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I'm Jeff Brown, and once again smoke gets in our eyes.
The mix of cloud for the easy Sunday not as warm as yesterday with the highest seventy four in Boston.
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That is WBZ after weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Canada's wildfires will make another impact here today and again tomorrow. In fact, right through Thursday. It appears little leaguers in Braintree continue to live late summer dreams. They are now one win away from a trip to the Little League World Series with a big victory over Vermont. They'll next play on Thursday night for that right to go to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Red Sox Bats are smoking Boston wins at sixth in
a row. This time over the Royals to remain in the driver's seat for an American League playoff spot. Another strike could be in the works at Fenway Park. Concession workers, fed up with a lack of progress in union contract talks with their bosses at Aramark may walk out again as soon as tomorrow, fresh off a three day weekend job action. The workers with Unite Here Local twenty six
want an expedited settlements. Aramark says it respects its workers' rights and looks forward to continuing to bargain in good faith. On this date, forty four years ago, it was the end of the line for more than eleven thousand air traffic controllers who ticked off President Ronald Reagan, who ended up firing more than eleven thousand of them after they defined his orders to go back to work on strike for just a couple of days looking for better pay
and a shorter work week. President Reagan delivers on a threat the second they walked out the door, bringing the nation's airports to a screeching halt. The move, called extreme by many, slowed air traffic control for months. The decision also imposed a lifetime ban on the air traffic controller's re employment with the FAAA, what's in our kitchen is keeping us? Most of us up at night. New research today finds a majority of Americans say the price of
groceries is a major source of stress for families. The latest Associated Press poll finds more than half of American voters feel the pinch either big time or at least is a minor concern. Fourteen percent say what stress. The latest survey also reveals housing costs and a lack of money and bank accounts also big pressure points, most frequently experienced by younger Americans. Much of the stress is traced to fears over an uncertain economy and President Trump's trade
and tariff policies. New research shows too much of a bad thing is certainly not good for our love handles, and the obese lose twice as much weights. Wbz's Drew m'holland has more on that adding too.
Many ultra processed foods gets in the way of a healthy lifestyle. The study in this week's medical journal Nature Medicine finds cutting highly processed foods out, even if those foods are considered healthy, speeds up metabolism and helps us lose more weight at twice the rate Health Secretary RFK Junior has long maintained that these foods are poisoning Americans. There have been many observational studies that find ultra processed foods have long been linked to a rising obesity epidemic
in this country. Drumahaal and WBZ Boston's news idea.
Hazy skies in Boston once again this morning, and an air quality alert has not been posted, however, that the Canadian wildfire smoke may reduce our air quality at times, not only today but right through Thursday. As a matter of fact, at sixty nine degrees in the haze this morning here in Boston, we are going to see hazy sunshine and a little bit cooler today than yesterday, with high speaking in the mid to upper seventies. Pretty Much the same story coming up tomorrow and then on Thursday
as well. Once we turn the page on Friday, the air seemingly clears, we'll see plenty of sunshine, warmer temperatures, highs in the low to mid eighties, and we could flirt with ninety degrees coming up of the long range forecast this weekend. No rain in the immediate future though right now in Boston sixty nine degrees and hazy skies here in the city at six oh five this Tuesday morning. Red tape and regulations. What's putting a line in the sand for a local pot shop.
This time from Air Wellness, who's laying off more than one hundred and fifty employees at their cultivation center in Milford, and eventually they will be closing. Air is based down of Florida, and they have cannabis locations across several states where it's been legalized. Massachusetts has been a focused state for AIR as they operate facilities elsewhere in Boston, Needham, Summerville,
and Watertown. The layoffs in Milford are part of their restructuring strategy where they're selling off assets across a number of states and downsizing. Jim McKay WBZ, Boston's news radio arranged from his hospitals at The suspect in a wild carjacking that involved a stolen trash truck last week pleads
not guilty to charges. Thirty three year old Admilson Viskno is accused of leading police on a wild, multi city chase after prosecutors say he ripped off the Republic Services trash truck at a gas station in Medford, then later crashed it not far from the Encore Casino in Everett. Taken to the hospital in critical condition, Viscaino is well enough to answer to charges now from Malden District Court. A dangerousness hearing is scheduled next in court for next week.
Disgraced former Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor wants his job back. An appeals hearing is scheduled for a month for Monday for Proctor, who lost his job months after being forced to read crude text messages from the witness stand during the Karen Reid trial. To see those messages he sent to colleagues and friends during his role as lead investigator, Proctor was placed on leave, then an internal
investigation led to his termination. His lawyer says Proctor's firing lacks just cause he's been treated unfairly compared to his colleagues. Another hearing is sent for later this month. Another pharmacy in Boston closes its doors.
There's been concerns about Boston becoming a pharmacy desert, which is sure to grow as the Walgreens here on Washington Street is permanently shutting down. On September tenth, This comes after another Walgreens in Dorchester closed its doors in April. Customers are being told that they may need to refill their prescriptions at two other locations, one over a mile away and another two miles away. It's been Walgreens plan to eventually close around twelve hundred stores nationwide over the
next several years. In Codman Square, James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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