July 16, 2025 • 5 mins
Sweltering heat is expected in the Boston area for the next day or so. Fall River is making changes after Sunday's deadly fire. Watertown State Rep. John Lawn faces OUI charges. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ Boston's news radio readefining local news. Partly
cloudy in Boston right now. It is ninety one degrees,
it feels like ninety eight. It's four o'clock on Wednesday.
Good afternoon. I'm Nicole Davis, and it is feeling like
the tropics out there today. Not really going to get
(00:23):
much relief for at least a day or so. Forecaster
Emily mcmon is at the National Weather Service in Norton.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Gonna be quite steamy.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Looking at a high close to about ninety or so.
Heat in disease or those feel like temperatures are going
to be close to one hundred. Start to see that
solely kind of ease off into the overnight hours. Yeah,
but only tonight, getting down to about seventy five and
then more heat tomorrow. The City of Boston has a
heat emergency in place through Friday. Office'll say if you
see somebody who needs help do to heat related illness,
(00:53):
call nine to one one immediately. Many cities or towns
have opened up cooling centers if you need them. If
you need help, find call it your local city or
town hall for info at four one. In the wake
of the state's deadliest fire in decades. The city of
Fall River says it's making changes. Here's wbz's Madison Rogers.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Standing alongside the Firefighters Union. Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan
announced their increasing staffing days after nine people were killed
in a Blazon and assisted living facility.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So instead of having two trucks at the minimum standard
by the Fire Safety Commission, we're going to go to six.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
It still falls short of the federally recommended level, but
Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon says it's a significant step in
the right direction, something they've been pushing for decades, and.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
That will allow us to affect faster fire suppression efforts,
faster rescues, and allow our firefighters to work safer and
which in turn makes us every citizen of the city safer.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
He says, a lot of local mayors might be having
these conversations right now. Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio,
We are.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Watching developing news this afternoon as State Rep. John Lawn
has now been arrested and is facing charges accused of
drunk driving right by the State House in Boston this morning.
He is charged with operating under the influence of liquor
and leaving the seat of an accident causing property damage
that to be a rain tomorrow. He represents the tenth
Middlesex district. This includes Newton Watertown in Waltham, and he's
(02:22):
been in office for more than a decade. Lawn also
chairs the influential Committee on Healthcare Financing. A statement at
WBZ News Radio, he says he deeply regrets and takes
full responsibility for his actions before we take a look
at traffic. It's not clear whether or not President Trump
will fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
President Trumps long complained the FED chairman has been too
slow to lower interest rates? But will he fire Jerome Powell?
So he's not allows you job? But no, I'm not
talking about that. But just moments later he ruler anything.
But I think it's highly unlikely unless he said there's fraud,
citing cost overruns in the renovation of the Fed's headquarters.
He also said he did disc gus Pell's future with
(03:01):
members of Congress.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
I said, what do you think?
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Almost every one of them said I should. My law,
the VET chair can only be fired for cause. Linday
Kenyon CBS News the White House, we have.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
A heat advisory up through seven o'clock tomorrow night, excluding
the Capean Island to get that nice ocean breeze in
that part of the state. But it is super steamy
out there right now. Many of us in the upper eighties,
low nineties if you're on the coast, more in the
mid to upper eighties. But we are all dealing with
this tropical humidity. We have low tonight, only about seventy
five degrees for tomorrow. Keep this in mind, we could
(03:34):
have some strong storms popping up throughout the afternoon and
evening hours. These could be again strong and gusty, could
have some heavy downpours. You're going to want to keep
it to WBZ for the updates as they come in.
We have high in the mid to upper eighties. Feeling
once again tomorrow like the mid nineties. Mostly clear Tomorrow night,
warm and sticky, seventy four not as humid, but still
(03:54):
very warm and breezy. On Friday with a high in
the eighties. It's eighty nine degrees in Worcester, five in
nashaua New Hampshire, oh Bert the Cape Cog Canal, it's
eighty two in Born. In Boston. Right now it is
ninety one degrees and feels like ninety eight. Well today,
it's a great day to be at the beach, but
it's even better to be in the ac How about both.
You can do it in Southeas.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Around Southee, this heat is no joke. Standing outside, there's
a slight breeze that doesn't do much to cool me down,
but inside the sweet, sweet relief of a fan. I'm
at the Curly Community Center in South Boston, one of
the BCYF designated cooling centers that's open for residents during
the heat emergency.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
Oh well, you drinking lots of water, going for a
walk along shore, catching a little breeze, and staying in
the air conditioning when the walk is over.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
I caught up with Tom standing outside.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
It's rather uncomfortable, but once you get down by the water,
there's enough air where it makes it bearable, and it
beats being stuck in the household day.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Just drinking all the water stand by the beach.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I took a swim in the morning, and yeah, that's
pretty much it.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
There's around seventeen different cooling centers open and splash pads
at parks and playgrounds around the city. In Boston, it's
in m of Fridman, WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
And city officials in PbD. You're asking one of the
richest men in the world to help stop the ongoing
sanitation strike.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
The PbD City Council has sent a letter directly to
billionaire Bill Gates. Gates is the principal owner of Cascade Investment,
which is a major shareholder in Republic Services. Counselors want
Gates to uses influence to urge an end of the
week song strike by Republic's workers. They say mounds of
trash baking beneath the hot summer sun pose a serious
public health risk. Meanwhile, Republic Services and the Teamsters union
(05:30):
still seem far apart in negotiations. The union claims it's
modify his proposal to save Republic money, but Republic projected
the deal anyway. The teams are saying they've heard from
a federal mediator that the company isn't even agreeing to
future negotiation sessions. Jeremy Russ, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Now, Republic Services tell us WBZ News Radio was actually
the union that has refused to continue negotiations. We've reached
out to Cascade Investment for comment,
This is WBZ Boston's news radio readefining local news. Partly
cloudy in Boston right now. It is ninety one degrees,
it feels like ninety eight. It's four o'clock on Wednesday.
