Good morning Wypierdalaj,
Below are the latest local stories from our reporters. |
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FIRST ALERT: Extreme heat, high humidity and potentially severe storms today (live radar) |
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It’s a busy day of heat, humidity, and the risk for strong storms. Our temperatures will spike early, getting us around 90 by late morning (yes, that’s early). A game-changing cold front will charge into that hot, humid air and fire off storm by early/mid-afternoon. |
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| Will we see Fenway concession workers go on strike at noon today? |
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Will there be a last-minute deal today, or will concession workers at Boston’s Fenway Park and nearby MGM Hall walk off the job this afternoon? Aramark and Fenway Park have until noon Friday to come to an agreement with UNITE HERE Local 26 concession workers, who have said they will go on strike at that point if there is no new agreement. There are no plans for the two sides to meet, so it is likely we will see a strike today — on a day where the heat index could reach 105 degrees in some cities and towns. |
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| Fired immigration judges describe threat to judicial independence from Justice Dept. |
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More than a dozen immigration judges have been dismissed in recent weeks, including at least two from Massachusetts. One of them, George Pappas, said his firing is part of a troubling trend that threatens the independence of the nation’s immigration courts. “I was told to rule in a certain way which violates my judicial neutrality,” said Pappas, who until Tuesday served as a judge at the Chelmsford Immigration Court. Pappas was nearing the end of his two-year probationary period when he received a letter informing him he had been let go without explanation. He’s among 17 judges across the country who were recently terminated, and he believes the decision was politically motivated. |
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| Man charged with recording employees in Milford Lowe's bathroom |
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A man is accused of filming Lowe’s employees when they used the restroom at the Milford, Massachusetts, store. John Kelley, 18, faces charges of photographing an unsuspecting nude person. It stems from an investigation that began on June 27, when Milford police were called to the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Fortune Boulevard. The employees told police that they had each used the bathroom, at separate times, and noticed a man enter the neighboring stall. Both employees saw the man place a cellphone on the ground with the camera pointed at them under the stall divider. |
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Man tried grabbing woman in Rockland woods, fled when dog defended her, police say |
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A woman says she was grabbed by a man while she was walking her dog in the town forest in Rockland, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, local police said. The woman said she was walking in the forest on North Avenue, by the Abington town line, when she first ran into the man, according to Rockland police. She reported that he made inappropriate comments and that when she tried to walk away, he grabbed her arm aggressively, and she tried to get loose. “When she did this, the dog lunged at the male,” Lt. Steven Somers said. “We are not sure if he bit him or not, but enough to strike him where he let go and she fled, sprinted out to her car.” |
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Industrial cleaner leaked from package, burning FedEx driver, Millis police say |
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A FedEx driver was burned by a chemical that leaked from a package in Millis, Massachusetts, on Thursday, police said. The driver was rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while a hazmat team came in to contain the leak at a local apartment complex, Millis police said. The chemical was determined to be an industrial cleaner with sulfuric acid in it, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if the packages were labeled properly or why they leaked. |
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