This is w b Z, Boston's news radio re defining local news eighty five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. A mixed outcome that the Sean Diddy Combs trial in New York. The music mogul was convicted, but not of the most serious charges against him.
Sean Diddy Combs was convicted of a prostitution related offense for flying his girlfriends and paid male escorts around the country to engage in sexual encounters, a felony violation of the Federal Man Act, but he was acquitted on the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering at his New York trial. The mixed result could still put Combs behind bars for up to a decade from the start.
His lawyers have said they would appeal. While the verdict was being read, did he turn to his family sitting behind him and made a prayer sign with his hands, bowing his head. Then, as he was being let out of the courtroom by Marshalls, his family, including his mother and children, stood up and applauded as he faced them. They also clapped for his lawyers, who were hugging one another at court in Manhattan. I'm Julie Walker.
The judge in the case. Meantime, is expected to rule at five o'clock this afternoon on whether or not to release Combs on bail. WBC News Radio We'll continue to monitor and bring you in the latest. Don't forget. You can always catch us streaming on the iHeartRadio app. The House now has the Senate pass tax cut and spending bill. Like in the Senate, Democrats are not impressed. Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern says, they're you're noted against it.
We will not stand by and watch Trump and his billionaire friends destroy this country without putting up one hell of a fight.
House Republicans have been working toward a final vote, daring critics to oppose. Texas Republican Jody Errington says, this bill increases funding from border security, which is what his constituents have been demanding. It is the most.
Eminent national security threat to the country, and the last president did not faithfully uphold the laws of land.
The bill would extend and make permitted various individual and business tax breaks that Republican passed in the president's first term. Plus temporarily add new tax breaks, such as no income taxes on tips and over time. President Trump says the US has reached a new trade deal with Vietnam.
The deal includes a minimum twenty percent tariff on Vietnam made products, as well as an agreement by Vietnam to open its markets to US products, including SUVs. Vietnam is a major producer of shoes and clothing, so the prices of those items could likely be affected. The deal also includes a forty percent tariff on trans shipping, or the
rooting of goods through a third country. President Trump had promised an even higher tariff of forty six percent against Vietnam if a deal was not reached by his July ninth deadline. Lindy Kenyon, CBS News, The.
White House, five New England states, including Massachusetts, are part of a coalition of twenty states filing a lawsuit challenging the Department of Health and Human Services decision to allow Homeland Security, including ICE, access to individual personal health data. In the lawsuit, filed in Northern District Court of California, the attorneys general argue the mass transfer of the data
violates the law. Attorney General Andrea Campbell says disclosing individual's private health data for the purpose of immigration enforcement puts lives at risk. The Trump administration has argued the sharing of data is legal and will ensure federally funded Medicaid benefits are reserved for US citizens. Checking the four day w THEBC Active Weather Forecast, we've had an okay day.
There's been some clouds, a couple of showers towards the Capan Islands earlier, but we've been in pretty good shape really around the area with just those clouds here and there. Temperatures today getting well into the eighties. Tonight will fall back to about seventy and eventually become mainly clear, a little bit cooler, mid sixties inland. Tomorrow we heat up
ninety degrees, so a hot day with some sunshine. That'll lead to a few thunderstorms, maybe a couple of gusty ones through the afternoon and evening tomorrow, and then we'll have mostly clear skies lad tomorrow night, temperatures in the upper sixties. Friday, it is the fourth of July, they call it that because it's the fourth of July, also
Independence Day. It'll be in the mid eighties with mostly sunny skies for whatever it is you've got planned partly sunny on Saturday, Temperatures in the mid to upper eighties and then ninety not out of the question for some of us. On Sunday with some sunshine. It is eighty five degrees right now in Boston. The Bruins made some high profile draft picks this year, but wbs's Kyle Bray caught up with one that got under the radar.
Dashech Glenar's journey to Boston has had many twists and turns. He was born in Colorado, moved to Chechia, He then quit hockey and picked it back up again, and then moved to Sweden. But one constant in his life has been his love of the Bruins. He's been a lifelong fan since his dad would wake him up at two in the morning to watch games.
You used to get haircuts with the side of my head right here to a little Boston logo and yeah, I had everything, still have my hat. I think he's like ten years old.
But now he gets to play for his favorite team, after the Bruins, after them one hundredth overall is a relatively unknown prospect. Now he has the chance to play alongside check legends like David Posternak.
I would be in a dream, right, Yeah. It took the same route as him, so smedia basically and end up in the same line. Probably that'll be awesome.
From Brighton Kyle Bray, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
A government minister in Australia says, nay to yay. The former rapper known as Kanye West recently stripped of an Australian visa after he released the single Hyle Hitler earlier this year. The Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the song, released in May, promoted Nazism. It's been criticizing criticized for an anti Semitic tribute to Adolf Hitler. The minister says, quote, we have enough problems in this country already without deliberately
importing bigotry. 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
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