July 4, 2026 • 6 mins
One more day of oppressive heat, Boston has in place a full day of celebrating America's 250th birthday, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wed last night in New York City. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ Boston's news video we defining local News.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Eighty one degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie Burger On. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Well.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
The good news one more day of the suppressive heat today,
ring sunshine and some clouds for this Independence Day holiday,
even breeze at times and aki weathers. LaTroy Thorne will
give us the four day forecast. The good news is
this extreme heat warning is now a heat advisory, but
still it's going to feel like it's about a one
hundred degrees later on today. Full four day forecast in
(00:37):
just a bit. Well, happy fourth of July and Boston
has in place a full day of celebrating America's two
hundred and fiftieth birthday.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Start your morning at the Old State House, where Boston
carries on its centuries old tradition of reading the Declaration
of Independence out loud. Barbarafest continues all day, and if
you want a unique view, catch a ferry out to
Spectacle Island this afternoon and tonight. The main events the
Boston Pops July fourth Fireworks Spectacular and the Charles River
Esplanade and Hatshell starting at seven. If history, fireworks and
(01:06):
the pops aren't enough for you, Jaws is playing on
thirty five millimeter film this weekend at Brattle Theater. Jay
Willett WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
And there will be fireworks in the nation's capital tonight.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
The fireworks show will start later than usual, but will
last longer. President Trump plans to deliver a forty five
minute address on the National Mall stage, which is also
home to the Freedom two fifty Great American State Fair.
The speech is expected to begin just before ten pm.
It's a hot one too, so stay hydrated. Washington, and
the fireworks display is out to set a Guinness World
record with eight hundred and fifty thousand shells lasting forty minutes.
(01:41):
Drew maholland WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Beaches all along the coastline flooded with folks this weekend
with this hot weather. WBC's Kendabule from Crane Beach in Ipswich.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Property manager Nick Oldham says the men and women test
with protecting those beach goers are ready.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
None of us like it when it's slow and dead
down here.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
You know, we really like seeing you've come visit it's
a beautiful beach and ostof gets to go out and
do what we love to do here.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Greens lifeguards won't just be scanning the waters. They'll be
keeping a close SiGe and the folks on the sand
looking for signs of overheating, and says Beachfront supervisor Grace Burnhart,
they'll need to look out for themselves as well.
Speaker 6 (02:15):
We rotate frequently so no one gets too tired.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
We have mandatory swim breaks, so even we are in
the water cooling off, we're hydrated.
Speaker 6 (02:23):
We keep our cool and we stay prepared.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
From Mitswitch Kendlebield w you Besy Boston's NewsRadio.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Crane Beach is one of the many beaches that were
closed this past week because of a wastewater leak in Haveril,
but they have reopened. Two transformers catching fire yesterday afternoon
at the Seabrook New Hampshire Nuclear power Plant, A spokesperson
for the next Terra Seabrook station says the location of
(02:49):
the fire was in a substation on properties separate from
the nuclear facility. No injuries, no evacuations needed. The nuclear
facility itself was not impacted. Ah a closely loved watch
story ends in a new chapter.
Speaker 6 (03:05):
The wedding party kept close to family, Swift's brother Austin
serving as her man of honor and Kelsey's brother Jason
serving as his best man, outside fans gathering nearby hoping
to share in the moment.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
It is very private, like there's so much security so
no one can get in.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
But I still think the slick her way of like
letting out to experience.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
So with her.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
Celebrities including Hugh Grant, Ethan Hawk, Jason Sedeikis, Benson Boone,
and Abby Wambach among those photographed arriving in black tie attire,
Michelle Franz, and ABC News New York.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Taylor Swift Travis Kelsey now husband and wife. Let's check
the four day WDBZAKU weather forecast. LA Troy Thornton tells
us we'll have some sons and clouds. It will be
breezy at times in another hot, humid day and afternoon
thunderstorm expected to move through high mid nineties. And then
when you figure in the humidity, it will feel like
(03:58):
it's about one hundred, maybe been a little bit higher.
Partly cloudy, warm, humid overnight tonight again maybe a thunderstorm
seventy two for a low and then it really changes tomorrow,
more clouds than sun and lower humidity, high seventy seven
to eighty one. We're a perfect day tomorrow. Monday cloudy,
cooler with some showers seventy two to seventy six, and
(04:19):
then Tuesday, cooler with clouds. Looks like a steadier rain
moves through on Tuesday, with temperatures remaining in the upper
sixties eighty one. It's warm right now in Boston and
again you got that humidity feels like eighty four at
six oh five. So all this extreme heat is tough,
especially for food truck drivers, but if you work in
(04:40):
an ice cream truck, not bad. Here's Wbez's and my Friedman.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Walking around Boston Common and downtown Boston. My mission was
to find food truck drivers and see how they're holding up.
