July 6, 2025 • 5 mins
FEMA is activated in Texas after President Trump signs a major disaster declaration for the state, two people are dead and another is injured after a head-on crash in Milton yesterday, and if you're thinking about buying an electric vehicle, now might be a good time to get one. Stay in "The Loop" with iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News, mostly sunny in ninety one degrees in Boston at
four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Suzanne Sausville. Here's what's happening.
The Great Escape is underway as folks head home from
their holiday weekend. It's been busy day for people trying
(00:27):
to get off the Cape. Wbz's Dan Mozilla joins us
now with a look at the trouble spots.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Dan, Yeah, it is still going to be tough getting
off six westbound, although it is not as bad as
it was earlier. We're still looking at about a nine
or eight to nine mile backup as you get through
barnsball outs of the Sagamore Bridge, So just under an
hour and a half to get through that stretch and
we're twenty eight northbound. This was packed, but now we're
looking at about about thirty minutes of DeLay's two miles
(00:55):
of backups as you make your way out to the
Born Rotary. So things are starting to improve. But yes,
I still just recommend that you just packed the patients
just a little bit longer. We'll love more in this
on traffic on the threes coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Thanks Dan, We'll check back with you in just a
couple of minutes. FEMA is activated in Texas after President
Trump signed a major disaster declaration for the state. Officials
now say at least sixty seven people are dead from
devastating flash floods in central Texas, including twenty one children.
(01:32):
Eleven girls attending a summer camp are still missing. ABC's
Mariah Viil in Kerrville, Texas, where floodwaters washed away homes
and vehicles.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Juliet Weldon is salvagen what she can inside what's left
of her home.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
We came out.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I know it's the already raging.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Juliet and her husband were swept away. They held onto
branches as they called nine to one one for help.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
What's been the hardest for you? And you're calling for
help and there's nobodies where aren't they?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Crews eventually reaching the couple, pulling them to safety. How
is your husband?
Speaker 6 (02:09):
By the way, is fine?
Speaker 4 (02:10):
More than eight hundred and fifty people rescued in the
last two days.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam says federal officials will work
closely with state and local authorities to ensure the people
of Texas get the support they need. Two people are
dead and another is injured after a head on crash
in Milton yesterday. CBS News Boston's Logan Hall has more a.
Speaker 7 (02:34):
Tragic fatal accident on Randolph Avenue in Milton, leaving a
car unrecognizable parts littering the street, the engine flung down
the road into a neighbor's front yard. Diane de Tulio
Agostino has lived on Randolph for over forty years and
says this is the most dangerous stretch of street in
the state. How would you describe this street?
Speaker 6 (02:54):
Two people?
Speaker 5 (02:55):
As I said thirty ye scot suicide Alley. You take
a chance coming on the throat. I know the police
and the firefighters. My heart goes out to what they
just had to witness and endure.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
A seventy one year old woman and her thirty nine
year old passenger both died in the crash. The forty
seven year old driver of the other car has serious injuries.
The forecast a heat advisory is in effect until eight
tomorrow evening. Clear to partly cloudy overnight with a low
of just seventy two, a mix of sun and clouds Tomorrow, breezy,
(03:30):
hot and human again, highs around ninety For Tuesday, more
clouds and sun, warm and humid, with a couple of heavy,
gusty thunderstorms, especially later in the day. We'll see some
highs in the mid to upper eighties On Wednesday, a
spoty morning shower, otherwise turning out partly sunny but cooler.
Hi just seventy six in Boston, low eighties Inland. Right
(03:53):
now in Boston, it's partly sunny and ninety one degrees.
The Bruins are mourning the law of a fan favorite.
Speaker 6 (04:02):
You know, as a player of Fred, I go into
buildings and I talk.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Come on a player there.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Parent fighter Linden Byers. He is a tremendous fighter.
Speaker 6 (04:10):
Former Boston Bruin Lynden Byers has passed away at the
age of sixty one. He spent nine seasons with the
B's in more than two decades as a local radio personality.
In a statement, the Bruins offered condolences to his family
and say he was a fan favorite for his rugged,
rough and tumble style of play. He only scored twenty
four goals for the team, but was a very successful enforcer,
racking up nearly one thousand penalty minutes and a lot
(04:31):
of them for fighting. You don't really see players like
that in today's game. In a post on Buyer's Facebook account,
his wife Anny says information about a memorial service will
come out in the coming days. So far, no word
on the cause of death. Jar Brosden WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
New Hampshire police say ten people were taken into custody
on July fourth after a large brawl on Hampton Beach.
The fight broke out just before ten pm among a
group of people believed to have known each other from
their hometown. Police and lifeguards stepped in to break up
the altercation. No serious injuries were reported. Well, if you're
(05:08):
thinking about buying an electric vehicle, now might be the time.
ABC's Dave Packer explains.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Former President Biden's twenty twenty two Inflation Reduction Act has
been offering up to seventy five hundred dollars tax credit
for new plug in evs or fuel sell electric cars.
President Trump's just past so called Big Beautiful Bill gives
an annual tax credit of up to ten grand on
the interest of loans for new vehicles assembled in the US.
Trump's bill will kill the Biden incentive on September thirtieth.
