July 7, 2025 • 6 mins
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, death toll continues to rise after devastating flood in Texas, and out-of-state sanitation workers arrived in Canton amid strike. Stay in "The Loop" with iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local
news in Boston. Right now, it's eighty three degrees, feels
more like eighty seven, a very hot and humid day.
On tap well of the forecast coming up in just
a few minutes. Good morning, I'm Nicole Davis. Here is
(00:22):
what's happening. It's a keen moment in the push for
a ceasefire in Gaza. Later on today Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanya, who is coming to Washington. While he's here,
he'll meet and die with the President Donald Trump. Both
Israel and Hamas appear ready to talk about arrangements for
a pause or even an end to the fighting. ABC's
James Longman reports some issues still have to be ironed out.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Hamas wants the IDF to fully pull out of Gaza,
and they're looking for US guarantees that this ceasefire will
lead to a complete end of the war. They also
want the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to cease its operations. It
is a US backed initiative, but it has been accused
of some major vibeas and a ceasefire, of course, cannot
come soon enough for the people of Gaza. Hamas says
(01:04):
a surge of air strikes in just the last twenty
four hours has left more than eighty people dead and
more than three hundred injured.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
The US proposal would pause the war for sixty days,
boost much needed aid to that area for Palestinians, and
release all the remaining hostages being held by Hamas eleven
oh one. The fight for control between Harvard and the
White House has only been getting deeper over the past
few weeks. Professors at Harvard say they don't want the
school to give In The Globe reports, hundreds of professors
(01:31):
in the school's professor union are urging leaders not to
make a deal to try to restore billions of dollars
in cuts to federal aid. The American Association of University
Professor's chapter has been speaking out through petitions and op eds.
So far, leadership at Harvard has not said much about
those talks between the school and the White House. Now
the Trump administration, among other offenses, accusing Harvard of being
(01:52):
complicit about anti Semitic violence on campus and failing to
protect Jewish students. The school denies that and says it
is working on the situation. Three days after a devastating
downpour flooded parts of central Texas. The desperate search continues
for more than forty people still unaccounted for.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
The floodwaters receding that death till mercilessly rising after that
early morning July fourth deluge sent a floodwave that swallowed
riverside camps and communities. Up to a foot of rain,
raised the Guadalupe River twenty six feet in less than
an hour, and a wall of water and debris tearing
through Camp Mystic, where seven hundred and fifty girls were
(02:32):
spending July fourth. Dozens of children and councilors trapped in
their bunks as the waters coursed through the camp. Ten
girls and one councilor still reported missing.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
ABC's Mackupman their official say at least eighty people are
considered dead and many more again are missing. Now. Help
is coming in from all over the country for those
impacted by the floods. The Community Foundation of the Texas
Hill Country is rolled out a brand new effort they're
trying to raise money and supplies for those in need,
called the Kerr County Flood Really Fund is see. All
(03:01):
the money collected through the fund is going directly to
trusted local organizations to get food, healthcare, shelter, and other
critical needs to those in the area. Some showers out
there right now if you're in southeastern Massachusetts, if you're
on the capein Islands, it is wet, and we have
some downpours coming through as well in some areas. So
that is going to be the situation for the rest
(03:22):
of the day, especially in southeastern mass right there on
the coast. Later on this afternoon, many of us, though
away from the coast, could get up to about the
mid nineties if you're right on the water, I'd say
upper eighties or so, and it's going to feel like
the mid to upper nineties for all of us, very
very humid out there today. We have a heat advisory
form most of the state until just about eight o'clock,
except for the south coast capein Islands, conveniently where all
(03:45):
that shower activity is taking place now. For tonight, mostly cloudy,
a couple of showers and storms are possible once again
in southeastern mass Low in the mid seventies, so rather
uncomfortable sleeping weather for tomorrow. Clouds and sun, strong storms
possible for all of us throughout the afternoon. Hi just
about ninety and it will be cooler on the Capan Islands.
(04:06):
Then Wednesday we really start to feel a change, not
as humid. Couple of showers and we have a high
in the seventies if you're on the coast, A little
bit cooler than that. Eighty four degrees right now in Medford,
west of Boston, eighty two in Framingham, eighty five in Stoton.
