Mid Day Report: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

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Station sixty five Cloudy in Boston. It's eleven o'clock. I'm Laurie Kirby. We have an update. An Iranian strike on Israel appears to be imminent. ABC's Marcus Moore brings us the latest from Bayreuth. This morning.

Statement from a White House official from not long ago saying, quote, the United States has indications that Iran is preparing to eminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. That White House official going on to say that we are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against the attack.

The official says Iran would face severe consequences if it were to launch a strike on Israel. These developments this morning come after Israel announced it had launched a ground operation into southern Lebanon over night. Israeli military's oaksman Daniel Hagari says troops uncovered a plot by hesbalan launch an attack on Israel similar to the one by Hamas on October seventh.

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US Secretary of State Anthony Blincoln says the United States is committed to defending Israel. We'll have more on this breaking news stories it comes into our newsroom, both here and streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Tens of thousands of dog workers up and down the East Coast and the Gulf Coast are hitting the picket lines this morning. It's the first time in fifty years at workers with the

As of night, the International Longshoreman Association strike has begun. That means any cargo coming into Conley Terminal here in Boston will have no one to unload it. This will likely impact many jobs, local businesses, and likely all of us at the grocery store. Roughly twenty five thousand longshoremen from fourteen ports all along the East and Gulf Coast have walked out of the job overnight, including about one

Economists fear the impact this strike could have on consumer prices across the nation and the final day on the job for e battled Stuart Healthcare CEO Ralph de Latouri is resigning today as Stuart hands over the keys to five hospitals in Massachusetts, and with just a month ago until the November election, VP candidates Tim Walls and Jade Events meet on the debate stage tonight in New York.

Of course, President Carter started hospice care at home in February of twenty twenty three. But a reminder, this is a man who beat cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain. He tells his family he now needs to make it through the election, where unsurprisingly, he plans to vote for Kamala Harris. They will be registering people to vote here at the Carter.

Center to miss pardon me. Mister Carter is the longest living president in history, the only one to reach one hundred, and of course, he started out in life as a peanut farmer. An independent investigation is underway. Officials at Tuffts University have launched an outside look at what went wrong during a min ends lacrosse practice this month. Here's more.

It ended with nine players sent to the hospital. A Toss graduate and US Navy seal put the players to the test when several got sick, diagnosed with a condition known as RABDO, which is a muscle condition brought on by strenuous exercise and can ultimately lead to organ failure. All of the players have since recovered, the last of whom were released from the hospital last week. School officials say the results of the investigation will be made public

The FAI begins to investigate reports of a laser shining into the cockpit of an incoming flight to Logan Airport. The pilot and crew say around ten o'clock Sunday night, a green laser hit the cockpit, nine miles from the airport in Boston. Luckily, no injuries reported on board and the plane was able to land safely. But according to the FAA, this happens more than you would think more than thirteen one thousand lasers have been reported at airports across the nation in the last year. And we have