But it was so hot. In the popular spots, very
few were braving the heat. But there's one guy I
knew I could count on.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
This is the original Boston Frosty on the corner of
Arlington and Boylston, been here since nineteen.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
In eighty seven, gas Costa says, with so much action
in Boston, this summer. He's selling hundreds of ice creams
a day, which is a good thing, even if that
means spending the hot days in a metal truck planted
in the sun right outside Boston Public Garden.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
It's been great, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
The World Cup two has brought a lot of people
to the city and it's great. You know, business is great,
people are very friendly. I asked if he has any
tips to stay cool.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I mean, just number one is staying hydrated.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
I guess I drank a lot of gatoraded water throughout
the day just to try to stay ahead of it.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
But it's how much you can do when you're in
one of these, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
At Boston Public Garden. I'm Abreedmen w Busy Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
A black bear spotted in both Avon and Randolph over
the past few days. Police and Randolph said on Wednesday
the bear had been seen in the West End Fowler
Street areas. Avon Animal Control posted a photo Thursday of
a bear drinking from a hummingbird feeder. Residents report seeing
the bear near Route twenty eight in North Main Street,
(05:55):
right on the Avon Randolph line. Animal Control reminding residents
in the area secure your trash barrels, keep an eye
on your pets, and make sure you also remove bird feeders.
A rare discovery just in time for America's Birthday, here's
wbz's Jeremy Russ.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
A volunteer at Britain's National Archives, is uncovered in early
copy of the Declaration of Independence. This is one of
just eleven original copies of the declaration's Exeter printing, which
were printed in Exeter, New Hampshire from July sixteenth to
nineteen seventeen seventy six, the only Exitter copy identified outside
the US. It was taken from a ship that was
serving under the direction of the Continental Congress to help
(06:32):
its fledgling navy. That ship was chased down on Christmas
Eve of seventeen seventy six, which crew is in prison
in England and many of those men survived despite harsh condition.
Jeremy Russ WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I'm Charlie Bird.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
You're on WBZ Boston's News Radio.
This is WBZ Boston's news video we defining local News.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Eighty one degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie Burger On. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Well.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
The good news one more day of the suppressive heat today,
ring sunshine and some clouds for this Independence Day holiday,
even breeze at times and aki weathers. LaTroy Thorne will
give us the four day forecast. The good news is
this extreme heat warning is now a heat advisory, but
still it's going to feel like it's about a one
hundred degrees later on today. Full four day forecast in
(00:37):
just a bit. Well, happy fourth of July and Boston
has in place a full day of celebrating America's two
hundred and fiftieth birthday.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Start your morning at the Old State House, where Boston
carries on its centuries old tradition of reading the Declaration
of Independence out loud. Barbarafest continues all day, and if
you want a unique view, catch a ferry out to
Spectacle Island this afternoon and tonight. The main events the
Boston Pops July fourth Fireworks Spectacular and the Charles River
Esplanade and Hatshell starting at seven. If history, fireworks and
(01:06):
the pops aren't enough for you, Jaws is playing on
thirty five millimeter film this weekend at Brattle Theater. Jay
Willett WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
And there will be fireworks in the nation's capital tonight.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
The fireworks show will start later than usual, but will
last longer. President Trump plans to deliver a forty five
minute address on the National Mall stage, which is also
home to the Freedom two fifty Great American State Fair.
The speech is expected to begin just before ten pm.
It's a hot one too, so stay hydrated. Washington, and
the fireworks display is out to set a Guinness World
record with eight hundred and fifty thousand shells lasting forty minutes.
(01:41):
Drew maholland WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Beaches all along the coastline flooded with folks this weekend
with this hot weather. WBC's Kendabule from Crane Beach in Ipswich.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Property manager Nick Oldham says the men and women test
with protecting those beach goers are ready.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
None of us like it when it's slow and dead
down here.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
You know, we really like seeing you've come visit it's
a beautiful beach and ostof gets to go out and
do what we love to do here.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Greens lifeguards won't just be scanning the waters. They'll be
keeping a close SiGe and the folks on the sand
looking for signs of overheating, and says Beachfront supervisor Grace Burnhart,
they'll need to look out for themselves as well.
