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Also: How Boston-area Venezuelans view turmoil back home; City Council sounds alarm over Carney closure [❤️ Donate]( [View in Browser](   August 8, 2024  🌤️ Partly sunny, with a high near 72 and scattered thunderstorms. Good Morning Boston, I'm not complaining about these refreshing 60-degree mornings. We're in store for another round of mild, dry weather today - enjoy it before the rain and heat return: - The Debby effect: More showers are on the way this week, thanks to remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. After drenching the Carolinas, the storm is on track to sideswipe Massachusetts. Meteorologist Danielle Noyes forecasts the Boston area will see off-and-on showers Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Though there's a chance of additional scattered thunderstorms today, the National Weather Service says to expect the heaviest downpours Friday night. - The timing: Want to avoid getting drenched this weekend? The NWS has [day-by-day precipitation probability charts for over a dozen Massachusetts communities here](. - Up in the air: Hundreds of flights in and out of Logan Airport have already been disrupted over the last few days - including over 200 delays and three-dozen cancellations yesterday. Massport officials expect that to continue; there are another 53 delays and four cancelations[so far this morning]( (with Boston having the third-most delays so far across the country, according to [this cool interactive map](. Massport suggests checking with your airline if you have travel plans along the East Coast. - On the ground: There could be some localized flooding Friday night into Saturday. Noyes says rain totals will be around half an inch for most of the state, though as much as 1 to 2 inches are possible on Cape Cod. (Sunday looks like the best beach day.) - Not again: Noyes says the highest amount of rain is expected to hit Vermont - parts of which are still recovering from [multiple]( [rounds]( of flooding this summer. - Show me a HERO: Gov. Maura Healey will put pen to paper again today, signing into law a sweeping veterans bill. The so-called HERO Act was [one of the few pieces of legislation that made it to the governor's desk last week]( as lawmakers [struggled to find compromise]( several big bills before the end of regular formal sessions. But given the relatively small differences between the House and Senate versions of the veterans bill, they were able to reach a deal there. - Zoom in: The bill includes a handful of new benefits for veterans, like increasing both the state's annual payments to disabled veterans and its business tax credit for hiring a veteran from [$2,000]( to $2,500. The bill also waives the fee for certain specialty veterans license plates and expands access to behavioral health treatment. And it makes it easier for cities and towns to increase the state's [property tax exemption]( for veterans. - Zoom out: Healey's office said the bill is the "first time in 20 years" that a Massachusetts governor has introduced a "comprehensive and expansive" veterans welfare package. - Meanwhile in Paris: The U.S. women's artistic swimming team - including 21-year-old [Andover native Ruby Remati]( - won the silver medal yesterday in the Olympics. It's Team USA's [first medal in the sport since 2004](. (You may know it as synchronized swimming, but there's [a lot more to the sport than just synchronization]( - The U.S. figure skating team was [also awarded gold medals yesterday]( in Paris - and yes, I know what you're thinking. "I thought these were the Summer Games?" However, the ceremony was for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, following [two years of controversy]( legal wrangling over a doping scandal. P.S.- The second episode of our relaunched weekly podcast The Common features a walk through the history - and actual landscape - of Franklin Park. [Click here]( to listen and learn about some of The Common team's favorite discoveries in the park. Nik DeCosta-Klipa Editor, Newsletters Editor's note: We have a new address: newsletters@email.wbur.org. Be sure to add us to your contacts - or for Gmail users, move us into your primary folder - so you never miss a newsletter. Reply to this email if you have any questions; we'd love to help. The Rundown [Local Venezuelans organize, and pray, to support democracy back home]( Migrants have been fleeing Venezuela's political and economic turmoil, and many settling in the Boston area are hoping for an end to the Maduro government. [Read more.]( [Local Venezuelans organize, and pray, to support democracy back home]( Migrants have been fleeing Venezuela's political and economic turmoil, and many settling in the Boston area are hoping for an end to the Maduro government. [Read more.]( [NASA delays next crew launch to buy more time at space station for Boeing's troubled capsule]( Tuesday marked two months at the space station for Starliner's test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who should have been back by mid-June. Williams grew up in Massachusetts. [Read more.]( [NASA delays next crew launch to buy more time at space station for Boeing's troubled capsule]( Tuesday marked two months at the space station for Starliner's test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who should have been back by mid-June. Williams grew up in Massachusetts. [Read more.]( [Boston City Council sounds alarm over Carney Hospital closure]( Boston City Council adopted a resolution Wednesday calling for a public health emergency and applying new pressure on the state in an attempt to stave off bankrupt Steward Health Care's plan to shutter Carney Hospital in Dorchester. [Read more.]( [Boston City Council sounds alarm over Carney Hospital closure]( Boston City Council adopted a resolution Wednesday calling for a public health emergency and applying new pressure on the state in an attempt to stave off bankrupt Steward Health Care's plan to shutter Carney Hospital in Dorchester. [Read more.]( [Chemicals found at the home of a Taylor Swift concert attack suspect, officials say]( The suspect had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State group militia to an internet account a few weeks ago, investigators said Wednesday. [Read more.]( [Chemicals found at the home of a Taylor Swift concert attack suspect, officials say]( The suspect had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State group militia to an internet account a few weeks ago, investigators said Wednesday. [Read more.]( [Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M]( French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023. [Read more.]( [Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M]( French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023. [Read more.]( Anything Else? - A jazz festival in Milton. A funk festival in Cambridge. Something called "Adventure Improv" in Somerville. From our arts and culture team, [here are five events around Boston to check out this weekend](. - Republican critics of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz have given him a new nickname: "Tampon Tim." [Here's the backstory behind the moniker - and why some Democrats are embracing it.]( - The new, hotly anticipated adaptation of Colleen Hoover's beloved bestseller "It Ends with Us" features Blake Lively as a Boston florist caught in a toxic relationship. Critic Sean Burns writes the film "leans shamelessly - and not unsatisfyingly - into the source material's romance novel trappings." [Read his full review here](. - WBUR's Lisa Creamer [shares what she learned from her effort to compile a "hot dog tour" of central Massachusetts]( - and her ideal topping combination for her franks. What We're Reading 📚 - A booming industry of AI age scanners, aimed at children's faces ([Washington Post]( - Harvard Will Not Remove Sackler Name From Art Museum and Campus Building ([The Harvard Crimson]( - In Worcester, a ballpark and a neighborhood rise together ([The Boston Globe](   Tell Me Something Good [Minority business advocates applaud Jaylen Brown for amplifying the cause (GBH News)]( The Celtics star is pouring millions into helping launch and support minority entrepreneurs. [Read more.]( [Minority business advocates applaud Jaylen Brown for amplifying the cause (GBH News)]( The Celtics star is pouring millions into helping launch and support minority entrepreneurs. [Read more.]( Play: [WBUR's daily mini crossword.]( Can you keep your streak going? Before you go: The DunKings [now have their DunkQueen](. 😎 Forward to a friend. 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