Today's Top Headlines

Thursday, August 28

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

We start off cooler today, and we're tracking rain tomorrow before smooth sailing through the Labor Day weekend. Other top news this morning includes what Massachusetts schools are saying about immigration enforcement as students return, and Boston city councilors voicing their concerns over White Stadium. We also know which actress is reportedly set to play Karen Read in a new Prime Video series. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are the morning's headlines.

Below are the latest local stories from our reporters.

We’re getting closer and closer to Labor Day Weekend, and if you have any plans, most of the holiday is looking good. But there’s one thing standing in the way of a near-perfect weekend. That’s the threat for rain on Friday.

We’ll get to that in a moment, though. Let’s enjoy this Thursday first.

As we move through the day, it will feel like fall due to lower humidity values. We’ll see a good deal of sunshine early on. Then, clouds will increase by afternoon. No rain is expected today. Highs will be in the upper 70s.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper who died after participating in training exercises at the Massachusetts State Police Academy last September had fatal complications from “blunt impact injuries,” according to the family’s attorney.

Enrique Delgado-Garcia was hospitalized and later died after participating in a boxing training exercise at the academy in New Braintree last September. His death sparked an independent investigation after Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. recused his office due to Delgado-Garcia’s previous employment there as a victim witness advocate.

Mike Wilcox, an attorney representing Delgado-Garcia’s family, said a death certificate should be filed with the Worcester City Clerk soon, and that the cause of death will be “complications of intracranial hemorrhages due to blunt impact injuries to the head in the setting of physical training exercises.”

A tractor trailer rolled over on the Massachusetts Turnpike early Wednesday in Framingham, closing the westbound side of the highway and causing significant traffic delays during the morning commute.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation says the rollover crash occurred on Interstate 90 westbound at mile marker 113.5 and has temporarily closed the highway.

The closures are expected to remain in place for several hours, MassDOT said, noting that I-90 westbound traffic is being diverted via Exit 117.

As students return to school across Massachusetts, concerns about immigration enforcement linger for some immigrant families.

Psychotherapist Michael Burroughs said those fears have created hesitation: “Safety is crucial… I’m afraid parents won’t let their children go to school and out of fear that they might go missing.”

Burroughs added hat a lack of security can interfere with learning.

Massachusetts native Elizabeth Banks will play Karen Read in a new limited series for Prime Video, according to multiple reports.

Deadline first reported that Banks would star in the Prime Video and Warner Brothers Television series, although the Hollywood Reporter and Variety have since confirmed the news.

The show will be run by Justin Noble, who most recently worked on HBO’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and has written for multiple other well known series. Noble, David E. Kelley and Banks will serve as executive producers.

The overhaul of White Stadium is taking shape in Boston’s Franklin Park.

Trucks and tractors are shuttling dirt and dust out of the construction site, leaving just the facade and mixed feelings in their wake.

“We have to do this in a matter in which we’re being fiscally responsible,” said At-Large Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia.