1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news, thirty. 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: Degrees and clear skies in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning, 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 2: I'm Charlie Burderhond and here's what's happening. The United States 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 2: military has begun major combat operations against Iran. 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 3: CBS News special report. The US and Israel have attacked 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 3: Iran after it refused to curb its nuclear program. Iran 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 3: is fired back with missile attacks on US bases in 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 3: Bahrain and Jordan. Explosions have also been reported in Kuwait, 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 3: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Abu Dhabi. President Trump posted a 10 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 3: video to social media. 11 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 4: The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 4: we may have casualties that often happens in war. 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: But we're doing this not for now. 14 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 5: We're doing this for the future, and it is a 15 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 5: noble mission. 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 3: The BBC's John Donison is an Israel, where air defense 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: systems are trying to intercept the incoming Iranian missiles. 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 5: We awoke to the sound of sirens going up off 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 5: across Jerusalem and across Israel. 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: CBS's Olivia Gaza's reports explosions have been heard in covers 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 3: capital Doha. 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: Doha was the largest US military installation in the Middle East. 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 3: The US is urging Americans in several Middle Eastern countries 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 3: to shelter in place. CBS News special report. I'm Michael Wallace, 25 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 3: and of course we'll have continuing coverage. This story just 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 3: breaking during the overnight hours as the US military has 27 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 3: begun combat operations against Iran. Stay here with WBZ NewsRadio 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 3: for more information as it unfolds. Governor Moore heely Is 29 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 3: ended the state of emergency, which had been declared ahead 30 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 3: of the blizzard that overwhelmed much of the Bay State 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: earlier this week. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation deployed over 32 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 3: three thousand pieces of equipment to clear the roads, three 33 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty members of the National Guard assisted with 34 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: recovery efforts, and more than ninety nine percent of base 35 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: day residents and businesses have their power back Following that 36 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: Nor Easter. Power was restored in many communities well ahead 37 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: of schedule, and according to MIMA, right now, only about 38 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 3: three hundred customers remain in the dark. Measles makes a 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: return to the Commonwealth for the first time this year. 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 3: Who his wbzs JWALLLAF. 41 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 6: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announces it's detected the 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 6: first two confirmed cases of measles in the state this year. 43 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: It doesn't surprise me. 44 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 5: We've seen increased disease activity and multiple places throughout the 45 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 5: United States and throughout the world. 46 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 6: The first was a school aged resident who is currently 47 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 6: out of state. The second was diagnosed in Greater Boston. 48 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 6: The patient had traveled internationally and has an unclear vaccination history. 49 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 6: Doctor Camille Cotton, his senior physician in the Division of 50 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 6: Infectious Disease, and mass General Brigham. 51 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 5: One to two weeks after exposure, they could develop high fever, cough, 52 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 5: running nose, red watery eyes, or conjunctivids. 53 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 6: Officials say the risk to Massachusetts residents remains low, but 54 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 6: emphasize the importance of getting vaccinated. JAY will lead to 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 6: BBZ Boston's news radio. 56 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 2: Let's check the four day wdvz ACU weather forecast. Matt 57 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: Rendy tells us Today we'll have some sun, some clouds, breezy, 58 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 2: a lot warmer. We'll get close to fifty today, partly 59 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: cloudy overnight. Tonight we drop back to thirty tomorrow. It's brisk, 60 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: it's colder, maybe snow flurry midday. Not a big deal, 61 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: not after what we just went through, a coding to 62 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: an inch. Otherwise, just some clouds and temperatures to the 63 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 2: mid maybe even upper thirties Tomorrow. Monday a cold day, 64 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 2: cloud sun just twenty five for a high on Monday, 65 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: and then Tuesday not it's cold, increasing clouds and again 66 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: maybe a combination rain snow. High about forty on Tuesday. 67 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: Looks like rain in the forecast on Wednesday as well, 68 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 2: thirty degrees and clear skies. In Boston At six five, 69 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: Boston Mayor Michelle Woo announcing the city will collaborate with 70 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: Dana Farber Cancer Institute to respond to shocking mortality rate 71 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: statistics contained in a recent public health survey. 