Good afternoon. I'm Nicole Davis, and it is feeling like
the tropics out there today. Not really going to get
(00:23):
much relief for at least a day or so. Forecaster
Emily mcmon is at the National Weather Service in Norton.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Gonna be quite steamy.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Looking at a high close to about ninety or so.
Heat in disease or those feel like temperatures are going
to be close to one hundred. Start to see that
solely kind of ease off into the overnight hours. Yeah,
but only tonight, getting down to about seventy five and
then more heat tomorrow. The City of Boston has a
heat emergency in place through Friday. Office'll say if you
see somebody who needs help do to heat related illness,
(00:53):
call nine to one one immediately. Many cities or towns
have opened up cooling centers if you need them. If
you need help, find call it your local city or
town hall for info at four one. In the wake
of the state's deadliest fire in decades. The city of
Fall River says it's making changes. Here's wbz's Madison Rogers.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Standing alongside the Firefighters Union. Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan
announced their increasing staffing days after nine people were killed
in a Blazon and assisted living facility.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So instead of having two trucks at the minimum standard
by the Fire Safety Commission, we're going to go to six.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
It still falls short of the federally recommended level, but
Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon says it's a significant step in
the right direction, something they've been pushing for decades, and.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
That will allow us to affect faster fire suppression efforts,
faster rescues, and allow our firefighters to work safer and
which in turn makes us every citizen of the city safer.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
He says, a lot of local mayors might be having
these conversations right now. Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio,
We are.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Watching developing news this afternoon as State Rep. John Lawn
has now been arrested and is facing charges accused of
drunk driving right by the State House in Boston this morning.
He is charged with operating under the influence of liquor
and leaving the seat of an accident causing property damage
that to be a rain tomorrow. He represents the tenth
Middlesex district. This includes Newton Watertown in Waltham, and he's
(02:22):
been in office for more than a decade. Lawn also
chairs the influential Committee on Healthcare Financing. A statement at
WBZ News Radio, he says he deeply regrets and takes
full responsibility for his actions before we take a look
at traffic. It's not clear whether or not President Trump
will fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
President Trumps long complained the FED chairman has been too
slow to lower interest rates? But will he fire Jerome Powell?
So he's not allows you job? But no, I'm not
talking about that. But just moments later he ruler anything.
But I think it's highly unlikely unless he said there's fraud,
citing cost overruns in the renovation of the Fed's headquarters.
He also said he did disc gus Pell's future with
(03:01):
members of Congress.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
I said, what do you think?
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Almost every one of them said I should. My law,
the VET chair can only be fired for cause. Linday
Kenyon CBS News the White House, we have.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
A heat advisory up through seven o'clock tomorrow night, excluding
the Capean Island to get that nice ocean breeze in
that part of the state. But it is super steamy
out there right now. Many of us in the upper eighties,
low nineties if you're on the coast, more in the
mid to upper eighties. But we are all dealing with
this tropical humidity. We have low tonight, only about seventy
five degrees for tomorrow. Keep this in mind, we could
(03:34):
have some strong storms popping up throughout the afternoon and
evening hours. These could be again strong and gusty, could
have some heavy downpours. You're going to want to keep
it to WBZ for the updates as they come in.
We have high in the mid to upper eighties. Feeling
once again tomorrow like the mid nineties. Mostly clear Tomorrow night,
warm and sticky, seventy four not as humid, but still
(03:54):
very warm and breezy. On Friday with a high in
the eighties. It's eighty nine degrees in Worcester, five in
nashaua New Hampshire, oh Bert the Cape Cog Canal, it's
eighty two in Born. In Boston. Right now it is
ninety one degrees and feels like ninety eight. Well today,
it's a great day to be at the beach, but
it's even better to be in the ac How about both.
You can do it in Southeas.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Around Southee, this heat is no joke. Standing outside, there's
a slight breeze that doesn't do much to cool me down,
but inside the sweet, sweet relief of a fan. I'm
at the Curly Community Center in South Boston, one of
the BCYF designated cooling centers that's open for residents during
the heat emergency.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
Oh well, you drinking lots of water, going for a
walk along shore, catching a little breeze, and staying in
the air conditioning when the walk is over.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
I caught up with Tom standing outside.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
It's rather uncomfortable, but once you get down by the water,
there's enough air where it makes it bearable, and it
beats being stuck in the household day.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Just drinking all the water stand by the beach.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I took a swim in the morning, and yeah, that's
pretty much it.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
There's around seventeen different cooling centers open and splash pads
at parks and playgrounds around the city. In Boston, it's
in m of Fridman, WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
And city officials in PbD. You're asking one of the
richest men in the world to help stop the ongoing
sanitation strike.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
The PbD City Council has sent a letter directly to
billionaire Bill Gates. Gates is the principal owner of Cascade Investment,
which is a major shareholder in Republic Services. Counselors want
Gates to uses influence to urge an end of the
week song strike by Republic's workers. They say mounds of
trash baking beneath the hot summer sun pose a serious
public health risk. Meanwhile, Republic Services and the Teamsters union
(05:30):
still seem far apart in negotiations. The union claims it's
modify his proposal to save Republic money, but Republic projected
the deal anyway. The teams are saying they've heard from
a federal mediator that the company isn't even agreeing to
future negotiation sessions. Jeremy Russ, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Now, Republic Services tell us WBZ News Radio was actually
the union that has refused to continue negotiations. We've reached
out to Cascade Investment for comment,
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