Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Mostly sunny, breezy, and sixty four degrees in Boston at
Speaker 2: four o'clock. Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us on
Speaker 2: this Memorial Day. I'm Suzanne Salsville. Here's what's happening. President
Speaker 2: Trump continues his feud with Harvard University. WBZ Jeremy Russ
Speaker 2: has the very latest.
Speaker 3: President Trump threatens to take another three billion dollars in
Speaker 3: grant money away from the university and redistribute it among
Speaker 3: trade schools. This comes weeks after the school sued to
Speaker 3: claw back more than two billion dollars already frozen by
Speaker 3: the administration. President Trump accuses Harvard of fostering a culture
Speaker 3: of anti Semitism and wants the university to turn over
Speaker 3: detailed information about its international students. Last week, the government
Speaker 3: revoked the school's ability to enroll foreign students, but Harvard sued,
Speaker 3: calling the move unlawful, and a federal judge quickly put
Speaker 3: the whole thing on hold. A status conference in the
Speaker 3: case has been scheduled for tomorrow in federal court in Boston.
Speaker 3: Jeremy Ross WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: WBZ News Radio has reached out to Harvard for comment.
Speaker 2: Boston Police are alerting Mattapan and Hyde Park residents after
Speaker 2: multiple reports of attempted robberies targeting food delivery drivers. Authority
Speaker 2: say drivers were approached by one or more individuals, sometimes
Speaker 2: with weapons, and running off with the food. They urged
Speaker 2: drivers to practice these safety tips. Remain aware of surroundings,
Speaker 2: verify the delivery address, and share your route with a
Speaker 2: friend or family member. Anyone with information on the robberies
Speaker 2: or urged to contact detectives or the tip line. It's
Speaker 2: strictly business for passengers at Logan Airport despite the holiday.
Speaker 2: Wbz's Jay Willette has that.
Speaker 4: We're actually spending a week at Isle Royal. It's a
Speaker 4: national park in the middle of Lake Superial. It's a
Speaker 4: litteral island.
Speaker 5: Rather than get caught in the traffic heading back home
Speaker 5: to Boston, this couple from Clinton is piecing out.
Speaker 4: It worked out where we're flying out Memorial Day. This
Speaker 4: is where week off.
Speaker 5: Going against the grain of returning Memorial Day weekend vacationers
Speaker 5: here at Logan International Airport hoping.
Speaker 4: Not too bad.
Speaker 5: I mean, parking was okay here and checking a bag
Speaker 5: wasn't terribly yet, so I guess, you know, cautiously optimistic.
Speaker 4: That's the theme of travel here out on the roads.
Speaker 5: Maascot expects peak hours today to be among the heaviest
Speaker 5: the state has to offer for the holiday weekend.
Speaker 4: And there's no Expressway hov Lane either. Well, I just
Speaker 4: took it over. That's all that travel I've done so far,
Speaker 4: and it's been fine from Logan j Well at WBZ, Boston's.
Speaker 2: News radio, and right now, according to flight Aware, there
Speaker 2: are eighty two delays at Boston Logan and zero cancelations.
Speaker 2: This just in to the WBZ newsroom. Officials in Southbridge
Speaker 2: say a child is dead after apparently falling from a
Speaker 2: window on Saturday. Details are scarce as the incident remains
Speaker 2: under investigation. According to process, initial report suggested the child
Speaker 2: fell from the third floor. It wasn't immediately clear what
Speaker 2: led to the apparent fall. Mainly clear skies tonight, with
Speaker 2: a low of fifty three in the city, mid forties
Speaker 2: further inland, sunny and warm Tomorrow with highs in the
Speaker 2: loa tomid seventies, a mix of sun and clouds On Wednesday,
Speaker 2: highs again in the load, tomid seventies, showers at night Thursday,
Speaker 2: mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a shower or
Speaker 2: too high sixty five. Right now in Boston, it's mostly sunny, breezy,
Speaker 2: and holding steady at sixty four degrees. Statues of Weymouth's
Speaker 2: fallen heroes were revealed today during a Memorial Day ceremony.
Speaker 2: Wbz's Emma Friedman has the story.
Speaker 6: In between a flag raising and opening remarks a piece
Speaker 6: of poetry to mark the occasion.
Speaker 4: How many foxholes were soldiers' graves. No freedom is not free.
Speaker 6: Weymouth High School band played before a few students told
Speaker 6: the stories of five Wymouth service members who received Medals
Speaker 6: of Honor.
Speaker 7: As a Medal Honor recipient, WILLIAMS.
Speaker 8: Teach is a very important person in Weymouth's history who
Speaker 8: has shown characteristics of valor.
Speaker 6: Now their memory lives on with the unveiling of their
Speaker 6: statues across from Weymouth Town Hall.
Speaker 1: This has been brought to us by bravery and sacrifice.
Speaker 1: Bravery and sacrifice of five sons of Weymouth.
Speaker 6: That's Weymouth Mayor Robert headlife five.
Speaker 1: Medal of Honor recipients, more than any community in the
Speaker 1: United States.
Speaker 6: And with that a salute to fallen heroes.
Speaker 8: John n began Absen Stephen Bergford's.
Speaker 6: Absent in Weymouth, Ema Friedman w b Z, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: And endurance swimmer is close to finishing his historic trip
Speaker 2: around Martha's Vineyard. Lewis Pugh began his sixty two mile
Speaker 2: multi day journey back on May fifteenth, swimming in the
Speaker 2: Cape's frigid waters and enduring a northeaster. Pugh was taking
Speaker 2: on the challenge to raise awareness about the place flight
Speaker 2: of sharks as the movie Jaws approaches its fiftieth anniversary.
Speaker 2: He wants to change the public perception of the animal
Speaker 2: and encourage protections. A longtime New York congressman has died.
Speaker 2: CBS's Matt Piper has details.
Speaker 7: Charles Wrangle spent forty six years in Congress. He was
Speaker 7: a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and was
Speaker 7: the first black chair of the House's influential Ways and
Speaker 7: Means Committee. A Korean Warvett, Wrangle earned a Purple Heart
Speaker 7: and a Bronze Star. He often spoke out about his
Speaker 7: opposition to the Iraq war.
Speaker 8: I challenged anyone to tell me that their feelings about
Speaker 8: this one Iraq would not be different if they thought
Speaker 8: that their loved ones, their family, their community would be
Speaker 8: placed in Ham's way.
Speaker 7: He was elected to Congress in nineteen seventy and left
Speaker 7: in twenty seventeen. Charles Wrangle was ninety four. Matt Piper,
Speaker 7: CBS News, New York.
Speaker 2: A former Mashpee Town employee files a racial discrimination complaint
Speaker 2: against the town. Stephanie Coleman says she was being underpaid
Speaker 2: while serving as a former secretary for the town manager
Speaker 2: compared to her white co workers. Coleman is Wampanoaga and
Speaker 2: African American. She also accuses the town of retaliation after
Speaker 2: she spoke out about the wage discrepancy. Meanwhile, the town
Speaker 2: denies the allegations. A hearing is set in August. You
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