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for ticks after you head in for the day. If you find any ticks, remove them carefully with tweezers and watch for symptoms such as fever, headache, or rash. For more information on ticks and tick bite prevention, head over to Ohio.gov forward slash ticks. From the heart of downtown, W-T-A-M, 1100, Cleveland, N-Hart Radio Station, guaranteed human. It's Friday, 7 o'clock Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Snyder. This bill wills, good morning. Trending news stories this morning, a blue origin rocket exploded on the launch pad last night at Cape Canaver. Thankfully, no one injured. We've got the story with Carmen Angelo coming up, a little more in-depth on what it might mean for our mission to the moon with I-Heart's Roy O'Neill at 720. Also, 33 to 38 years in prison for the man convicted in a fatal shooting at the RTA Puritas Rapid Station. Those stories with Carmen on the way. Let's check your drive this morning. W.T.A.1100 traffic. Here's Pat Butler. Thank you, Bill. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center, if a medical mistake caused you injury, call 1-800-O-Ohio. It's a pretty good highway drive so far this morning. 480 looks good. East and West. You've got a 20-minute ride between 71 and 27-1 and 27-1. Downtown on the Interbelt, really not too bad. Just a little heavy on 77 north, approaching 490, and roadwork continues closing down the Jennings North and between Harbor Denison and West 14th. Next traffic in 9 minutes at 710. Pat Butler, WTAM traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106. 9 FM. It's an absolutely gorgeous start for this morning. Temperatures starting in the upper 40s to low 50s with a calm wind. Throughout the morning and afternoon, crystal blue skies continuing temperatures warming up until the mid the upper 70s, upper 60s after sunset. Cleveland 3 News Meteoril is Anthony Copeland. Upper 40s, low 50s, around 48 this morning in North Ridgeville and 49 at your severe weather station. Beautiful morning. Sports check. Morning, Mike Snyder. Good morning, Bill. First place. Guardian has begun a three-game series against the Red Sox tonight. Spurs and Thunder headed to a game 7. And we'll get to hear from Cab's President Kobe Sam Altman later this morning. We'll tell you about that coming up at 7.50. Wall Street numbers look higher. Get to a Bloomberg money update for you in about seven minutes after a higher day yesterday, for the most part. All the different indexes close. Let's get to the news of the morning, though. Now at 702, here's Carmen Angelo. And good morning to you, Bill. 27-year-old Benjamin Netanyahu McComis was fatally shot last December at RTA's Puritus Rapid Station. Thursday, the man who did it. learned his fate. 25-year-old Donnie Allen's sentenced to at least 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery, and felonious assault. Assistant Kyaga County prosecutor Adrian Lennox says there was no obvious motive for Allen's actions. By all accounts, you know, the footage and RTA does have great footage, both visual and audio, but it looked like a very normal interaction with him and other passengers right up until it wasn't.

Lennox says Alan showed no remorse while in the courtroom and offered no explanation or apology to the family of the Avon Lakeman, Benjamin Netanyahu McCormick. or McComis. It was a Raymond Day Thursday for a 19-year-old Cleveland man accused of intentionally mowing down a flag football referee. It's a $30,000 bond for a 19-year-old accused of running over a flag football referee with his car. Timothy Rubel allegedly struck Brian Williams earlier in the month after the referee got into an argument with Rubel's father. Williams' mother read a letter during Rubel's hearing saying that her son suffered a traumatic brain injury. Rubel faces attempted murder, felonious assault, and evidence sampling charges, he was placed on GPS monitoring in order to have no contact with the victim. I'm Lee Mauin. Police now sharing the names of two people who died after a shooting incident in Olmstead Falls Wednesday night. Police were dispatched to a home near Brentwood Drive on Bagley Road with reports of shots fired. They found 69-year-old Rita Gallius fatally shot outside the home. Her son, 47-year-old Jamie McFarlane, barricaded himself inside and was later found out of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. McFarland's 64-year-old ex-girlfriend was also found to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Vice President James... Lady JD Vance says Uncle Sam is very close to hiring an agreement with Iran, though several talking points remain. U.S. leaders say the two sides have tentatively agreed to a 60-day extension of the ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and new talks on Iran's nuclear program. A proposed agreement of understanding still requires approval from President Trump and Iranian leaders, and VP JD Vance noted that negotiators are still going back and forth over issues related to Iran's nuclear capabilities. A blue origin rocket exploding on the launch pad last night at Cape Canaveral. An engine test of the blue origin new Glenn rocket was taking place when officials say it experienced, quote, an anomaly. Residents along Florida Space Coast reported shaking their homes. Oh, yeah, that blew up. That is not normal. Company owner Jeff Bezos confirming the rocket was lost, there were no deaths or injuries. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi set to appear before a congressional committee today for questions about the Justice Department's release of the Epstein files. More now on that story from our Mark Mayfield. The closed-door hearing is expected to focus on her handling of the investigation into Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after leaving the Justice Department in April. I'm Mark Neafield. Anthropic, currently the world's most valuable artificial intelligence startup. The company reached a $965 billion valuation after announcing Thursday that it raised $65 billion from private investors. The announcement put Anthropic ahead of Open AI, which reached an $852 billion valuation in March. A mother in California now headed to prison for decades for the parties she threw for her son and his buddies. The so-called party mom of Los Gatos.

