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Friday, June 12

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We'll be sizzling again today. There are heat advisories across the state, plus elsewhere in New England, as the high heat and humidity will combine to make it feel near 100 degrees. Other news we're following includes a kids' lemonade stand that was robbed at gunpoint in South Boston, and a kayaker is dead after being reported missing in a Stoughton pond. Plus, Boston Stadium is set to host its first World Cup match tomorrow. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are your headlines.

The sizzle is on again today.

We’ll see relief at the coast with the sea breeze, but elsewhere, it’s another day in the low 90s. Humidity will combine with the heat to make it feel like upper 90s.

At those temperatures, it’s best to limit strenuous outdoor work or sports. Keep guzzling cold, (preferably) nonalcoholic beverages too. It’s easy to get dehydrated with dew points near 70.

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We are now seeing inside Boston Stadium days before the first World Cup match gets underway here. FIFA World Cup 2026 hosted the tour ahead of Saturday night’s kickoff.

The New England Patriots’ beloved Gillette stadium is now Boston Stadium – being fully operated by FIFA World Cup 2026 during the tournament. Kevin Clark is the FIFA venue operations director for the Boston site.

“We are basically integrating and plugging into the stadium’s existing operations to deliver the World Cup-looking field that you see around you here today,” said Clark.

Something that should feel simple and innocent turned scary in seconds. Police say two kids running a lemonade stand in South Boston were robbed at gunpoint — by other kids.

Police said they responded to the reported armed robbery at 157 West Ninth Street, near E Street, around 4:44 p.m. on Wednesday, but two male youths had already fled the scene, according to police.

The victims, two juveniles, told officers they were operating their lemonade stand when the suspects made several passes by before approaching them and asking whether Apple Pay would be accepted as payment. Before the victims could even respond, police say the suspects grabbed their box of money, and one of them displayed a black firearm in his waistband.

A 25-year-old was killed in an equestrian accident at a farm in Groton, Massachusetts, last week.

The Groton Fire Department says it responded to Scarlet Hill Farm, at 245 Lowell Road, around 3:30 p.m. Friday for an unconscious equestrian, and determined the rider had suffered traumatic injuries after a fall in which her horse fell on top of her.

A medical helicopter was requested, and the victim was flown to a Worcester trauma center, where she later died from her injuries, according to the fire department, which did not release the woman’s name.

It’s a designed as an easier way to get though the fare gates at MBTA stations.

“I use my phone to pay,” one T rider told us. “It works great. It’s really convenient.”

The long-awaited tap-to-pay technology was rolled out in August 2024. In just the first five months, the T said it hit 10 million taps. Riders can pay with a physical credit or debit card or with their phone’s digital wallet.

A man pulled from a pond in Stoughton, Massachusetts, has died, authorities said Thursday night.

Crews responded around 2:30 p.m. to Ames Pond on Highland Street for a report of a boater in distress, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said a kayaker had been reported missing.

Massachusetts State Police divers found the victim, a 20-year-old man, in the water about 90 minutes later.