July 8, 2025 • 6 mins
The search for flood victims continues in central Texas, Boston University under fire amid mass layoffs, and lawmakers look into a task force to enforce moped laws. Stay in "The Loop" with iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBT, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Eighty seven degrees in Boston, it feels more like ninety
five degrees at eleven o'clock. Very sticky out there today.
Good to have you with us. I'm Nicole Davis. Here's
what's happening. Well, we are feeling the heat, but some
rain is on the way.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Hot in very humid today, with enough sunshine to get
past ninety in places. But watch for a strong thunderstorm
late today into tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Not ezactly Weather's Joe Lundberg. Those showers and storms will
be usheringing cooler air for the rest of the week,
but it will still be very humid. Render a heat
advisory till eight o'clock tonight for most of the Commonwealth.
The flood watch is up starting at two o'clock this afternoon.
More coming up in the forecast in just about two
minutes now. In Central Texas, the search for victims continues
in the wake of devastating flash floods, as more warnings
(00:52):
have been posted for that part of the state. Offici'll
say more than one hundred people so far have been
confirmed dead, including twenty seven care in person councilors in
an overnight summer camp The debate is raging in the
national stage and locally over the lack of warning before
the flood started. Here's ABC's Jim Ryan.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
The downpour began before dawn on Friday, when people were
asleep in their beds. There are vs or intents in
the many campgrounds along the Guadalupe River. On Fox News,
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Had we had sirens along this area up and down,
it's possible that that would have saved some of these lives.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
He intends to bring up the issue during the current
special session of the state legislature with an eye toward
providing state funding for Hill Country flood sirens. Jim Rily
in ABC News Kerrville, Texas.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
At eleven oh one. Amid President Trump's latest federal funding
cuts to higher education, Boston University is also taking a hit.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
As a part of a plan to cut the overall
budget by five percent. In the school laid off one
hundred and twenty BU employees and eliminated one hundred and
twenty vacant positions. As for the overall impact, there's still
a lot of uncertainty around these cutbacks.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
You don't know the percentages. I mean they mentioned another
twenty that they're going to, you know, change their schedule,
which I assume, you know, maybe cut.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Them to part time.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Austin University President Melissa Gilliam said the move was essential
to address financial headwinds, saying in a statement, quote, this
is a day of loss for all of us. There's
no way around this. We know our community may need
time to adjust to these difficult changes, yet it is
also a necessary step in ensuring our future.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
That report there from CBS News Boston's Logan Hall. There
is no word on any changes to tuition in light
of those cutbacks as comes as Governor Healy announces the
Trump administration is withholding grant money from schools around the state.
In all, one hundred eight million dollars in education grants
were already earmarked by Congress from Massachusetts, but last week
(02:40):
the Trump administration then said it would not send out
the money as previously planned. The Feds now say the
grants are under review to see if they align with
the Trump administration's values. Governor Healey's office as the funding
was set to support several things here, including bullying intervention
and after school programs for kids. You walk outside right
now is definitely sticky and steamy, and it's one of
(03:02):
those days where it's only going to be warmer still
for at least the next few hours. Now, when it
comes to a breeze to cool you off, not much
of one maybe five ten miles an hour, mostly coming
from the west southwest, and later on today many of
us could get up to about the mid nineties. Especially inland.
On the coast, you'll stay likely in the upper eighties.
And for all of us, it's going to be a
(03:23):
very humid day. We have due points in the seventies
across the board, very tropical fields. Real field temps for
many of us could top one hundred degrees now. Later
on this afternoon into tonight, we could have a couple
of showers and storms. Those storms could be strong at times,
with damaging wind gusts and flash flooding potentially. That's why
we have a floodwatch up from two o'clock this afternoon
(03:44):
through two o'clock this coming morning. And we have a
load tonight in the upper sixties. Tomorrow, big changes coming.
Temperature wise, high's only in the low seventies in Boston,
upper seventies inland, lots of gray skies though a couple
of passing showers possible, staying humid. More of the same
on Thursday with some storms and we've got a high
seventy five. Let's got to look at our temperatures right now.
(04:05):
Eighty five degrees in Lawrence, feeling like ninety one, in
Norwood eighty nine. It feels like ninety seven on the
Cape right now. In Chatham it's seventy six and cloudy
eighty two in Worcester, and in Boston it's eighty seven
and it feels like ninety five. Lawmakers on Beacon Hill
are trying to curb bad driving habits, and we're not
talking so much about cars more agile riders here.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Motorized bikes, scooters and mopeds are a very popular way
to get around and are seemingly only getting more popular.