Speaker 6 (02:15):
We rotate frequently so no one gets too tired.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
We have mandatory swim breaks, so even we are in
the water cooling off, we're hydrated.
Speaker 6 (02:23):
We keep our cool and we stay prepared.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
From Mitswitch Kendlebield w you Besy Boston's NewsRadio.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Crane Beach is one of the many beaches that were
closed this past week because of a wastewater leak in Haveril,
but they have reopened. Two transformers catching fire yesterday afternoon
at the Seabrook New Hampshire Nuclear power Plant, A spokesperson
for the next Terra Seabrook station says the location of
(02:49):
the fire was in a substation on properties separate from
the nuclear facility. No injuries, no evacuations needed. The nuclear
facility itself was not impacted. Ah a closely loved watch
story ends in a new chapter.
Speaker 6 (03:05):
The wedding party kept close to family, Swift's brother Austin
serving as her man of honor and Kelsey's brother Jason
serving as his best man, outside fans gathering nearby hoping
to share in the moment.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
It is very private, like there's so much security so
no one can get in.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
But I still think the slick her way of like
letting out to experience.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
So with her.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
Celebrities including Hugh Grant, Ethan Hawk, Jason Sedeikis, Benson Boone,
and Abby Wambach among those photographed arriving in black tie attire,
Michelle Franz, and ABC News New York.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Taylor Swift Travis Kelsey now husband and wife. Let's check
the four day WDBZAKU weather forecast. LA Troy Thornton tells
us we'll have some sons and clouds. It will be
breezy at times in another hot, humid day and afternoon
thunderstorm expected to move through high mid nineties. And then
when you figure in the humidity, it will feel like
(03:58):
it's about one hundred, maybe been a little bit higher.
Partly cloudy, warm, humid overnight tonight again maybe a thunderstorm
seventy two for a low and then it really changes tomorrow,
more clouds than sun and lower humidity, high seventy seven
to eighty one. We're a perfect day tomorrow. Monday cloudy,
cooler with some showers seventy two to seventy six, and
(04:19):
then Tuesday, cooler with clouds. Looks like a steadier rain
moves through on Tuesday, with temperatures remaining in the upper
sixties eighty one. It's warm right now in Boston and
again you got that humidity feels like eighty four at
six oh five. So all this extreme heat is tough,
especially for food truck drivers, but if you work in
(04:40):
an ice cream truck, not bad. Here's Wbez's and my Friedman.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Walking around Boston Common and downtown Boston. My mission was
to find food truck drivers and see how they're holding up.
But it was so hot. In the popular spots, very
few were braving the heat. But there's one guy I
knew I could count on.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
This is the original Boston Frosty on the corner of
Arlington and Boylston, been here since nineteen.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
In eighty seven, gas Costa says, with so much action
in Boston, this summer. He's selling hundreds of ice creams
a day, which is a good thing, even if that
means spending the hot days in a metal truck planted
in the sun right outside Boston Public Garden.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
It's been great, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
The World Cup two has brought a lot of people
to the city and it's great. You know, business is great,
people are very friendly. I asked if he has any
tips to stay cool.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I mean, just number one is staying hydrated.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
I guess I drank a lot of gatoraded water throughout
the day just to try to stay ahead of it.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
But it's how much you can do when you're in
one of these, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
At Boston Public Garden. I'm Abreedmen w Busy Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
A black bear spotted in both Avon and Randolph over
the past few days. Police and Randolph said on Wednesday
the bear had been seen in the West End Fowler
Street areas. Avon Animal Control posted a photo Thursday of
a bear drinking from a hummingbird feeder. Residents report seeing
the bear near Route twenty eight in North Main Street,
(05:55):
right on the Avon Randolph line. Animal Control reminding residents
in the area secure your trash barrels, keep an eye
on your pets, and make sure you also remove bird feeders.
A rare discovery just in time for America's Birthday, here's
wbz's Jeremy Russ.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
A volunteer at Britain's National Archives, is uncovered in early
copy of the Declaration of Independence. This is one of
just eleven original copies of the declaration's Exeter printing, which
were printed in Exeter, New Hampshire from July sixteenth to
nineteen seventeen seventy six, the only Exitter copy identified outside
the US. It was taken from a ship that was
serving under the direction of the Continental Congress to help
(06:32):
its fledgling navy. That ship was chased down on Christmas
Eve of seventeen seventy six, which crew is in prison
in England and many of those men survived despite harsh condition.
Jeremy Russ WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I'm Charlie Bird.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
You're on WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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