In Boston. Right now at left No. Six, it is
partly cloudy, eighty four degrees and it feels more like
(04:27):
eighty eight. Folks and almost two dozen communities are hoping
for a speedy resolution to the sanitation workers strike as
it goes into its second week.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
With republic service workers on strike, Canton's town administrator and
other municipal leaders are asking both parties to get back
to the negotiation table. Trash pickups started back up today,
with crews outside the state being called into help after
hundreds of sanitation workers hit the picket line last week.
Most people I talked to in Canton haven't noticed much
of a difference, but Peter says he's definitely aware of it.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
I live in a condo community and it's just all pile.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
In a letter to Republic Services. Canton, Malden, Peabdy, Gloucester,
Watertown and others are asking for better communication and better
clarity on how trash pickup will resume.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
It is what it is, you know, if people were
God gen only should get what.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
They don't deserve and Canton I'm a Friedman. W BZ,
Boston's news.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Radio developers in Boston appear to be investing heavily in
the upcoming mayoral race. Politico reporting late last month, almost
three hundred and twenty thousand dollars was donated to Your City,
Your Future pack, That is the pack that has been
boosting challenger Josh Kraft. Among the donations ninety five grand
from John Fish, the CEO of Suffolk Construction, and ninety
thousand from Quinn House co owner Paul Edgerley. Now Mayor
(05:41):
Michelle wou has some real estate money coming her way
as well. The Bold Boston pack supporting her recently got
a boost of thirty two grand, big portion of that
coming from Howard Cohen, the chair of Beacon Communities. Decades
of drums and blue paint and dancing and fun have
come to a close in Boston. WBC's j will that
tells us why it's.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Curtains for Blue Man Group and it's Boston residency spanning
thirty years. The Bald, Blue, and Nonverbal trio wrapped up
their performances this past weekend. In a statement to announce
their final show, the group says it played for more
than four and a half million people in Boston. They
say it's been an honor and privilege to play for
Boston as long as they have since they first opened
in nineteen ninety five at the Charles Playhouse. What's next.
(06:23):
The group has a Vegas residency and opens a summer
tour of Japan this August. Jay Willette WBZ, Boston's News Radio, You.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Are now in the League. For news updates throughout the day,
listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole
Davis wb Z and Boston's News Radio
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local
news in Boston. Right now, it's eighty three degrees, feels
more like eighty seven, a very hot and humid day.
On tap well of the forecast coming up in just
a few minutes. Good morning, I'm Nicole Davis. Here is
(00:22):
what's happening. It's a keen moment in the push for
a ceasefire in Gaza. Later on today Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanya, who is coming to Washington. While he's here,
he'll meet and die with the President Donald Trump. Both
Israel and Hamas appear ready to talk about arrangements for
a pause or even an end to the fighting. ABC's
James Longman reports some issues still have to be ironed out.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Hamas wants the IDF to fully pull out of Gaza,
and they're looking for US guarantees that this ceasefire will
lead to a complete end of the war. They also
want the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to cease its operations. It
is a US backed initiative, but it has been accused
of some major vibeas and a ceasefire, of course, cannot
come soon enough for the people of Gaza. Hamas says
(01:04):
a surge of air strikes in just the last twenty
four hours has left more than eighty people dead and
more than three hundred injured.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
The US proposal would pause the war for sixty days,
boost much needed aid to that area for Palestinians, and
release all the remaining hostages being held by Hamas eleven
oh one. The fight for control between Harvard and the
White House has only been getting deeper over the past
few weeks. Professors at Harvard say they don't want the
school to give In The Globe reports, hundreds of professors
(01:31):
in the school's professor union are urging leaders not to
make a deal to try to restore billions of dollars
in cuts to federal aid. The American Association of University
Professor's chapter has been speaking out through petitions and op eds.
So far, leadership at Harvard has not said much about
those talks between the school and the White House. Now
the Trump administration, among other offenses, accusing Harvard of being
(01:52):
complicit about anti Semitic violence on campus and failing to
protect Jewish students. The school denies that and says it
is working on the situation. Three days after a devastating
downpour flooded parts of central Texas. The desperate search continues
for more than forty people still unaccounted for.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
The floodwaters receding that death till mercilessly rising after that
early morning July fourth deluge sent a floodwave that swallowed
riverside camps and communities. Up to a foot of rain,
raised the Guadalupe River twenty six feet in less than
an hour, and a wall of water and debris tearing
through Camp Mystic, where seven hundred and fifty girls were
(02:32):
spending July fourth. Dozens of children and councilors trapped in
their bunks as the waters coursed through the camp. Ten
girls and one councilor still reported missing.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
ABC's Mackupman their official say at least eighty people are
considered dead and many more again are missing. Now. Help
is coming in from all over the country for those
impacted by the floods. The Community Foundation of the Texas
Hill Country is rolled out a brand new effort they're
trying to raise money and supplies for those in need,
called the Kerr County Flood Really Fund is see. All
(03:01):
the money collected through the fund is going directly to
trusted local organizations to get food, healthcare, shelter, and other
critical needs to those in the area. Some showers out
there right now if you're in southeastern Massachusetts, if you're
on the capein Islands, it is wet, and we have
some downpours coming through as well in some areas. So
that is going to be the situation for the rest
(03:22):
of the day, especially in southeastern mass right there on
the coast. Later on this afternoon, many of us, though
away from the coast, could get up to about the
mid nineties if you're right on the water, I'd say
upper eighties or so, and it's going to feel like
the mid to upper nineties for all of us, very
very humid out there today. We have a heat advisory
form most of the state until just about eight o'clock,
except for the south coast capein Islands, conveniently where all
(03:45):
that shower activity is taking place now. For tonight, mostly cloudy,
a couple of showers and storms are possible once again
in southeastern mass Low in the mid seventies, so rather
uncomfortable sleeping weather for tomorrow. Clouds and sun, strong storms
possible for all of us throughout the afternoon. Hi just
about ninety and it will be cooler on the Capan Islands.
(04:06):
Then Wednesday we really start to feel a change, not
as humid. Couple of showers and we have a high
in the seventies if you're on the coast, A little
bit cooler than that. Eighty four degrees right now in Medford,
west of Boston, eighty two in Framingham, eighty five in Stoton.
In Boston. Right now at left No. Six, it is
partly cloudy, eighty four degrees and it feels more like
(04:27):
eighty eight. Folks and almost two dozen communities are hoping
for a speedy resolution to the sanitation workers strike as
it goes into its second week.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
With republic service workers on strike, Canton's town administrator and
other municipal leaders are asking both parties to get back
to the negotiation table. Trash pickups started back up today,
with crews outside the state being called into help after
hundreds of sanitation workers hit the picket line last week.
Most people I talked to in Canton haven't noticed much
of a difference, but Peter says he's definitely aware of it.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
I live in a condo community and it's just all pile.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
In a letter to Republic Services. Canton, Malden, Peabdy, Gloucester,
Watertown and others are asking for better communication and better
clarity on how trash pickup will resume.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
It is what it is, you know, if people were
God gen only should get what.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
They don't deserve and Canton I'm a Friedman. W BZ,
Boston's news.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Radio developers in Boston appear to be investing heavily in
the upcoming mayoral race. Politico reporting late last month, almost
three hundred and twenty thousand dollars was donated to Your City,
Your Future pack, That is the pack that has been
boosting challenger Josh Kraft. Among the donations ninety five grand
from John Fish, the CEO of Suffolk Construction, and ninety
thousand from Quinn House co owner Paul Edgerley. Now Mayor
(05:41):
Michelle wou has some real estate money coming her way
as well. The Bold Boston pack supporting her recently got
a boost of thirty two grand, big portion of that
coming from Howard Cohen, the chair of Beacon Communities. Decades
of drums and blue paint and dancing and fun have
come to a close in Boston. WBC's j will that
tells us why it's.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Curtains for Blue Man Group and it's Boston residency spanning
thirty years. The Bald, Blue, and Nonverbal trio wrapped up
their performances this past weekend. In a statement to announce
their final show, the group says it played for more
than four and a half million people in Boston. They
say it's been an honor and privilege to play for
Boston as long as they have since they first opened
in nineteen ninety five at the Charles Playhouse. What's next.
(06:23):
The group has a Vegas residency and opens a summer
tour of Japan this August. Jay Willette WBZ, Boston's News Radio, You.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Are now in the League. For news updates throughout the day,
listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole
Davis wb Z and Boston's News Radio
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