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 7: Ccident in Roxbury dies on average twenty three years before 73 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 7: their neighbor in Back Bay. Black residents in our city 74 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 7: pass away more than six years earlier than any other 75 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,119 Speaker 7: major racial group on average. 76 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 4: Mayor Michelle Woo says the results of a recent public 77 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 4: health survey of mortality rates in Boston are staggering. 78 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 7: Overall life expectancy in Boston has increased over the past 79 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 7: ten years, but for black residents it has gone down, 80 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 7: the gap between black residents and the rest of the 81 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 7: city has doubled. 82 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 4: Accordingly, the mayor says Boston will invest one million dollars 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 4: in work with Data Farbard Cancer Institute to fight cancer 84 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 4: in the city's black community. 85 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 7: We have the research, we have the resources, and most importantly, 86 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 7: we have the resolve to get this done. 87 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 4: The collaboration will expand access to cancer screenings and boost 88 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 4: community based prevention to help detect cancer earlier and treat 89 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 4: it sooner. Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's news radio. 90 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ordered DNA testing in 91 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: the ca case of Sean Tanner. Might remember this story 92 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 2: back in the eighties. He was convicted in nineteen eighty 93 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: eight and the murder of Mary Harris in a motel 94 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 2: room in Darmouth. The Globe reports after Harris was killed, 95 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: nine other bodies were discovered in the area in what 96 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: was labeled the New Bedford Highway murders. Tanner died four 97 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 2: years ago at the age of fifty seven, and had 98 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: maintained his innocence until his death. If the DNA testing 99 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 2: clears Tanner, the families of other victims are hoping that 100 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: decision could generate new leads in those unsolved highway killings. 101 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: Lor Carey of the New England innocence projects, as it 102 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: will likely be months for the laboratory to complete that testing. 103 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 2: A major airport in the Midwest reducing flights. 104 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 8: The FAA plans to limit flights at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. 105 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 8: Sources tel CBS News that the move at one of 106 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 8: the nation's busiest airports was prompted by concerns the capacity 107 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 8: and operational delay issues that played out over last summer 108 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 8: at new Ark Airport would spread to O'Hare during this 109 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 8: summer's busy travel season. Like Newark last summer, O'Hare has 110 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 8: a number of construction projects underway. It could also impact efficiency. 111 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 8: Jennifer Kuiper, CBS News, Chicago. 112 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 2: Well, thanks to a Foxboro police officer and Tuff's Veterinary 113 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: Clinic and Walpole, a dog in Foxborough did not fall 114 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 2: victim to the blizzard on Monday. 115 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 5: She is my trouble maker, Gail's one year old Ruby 116 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 5: and Knuku picked a great time to find a piece 117 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 5: of rat poisoning tucked away inside a closet. 118 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: Tuffs wanted her there immediately at the storm. You know, 119 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: we knew that was going to be how I. 120 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 5: Had Tuffs told Gail to give her hydrogen peroxide to 121 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 5: make her vomit, but it wasn't happening. 122 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: Panic, panic, because we knew it wasn't good. 123 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 5: That's when Foxborough police officer Sean Taylor, who was just 124 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 5: getting off duty, offered to drive Maple to the vet. 125 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: Officer Taylor called and said, just hang tight, be looking 126 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: for me. I'm coming. It was a huge surprise to us. 127 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: We're so grateful. 128 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 5: Maple's doing well. But doctor Meg Vaught, who was working 129 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 5: at Tofts during the blizzard, said the story could have 130 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 5: ended badly. 131 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 2: The biggest concern is that they could develop tremors, seizures, 132 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 2: or even go into a coma and pass away. 133 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 5: But luckily not Maple. 134 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: I just I can't say thank you enough. 135 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 5: In Foxborough, Suzannsosville WBZ Boston's news radio. 136 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 137 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 2: the day. Listen to DOUBDBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 138 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 2: I'm Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio