Today's Top Headlines

Friday, September 5

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We're following top news this morning including Mayor Michelle Wu's reaction to the Justice Department suing Boston over "sanctuary city" law. We're also tracking possible storms this weekend and one of summer's last stands, as well as looking ahead to the Patriots first game of the new season under head coach Mike Vrabel. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are the day's top stories.

The Department of Justice is suing Boston and its mayor and police chief in federal court, claiming a city law keeping police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement violates the Constitution.

Lawyers from the Justice Department are seeking to have the Boston Trust Act declared invalid, for allegedly violating the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, according to a filing Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

“Cities cannot obstruct the Federal Government from enforcing immigration laws. When that occurs, a city breaks the law. The City of Boston is doing just that,” the lawsuit says.

Massachusetts is requiring health insurances to cover vaccines recommended by state health officials, regardless of what the CDC recommends, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday, one of three new initiatives meant to ensure residents’ continued access to them amid major changes at the federal level.

Healey’s office said Massachusetts is the first state in the nation to issue that requirement.

Watch the full video of Healey’s announcement:

Warmer days ahead as summer makes one of its last stands. Highs will soar back into the low and mid 80s as south winds bring in the humidity.

Our best chance of a passing shower is early this morning, so if you’re reading this after 7-8 a.m., you missed it. More opportunities present themselves over the weekend.

Storms will fire Saturday afternoon and slide east into our region by 6 to 8 p.m. Unfortunately, most of these will fade out before the make it to the coast.

The new NFL season is underway, and the Patriots first game this Sunday represents a highly-anticipated matchup ahead of an eagerly awaited season. It’s a whole new staff with brand new expectations, and it all starts this weekend at Gillette Stadium.

Sunday’s matchup represents a reset for New England and their opponent, the Las Vegas Raiders.

Both are coming off coaching changes after 4-13 finishes last season, with Mike Vrabel leading the latest Patriots rebuild after Jerod Mayo was fired.

A public hearing was held Thursday to address the growing safety issues in Boston’s Mass. and Cass area, as city leaders reveal there’s a new plan to crackdown on crime in the troubled area.

Residents voiced their concerns as city councilors considered whether to declare the situation at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, and the impacted neighboring communities, a humanitarian crisis and public health emergency.

The neighborhood has been a hot bed of drugs and mental illness for years.

A New Hampshire teenager on a deep-sea fishing trip this week hauled in a 177-pound Atlantic halibut, a fish so big that it weighed more than him and could be a world record.

Jackson Denio, a 13-year-old from Hampton, New Hampshire, was fishing about 100 miles off the New England Coast on Cashes Ledge Monday morning when he caught the fish.

“I think I screamed, honestly,” said Denio, who weighs around 120 pounds and is 5-foot-9-inches. “I don’t know exactly what happened, but I was very excited.”