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Sunday, June 22

News of President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb multiple nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday has sent shockwaves across the country with a number of local politicians saying this is unconstitutional.

Trump announced the airstrikes in a social media post Saturday night. This is the first time the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran, and it further escalates a military conflict between Iran and Israel that began last week.

Trump said it was a “very successful” attack on Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, adding that all planes were outside of Iranian airspace after a “full payload of BOMBS” was dropped on the primary site.

Trump did not say which type of bombs were used in the strikes, but it was widely expected that the GBU-57 would be used. Earlier in the day, several American B-2 stealth bombers, which are the only plane that can carry GBU-57 bombs, which weigh 30,000 pounds, took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

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Saturday was the first dry Saturday since March 15. Now, summer is coming in strong, with an extreme heat warning in place until Tuesday at 8 p.m.

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Sunday morning, a line of scattered showers with a few thunderstorms will roll through.

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.

The decision to directly involve the U.S. comes after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran that have moved to systematically eradicate the country’s air defenses and offensive missile capabilities, while damaging its nuclear enrichment facilities.

But U.S. and Israeli officials have said that American stealth bombers and a 30,000-lb. bunker buster bomb they alone can carry offered the best chance of destroying heavily-fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear program buried deep underground.

Massive crowds are expected in Gloucester, Massachusetts, this weekend as the city hosts the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

​In 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill happened in Charlestown, but based on the current landscape there, the City of Gloucester is hosting the event at Fort Stage Park.

Locals have been counting down the hours.

Martha’s Vineyard has been packed this weekend as “Jaws” celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The island itself plays a major role in the film, but the actors created unforgettable characters, including Richard Dreyfuss who played Matt Hooper.

Dreyfuss was in Oak Bluffs on Saturday 50 years after helping to create the Hollywood phenomenon.