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Seventy two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Suzanne Soasville. Here's what's happening. It's a sea of caps, tassels, and gowns for graduation season in Boston. Wbz's Jay will Lett checks in from Chestnut Hill.
Lush for four years, flew by but excited, tight hugs and plenty of photo ops as Boston College seniors say their goodbyes ahead of their commencement on Monday.
So we have some exciting dinners packing because I can't pack.
It's my crypt tonight this weekend, Boston University tops Leslie and Suffolk students also walk the stage. They're both pre med students. He's planning to be on ski patrol in Utah while studying for the MCAT.
The campus is really beautiful. I mean we're going around to finding all the spots to take pictures. There's so many opportunities.
The age old question finally sinks in as I ask outgoing grads what advice they would give to an incoming freshmen.
It's a tough one.
It's a tough one.
There's a lot I do differently.
If I could go.
Back, soak up every minute I.
Get involved, and everything's such a cliche thing, but that's how I found my best friends right away.
Bittersweek advis congratulations to all the grads out there. Jawill at WBZ Boston's news radio.
In Washington, the House Budget Committee will reconvene tomorrow night for another vote on President Trump's spending bill. CBS's Willie james Inman reports.
On Friday, the Republicans spending bill stalled after a key vote.
Mister Chair on the vote, there were sixteen eyes and twenty one knows.
Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the House Budget Committee in a vote against the bill. Some Conservatives argue the legislation doesn't go far enough with spending cuts.
Some GOP members want steeper cuts to Medicaid and substantial reforms to food assistance programs. Boston Police are asking for the public's help and identifying a suspect in a sexual assault. It happened Wednesday night on Margaret Street in the North End. Police say a woman had entered the front door of her apartment building when a man walked in behind her. According to witnesses the man grabbed the woman's leg and started licking her feet, then ran off after she screamed
and said she'd call nine to one one. You can see photos of the suspect on our website wbznewsradio dot com. Dozens of people are reported dead after several severe weather hits the Midwest. The death toll includes at least twenty people in Kentucky and seven in Missouri. We get more from CBS's Stacy Lynn. Southern Kentucky was hit hard.
Rooster gone, windows are gone, people are outside.
That's Judge Marshall Todd in Pulaski County, acknowledging the devastation nearby. Somerset Mayor Allen Kech says.
And just knowing what of the communities have been through with devastating tornadoes and flooding. Convincepite of the challenge, it's hard not to be grateful.
Another twister tour through Saint Louis It's Missouri, causing death and widespread destruction.
Two of them to my houseball it dropped to my.
Feet, Stacy Lynn, CBS News.
Partly cloudy overnight, lower round sixty tomorrow, breezy and less humid, with a mix of sun and clouds, an afternoon shower or two possible high near seventy on Monday, a slight chance of a morning shower than windy and mostly cloudy high sixty seven on Tuesday. Breezy, cloudy, and much cooler, with a high of just fifty seven. Right now in Boston, it's partly sunny and seventy two degrees. Many pop songs these days have people singing about getting their hearts broken
in Boston. Wbz's Kyle Bray went to find out why.
I can't see who in Boston would break Grazy Abram's heart or te McGray. I don't think anyone here could date.
One of them.
Those are just a few of the pop stars that are pouring their hearts out about love lost here in Boston. Others like Chapel Roan Renee, but even Zach Bryan haven't fared much better. But what is it about Boston that leaves many people so heartbroken?
I think it's a city of people that don't want to be in relationships, they don't want to mingle.
It's a little clickie, but it's not all rain clouds.
I've had a girlfriend almost two years now and I'm super happy. Love her to death. So I how'd you guys meet? I actually I dmd her on Instagram. She's a content creator and I just I followed her. I liked their content and I thought she was cute, and I just hit her up and I was like, can I take you on a date?
Holding out hope Kyle Bray WBZ Boston's News Radio.
You can see more of Kyle's story on our TikTok at WBZ News Radio. Well, speaking of heartbreak, that's what happened to the Celtics last night. The team ended their season with a huge loss to the Knicks in New York. Wbz's Emma Friedman has reaction from fans.
Disappointed, sad, defeated, heartbreaking. Celtics nation is going through the five stages of grief today after devastating lost to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Jescos, Jason Tatum's injury, that's it, Jessica's Jastam's injury, It's heartbreaking.
CBS Boston's Tammy Mutasa talked with fans outside TD Garden after the game, some trying to keep their heads high.
I'm feeling upset. I mean, at the end of the day. We got Banner eighteen. Last year, we got to think about the positives at the end of the day. No, we got big things coming.
The next dominated the game, beating the Celtics one nineteen to eighty one. Now New York advances to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in twenty five years to take on the Indiana Pacers. I'm a Friedman WBZ, Boston's news Radio.
The New Jersey transit strike continues into the weekend. After rail engineers walked off the job at midnight yesterday. All trains have been stopped for hundreds of thousands of commuters. New Jersey Trains CEO Chris colorI says negotiations are happening this afternoon.
We want a fair deal that will.
Not break the bank.
Striking engineers are calling for higher wages. The FAA says plans to cut back the number of flights at Newark Airport. The troubled airport has been struggling with an air traffic controller shortage, equipment outages, and an ongoing construction for weeks, leading to many delays and cancelations. ABC's Sam Sweeney says the agency has proposed reducing the number of takeoffs and landings per hour from forty to twenty eight.
The major US airlines have been meeting with the FAA over the last three days to come up with some sort of a temporary fix for Newark Airport, and the only thing they can really do is cut back the number of flights. That will help reduce some of the congestion and free up some of the airspace availability on the one runway that is operating there while the other is under construction until June fifteenth.
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Suzanne Sosville, WBZ, Boston's news radio