Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local.
Speaker 2: News seventy eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. NASA moses a legend.
Speaker 2: James Lovell, commander of the Apollo thirteen mission in nineteen seventy,
Speaker 2: has died at the age of ninety seven.
Speaker 1: Before his more famous Apollo eight and thirteen flights, Jim
Speaker 1: Lovell flew two important precursor missions. In December nineteen sixty five.
Speaker 1: Gemini seven flew the first space rendezvous very early, a
Speaker 1: right Loveland Borman spent two weeks in orbit. He has
Speaker 1: just succeeded the world's man's space flight endurance record fifty
Speaker 1: years later. Level. Remember the quarters were close, not too comfortable.
Speaker 1: We were on the aircraft carrier and first things they
Speaker 1: said wils How was a like and we said, well,
Speaker 1: we just want to anounce the wered gauge level. Flew
Speaker 1: one more Gemini mission with future moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. Peter
Speaker 1: Kings CBS News at the case at EA Space Center
Speaker 1: on x NASA Wrights levels life and work inspired millions.
Speaker 1: His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the
Speaker 1: Moon and beyond, a journey that continues today. Safakani Sheriff
Speaker 1: Stephen Tompkins has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Speaker 1: The sheriff allegedly was involved in the purchase of an
Speaker 1: equity interest in a Boston based cannabis company. Sheriff Tompkins
Speaker 1: was taken into custody in Florida this morning after being
Speaker 1: indicted by a federal grand jury on two cluns of extortion.
Speaker 1: He'll eventually appear in federal court in Boston at a
Speaker 1: later date. Thompson allegedly extorted fifty thousand dollars from the
Speaker 1: owner of a national cannabis retailer seeking to do business
Speaker 1: in Boston. The Trump administration is being challenged a legal
Speaker 1: organization's leading the charge.
Speaker 3: The advocacy group Democracy Forward, is suing the Justice Department
Speaker 3: and the FBI for records on their handling of the
Speaker 3: sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The legal organization wants
Speaker 3: access to records related to communications about the case between
Speaker 3: senior Administration of Fiefs, as well as any regarding correspondence
Speaker 3: between Epstein and President Trump. The group says it submitted
Speaker 3: requests under the Freedom of Information Act in late July
Speaker 3: that have not been fulfilled. The federal government often shields
Speaker 3: records related to criminal investigations from the public. The Justice
Speaker 3: Department did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Speaker 3: The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington and
Speaker 3: appears to be the first of its kind. I'm Marcella Sanchez.
Speaker 2: Governor Mora Haley signs a new three hundred million dollar
Speaker 2: infrastructure funding into law. Cities and towns will share the
Speaker 2: funding to repair local roads and bridges over the next year,
Speaker 2: with a third of the funding designated to rural communities.
Speaker 2: The legislation is based on Governor Heilly's original proposal for
Speaker 2: a one point five billion dollars funding over five year period.
Speaker 2: The Transportation Committee later scaled it down and over concerns
Speaker 2: about federal funding. Brady and Bronze, The Patriots are set
Speaker 2: to unveil a new statue honoring their legendary quarterback Tonight, Tom.
Speaker 4: Terrific TB twelve, the Greatest of All Time, whatever you
Speaker 4: know him as. It's a day to celebrate the Great
Speaker 4: Tom Brady, as the Patriots unveilab to twelve foot tall
Speaker 4: bronze statue of him right under the lighthouse. Fans have
Speaker 4: come in from all over the country for the ceremony,
Speaker 4: like Brian and Laurie from Washington State.
Speaker 2: The two thousands and twenty tens costs me a lot
Speaker 2: of money between the Patriots, the Celtics, the Bruins, and
Speaker 2: the Red Sox, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Speaker 5: I'm originally from southern California, and yes, I've been adopted
Speaker 5: by IM into a Patriots fan for over twenty five
Speaker 5: years since I've been married to this wonderful man.
Speaker 4: Not the worst time in investment to make, you know,
Speaker 4: as a fan.
Speaker 6: Right, absolutely not.
Speaker 2: It's been an absolute, just a.
Speaker 1: Real joy to watch.
Speaker 4: Tammy drove down from Vermont to see the Goat for
Speaker 4: the first time.
Speaker 6: I'm so excited. I'm at a lost for words.
Speaker 3: Really, i haven't seen Tom Brady in person, so I'm
Speaker 3: hoping to get a glimpse.