(05:37):
Until then, US assembled EV buyers can double dip and
take advantage of both the Biden and Trump incentives. Dave Packer,
ABC News.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ, Boston's news radio
This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News, mostly sunny in ninety one degrees in Boston at
four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Suzanne Sausville. Here's what's happening.
The Great Escape is underway as folks head home from
their holiday weekend. It's been busy day for people trying
(00:27):
to get off the Cape. Wbz's Dan Mozilla joins us
now with a look at the trouble spots.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Dan, Yeah, it is still going to be tough getting
off six westbound, although it is not as bad as
it was earlier. We're still looking at about a nine
or eight to nine mile backup as you get through
barnsball outs of the Sagamore Bridge, So just under an
hour and a half to get through that stretch and
we're twenty eight northbound. This was packed, but now we're
looking at about about thirty minutes of DeLay's two miles
(00:55):
of backups as you make your way out to the
Born Rotary. So things are starting to improve. But yes,
I still just recommend that you just packed the patients
just a little bit longer. We'll love more in this
on traffic on the threes coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Thanks Dan, We'll check back with you in just a
couple of minutes. FEMA is activated in Texas after President
Trump signed a major disaster declaration for the state. Officials
now say at least sixty seven people are dead from
devastating flash floods in central Texas, including twenty one children.
(01:32):
Eleven girls attending a summer camp are still missing. ABC's
Mariah Viil in Kerrville, Texas, where floodwaters washed away homes
and vehicles.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Juliet Weldon is salvagen what she can inside what's left
of her home.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
We came out.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I know it's the already raging.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Juliet and her husband were swept away. They held onto
branches as they called nine to one one for help.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
What's been the hardest for you? And you're calling for
help and there's nobodies where aren't they?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Crews eventually reaching the couple, pulling them to safety. How
is your husband?
Speaker 6 (02:09):
By the way, is fine?
Speaker 4 (02:10):
More than eight hundred and fifty people rescued in the
last two days.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam says federal officials will work
closely with state and local authorities to ensure the people
of Texas get the support they need. Two people are
dead and another is injured after a head on crash
in Milton yesterday. CBS News Boston's Logan Hall has more a.
Speaker 7 (02:34):
Tragic fatal accident on Randolph Avenue in Milton, leaving a
car unrecognizable parts littering the street, the engine flung down
the road into a neighbor's front yard. Diane de Tulio
Agostino has lived on Randolph for over forty years and
says this is the most dangerous stretch of street in
the state. How would you describe this street?
Speaker 6 (02:54):
Two people?
Speaker 5 (02:55):
As I said thirty ye scot suicide Alley. You take
a chance coming on the throat. I know the police
and the firefighters. My heart goes out to what they
just had to witness and endure.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
A seventy one year old woman and her thirty nine
year old passenger both died in the crash. The forty
seven year old driver of the other car has serious injuries.
The forecast a heat advisory is in effect until eight
tomorrow evening. Clear to partly cloudy overnight with a low
of just seventy two, a mix of sun and clouds Tomorrow, breezy,
(03:30):
hot and human again, highs around ninety For Tuesday, more
clouds and sun, warm and humid, with a couple of heavy,
gusty thunderstorms, especially later in the day. We'll see some
highs in the mid to upper eighties On Wednesday, a
spoty morning shower, otherwise turning out partly sunny but cooler.
Hi just seventy six in Boston, low eighties Inland. Right
(03:53):
now in Boston, it's partly sunny and ninety one degrees.
The Bruins are mourning the law of a fan favorite.
Speaker 6 (04:02):
You know, as a player of Fred, I go into
buildings and I talk.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Come on a player there.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Parent fighter Linden Byers. He is a tremendous fighter.
Speaker 6 (04:10):
Former Boston Bruin Lynden Byers has passed away at the
age of sixty one. He spent nine seasons with the
B's in more than two decades as a local radio personality.
In a statement, the Bruins offered condolences to his family
and say he was a fan favorite for his rugged,
rough and tumble style of play. He only scored twenty
four goals for the team, but was a very successful enforcer,
racking up nearly one thousand penalty minutes and a lot
(04:31):
of them for fighting. You don't really see players like
that in today's game. In a post on Buyer's Facebook account,
his wife Anny says information about a memorial service will
come out in the coming days. So far, no word
on the cause of death. Jar Brosden WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
New Hampshire police say ten people were taken into custody
on July fourth after a large brawl on Hampton Beach.
The fight broke out just before ten pm among a
group of people believed to have known each other from
their hometown. Police and lifeguards stepped in to break up
the altercation. No serious injuries were reported. Well, if you're
(05:08):
thinking about buying an electric vehicle, now might be the time.
ABC's Dave Packer explains.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Former President Biden's twenty twenty two Inflation Reduction Act has
been offering up to seventy five hundred dollars tax credit
for new plug in evs or fuel sell electric cars.
President Trump's just past so called Big Beautiful Bill gives
an annual tax credit of up to ten grand on
the interest of loans for new vehicles assembled in the US.
Trump's bill will kill the Biden incentive on September thirtieth.
(05:37):
Until then, US assembled EV buyers can double dip and
take advantage of both the Biden and Trump incentives. Dave Packer,
ABC News.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ, Boston's news radio
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