Speaker 1: This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Still hanging on at forty nine degrees in cloudy skies
Speaker 2: in Boston. It's eleven o'clock on this Wednesday. Hello, and
Speaker 2: thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: At Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, testimony resumes in the
Speaker 2: Karen Reid case after a slight delay this morning. The
Speaker 2: judge met with each juror individually because of an unknown issue.
Speaker 2: But our WBC's Emma Friedman will have more details that's
Speaker 2: coming up at eleven fifteen. In other news, another attack
Speaker 2: on Harvard. This time Republicans in Congress are turning up
Speaker 2: the heat, accusing Harvard of working with the Chinese Communist
Speaker 2: Party the Harvard Crimson Reporting. In a letter to Harvard
Speaker 2: President Alan Garber, a House Select committee accuses Harvard of
Speaker 2: hosting and training members of a CCP parliamentary organization and
Speaker 2: using Department of Defense funding to partner with a China
Speaker 2: base scholars, with China based scholars, that is, with ties
Speaker 2: to the People's Liberation Army. The Republicans threatened to pull
Speaker 2: Harvard's tax exempt status if it worked with a Chinese
Speaker 2: based entity without proper disclosure. It's the same threat that
Speaker 2: President Trump levied against Harvard last month over allegations of
Speaker 2: campus anti Semitism. Harvard says it can confirm that it
Speaker 2: got the letter and it plans on responding now to Washington,
Speaker 2: Divided House Republicans are trying to move President Trump's massive
Speaker 2: spending bill your CBS's Jared Hill.
Speaker 3: Just after one am in Washington, the House Rules Committee
Speaker 3: gabled in to consider the Republican's massive budget package, clearing
Speaker 3: the committee the final hurdle before heading to the full
Speaker 3: House for vote.
Speaker 1: We're here to finish the job. Why are you trying
Speaker 1: to ram it through in the dead.
Speaker 3: To night The late night session hours after President Donald
Speaker 3: Trump rallied Republican support for what he calls his big,
Speaker 3: beautiful bill on Capitol Hill.
Speaker 4: I think we're going to get everything we want, and
Speaker 4: I think we're gonna have a great figgate.
Speaker 3: But party divisions have dogged the measure.
Speaker 2: Some conservatives are calling for quicker, steeper cuts to medicate
Speaker 2: as well as a bigger state and local tax deduction.
Speaker 2: The US Senate unanimously passes a no tax on tips bill.
Speaker 2: The bill still needs House approval. Wbz's Jim McKay has
Speaker 2: local reaction to the policy.
Speaker 5: I don't think there should be a tax on tips.
Speaker 4: Ted lives in Quincy and has family members who are
Speaker 4: restaurant workers. He thinks this will be a huge boost.
Speaker 3: I mean, they work hard for their money.
Speaker 4: The No Tax on Tips Bill would allow up to
Speaker 4: twenty five thousand dollars in deductions on taxes for tipped
Speaker 4: workers making up to one hundred and sixty thousand dollars
Speaker 4: a year, and there are some exceptions. That's where it
Speaker 4: could get complicated.
Speaker 1: What I'm afraid of is they might redefine what is
Speaker 1: a tip.
Speaker 4: There has been some pushback, but in general, this has
Speaker 4: the acting of President Trump and most in the House,
Speaker 4: a rare bipartisan moment. Jason's girlfriend as a bartender. He
Speaker 4: knows this will have an immediate impact.
Speaker 1: Being able to see more of that hit your bank
Speaker 1: account will definitely.
Speaker 2: Help in Quincy.
Speaker 4: Jim ackawb Z Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: The ACU weather forecast, It's going to be another chilly
Speaker 2: day today. We're gonna see clouds, a breeze, a sprinkle
Speaker 2: or two. High of fifty two, breezy, Tonight, occasional rain
Speaker 2: and drizzle, especially late, will drop down to an overnight
Speaker 2: low of forty seven. Tomorrow, again some rain, but Tomorrow's
Speaker 2: some of it will be heavy, especially in the afternoon
Speaker 2: or evening, so watch out for flooding in some of
Speaker 2: those poor drainage areas. We could also see some coastal
Speaker 2: flooding near times of high tide. Tomorrow's high near fifty.
Speaker 2: Then Friday is going to start to sound like a
Speaker 2: broken record. Cloudy, breezy, a couple of showers, highs fifty
Speaker 2: five to fifty nine. Again Saturday, mostly cloudy, breezy, a
Speaker 2: shower too, highs near sixty on Sunday. We'll see mostly
Speaker 2: cloudy skis on Sunday with highs in the low to
Speaker 2: mid fifties. And here's a bright spot a bit warmer
Speaker 2: on Memorial Day on Monday is forty nine and cloudy
Speaker 2: in Boston at eleven oh five. Tennis is French Open
Speaker 2: begins on Sunday and one top player learns a life lesson.
Speaker 2: Here's WBZ strewmaholland with that story.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Tommy Paul is ranked number twelve in the world
Speaker 5: and he's away from his Florida home right now while
Speaker 5: this Clay Court season carries on. But you are not
Speaker 5: gonna believe this. Take a listen.
Speaker 3: I'll check in my camera to see if there were
Speaker 3: packages at my house and my truck got repolled.
Speaker 2: I didn't make my payments.
Speaker 4: I'm watching a tow drug. I didn't know that they
Speaker 4: just come and take your car. But you gotta make
Speaker 4: it payments.
Speaker 5: I know, I know, they really will just come in
Speaker 5: take your car. Yeah, Tommy Paul with the Tennis Channel there,
Speaker 5: the twenty eight year old American has made thirteen million
Speaker 5: dollars in career earnings. Pay the car bills to problems
Speaker 5: like the rest of us. I guess Jumahull and WBZ
Speaker 5: Bosson's news radio.
Speaker 2: A Midwestern suburb pass plans for the Pope's childhood home.
Speaker 1: The Chicago suburb of Dalton, Illinois says it might use
Speaker 1: eminent domain to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo.
Speaker 1: The one story brick house was pulled off the market
Speaker 1: when the new Pope was announced and is being renovated
Speaker 1: and is due to be auctioned next month. Village mayor
Speaker 1: Jason House says the idea is to make it a
Speaker 1: historical site. Well, many look at it as the financial opportunity.
Speaker 6: It's an obligation for us, and if we honor it properly,
Speaker 6: everybody will get the chance to unite and rejoice in
Speaker 6: the moment.
Speaker 1: The village has sent a formal letter to the realty
Speaker 1: company that owns the house, mentioning eminent domain as a possibility.
Speaker 1: Steve Kaithan, CBS News.
Speaker 2: Sales are down at Target. CBS is Michael Wallace with
Speaker 2: the tails.
Speaker 4: I'm the store for two your door. Target run, and.
Speaker 6: The retailer says it sales fell two point eight percent
Speaker 6: during the first quarter and warns its sales for the
Speaker 6: year will also fall below expectations. Target blames tariff uncertainty
Speaker 6: and backlash to its rollback of DEI programs, which prompted
Speaker 6: some black pastors to call for a boycott of Target.
Speaker 6: Walmart announced strong quarterly sales last week, but groceries account
Speaker 6: for sixty percent of its business. Target is more reliant
Speaker 6: on discretionary items like clothing and accessories.
Speaker 1: Michael Wallace, CBS News.
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