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Tuesday, July 14

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There is anger and outrage in the wake of a deadly shooting in Maine involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. And officials now say the man who died was not the man agents were looking for.

According to two state officials, Secreteary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told them the man kiled was not the target of the warrant being served.

New surveillance video shows the final moments of that man’s life.

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Two weather fronts are opening today: one with the searing heat, the other with an enhanced risk for severe weather in Northern New England.

We should be very close to records today, with gusty winds expected this afternoon (especially on the Cape/Islands). This will be moving a lot of humid air around, but the focus for the storms will be far to the north.

This is a rare severe setup for any part of New England as hot air is yanked deep into southern Quebec. Combined with strong wind shear (twisting winds with height), and plenty of instability, we could see micro (or macro) bursts, large, damaging hail, and multiple tornado touchdowns – some could even be long-track tornadoes.

If you’re thinking of going swimming to cool off today, double check that it’s safe to do so. 

More than 40 beaches are closed across Massachusetts, and the overwhelming reason is bacteria. See the full list here. That means officials collected samples and the water exceeded safety standards.

The good news is only one beach is closed in Boston — Tenean Beach in Dorchester.

The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded with attacks on Middle East allies of the U.S.

The actions leave in tatters an interim deal meant to pause the fighting, reopen a waterway that is a crucial passage for the world’s energy supplies, and give negotiators time to hammer out a permanent end to the war. Instead, fighting has once again engulfed the region and threatened the global economy. Unless a diplomatic solution is found quickly, it could intensify into all-out war.

The focus of the conflict now is the strait, through which a fifth of all traded crude oil and natural gas passed in peacetime. Iran effectively shut the passage during the war by attacking and threatening ships — a tactic that proved its greatest strategic advantage since it sent the price of oil, fertilizer and other goods soaring at a time when world leaders were already struggling to address a rising cost of living.

Lindsay Clancy appeared in court Monday for the last hearing ahead of her murder trial.

The mother from Duxbury, Massachusetts, is accused of killing her three children in 2023.

Clancy, who is partially paralyzed after jumping out a second-floor window at her home on the same night, has pleaded not guilty in the deaths of 5-year-old Cora Clancy, 3-year-old Dawson Clancy and 8-month-old Callan Clancy. Her defense attorney has said she struggled from postpartum depression and was overmedicated.