.
Authorities are searching for former US soldier Michael Brown. They say he opened fire inside the Owl Bar in Anaconda yesterday morning. A SWAT team cleared his home, which was next door to the bar.
The bar owner, who.
Was not there at the time of the shooting, says the suspect killed three customers and a bartender. He does not believe that the inspect was in a dispute with any of the victims. The suspected gunman's niece says he struggled to get help for mental issues.
Investigators say they found an abandoned truck that Brown is believed to have been driving. They say they're focusing their search in the mountains near where the shooting took place. A dance center in the Berkshires is mourning the sudden loss of one of their own, Jacob's Pillow and Beckett tells The Globe that production manager Cat Siroco died from a tragic accident that happened outdoors on campus yesterday afternoon.
All performances and events scheduled for this weekend have been canceled. The Berkshire Die's Office and OSHA are investigating Siroco's death. Fake sugar could prevent or could present a real problem when it comes to cancer treatment.
The popular sugar substitute sucralose could negatively impacts treatment for cancer. A study from the University of Pittsburgh found telenoma and non small cell lung cancer patients with high levels of the artificial sweetener had lower survival rates and a worse response to whom you Know therapy treatment.
CBS's Michael George reporting clear skies overnight with a low of sixty two fifties Inland, a beautiful day tomorrow, sunny skies with a high of eighty three. On Monday, the same sunny not that humid with highs in the mid eighties. On Tuesday, mostly sunny, a few clouds here and there, highs near eighty. Right now in Boston it's mostly sunny
and seventy two degrees. Well, the big college move in Day is just under a month away, but some lucky folks are dodging the September one chaos and getting to move in a month early. WBC's Kyle Bray met up with some of them.
We're still a few weeks away from the cacophony of chaos and cars that is moving Day, but the streets of Austin are still lined with their fair share of U hauls, vans, and pickup trucks with hastily secured mattresses. These luck if you were breathing a whole lot easier knowing they're missing out on the Great Boston migration thanks to their August first leases.
It feels incredible.
I mean, it's just chaos here for that month of August where everyone is moving at the same time.
It's a dream come true. I mean, it's already kind of a pain to move. None of it's enjoyable, at least not for me, especially in the summer. And then you tack on the fact that everyone and their mothers moving September first, and you know there's trucks going everywhere. It's really it's best to avoid it.
I'd heard how it was, so that was part of trying to avoid it, just to make it as.
Seamless as possible.
But obviously there's still hurdles and hoops that jump through here no matter what.
And since their stuff is all moved in, that means they get to work on their Alston Christmas wish list.
Oh man, I need shelving.
I need spaces to put the things I have, and I do not have that shelving right now. So I'm on the lookout for cabinets, bookshelves from Alston.
Kyle Bray WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, Gulane Maxwell, has been transferred to a minimum security as an in Texas. The family of one of Epstein's victims is speaking out about the move. CBS's Scott MacFarlane has that in.
A statement issued Friday, relatives of Virginia Giuffrey, Epstein's most vocal and visible abuse victim, blasted the Trump administration for transferring Maxwell, calling it a horror and outrage and preferential treatment. Earlier this week, Jewphray's family said they feared the President would pardon Maxwell. The word that comes to mind is that it would be an abomination. The President has not ruled out clemency for Maxwell.
Maxwell is serving twenty years for child sex trafficking and other offenses. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed her twice last month about names that might be associated with Epstein. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ, Boston's news radio