California has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for hosting alcohol-fueled sex parties for young teens in the Silicon Valley suburb. 52-year-old Shannon O'Connor hosted the parties for her son and his friends beginning in 2020. Prosecutors say she bought them alcohol in condoms and encouraged sex acts. Most of them were just 14 and 15 years old. ABC's Hannah-Bata reporting. Americans are setting aside far less of their income with the savings rate hitting the lowest total since 2022. The Commerce Department reports that the personal saving rate dropped to under 3% in April, down from 5.5% a year earlier. That decline comes with higher spending on gasoline and other energy goods, with average pump prices rising above 4.20 a gallon nationally amid the ongoing war in Iran. Those elevated energy costs have pushed inflation up to just under 4%. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said in a speech Wednesday that inflation is clearly moving in the wrong direction. Six Flags Amusement Parks responding to a video recently published by a Michigan vlogger. That video shows the man riding the Millennium Force roller coaster at Cedar Point. While on the ride, the man pulls out a box of chicken nuggets and begins to eat them. A spokesperson for Cedar Point says the park has a zero tolerance for inappropriate and unsafe behavior. The vlogger has now been banned from all Six Flags parks. For the latest headlines at the top and bottom of the hour, set a preset. on the free I-Hart Radio app to WTAM 1100. I'm Carmen Angela. Cleveland's Morning News with Wills and Snyder is on your smart speaker. That's all the morning news. Traffic, weather, and sports. Just tell her to play WTAM, 1100 on IRRat Radio. Cleveland's News Talking Sports from McLeven, Ford Lincoln Studios.

Need a new roof? The Bloomberg on your money news this morning. It's brought to you by Claibon Fort Lincoln serving Northeast Ohio since 1973. Gap has struggled with its product mix as it tries to win back shoppers, and the latest earnings indicate the retailer has more work to do. Gap's namesake brand has made the most progress, while its a leisure chain athletic continues to struggle, and sales at Old Navy fell short of expectations in the latest quarter, a surprise at the value-driven chain. Overall sales missed estimates. Demand for servers that power artificial intelligence work is fueling big gains at Dell. Investors applauded after the company delivered an annual sales. outlook that blew past analyst estimates. Dell's results were also boosted by demand for traditional servers, and the business unit containing PCs posted revenue that beat estimates. U.S. investors remained optimistic and oil dropped after the U.S. and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend a ceasefire. Stocks hit new records yesterday. Retail earnings provided a boost. Get the latest business news from Bloomberg at 08 and 38 throughout the morning. I'm Gina Servetti on WTAM 1100. Filling up for the weekend, 445. Price to beat the bump. Guardians hosts the Red Sox for the weekend. Mike Snyder's got more in sports in about five minutes here for you. Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Snyder. This is Bill Wills and the car. Let's take your drive. See what's ahead of you. WTAM traffic. Here's Pat Butler. Thank you, Bill. From the Elk Traffic Center, if a medical mistake caused you injury, call 1-800-E-H0. Really not too bad have a ride for you so far this morning. Downtown on the Interbelt, things are moving okay on the bridge, both directions. 71 North is still about a 20-minute ride from 80. 2 in Strongsville up to the Metro Health Curve. The Jennings North is blocked between Harvard Denison and West 14th for repairs, and 77 North is a little heavy for you right now in between Pershing and 490. This report is brought to you by Petiti Garden Center. At Petiti! Hi, I'm AJ Petiti. New this week at Petiti Garden Center's all hanging baskets are 50% off. Plus Japanese maples, knockout roses, and select Arborvite are also 50% off. Petitis were locally grown and family owned. Next traffic update in 9 minutes at 720. Pat Beller, W-T-A-M traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9. You're going to the art museum, you told me over the weekend. Saturday afternoon, yeah. We're going to check that out there. Scooters going to some pickle festival. He's going to tell us about it. After the art museum, you head to the pickle festival. Oh, man, I need to know. I love pickles. Find out more about that in a minute. Weather for all of it and whatever you got going on. Cleveland 3 News Forecasters, Meteoraldus Anthony Copeland. Hey, Bill, we're looking bright for this morning around sunrise, temperatures starting in the low 50s. We will be warming up all the way into the mid, the upper 70s under crystal blue conditions. Temperatures for this evening cooling off only into the low 70s to upper 60s. 49 this morning in Lorraine and 53 at your severe weather station. That's Cleveland 3 News Meteoraldus Anthony Copeland. From news radio, W-T-A-M-E-1100. Okay, this weekend, doing some shopping for something for the house, Northeast Factory Direct. How about...

something for the house like maybe a hot tub. Northeast Factory Direct, hey, picture this, the end of the long day, everyone's already gone for the day, and it's time to relax, and everybody's a little quiet for the evening, and you're in your hot tub. Northeast Factory Direct this weekend, you can still save just like you did over Memorial Day weekend, $500 off any hot tub, plus two months of their ultimate spa care valet service. That's a $400 value for free. How about that? That's $900 in total value, just for shopping. right now at Northeast Factory Direct for your hot tub. You've got a great selection. And if it's the first time you've bought a hot tub, you've got a lot of questions. They've got the people to answer those and make sure you're comfortable with the whole purchase. And you talk about some great savings. Right now, Northeast Factory Direct. So this bill wills for Northeast Factory Direct. Tell them I sent you in. And you want to see these hot tubs. The Ultimate Care Spa Valley Service, they'll throw in for free right now. Shop Northeast Factory Direct for a hot tub. Now, Cleveland, Euclid, Macedonia, North Canton. Start online at Northeast Factory Direct.com. Cleveland's morning news with Wilson Snyder 713. Couple notes here. Former President Joe Biden now suing. You're a president you sue. Biden is suing the Justice Department to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of an interview conducted by the special counsel investigating his handling of the classified materials. Remember when they found the boxes next to the Corvette in the garage up in Delaware? The audio recordings and transcripts. that Biden wants to make sure are never heard. President Trump reacting the lawsuit by calling Biden a crooked politician. There's interesting video. Maybe you've seen this. There's an interview that former First Lady Jill Biden's given CBS talking about Joe's health. And when he had that debate with Trump and he just, you know, he did, you know, what he looked like and sounded like, she thought he maybe was having a stroke. She said, yes, he slowed down a bit, but hey, at his age and that job, what do you expect? But she didn't think anything else was going on. Also, the U.S. Treasury Department is launching the Trump Accounts app. at the app store today. If you got kids, you want to get your Trump account. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, groundbreaking new app will make it easy for millions of Americans to sign up, contribute, and watch their investments grow. The accounts established under President Trump's one big, beautiful bill. You get $1,000 and seed money for any child born between 2025 and 2028 with a valid Social Security number. J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo Bank of America, Visa also contributing to this. 2025 to 2028, any child-born, thousand bucks in the Trump account, and then you can invest it for them in the stock market. All right. A minute ago, I was talking to... Pat Butler, about his weekend. He's going to the art museum. So I was taking a scooter this morning about your weekend. Yes, sir. Look, I'm sure it's a fun time. It's a great tradition in Canton, but I got news for you. There's only one reason you're driving to Canton to go to the pickle festival and to volunteer to boo. That's because she wants to go. Yeah, I got, what do you call it, volunteered without...

being volunteered and so you know how that goes so i got picked by tracy we're going to help participate and volunteer in the canton pickle fest and that is going to be saturday from 930 to 1 30 and it's out at the canton fairgrounds and they got uh all the pickles you're going to want to eat i believe i'm doing the kids booth and uh with her and they got live music and performances and so it's going to be fun to check it out and uh We get a free t-shirt and you get to get all the pickles you want. Really? All the pickles you can eat. And believe me, you know there's tons and tons of different types of pickles. One of the my favorite brands is Claussen, but I don't know if they'll be out there, but the spicy pickles are the best. You like spicy pickles. You got to love those. All right. That's the Canton Pickle Festival. Meet Scooteries, producers. There you go. At the kids booth. What time again? It's 930 to 1.30. And the only. You working the whole time? Yeah. We're going to be there the whole time. Doing four hours? Yeah, doing four hours. A little volunteer work. And the only last thing I could say is this. Well, we got to figure some way to dispose of these pickles so there won't be a trace of them. All right. Little Andy Griffith, the pickles. Okay. Yeah, you enjoy. Did you go last year? No. Did you go the year before? No. You're before that? No. You're before that? No. Trust me, I got drafted to do this. I got drafted. It's okay. It's all right. It's just one of those things you got to do, I guess. It's not like you said it's your idea. It's not mine. Yeah, she's taking you. All right. Well, Henny, you too enjoy. It should be a beautiful day. Yeah. Going to Canton for the pickle festival. All right. Let's move on. Sports Mike Snyder is in. Guardians are hosting the Red Sox this week. Yeah, they're going to be busy this weekend. Three games with Boston and Bill. The Guardians in first place, the Red Sox are in the cellar. I'm not sure what's going on. with their franchise, but hey, the Guardians playing some solid baseball. We know that. They begin this series. A big reason for their success. Travis Bazana, he's been everything you could ask for out of being the first overall pick. In fact, over his last 14 games, he's hitting 382. And, of course, he's done it with runs batted in, doubles, a couple of home runs, stealing bases on the leadoff role that he's moved into. He says, Just trying to stick with a good process. I'll kind of hop on it. Hopefully all year long is that by swing at good pitches, I'm on time, my preparation for the game is good, like the hits, the extra race hits the walks, like those things will come and there might be some waves, but I've just been on the process and I'm comfortable leading off. Well, he has really done a terrific job. Now, the guy he replaced in that lead-off spot, Stephen Kwan, he'll be away from the team this week. He's placed on Major League Baseball's bereavement list with a family matter. So Stephen won't play this weekend. Guardian is expected to bring somebody up to fill his roster spot for the next few games as they get set to take on Boston. It'll be a 7-10 first pitch tonight's late. Cicconi will throw it, and you can hear it right here. Cleveland enters the weekend, leading Chicago by three games in the division. White Sox. have a series with the Tigers who are in the cellar. 10 and a half games behind Cleveland. Baseball, the labor situation is this. The owner is coming back with a proposal for a hard salary cap of $243 million, but also a hard floor of $171 million. Guardians are one of 12 teams that would have to increase their payroll. According to this proposal that actually is from the owners, and Cleveland right now roughly around $90 million, so it would be a rather steep increase for them.

But again, this is just the beginning of talks between the two sides. NBA playoffs last night, game six in San Antonio. And there will be a game seven in the Western Conference finals. You can turn out the lights in the gym here tonight. Spurs are headed home and headed back to Oklahoma City with the W for game seven coming up on Saturday. 11-91, the final here tonight. Victor Weminyama getting it done with 28. That should be a great game tomorrow. Thunder the defending champs with their backs to the wall now to move on to meet the Knicks in the final. may be without backup center, Mitchell Robinson. No timetable for his return. They report he's got a broken finger. And this morning at 10.30, we will hear from Cavaliers President Kobe Alvin for the first time since the season ended. You can hear that press conference right here begins at 1030. Browns wrap up another week of off-season training activities. They are voluntary sessions. One more week of those. Then the mandatory minicamp is June 9th. Home of the Guardians and Cavs. Mike Snyder, W.T. AM. Sports OKC almost looked like they mailed it in last night. It looks like. I think they just said, I think that's partly why some of these games get so lopsided, you know? I mean, you've got a seven game series now. They get blown out, but I think they said, okay, it's not our night. Now let's look to game seven. That should be quite a battle tomorrow. It really should be. You're right. He's been odd about the points spread at the end of the games and so many of these. Again, Kobe Sam Altman, Cab's president at 1030 this morning. You'll hear it here on News Radio. WT. a.m. 1100. Traffic weather together now. We check your drive with Pat Butler, Pat. Thank you, Bill. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center, if a medical mistake caused you injury, call 1-800 Elk, Ohio. Not too bad downtown on the Interbelt. A little slow on the west side, though, on 90 East, in between Warren and West 1-17. There's a traffic cone reported on the road, so be careful in that stretch. It is busy on 77 north right now between Fleet and 490. You slow down. 490 East is heavy at East 55th, heading towards the Opportunity Corridor, and repair work still has the Jennings North blocked in between Harbor Denison and West 14th. This report brought to you by Petiti Garden Center. At Petiti. I am AJ Petiti. New this week at Petiti Garden Center's all hanging baskets are 50% off. Plus Japanese maples, knockout roses, and select Arborvite are also 50% off. Petitis were locally grown and family owned. Next traffic update in 9 minutes at 7.30, Pat Butler, W-T-A-M traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9 FM. Highheart's Rory, Neil, coming up on that explosion of the rocket on the pad at Cape Canaver last night. Thankfully, no one injured. It was a test. Weather, Cleveland 3 News forecast, just beautiful. Meteor-A-Rolest Anthony Copeland says sunny skies and into the upper 70s. Tonight clear.

60s, your Saturday sunshine and your Sunday sunshine will push 70 both days. Lake Erie, foot or less? Well, it should be pretty calm. Beautiful weekend, get the boat out. And what a temp off Cleveland right now, 58. Be safe. Let's work on the 730 News, trending stories with Carmen Angelo. What's you got coming up? Good morning to you, Bill. $30,000 bond set for 19-year-old Timothy Rubble of Cleveland, who's accused of intentionally hitting a flag football referee with his car. 25-year-old Donnie Allen sentenced to 33 to 38 years in prison for fatally shooting Benjamin Netanyahu McComis at an RTA rapid station, and a Russian drone this morning is reportedly injured two people in a NATO country. There it is. Holy. Excuse my French. I've never seen that. Me neither. All right, let's talk more about this rocket that exploded last night down to Cape Canaver, bringing IHeart's Rory O'Neill. The video is just amazing. First, I guess, nobody was on this thing, right? Right. So this was going to launch satellites, and when it exploded, it was during a static engine test fire. Essentially, it means they fire off the engines, but don't let the rocket lift off the pad. So this is done in preparation for a launch. Obviously, something went wrong. Now, was it something on the ground? Was it in the rocket itself? We don't really know with the sun barely coming up, we'll take a better look at things and get a better assessment of the damage to the pad. But this could have a ripple effect throughout the space program because this was a rocket that was going to be used for that moon base that we talked about this week and also potentially for that Artemis 3 mission next year. Now, Blue Origin, this is Jeff Bezos companies, right? That's right. So the New Glenn is the name of the rocket, and it's built by Blue Origin, the company that was founded by Jeff Bezos from Amazon. You know New Shepherd. That's their first rocket, the little one that takes Katie Perry and William Shatner up into space. Well, this is its larger successor, New Glenn. Okay, I saw Jeff Bezos did post all personnel safe accounted for too early to know the root cause, but whatever we need to rebuild, we will, and it's worth it. But you're right, this could set things back then, right? And just to put it in a bit of perspective, 10 years ago, SpaceX and the static test fire on the launch pad, boom, the whole thing is essentially destroyed. It took 15 months just to repair the launch pad. let alone do the work to figure out exactly what went wrong and had to be re-engineered on the rocket. And the last time they had a new Glenn launch was back in April. That rocket looks spectacular, launching from the pad. It's over 320 feet tall. The problem is it didn't reach the right orbit, so the satellite was lost. So it had some trouble getting the thing, sorry, off the ground, but this is rocket science after all.

That it is. Get you out of here on, I don't know, we keep talking about close to a deal, but it sounds like we're just, we're going to do a deal to keep talking over there. Pretty much. It sounds like they'll reopen the Strait of Hormuz and then spend 60 days talking about what to do with Iran's uranium and its nuclear programs. It's a bit of a wait and see. President Trump is still reviewing the deal, but you're right. All it really does is set up another 60-day clock. You do the math on that, that's going to push us essentially right up into August 1st, getting awfully close to those midterms. And Iran knows we've got a political season coming up. Yeah, he's been awfully patient, but let's see. All right, weekend dive. You've got a lot to get into then, right? Yeah, a lot of that. Plus, we'll talk about, I know you don't really pay too much attention to this, but the hurricane season starts on Monday, and there's a big warning reminding people, it's not just a coastal thing. These major storms that are getting more frequent can cause a lot of damage well inland as well. Hopefully, we're going to have the quiet season they're predicting. We all who vacation all along the coast do pay attention when it comes to those hurricanes. Good morning. Good reporting this morning. Thanks much. Have good weekend. Thanks, Bill. 726. Coming up at 745. Next week, by the way, Sammy Hagar comes to blossom. We'll have tickets for you all week at 745. This week it's been, and we'll be again this morning. Tickets for the Black Rose.

Let's look ahead to summer. This could be what the forecast models are telling us. The hottest? The hottest. Just a bunch of hot air. Summer. That's when you know you're hot. Ever. The midterm is heating up. Track every event. More heat building. With W.T.m.E.m., 1100. Your one stop for advertising? Call 844-844. I'm talking cars with Rich Klaybin. To the Claibbon Auto Stores. Rich, I shared your advice with my friend recently and recommended looking at a certified use car. Good morning. 7.30. Cleveland's morning news at Wilson. This bill. ending this morning, a Russian drone, reportedly injuring two in a NATO country. That's not good. Twenty-five-year-old Donnie Allen's been sentenced to 33 to 38 years in prison. He's the guy that fatally was involved in a shooting in Avon at the RTA. And a $30,000 bond has been set for a 19-year-old accused of intentionally hitting that flag football referee. Those stories with Carmen Angelo coming up. Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Snyder. This Phil Wills. Thanks for being there. Traffic weather first. We start with your drive. Here's Pat Butler. Thank you, Bill. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center, if a medical mistake caused you injury, call 1-800 Elk, Ohio. A little heavy on the west side right now on 90 East, in between Warren and West 1-17. Watch out for a traffic cone reported on the road in that stretch. Getting busy on 77 North, you're slow from Harvard, up to 490, then slow again at East 30th with roadwork. The Jennings North remains blocked off with repairs between Harvard-denison and West 14th. And heading into Akron, there is an accident reported in the left lane on 77 North. just passed, excuse me, 77 South, just past Vernon Odom. Next traffic update in nine minutes is 740. Pat Butler, W-T-A-M traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9 FM. It's an absolutely gorgeous start for this morning. Temperatures starting in the upper 40s to low 50s with a calm wind. Throughout the morning and afternoon, crystal blue skies continuing temperatures warming up until the mid the upper 70s, upper 60s after sunset. Turn up the shine this summer at Blue Falls Car Watch. Keep your ride looking fresh with unlimited washes starting at just $24 a month. Clean by Blue Falls. Car Wash. All right, coming up, Mike Snyder Sports at 745. More on The Guardian's weekend. They host the Red Sox. We've got tickets also for the Black Crows out of Blossom to win. Plus, we'll check in on money. Good day yesterday. All the indexes were higher, and it looks like a higher open, too, this morning for 930, so the market continues to be strong. All right, news of the morning. Now, here's Carmen Angela. And good morning to you, Bill. $30,000 bond set for 19-year-old Timothy Rubel, who is accused of intentionally hitting flag football referee Brian Williams with his car with his car, earlier this month. That incident happened following a game at the Cleveland Metro Park's Brookside Reservation. Our Brian Engel asked the assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, Kristen Carcut, about the $30,000 bond.

which seems a bit low in a case like this. Given the nature of the charges, his family resources, his limited, he's 19, he has ties to the community and no criminal history, it's not surprising. You know, the purpose of bond is to ensure, you know, the safety of the public, but also the appearance of the defendant. You know, that issue can always be revisited if there's an issue with his behavior, and he violates any conditions while out on bond. Williams was left with a traumatic brain injury. Rubel was a rain yesterday on charges, including attempted murder. 25-year-old Donnie Allen has been sentenced to 33 to 38 years in prison for fatally shooting, Benjamin Netanyahu McComis of Avon Lake last December at RTA's Puritus Rapid Station. Allen pleading guilty to win voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and aggravated robbery earlier this month. And Assistant County Prosecutor Adrian Lennox says Allen's sentence clearly sends a message. I think that, you know, in part, Judge First Sentence, you know, it's obvious to punish Mr. Allen for what he did. But there's also the deterrent. you know, the deterrence factor of letting the community know that it's taken very seriously. Crimes committed, especially in this manner, are taken very seriously. Linnex says Alan showed no remorse while in the courtroom and offered no explanation or apology to the family of Benjamin Netanyahu McComis. A Cleveland police recruit facing felony charges. According to reports, Ashton Pew stole a Yamaha four-wheeler last month after first having lured its owner to Cleveland. Pew was taken into custody yesterday at the Justice Center on a charge of telecommunications. fraud. The White House says the U.S. and Iran have agreed on a memorandum of understanding that would extend the fragile ceasefire for 60 days, but President Trump hasn't signed off on it just yet. Iran says the text of the memorandum hasn't been finalized. Vice President JD Vance addressing some of the sticking points. There are a couple of issues on the nuclear stuff, the highly enriched stockpile, and also the question enrichment. So, you know, we're going back and forth with them. If approved, the extended ceasefire would allow time for formal talks over the war that started three months ago when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. The framework ceasefire would reportedly see the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial traffic, but the fate of Iran's nuclear program remains that critical sticking point. A Russian drone reportedly injuring two people in a NATO country. Officials in Romania say the injuries happened overnight during a Russian drone attack near the Ukrainian border. Romania's foreign ministry says the drone was part of an assault on Ukraine but crashed into a southeastern Romanian apartment building injuring the two people. Romania says Russian drones have breached its airspace dozens of times since it started attacking Ukraine, but this marks the first time a drone has caused injury. The explosion of Blue Orange and News Glenn rocket could delay NASA's plans to explore the moon. More now on that story from our Rory O'Neill. Just days ago, NASA chose new Glenn rockets over SpaceX to deliver rovers and other cargo to the moon starting this fall. NASA has selected Blue Origin.

