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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that happened quickly, almost too quickly, as it always does.

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<v Speaker 1>Right back at it, following the long holiday weekend for

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<v Speaker 1>many of us. At is six o'clock Monday morning, bright

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<v Speaker 1>and early, under clear skies. It is just twenty nine

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<v Speaker 1>degrees in Boston. The News at six brought to us

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<v Speaker 1>by your new England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel

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<v Speaker 1>drive headquarters. Welcome back. I'm Jeff Brown. We're right back

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<v Speaker 1>at it.

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<v Speaker 2>The start of the work week will be cold and dry,

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<v Speaker 2>with sunshine for the most part in high's near forty.

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<v Speaker 1>At is WBZ acuweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Chance for some

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<v Speaker 1>snow is actually coming up. Later on this week, Celtic's

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<v Speaker 1>seven game winning streak comes to a halt. The Cavaliers

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<v Speaker 1>outlast the Seas in Cleveland. Celtics will host the Heat tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Bruins celebrate a century with a big win over Montreal

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<v Speaker 1>at the Garden. They get the Red Wings tomorrow and

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<v Speaker 1>the Patriots enter there bye week. They are a few

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<v Speaker 1>eliminated from the NFL playoffs. In a White House one eighty,

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden offers full and unconditional pardon to his son Hunter.

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<v Speaker 1>The decision will clear the younger Biden of a guilty

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<v Speaker 1>verdict in attacks and drug case in Delaware, and also

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<v Speaker 1>clears him of his guilty plea in attacks of Asian

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<v Speaker 1>case in California. The pardon comes just weeks before Hunter

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<v Speaker 1>Biden was expected to be sentenced in both and faces

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<v Speaker 1>decades behind bars. President Biden once said he would not

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<v Speaker 1>grant clemency to his son, but now says Hunter was

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<v Speaker 1>selectively and unfairly treated by the US justice system. President

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<v Speaker 1>elect Donald Trump blasts the decision on social media by

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<v Speaker 1>raising the issue of pardons for those convicted in the

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<v Speaker 1>January sixth attack on the US Capitol. In what is

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<v Speaker 1>expected to be his final overseas trip as president of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States, President Biden is currently on Air Force one.

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<v Speaker 1>He headed for the African nation of Angola. Once on

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<v Speaker 1>the ground, mister Biden will become the first sitting US

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<v Speaker 1>president to visit that country and the first president since

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<v Speaker 1>Barack Obama to visit Africa back in twenty fifteen. The

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<v Speaker 1>President delivers on a promise that was postponed earlier this

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<v Speaker 1>fall following hurricanes Milton and Helene. It is a working

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<v Speaker 1>long holiday weekend for President elect Donald Trump, who continues

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<v Speaker 1>to fill out positions of power in his new administration.

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<v Speaker 1>It is becoming a bit of a family affair as well,

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<v Speaker 1>as some in laws get some plumb assignments, starting with

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<v Speaker 1>Charles Kushner as ambassador to France and Massad Bulos top

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<v Speaker 1>advisor position to mister Trump, both fathers in law of

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<v Speaker 1>the president Elect's daughters also getting the nod Republican firebrand

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<v Speaker 1>Kash Patel as head of the FBI. He'd replace mister

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's own appointee, Christopher Ray, three years before Ray's ten

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<v Speaker 1>year term expires. Can't get used to this. It is Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden from a long holiday weekend, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're right back at it this morning, and we're in

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<v Speaker 1>pretty decent shape as far as the weather is concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a little bit frosty, though very cold, some

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<v Speaker 1>of the coldest of the season so far. This morning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just twenty nine degrees in Boston out the door

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<v Speaker 1>and barely getting to forty today. But it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a bright, sunny day with some breezy conditions as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Overnight continued clear low's back in the twenties. Tomorrow, more

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<v Speaker 1>sun than clouds, highs once again right around forty sort

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<v Speaker 1>of a carbon copy of today Wednesday. We're looking at

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<v Speaker 1>sunshine to start, clouds on the increase, and the possibility

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<v Speaker 1>of some snow moving into the area. This is mainly

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<v Speaker 1>going to be north and west of four ninety five,

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<v Speaker 1>and in those areas we could see an inch or

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<v Speaker 1>two of accumulation. But here in Greater Boston looks like

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be mostly rain. Right now in Boston,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly clear. Sky's twenty nine degrees on this Monday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>it is six oh six. For the first time in

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks, thousands of students on the North Shore begin

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<v Speaker 1>a full week of classes this morning. Wb'z eas Drew

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<v Speaker 1>m'holland is here in the aftermath of those teacher strikes.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning Groop, Good morning Jeffrey. Do we also have

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<v Speaker 3>to put in a full week?

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm told. I'm not sure I'm going to deliver,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's what I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Teacher strikes in Gloucester, Marblehead and Beverly are now in

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<v Speaker 3>the rearview mirror. Teachers in all three communities winning big raises,

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<v Speaker 3>better benefits and better working conditions. The job action costs

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<v Speaker 3>each community school districts dearly though hundreds of thousands of

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<v Speaker 3>dollars in fines. There are court efforts to grant the

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<v Speaker 3>districts the ability to donate the fines to local charities.

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<v Speaker 3>We will see how that all plays.

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<v Speaker 1>Out, Yes we will. It is also busy and back

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<v Speaker 1>to reality at Logan Airport this morning, where many holiday

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<v Speaker 1>travelers are leaving the area. Many still are coming home.

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<v Speaker 1>Wbz's James Rojas is there.

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<v Speaker 4>The cold weather officially feels like it's rolled in, which

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<v Speaker 4>for some means perfect timing to roll out for something

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<v Speaker 4>warmer like Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, it's like a cool seventy something, agrees, So, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be nice to get back to though.

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<v Speaker 4>That's Matt, originally a Boston boy who's ready to fly

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<v Speaker 4>back to his new home, our money. He's off to

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<v Speaker 4>vacation somewhere even hotter.

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<v Speaker 1>I was actually playing in the beginning of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm bringing off to Puerto Rico.

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<v Speaker 4>Puerto Rico, I would imagine Puerto Rico's weather is a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit warmer than Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, when I check the weather, it was it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a a week so it's gonna be.

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<v Speaker 4>Real nice, extremely nice compared to other parts of the

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<v Speaker 4>country that are dealing with winter warnings and feet of

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<v Speaker 4>snow at Logan James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Big Weekend at the movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Balt Disney's More two smashed box office records with two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty one million dollars in ticket sales over

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<v Speaker 2>the five day holiday weekend. That's according to studio estimates.

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<v Speaker 2>The musical Wicked took it more than one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen million in its second weekend in theaters, not accounting

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<v Speaker 2>for inflation. Wicked is now the highest grossing Broadway adaptation,

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<v Speaker 2>followed by nineteen seventy eight's Grease and director Ridley Scott's

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<v Speaker 2>sequel Gladiator two, also in its second weekend, collected forty

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<v Speaker 2>four million dollars. Overall Thanksgiving weekend ticket sales surpassed four

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<v Speaker 2>hundred million dollars of record that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is CBS's Matt Piper. You are now in the loop.

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<v Speaker 1>For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News

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<v Speaker 1>Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's

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