Today's Top Headlines

Sunday, August 17

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

On this Sunday, we're following top news that includes dozens of bikes seen riding illegally on a Boston highway, and the latest on the Braintree Little League team, which is back in action this morning after a big win Saturday night. We're also tracking possible scattered showers and thunderstorms later today, and keeping an eye on Hurricane Erin's path. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker and these are our top stories.

Below are the latest local stories from our reporters.

More than 100 people on bicycles, scooters and dirt bikes have been riding around Boston Saturday, including over Zakim Bridge and through a major highway tunnel, police said.

Video shared with NBC10 Boston shows dozens of bicyclists riding next to cars in the O’Neill Tunnel, which carries Interstate 93 under Boston, some performing stunts.

Massachusetts State Police said the group has been active in the Boston area for hours, since they crossed the Zakim Bridge about 2 p.m. They were being tracked by air, and officials urged anyone who encountered them on the road not to engage with them.

The boys from Braintree, Massachusetts, are back on the diamond early this morning, after a short turnaround following their big win Saturday night to advance in the Little League World Series tournament.

Earlier story below

With a flurry of runs, New England stormed back to win their must-win second game at the Little League World Series Saturday and advance.

Sunday will be a hot and humid summer day, with highs pushing into the upper 80s and low 90s before a cold front moves through late in the day.

That front will spark a few scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening, some capable of producing gusty winds and downpours.

Behind it, cooler and much more comfortable air arrives for Monday and will stick around through midweek.

It was a violent afternoon in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Saturday, with a stabbing on Blue Hill Avenue followed a few hours later by a separate shooting about a mile down the road.

Boston police say a person was stabbed outside a Stop & Shop grocery store on Blue Hill Avenue, near a CVS pharmacy, around 12:13 p.m.

The man was taken to a hospital with multiple stab wounds, according to police, who didn’t know his condition.

Maine State Police have released a number of new details about the seemingly random fatal shooting that occurred Friday on Route 302 in Windham, Maine, and prompted a shelter-in-place into the evening.

Windham police were notified around 1:55 p.m. Friday of a shooting at the intersection of Roosevelt Trail (Route 302) and Landing Road, where witnesses reported that a man on a motorcycle had been shot, state police said.

Witnesses, as well as a Maine Game Warden who happened to be in the area, performed life-saving measures on the motorcyclist, but he was eventually pronounced dead on scene from his injuries, according to police, who have identified the victim as 33-year-old Erin Hayne, of Casco.

An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country, as warming temperatures help it spread a little-known infection that can leave people with debilitating symptoms, and in rare cases, dead.

In May, scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven discovered for the first time that the longhorned tick had become a carrier for the bacteria that causes the Ehrlichiosis infection. With cases already on the rise, that was a big cause of concern.

“I am afraid to say that it is a storm brewing,” said Goudarz Molaei, the director of the lab’s tick-testing program. “Climate change eventually will almost eliminate winter in our region. And this tick, like other tick species, will be active year round.”