Speaker 4: From Jillette Stadium. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2: We've got pretty decent weather for the next to well
Speaker 2: the foreseeable future.
Speaker 1: Really.
Speaker 2: The thing is, it's just going to get hotter and hotter.
Speaker 2: But it is August, so I guess it should get
Speaker 2: hot than hounter. Today was pretty nice, into the eighties
Speaker 2: and the warmest spots upper seventies near the water. Tonight
Speaker 2: clear and comfortable sixty in Boston, fifties in the suburbs.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow a lot like today, a plenty of sunshine, low humidity,
Speaker 2: mid seventies or so in Boston, mid eighties or so inland,
Speaker 2: mainly clear Tomorrow night, and then Sunday we start to
Speaker 2: warm things up. We also start to add in a
Speaker 2: little bit of humidity. It won't be bad on Sunday,
Speaker 2: not oppressive by any means. Temperatures, though, we'll start to
Speaker 2: make a run well into the eighties, near ninety in
Speaker 2: some spots, cooler over the Capean Islands. More humidity on Monday,
Speaker 2: with temperatures in the low to mid nineties, and it
Speaker 2: looks like we're going to hang onto the nineties and
Speaker 2: the humidity for at least a while next week. Seventy
Speaker 2: eight degrees right now in Boston. Have you ever wanted
Speaker 2: a chance to name a baby? Goat WBC's Brook McCarthy.
Speaker 1: Says, here you go right now.
Speaker 7: Her name is Stevie. But the New England Wildlife Center
Speaker 7: in Weymouth is asking for your help to name their
Speaker 7: energetic three month old Nubian goat.
Speaker 8: Think our front runner is right now, it seems like
Speaker 8: Fiona Eedy and I think over at the top three.
Speaker 7: Or there's also my favorite Vincent Van Got The center
Speaker 7: CEO Zach Mertz says they came up with this idea
Speaker 7: to get the community involved and to raise awareness to
Speaker 7: environmental issues in the state. You can vote for one
Speaker 7: of the five choices in the comment section of the
Speaker 7: center's Facebook.
Speaker 8: Post, and one lucky winner will not only get to
Speaker 8: say they came up with the naming rights, but they'll
Speaker 8: also get a free newing of My Life Center T shirt.
Speaker 8: And we sort of jokingly said, if they want to
Speaker 8: help muck out the stalls, they have won that opportunity.
Speaker 7: You don't actually have to muck out the stalls, but
Speaker 7: they do always appreciate the help. Goat lovers have until
Speaker 7: Sunday at midnight to cast their vote, with a big
Speaker 7: name reveal on Tuesday. Brooke McCarthy WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Shopping in Massachusetts this weekend, there's one person you won't
Speaker 2: have to worry about. That's tax free weekend, so most
Speaker 2: of your purchases will keep the tax man at bay.
Speaker 2: The state six and a quarter percent sales stats is
Speaker 2: way for most retail items that cost below twenty five
Speaker 2: hundred dollars and are bought for personal use. You'll still
Speaker 2: have to pay the taxes on things like meals and
Speaker 2: motor vehicles and motor boats, tobacco, gas, and marijuana products,
Speaker 2: among other things. Lynn Lynn City of Open Teaching Jobs
Speaker 2: a job fair held in lind this morning.
Speaker 1: The city has a lot of openings. In WBC's Carl
Speaker 1: Stevens has the Tales.
Speaker 6: The Lynn Public School Department hosted this Friday morning job
Speaker 6: fair to fill a number of positions. According to school
Speaker 6: Superintendent doctor Ivon Alvarez.
Speaker 5: Depending on the elementary position, they're usually posted by grade,
Speaker 5: and then for our middle schools, we have all subjects,
Speaker 5: so from ELA, mathematics, science, social studies.
Speaker 6: Why should a teacher or a pair of professional consider
Speaker 6: a job here in terms.
Speaker 5: Of considering teaching in Lynn versus somewhere else, really no
Speaker 5: better reward than to teach in an urban environment where
Speaker 5: our students are not just newcomers. Half of our districts
Speaker 5: are English language learners. But to watch students succeed in
Speaker 5: the way that they do and the life changing opportunities
Speaker 5: that that creates for them is the best into.
Speaker 6: Teach in lin from Lyn Carl Stephens, WBC Boston's News Radio.
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