Soon after Thursday night's explosion, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman posted that they were still analyzing potential impacts to mission timelines for the lunar base and for next year's Artemis 3. In 2016, a SpaceX rocket exploded on their pad during a similar test, and it took 15 months to repair the damage. I'm Rory O'Neill. For the latest headlines at the top and bottom of the hour, set a preset on the free I-Heart Radio app to WTAM 1100. I'm Carmen Angelo. America is turning 250, and I Heart Radio is celebrating with $250,000 in cash. Starting Monday, listen for your chance to win $2,500 so you can take the ultimate American getaway with Iheart Radio. And home to Ohio's only reversible golf course. Medina Country Club will open a state-of-the-art club house in 2027, featuring chef-driven dining, an elegant ballroom, and a premier pool. There's something for everyone. Excitement on the course and luxury beyond the greens. Don't miss your chance to be in the club. To learn more, contact the general manager at 330725-6621 or visit MedinaCC. We're talking cars with Rich Claibon to the Claibonado Sports. Rich with a price of new. I'm thinking you. This might be the way to go. News you can use on your money with the latest this morning from Bloomberg. This is Bloomberg Money Minute. Gap has been struggling to win back shoppers. The retailer slashing its forecast for the year, sending shares tumbling. Sales at the retailer's biggest brand, Old Navy, fell short of Wall Street expectations. Gap says its budget chain didn't have the right offerings for its shoppers. Dresses in particular miss the mark. Also, its athletic yoga wear business continues to struggle. Checking on your money, Wall Street is waiting to see whether Washington and Iran can find finalize a peace deal and ease tensions in the Middle East. Stock futures are looking at modest gains this last trading day of the month. And it's getting harder to land an internship. Companies are continuing to scale back their programs that lead the way to entry-level jobs. According to a study by Drexel University, roughly 20% of companies say they'll either hire fewer interns or end internships altogether this year. The number has increased since ChatGPT was launched. Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Radio. Filling up for the weekend, 445. Price to beat at the pump, that's the average. We'll talk about the weekend weather. It looks fabulous. Cleveland 3 News, meteorologist Anthony Copeland. Coming up next, 7.40 to time, thank you for being there. Cleveland's morning news with Wilson-Sny. This is Bill Wills. We're on your drive every 10 minutes. Your drive now. Here's Pat Butler. Thank you, Bill. From the Elk Traffic Center, if a medical mistake caused you injury, call 1-800-ELK, Ohio. Things are getting a little bit busier for you at this point. Watch out for a traffic cone reported on the roadway on 90 East and between Warren and West 1st.

It's a little heavy in that spot. Slowing down with roadwork, 71 north at the 480 West ramp by the airport. The left lane is blocked. 77 north is slow now from Grant into downtown. Repair work still closes the Jennings North in between Harvard-Dennisin and West 14th. There's some heavy traffic on the east side, 271 north just past Broadway Forbes. This report is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Keep your career moving forward with growth opportunities, great pay and benefits, and one of the country's top workplaces. Go to Careers.progressive.com and apply today. That's careers.orgive.com. Next traffic update in 9 minutes at 7.50. Pat Butler, W.T.A.M. traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9.F.N.F.N. Let's talk weekend weather. Bringing Cleveland 3 News Meteoraldus Anthony Copeland. Real nice day yesterday. Nice today. And more for the weekend, right? You know, we're going to run out of words. It's just going to be absolutely gorgeous, spectacular. I mean, summer, fantastic. I don't know. I'm getting just coming up with words at this point. But, yeah, the beat goes on when it comes to the blue skies. The only thing that's going to give you some impacts, if you're, I feel like sure, you're going to be running into a swarm of some of those little small bugs. The Midgeies, they're back, right? And they're going to be. The midges, excuse me. Yeah, they're back for at least for the next week or so, right? That means the water temperature is hitting towards the 60 degree mark. And temperatures, meanwhile, they're going to be in the 70s for today. I have us at 76 with high pressure, not a cloud in the sky. And then we're going to have a little bit of a cold front, a northeast wind flow, a backdoor cold front is going to be heading towards the much of the area for later on this evening. No rain, no clouds out of that, but it's just going to give us. some cooler conditions. We're going to subtract about 10 degrees for tomorrow's forecast. Mid-60s and then we're back into the low 70s for your Sunday. Lovely. Just lovely. Cleveland 3 News Meteorales to Anthony Copeland. Thanks, partner. No problem. Men, if you're... Weather just beautiful for your Friday in the weekend ahead. By the way, 52 right now, the Mr. Hero. I crave a hero weather center from News Radio, W-T-A-M-1100. 745. Next week all week, tickets for you to win to see Sammy Hagar out of Blossom. Another pair of tickets for the Black Crows this morning. It's the Southern Hospitality Tour, the Black Crows and Whiskey Myers, coming to Blossom Music Center, Wednesday, June 10th, part of the Men Workforce Solutions concert series. Tickets on sale now to LiveNation.com. Long tickets for this show, only 35 bucks, including fees. How about that? So if you don't win a pair right now, you can get them for just 35 bucks and be on the lawn. 216, 578, 1100, scooter east producer extraordinaire, who will be at the Pickle Festival tomorrow in Canton, 930 to 130, I think. Is that what I heard, 930? Yes, 930 to 130 to 130. The Canton Fairgrounds. Okay, you're not in line at the kids' booth. You're actually working the kids. Yes, I am. I'm going to have some fun. All right.

