This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news while how exciting is this? It's Tuesday already or it's only Tuesday six o'clock either way, and we're starting under clear skies in sunshine fifty six here in Boston. The News at six brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer, your Hybrid all wheel Drive headquarters. Thanks for being with
us this morning. I'm Jeff Brown at Canada Clipper Sunshine around four today that we are going to have some haze from Canadian wildfire smoke later in the day, right as WBZ AKI weather meteorologist teather' zaire Highes will be in the seventies with even warmer weather to come. Students at Hanover High School are animals. A senior prank goes off the rails after the class of twenty five Pepper's the hallways with confetti and unrolled spools of toilet paper,
then adds smashed fruit to the corridors. A late night security check of the building last week reveals the damage. By the time police got there, the kids were all gone. Officials say there does not appear to be any permanent damage, but clean up costs time and money, and they say the stunt crossed the line from harmless to inappropriate behavior. It's not creative, they say, and really not all that funny. Close, but no cigar. The Red Sox dig themselves an early
hole and can't emerge. They lose to the Angels at Fenway Game one of the NHL Stanley Cup finalists. Tomorrow night, Edmonton will host the Florida Panthers and the NBA Finals Game one as a night later in Oklahoma City as the Thunder take on the Indiana Pacers. A controversial and reluctant witness for the defense returns to the stand this morning in the Karen Reid trial.
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There's at least four different types of either bite or a combination bite in clawmox.
Dog might expert doctor Marie Russell continues her testimony after telling the jury the injuries on John O'Keefe's arm were the result of dog bites. Earlier in the day, Crude text messages from former State Police trooper Michael Proctor read aloud, and another reluctant former Kenton police officer as a witness, gets into it with Reed's lawyers, who she claims has no ties to the case and accuses the Defense of
trying to get hur to lie on the stand. It's back to work on Capitol Hill this week, where Senators are in a barrel. They have a big decision to make on President Trump's One Big, Beautiful Budget bill. The President himself is prodding Republicans to get on the train or under it, in a similar tactic he successfully used to get the bill over the finished line in the House following an all nighter. It is expected that the Senate will be on board, and the President expects a
consolidated bill on his desk by Independence Day. The Education Department has second thoughts. Payback for student loans on hold since the early days of the pandemic are now back on, but government officials stop short of some of the most punitive actions in collecting the money. The Trump administration has not attacked Social Security benefits and says it has also not gone through with its threats to garnish paychecks just
to get paid. The White House says instead it will begin an outreach program to get delinquent barers off the Schneid Coffee has its benefits, we learn, and maybe more so for women.
Some may consider coffee a miracle, but it may also be the best medicine, a term we are using loosely. New research out of Harvard is suggesting women who drank two and a half cups of coffee a day over a span of thirty years had fewer chronic diseases and were considered to be aging in a healthy way. Great news for these coffee lovers. I mean, that's great.
I would drink it regardless, even if you told me that I did the reverse, I would drink it regardless. I'm telling everyone I know, because everyone gives me crap for drinking coffee every day.
So I'm telling everybody. Leila Eva Kam.
Here the set. He says, caffeinated coffee, not tea, not DCALF, may be the factor in preserving mental and physical function Nst. James Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio.
In fact, a beautiful day made even nicer with your morning cup of coffee. It is fifty six degrees right now, skies, sunshine this morning and pretty much all day long today, and maybe some haze later on this afternoon. That would be complements of the Canadian wildfires that have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from their homes.
High temperatures today in the mid seventies. We're beginning a warming trend here in Boston that will see us touch ninety degrees by Thursday afternoon before the wheels fall off. We're on a gradual progression here. Mid seventies today, low eighties tomorrow, high eighties tomorrow afternoon. This would be the time to get the air conditioners in the window, or if you have central air, flip it on. We're going to need it over the next couple of days. After that, though,
things begin to go downhill, wouldn't you know it. Right now, it looks like the weekend is once again going to feature some rain, and it looks like it might arrive to with us on Friday afternoon and continue through much of the day on Saturday before we start to clear on out again. It's early. We'll keep our eyes on it. Right now, we're in good shape this morning, clear skies and fifty six here in Boston, six oh six on
this Tuesday morning. This will lie come as no surprise, but much of Massachusetts has been drenched out of droughts right now.
Cape Cod is the only part of the Commonwealth that is in drought status, as the drought map of Massachusetts has been steadily improving through a somewhat rainy spring. Thus far are there surrounding areas like Plymouth County and Martha's Vineyard are abnormally dry. It's important to note, though, this is the time of the year where drought concerns really start to ramp up. Hot summer days and lack of steady rainfall is a recipe to get the state back
and drought status. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News radio ice.
Cream You Scream, We all scream for ice cream.
Pop Ye or field Ship for schools state wide. The Jimmy Fun's annual Scooper Bowl begins today, dishing out dozens of ice cream flavors at City Hall Plaza. The big brands like Ben and Jerry's, Brighams and Friendlies are there to scoop same with lactate for the lactose intolerant. Ticket. Proceeds go to Dana Farber to fight cancer and help patients. It's a fundraiser that's been around since nineteen eighty three, raising seven and a half million dollars since then. Jay
Willett WBZ, Boston's News Radio. It is Tuesday morning and we're on a rickroll. I'm gonna let WBZ Strew moholland take this one. Good morning, Andrew, good way to start the day right.
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