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<v Speaker 1>This is WBT, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighty seven degrees in Boston, it feels more like ninety

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<v Speaker 2>five degrees at eleven o'clock. Very sticky out there today.

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<v Speaker 2>Good to have you with us. I'm Nicole Davis. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening. Well, we are feeling the heat, but some

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<v Speaker 2>rain is on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Hot in very humid today, with enough sunshine to get

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<v Speaker 1>past ninety in places. But watch for a strong thunderstorm

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<v Speaker 1>late today into tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Not ezactly Weather's Joe Lundberg. Those showers and storms will

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<v Speaker 2>be usheringing cooler air for the rest of the week,

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<v Speaker 2>but it will still be very humid. Render a heat

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<v Speaker 2>advisory till eight o'clock tonight for most of the Commonwealth.

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<v Speaker 2>The flood watch is up starting at two o'clock this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>More coming up in the forecast in just about two

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<v Speaker 2>minutes now. In Central Texas, the search for victims continues

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<v Speaker 2>in the wake of devastating flash floods, as more warnings

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<v Speaker 2>have been posted for that part of the state. Offici'll

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<v Speaker 2>say more than one hundred people so far have been

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<v Speaker 2>confirmed dead, including twenty seven care in person councilors in

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<v Speaker 2>an overnight summer camp The debate is raging in the

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<v Speaker 2>national stage and locally over the lack of warning before

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<v Speaker 2>the flood started. Here's ABC's Jim Ryan.

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<v Speaker 3>The downpour began before dawn on Friday, when people were

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<v Speaker 3>asleep in their beds. There are vs or intents in

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<v Speaker 3>the many campgrounds along the Guadalupe River. On Fox News,

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<v Speaker 3>Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says.

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<v Speaker 4>Had we had sirens along this area up and down,

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<v Speaker 4>it's possible that that would have saved some of these lives.

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<v Speaker 3>He intends to bring up the issue during the current

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<v Speaker 3>special session of the state legislature with an eye toward

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<v Speaker 3>providing state funding for Hill Country flood sirens. Jim Rily

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<v Speaker 3>in ABC News Kerrville, Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>At eleven oh one. Amid President Trump's latest federal funding

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<v Speaker 2>cuts to higher education, Boston University is also taking a hit.

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<v Speaker 4>As a part of a plan to cut the overall

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<v Speaker 4>budget by five percent. In the school laid off one

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<v Speaker 4>hundred and twenty BU employees and eliminated one hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>twenty vacant positions. As for the overall impact, there's still

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of uncertainty around these cutbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know the percentages. I mean they mentioned another

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<v Speaker 1>twenty that they're going to, you know, change their schedule,

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<v Speaker 1>which I assume, you know, maybe cut.

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<v Speaker 5>Them to part time.

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<v Speaker 4>Austin University President Melissa Gilliam said the move was essential

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<v Speaker 4>to address financial headwinds, saying in a statement, quote, this

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<v Speaker 4>is a day of loss for all of us. There's

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<v Speaker 4>no way around this. We know our community may need

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<v Speaker 4>time to adjust to these difficult changes, yet it is

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<v Speaker 4>also a necessary step in ensuring our future.

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<v Speaker 2>That report there from CBS News Boston's Logan Hall. There

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<v Speaker 2>is no word on any changes to tuition in light

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<v Speaker 2>of those cutbacks as comes as Governor Healy announces the

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<v Speaker 2>Trump administration is withholding grant money from schools around the state.

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<v Speaker 2>In all, one hundred eight million dollars in education grants

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<v Speaker 2>were already earmarked by Congress from Massachusetts, but last week

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump administration then said it would not send out

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<v Speaker 2>the money as previously planned. The Feds now say the

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<v Speaker 2>grants are under review to see if they align with

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump administration's values. Governor Healey's office as the funding

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<v Speaker 2>was set to support several things here, including bullying intervention

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<v Speaker 2>and after school programs for kids. You walk outside right

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<v Speaker 2>now is definitely sticky and steamy, and it's one of

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<v Speaker 2>those days where it's only going to be warmer still

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<v Speaker 2>for at least the next few hours. Now, when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to a breeze to cool you off, not much

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<v Speaker 2>of one maybe five ten miles an hour, mostly coming

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<v Speaker 2>from the west southwest, and later on today many of

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<v Speaker 2>us could get up to about the mid nineties. Especially inland.

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<v Speaker 2>On the coast, you'll stay likely in the upper eighties.

