Billy's News

The Braintree American Little League team will play their first playoff game today. They play  South Carolina at 3pm. Taylor Swift was on the New Heights podcast yesterday where she announced the new album but also spoke about her relationship with Travis Kelce. Warning on the Cape have been issued after someone caught the “flesh eating virus”. The trash strike continues. Massachusetts ranks best state to live in for the fourth year in a row. Trump will meet in Alaska with Putin tomorrow. National Guard are patrolling the streets of DC and have made hundreds of arrests already. The Red Sox lost to the Astros again yesterday.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. It is Thursday. It's August fourteenth. The forecast.
We had severe thunder and lightning storms last night, more
than two inches of rain in Lawrence and Lowell. Southern
New Hampshire hit pretty hard too. We could get a
few more today, highs in the eighties, definitely sunny for tomorrow,
highs again in the eighties. It's looking pretty nice for

(00:20):
the weekend. Top stories. Big day for the Braintree American
Little League team. They're going to play their first game
of the Little League World Series today three o'clock against
South Carolina. Excitement is building in Braintree. I think that
this is great that we have something to chair four
and now it's more than just Braintree, it's the new
England team now, so it's great. It's amazing. I mean,

(00:43):
as a child, I always wanted to go to the
World Series to see them do it. It's and I
know a couple of the families. It's great and I'm
so happy. I'm so proud of them. Yeah, watch parties
all over town today again. Game time three o'clock this afternoon.
Taylor Swift opening up on the Kelsey Brothers podcast as
expected last night, talking everything from dating Travis Kelcey to

(01:04):
fighting for ownership or her catalog to the new album.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl.
It comes out October third, And this album is about
what was going on behind the scenes in my inner
life during this tour which was so exuberant and electric
and vibrant.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, we're going to break it down everything Taylor had
to say. What we learned last night coming up in
just a few minutes at six point forty other stories.
Warnings issued on the Cape after someone contracted the so
called flesh eating disease and the trash strike still going on.
Nothing new there. And how about the latest list of
Best States to live in Massachusetts number one in the

(01:46):
country for a fourth year in a row. Everything from affordability,
income growth, housing costs, and quality of life. President Trump
had a virtual meeting with the Ukrainian President Zelensky yesterday.
Tomorrow he meets in person in Alaska with the Russian president.
Putin National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington, DC.
Reports say one hundred arrests have already been made. Beyonce

(02:10):
is now halfway to what he got. She just picked
up an Emmy for costuming in her twenty twenty four
NFL halftime show, and there's a stage version of Princess
Purple Rain on the way. I'll have these and other
stories coming up in the Entertainment Report at seven to
ten this morning. Red Sox lost for to one to
the Astros. Last night, The Red Bull Cliff Divers coming
back to Boston September twentieth, and Alisidanovan checks the Drive

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