But along with that comes some bad riding behavior, which
these folks have seen plenty of. Oh you have pedestrians,
you have the bike lanes.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
You have folks on.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
These scooters and mopeds dipping in and out of traffic.
Oh yeah, I mean you just hoping that thing and
you zip down. You better hope someone doesn't open that door, though,
because on You're sliced.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Seeleida. You know, I think it's a nuisance, to be
honest with you. That's why the Committee on Transportation is
looking at a bill which would create a task for
us to better enforce current laws steering riders in a
safer and more legal direction in the back bay. James
Rojas WBZ, Boston, SNOOS Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Eleven oh six. A volcanic eruption in Southeast Asia has
led to several canceled flights. Here's ABC's Andrew Dimberg.
Speaker 6 (05:16):
The frightening scene is playing out overseas in Indonesia. The
country's most active volcano erupted on Monday, belching out a
column of superheated gas and ash as high as eleven
miles into the sky. That's more than twice as high
as the cruising altitude for commercial jetliners, resulting in the
cancelation of at least five return flights between Australia and Bali.
So far, there have been no reports of casualties.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Now.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Over at Logan Airport right now, about fifty flights have
been delayed, three flights canceled, So not a bad day
here in Boston. But again, if you're heading out to
that part of the world. Definitely check ahead. And speaking
of planes, you know, we've heard the stories before about
those devices with we lithium ion batteries causing fires on flights.
It has happened again, this time on a flight from
(05:58):
Atlanta to Fort Lansdale.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
A Delta flight made an emergency landing in Fort Myers
after a portable battery caught fire in someone's bag. Here's
the pilot talking to the tower from liveatc dot net. Well,
the mag mag has been contained and we think it
was a lithum a battery thatlves then a containedent bag.
The airline says. Flight attendants quickly extinguished the flames and
(06:22):
all one hundred ninety one people on board were not injured.
So far this year, according to the FAA, there have
been thirty four incidents involving lithium batteries, eleven of which
were due to battery packs. At Piper's CBS News.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You are now in the league. For news updates throughout
the day, Listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Nicole Davis, w b Lean, Boston's news radio
This is WBT, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Eighty seven degrees in Boston, it feels more like ninety
five degrees at eleven o'clock. Very sticky out there today.
Good to have you with us. I'm Nicole Davis. Here's
what's happening. Well, we are feeling the heat, but some
rain is on the way.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Hot in very humid today, with enough sunshine to get
past ninety in places. But watch for a strong thunderstorm
late today into tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Not ezactly Weather's Joe Lundberg. Those showers and storms will
be usheringing cooler air for the rest of the week,
but it will still be very humid. Render a heat
advisory till eight o'clock tonight for most of the Commonwealth.
The flood watch is up starting at two o'clock this afternoon.
More coming up in the forecast in just about two
minutes now. In Central Texas, the search for victims continues
in the wake of devastating flash floods, as more warnings
(00:52):
have been posted for that part of the state. Offici'll
say more than one hundred people so far have been
confirmed dead, including twenty seven care in person councilors in
an overnight summer camp The debate is raging in the
national stage and locally over the lack of warning before
the flood started. Here's ABC's Jim Ryan.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
The downpour began before dawn on Friday, when people were
asleep in their beds. There are vs or intents in
the many campgrounds along the Guadalupe River. On Fox News,
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Had we had sirens along this area up and down,
it's possible that that would have saved some of these lives.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
He intends to bring up the issue during the current
special session of the state legislature with an eye toward
providing state funding for Hill Country flood sirens. Jim Rily
in ABC News Kerrville, Texas.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
At eleven oh one. Amid President Trump's latest federal funding
cuts to higher education, Boston University is also taking a hit.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
As a part of a plan to cut the overall
budget by five percent. In the school laid off one
hundred and twenty BU employees and eliminated one hundred and
twenty vacant positions. As for the overall impact, there's still
a lot of uncertainty around these cutbacks.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
You don't know the percentages. I mean they mentioned another
twenty that they're going to, you know, change their schedule,
which I assume, you know, maybe cut.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Them to part time.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Austin University President Melissa Gilliam said the move was essential
to address financial headwinds, saying in a statement, quote, this
is a day of loss for all of us. There's
no way around this. We know our community may need
time to adjust to these difficult changes, yet it is
also a necessary step in ensuring our future.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
That report there from CBS News Boston's Logan Hall. There
is no word on any changes to tuition in light
of those cutbacks as comes as Governor Healy announces the
Trump administration is withholding grant money from schools around the state.