There you go. Learn everything you can about pickles. Scooter will be there to answer all your questions about pickles, kids. So tomorrow in camp. All right, 216, 5, 780, 1100. Until then, he's got to answer the phone and get a winner for tickets for the Black Crow. Sports. Here's Mike Snyder. All right, Bill, the Guardians and the Red Sox begin a three-game series at Progressive Field. Tonight, first pitch at 7-10. Slade Cicconi will be on the mound for the Guardians who went to the weekend at 33 and 25. They lead the White Sox by three in the division. Well, Chicago, they just keep on playing good baseball. But the Guardians are eight games over 500 as they enter play this weekend. And with that three-game lead, now they will not have Stephen Kwan in the lineup this weekend. He is away from the team on the bereavement family. emergency list, so he will be away from the team. They can add a player to the roster. Some speculation has George Valera getting the call up, but nothing official from the Guardians yet as they get ready for tonight's game one at 710. And of course, you can hear it right here with our Guardians game day beginning at 6. Will there be a Major League Baseball season next year? Well, the current collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of this year. Actually, the 1st of December, owners have proposed now a hard salary cap of $243 million. Interesting though, there's also a hard floor cap of 171. Teams like the Guardians would have to significantly increase their payrolls, but I just don't see the players at this point accepting a hard overall cap. But this is just the beginning of the negotiations you're going to be hearing about, probably... These things always go down to the deadline, probably into the end of November. NBA playoffs last night in San Antonio, Game 7. Game 6. 31 point difference, and they're up by 23. Castle, the wimpy up top, one hand slam with the right hand, and a Methodist health care assist between Area 51. 28 for Wemianma, nine dines for Steff Castle. 11-19 to 91, the Spurs just pound the thunder. Forcing game seven tomorrow night in Oklahoma City. The winner will meet the Knicks in the final. Knicks say Senator Mitchell Robinson has a broken finger and there's no timetable for his availability. We'll have a... Kobe Sam Altman availability. The Cavs president will meet with the media today at 1030 this morning. You'll be able to hear that press conference first time we get to hear from Kobe since the Cavaliers season ended on Monday night. The Browns have been conducting their off-season workouts and new defensive coordinator. Mike Rudenberg has an interesting take on how he tries to get his players to view the football defensively. Listen to what he says. The ball is oxygen. Like, you need oxygen to live. So the ball is our oxygen. We need it for our football lives. So anytime that ball is in the air or somebody's running it, we're attacking it. If it's on the ball, if it's on the ground, we're scooping it, and we are scoring with it. So it just has to do with our mindset that that is our livelihood, and it's our oxygen.

Need that oxygen. All right, go get that football. Browns have another week of off-season workouts next week, and then the mandatory camp, June 9th. Of course, we know Miles Garrett has not shown up in any of these voluntary sessions. It will become news if he's not there for the mandatory camp on June 9th. Home of the Guardians and the Cavs, Mike Snyder, W-T-A-M sports. Kobe Sam Altman 1030 this morning. I was looking at the roster. Look, you know, it's technical. I don't want to get in the high weeds about moving contracts. look at names or the type of player they're missing. I was thinking this morning, I mean, I was frustrated. I didn't have a big stopper. I know we got tall guys. We got Alan Mobley, but I mean a big body in there. But it's like in the NFL. All season, they talk about passing, then you get to the playoffs, you run the ball, stop the run. The NBA, yes, you've got the three-pointers, but, boy, it comes down to defense, too, in the postseason, Mike. Well, I think one of the things true, absolutely, Bill. It always does, I think. And the thing the calves have to look at is upgrading, I think, the wing spot. More athleticism, I think, to what your point is. When you look at the wings, the Knicks had the Knicks have Ann and Obie. They've got heart and bridges, and the I absolutely had trouble matching up with those guys. And, you know, that's the way the roster is right now. They've got the two bigs with Mowbly and Allen. And then you've got guards, Donovan, and James. They're not, I mean, they're not all defensive players, right? So that, I think, is part of the issue that they've got to figure out as they go forward. I mean, they got to the final this year. But I think we saw that they had problems with wing-type guards, even when the Toronto series. So those kind of forwards, I think. We've got the big guys inside. we need more strength athleticism too. When you watch like Oklahoma City in San Antonio right now, even beyond Wembenyama, I mean, this guy's out of this world. But even some of the other players they have, kind of that athletic strong with some, you know, some muscle that you're talking about. They need to add that. But they've got a roster situation. Well, here what Kobe says, how much maneuverability that they have. When they look at this apron without getting into all of that, how many moves can they realistically make? What can they do? That's what I think we're interested in hearing from him about today. 1030, Kobe Sam Altman. You'll hear it like you're hearing us right now. News Radio WTAM, 1100. Traffic weather now. Your driver's Pat Butler. The El Canal Traffic Center, if a medical mistake caused you injury, call 1-800 Elk, Ohio, getting a little bit busier, making your way into downtown. 71 North is backing up around the Metro Health Curve. 77 North is slow in between 480 and Grant, and then pretty solid from Harvard up to East 30th. The Jennings North remains shut down for repair work between Harvard Denison and West 14th. It's a little heavy on 90 East in between Warren and West 117 in that construction zone. Watch out for a cone reported on the roadway. There's a roadkill situation. slowing things down on the east side, 271 north just past Broadway Forbes, and also an accident reported in Illyria, slowing things down Route 20 at Taylor. That's just south of Cleveland Street. This report is brought to you by Petiti Garden Center. At Petitie.

