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Sunny in fifty nine degrees in Boston is eleven o'clock Good Morning on Laurie Kirby topping our news. Hurricane Milton is headed for Florida's Gulf Coast, expected to make landfalls sometime late tonight or early tomorrow morning. It is now a Cat for hurricane, down slightly from its peak, but it's still poised to drive Florida as the most powerful hurricane in his century. An authorities warn time is running out to evacuate. ABC's which Johnson is more emergency.
Crews across the state of Florida are preparing for this monster hurricane. But they are reminding people if you do not evacuate, you're essentially on your own during the storm. They will not be able to reach you. So far, people appear to be heating the evacuation warnings. Most of the families that we spoke with who wrote out the storm during Hurricane Helene this time say they're getting out, not take making any chances with another potentially record breaking storm.
Search and now we're seeing the outer bands of Milton's spawning at least two tornadoes in South Florida, with more likely to come throughout the day, and again we'll have a lot more both here in streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Vice President Kamala Harris responds to acclaim in Bob Woodward's new book that Donald Trump sent COVID test to Russia for Vladimir Putin's personal use. ABC's Jonathan Carl has more. Kamala Harris is in an interview with Howard Stern.
Everybody was scrambling to get his kits, the tests, the COVID test kits. Couldn't get them, couldn't get them, couldn't get them anywhere, right, And this guy who is President of the United States is sending them to Russia.
Woodward also reports that Trump has had quote multiple phone calls with Putin since he left the White House, including at least one call earlier this year.
Donald Trump denies he's maintained contact with Putin since leaving the White House and long COVID staying power maybe in the blood. Researchers at Mass Bring Them in Women's found people with prolonged symptoms of COVID were twice as likely to have SARS cove two proteins in their blood, and they conclude a persistent infection could explain why people experience long COVID symptoms. Why is that helpful? While by identifying those with a reservoir of virus, they may be able
to treat them with anti virals. The FAA is issuing yet another safety alert for Boeing, this time for the rudder system on its jets. Abcgo Banites has more.
We're talking about what they call a limited or jammed rudder on more than three hundred and fifty seven to thirty seven planes, including the Max. Now the rudder, of course, controls the plane's movements. The NTSB alerted the FAA after a February incident with the United Airlines plane landing over at Newark. The plane's rudder pedals became non responsive. Boeing says it has reminded operators of what to do if flight crews encounter those issues.
United Airlines said last month the potentially faulty rudders are only being used on nine of their seven thirty seven aircrafts. Fair skies in Massachusetts really pretty morning out. There were in the high fifties. Some of you starting to get into the sixties zone. Are high today's sixties. Six was sun. Bring that to umbrella. If you're out for a walk
early tonight, we could see some pop up showers. Cool too, low forty eight mostly sunnay in the sixties, Thursday, Friday, Saturday even warmer was sun in the seventies unseasonably mild. A new lawsuit accuses dozens of elite schools of holding out on financial aid for their students. Wdbz's Jeremy Ross with details.
Boston College, Brandeis, Brown, MIT, and more. All local schools named alongside the College board is defendants in the suit. What schools determine how much need based financial aid students should get. They often take into consideration how much money each of their parents make, but these schools and dozens of others or accused of factoring into the equation the incomes of non custodial parents too, even if those parents don't actually help pay for their kids' education. The plaintiffs
say this effectively cheat students at of financial aid. They're seeking more than five million dollars in damages and a cord order to stop the alleged practice. Jeremy Russ, WBZ Boston's News Radio WBZ.
News Radio has reached out to bu BC, Cornell, Brown, brandeis MIT, and the College Board for comment. Cornell and the College Board both say they have no comment. A federal judge rules that a group of parents known for protesting transgender athletes can in fact show up to their
kids' sports games. The Union Leader reports the three parents from Bow or Bow, New Hampshire were believe That's Bo were banned from the games for wearing pink wristbands and protest of a transgender girl on another team, So the parents sued school officials because they saw the whole thing is a violation of their free speech rights. Now they're being allowed back at their kids' events as long as they promise not to wear the wristbands or hold any signs.
And a new CDC survey shows high rates of sadness among transgender high schoolers.
A CDC survey finds at about three point three percent of high school students identify as transgender and another two point two percent are questioning their gender identity, but seventy percent of them reported feeling persistent sadness or hopelessness for a period of more than two weeks last year at a protest to Colorado State Capital.
If these children can't consent.
The divide on full display. Allison Key, CBS News.
Ten percent of transgender students reported receiving medical treatment for suicide attempt last year, a rate significantly higher than CIS gender students. The US government files the lawsuit against one of the largest gym chains in the nation.
Federal prosecutors here in LA led JLA Fitness is not been accommodating customers who have disabilities and has not been making their gyms and equipment accessible. The US attorney here alleges LA Fitness has failed to fix broken pool elevators and his charge those with disabilities to bring a friend, nurse, or personal assistant to help them get exercise. The DOJ saying under the Americans with Disabilities Act, LA Fitness must
make sure its gyms are accessible to all customers. Alex Stone, ABC News Los Angeles.
In his statement, LA Fitness says they take their obligation to comply with the ADA seriously and they intend to vigorously defend against the lawsuit. You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Laurie Kirby WBZ, Boston's news radio