In all, one hundred eight million dollars in education grants
were already earmarked by Congress from Massachusetts, but last week
(02:40):
the Trump administration then said it would not send out
the money as previously planned. The Feds now say the
grants are under review to see if they align with
the Trump administration's values. Governor Healey's office as the funding
was set to support several things here, including bullying intervention
and after school programs for kids. You walk outside right
now is definitely sticky and steamy, and it's one of
(03:02):
those days where it's only going to be warmer still
for at least the next few hours. Now, when it
comes to a breeze to cool you off, not much
of one maybe five ten miles an hour, mostly coming
from the west southwest, and later on today many of
us could get up to about the mid nineties. Especially inland.
On the coast, you'll stay likely in the upper eighties.
And for all of us, it's going to be a
(03:23):
very humid day. We have due points in the seventies
across the board, very tropical fields. Real field temps for
many of us could top one hundred degrees now. Later
on this afternoon into tonight, we could have a couple
of showers and storms. Those storms could be strong at times,
with damaging wind gusts and flash flooding potentially. That's why
we have a floodwatch up from two o'clock this afternoon
(03:44):
through two o'clock this coming morning. And we have a
load tonight in the upper sixties. Tomorrow, big changes coming.
Temperature wise, high's only in the low seventies in Boston,
upper seventies inland, lots of gray skies though a couple
of passing showers possible, staying humid. More of the same
on Thursday with some storms and we've got a high
seventy five. Let's got to look at our temperatures right now.
(04:05):
Eighty five degrees in Lawrence, feeling like ninety one, in
Norwood eighty nine. It feels like ninety seven on the
Cape right now. In Chatham it's seventy six and cloudy
eighty two in Worcester, and in Boston it's eighty seven
and it feels like ninety five. Lawmakers on Beacon Hill
are trying to curb bad driving habits, and we're not
talking so much about cars more agile riders here.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Motorized bikes, scooters and mopeds are a very popular way
to get around and are seemingly only getting more popular.
But along with that comes some bad riding behavior, which
these folks have seen plenty of. Oh you have pedestrians,
you have the bike lanes.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
You have folks on.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
These scooters and mopeds dipping in and out of traffic.
Oh yeah, I mean you just hoping that thing and
you zip down. You better hope someone doesn't open that door, though,
because on You're sliced.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Seeleida. You know, I think it's a nuisance, to be
honest with you. That's why the Committee on Transportation is
looking at a bill which would create a task for
us to better enforce current laws steering riders in a
safer and more legal direction in the back bay. James
Rojas WBZ, Boston, SNOOS Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Eleven oh six. A volcanic eruption in Southeast Asia has
led to several canceled flights. Here's ABC's Andrew Dimberg.
Speaker 6 (05:16):
The frightening scene is playing out overseas in Indonesia. The
country's most active volcano erupted on Monday, belching out a
column of superheated gas and ash as high as eleven
miles into the sky. That's more than twice as high
as the cruising altitude for commercial jetliners, resulting in the
cancelation of at least five return flights between Australia and Bali.
So far, there have been no reports of casualties.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Now.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Over at Logan Airport right now, about fifty flights have
been delayed, three flights canceled, So not a bad day
here in Boston. But again, if you're heading out to
that part of the world. Definitely check ahead. And speaking
of planes, you know, we've heard the stories before about
those devices with we lithium ion batteries causing fires on flights.
It has happened again, this time on a flight from
(05:58):
Atlanta to Fort Lansdale.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
A Delta flight made an emergency landing in Fort Myers
after a portable battery caught fire in someone's bag. Here's
the pilot talking to the tower from liveatc dot net. Well,
the mag mag has been contained and we think it
was a lithum a battery thatlves then a containedent bag.
The airline says. Flight attendants quickly extinguished the flames and
(06:22):
all one hundred ninety one people on board were not injured.
So far this year, according to the FAA, there have
been thirty four incidents involving lithium batteries, eleven of which
were due to battery packs. At Piper's CBS News.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You are now in the league. For news updates throughout
the day, Listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Nicole Davis, w b Lean, Boston's news radio
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