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<v Speaker 2>And for all of us, it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>very humid day. We have due points in the seventies

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<v Speaker 2>across the board, very tropical fields. Real field temps for

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<v Speaker 2>many of us could top one hundred degrees now. Later

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<v Speaker 2>on this afternoon into tonight, we could have a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of showers and storms. Those storms could be strong at times,

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<v Speaker 2>with damaging wind gusts and flash flooding potentially. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>we have a floodwatch up from two o'clock this afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>through two o'clock this coming morning. And we have a

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<v Speaker 2>load tonight in the upper sixties. Tomorrow, big changes coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Temperature wise, high's only in the low seventies in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>upper seventies inland, lots of gray skies though a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of passing showers possible, staying humid. More of the same

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<v Speaker 2>on Thursday with some storms and we've got a high

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five. Let's got to look at our temperatures right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighty five degrees in Lawrence, feeling like ninety one, in

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<v Speaker 2>Norwood eighty nine. It feels like ninety seven on the

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<v Speaker 2>Cape right now. In Chatham it's seventy six and cloudy

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<v Speaker 2>eighty two in Worcester, and in Boston it's eighty seven

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<v Speaker 2>and it feels like ninety five. Lawmakers on Beacon Hill

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<v Speaker 2>are trying to curb bad driving habits, and we're not

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<v Speaker 2>talking so much about cars more agile riders here.

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<v Speaker 1>Motorized bikes, scooters and mopeds are a very popular way

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<v Speaker 1>to get around and are seemingly only getting more popular.

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<v Speaker 1>But along with that comes some bad riding behavior, which

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<v Speaker 1>these folks have seen plenty of. Oh you have pedestrians,

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<v Speaker 1>you have the bike lanes.

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<v Speaker 4>You have folks on.

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<v Speaker 3>These scooters and mopeds dipping in and out of traffic.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I mean you just hoping that thing and

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<v Speaker 3>you zip down. You better hope someone doesn't open that door, though,

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<v Speaker 3>because on You're sliced.

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<v Speaker 5>That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeleida. You know, I think it's a nuisance, to be

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<v Speaker 1>honest with you. That's why the Committee on Transportation is

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<v Speaker 1>looking at a bill which would create a task for

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<v Speaker 1>us to better enforce current laws steering riders in a

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<v Speaker 1>safer and more legal direction in the back bay. James

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<v Speaker 1>Rojas WBZ, Boston, SNOOS Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Eleven oh six. A volcanic eruption in Southeast Asia has

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<v Speaker 2>led to several canceled flights. Here's ABC's Andrew Dimberg.

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<v Speaker 6>The frightening scene is playing out overseas in Indonesia. The

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<v Speaker 6>country's most active volcano erupted on Monday, belching out a

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<v Speaker 6>column of superheated gas and ash as high as eleven

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<v Speaker 6>miles into the sky. That's more than twice as high

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<v Speaker 6>as the cruising altitude for commercial jetliners, resulting in the

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<v Speaker 6>cancelation of at least five return flights between Australia and Bali.

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<v Speaker 6>So far, there have been no reports of casualties.

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<v Speaker 5>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Over at Logan Airport right now, about fifty flights have

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<v Speaker 2>been delayed, three flights canceled, So not a bad day

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<v Speaker 2>here in Boston. But again, if you're heading out to

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<v Speaker 2>that part of the world. Definitely check ahead. And speaking

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<v Speaker 2>of planes, you know, we've heard the stories before about

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<v Speaker 2>those devices with we lithium ion batteries causing fires on flights.

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<v Speaker 2>It has happened again, this time on a flight from

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<v Speaker 2>Atlanta to Fort Lansdale.

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<v Speaker 5>A Delta flight made an emergency landing in Fort Myers

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<v Speaker 5>after a portable battery caught fire in someone's bag. Here's

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<v Speaker 5>the pilot talking to the tower from liveatc dot net. Well,

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<v Speaker 5>the mag mag has been contained and we think it

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<v Speaker 5>was a lithum a battery thatlves then a containedent bag.

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<v Speaker 5>The airline says. Flight attendants quickly extinguished the flames and

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<v Speaker 5>all one hundred ninety one people on board were not injured.

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<v Speaker 5>So far this year, according to the FAA, there have

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<v Speaker 5>been thirty four incidents involving lithium batteries, eleven of which

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<v Speaker 5>were due to battery packs. At Piper's CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the league. For news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Nicole Davis, w b Lean, Boston's news radio