Hi, I'm A.J. Petiti, new this week at Petiti Garden Centers, all hanging baskets are 50% off. Plus, Japanese maples, knockout roses, and select Arborvite, are also 50% off. Petitis were locally grown and family-owned. Pat Bueller, W.T.A.M. Traffic on 1,100 AM and 106.9 FM. Your Cleveland 3 News weather from meteorologist Anthony Copeland. Just beautiful sunny skies. Upper 70s today. Clear tonight, 60s. Now for the weekend, Saturday, sunshine, 70. Sunday, a little cooler, but still beautiful sunshine, will be in the upper 60s. Lake Erie for the weekend, pretty calm, waves afoot or less water temp off Cleveland right now sits at... 58. News stories coming up at 8 o'clock with Carmen Angelo. What are you working on? Well, good morning to you, Bill. A wannity crime fighter in the city of Cleveland is accused of committing a crime. More than three decades in prison for an RTA train station killer. And Vice President JD Vance says Uncle Sam and Iran are very close to a deal to extend the ceasefire while opening the Strait of Hormuz. coming up this morning on Cleveland's morning news. We'll kick around that straight of Hormuz story and a couple of things with Senator John Hustead. He'll join me coming up at 820s in Cleveland the last couple of days. Senator Houston coming up at 820 this morning. We'll talk some guardians and promotions and what's going on for the weekend, big fireworks and more. And of course, the Red Sox in for the series. Curtis Danberg on that coming up at 845. Next week, by the way, all week at 7.45, tickets for Sammy Hagar for you to win here on News Radio, W-T-A-M-1100. All right, 753. Bill Wells. Remember when I talked about this a little bit the other day. Shadur Bernie Sanders back during the season had his home broken into. They were in the house for like 15 minutes, went right to the bedroom, stole a bunch of stuff. and I guess technically they said 12 minutes they were in the home these four anyway January this year three were arrested in Atlanta still looking for one but they think it might be tied into a bigger story that broke this week about break-ins with other celebrities in football like Joe Burrow and others and a few out in LA to a ring that goes all the way to South America former FBI guy, ABC News, crime terrorism analyst Brad Garrett on this this morning, to follow up on this burglary ring that was pretty organized, obviously, Brad. It seems like they're very similar as to the individuals that were ultimately caught, i.e. being from some South American country. So this is how this works. The most recent case, LAPD, LASO, I think the sense were involved and other folks, caught a burglary ring in Los Angeles that had hit over, they think, way over 20 houses before they got caught.

And typically, I can just tell you based on reviewing this stuff months ago, is that they tend to come in with a... let's say a tourist visa for 30 days. And it's already pre-wired who they contact here. They end up in basically a burglary team. They do surveillance on houses. They do pre-surveillance. They even set up in some places their own surveillance cameras to capture your movements coming and going. Once they decide that nobody's home, they can hit your house. They go in, they burglarize it, and then there's this whole network of how they get rid of the high-end washes, clothing, whatever it might be, they end up stealing. They eventually get paid. Sometimes they go to a bank, open a bank account here, have the money transferred, let's say if they were from Peru, back to Peru, and then they leave. And then there's this constant blow, apparently, of people coming in to do this for a few days or a week or two or three, and then they go back home. you can see how The flow would just sort of be continual for law enforcement because, let's face it, places like Los Angeles are just ideal targets because you have so many high-end houses. Without a doubt, L.A. District Attorney called it brazen, calculated, and predatory. And, boy, my goodness, the organization that had to go into these break-ins and what they were stealing. Fascinating. ABC News, Crime, Terry's and analyst, Brad Garrett. Hey, Brad, thanks much. You're welcome to take care of it. I'll put it in a way only I could. The Bloom Daddy Show. And I think you're going to feel it as soon as you hear it. Cleveland's afternoon, news, talk, and sports. All the things that are going on. A lot going on. We'll cover it all. This afternoon starting at 3. Later on W.T.A.m. 1100.

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