Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news
Speaker 1: sixty one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Federal investigators are calling
Speaker 1: for its some big changes to operations near Reagan Airport
Speaker 1: after January's deadly crash between a passenger flight and an
Speaker 1: army helicopter. ABC's Alex Stone has the latest.
Speaker 2: January's mid air crash brought to light a dangerous setup.
Speaker 2: According to the NTSB, from twenty eleven to twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: there is about one collision avoidance alert per month at
Speaker 2: Reagan National Airport. NTSB chair Jennifer Hammandy is urgently calling
Speaker 2: on the FAA to change helicopter routes near landing planes
Speaker 2: at the airport.
Speaker 3: There is a serious safety issue here, which is why
Speaker 3: we're issuing these urgent safety recommendations.
Speaker 2: The NTSB finding sometimes helicopters have seventy five feet or
Speaker 2: less of clearance from landing airplanes.
Speaker 1: Alex Stone eb sinews six members of the Skating Club
Speaker 1: of Boston died in that crash in January. Ukraine has
Speaker 1: accepted a thirty day ceasefire deal with Russia after peace
Speaker 1: talks today with US officials in Saudi Arabia. Secretary of
Speaker 1: State Maco Rubio spoke to reporters after the agreement today.
Speaker 4: We've made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted, which
Speaker 4: is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations
Speaker 4: to end this conflict in a way that's enduring and
Speaker 4: sustainable and accounts for their interests, their security, their ability
Speaker 4: to prosper as a nation.
Speaker 1: Secretary Rubio and President Trump say the ball is now
Speaker 1: in Russia's court. This comes after the Trump administration lifted
Speaker 1: a pause on military aid and intelligence to Ukraine earlier Today.
Speaker 1: Votes expected in the House on a spending bill aimed
Speaker 1: at avoiding a government shutdown at the end of the week.
Speaker 1: The measure would fund government agencies through the end of September.
Speaker 5: Despite the Finngop majority in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson
Speaker 5: says he's confident the spending measure will pass with only
Speaker 5: Republican votes. Democrats ought to do the responsible thing, follow
Speaker 5: their own advice in every previous and keep the government open.
Speaker 2: It's their choice.
Speaker 5: In addition to concerns over slight cuts to domestic spending,
Speaker 5: Democrats also object to a lack of provisions preventing DOGE
Speaker 5: related firings and spending freezes. If the bill does pass
Speaker 5: the House, it will then be up to Democrats in
Speaker 5: the Senate to decide whether to block it with a filibuster.
Speaker 5: Stephen Portnoy ABC News.
Speaker 1: Washington Today an anniversary of the pandemic. It was five
Speaker 1: years ago the World Health Organization officially said the COVID
Speaker 1: nineteen outbreak was an international pandemic. The virus shut down
Speaker 1: almost everything, emptying city streets and office buildings, tanking the economy,
Speaker 1: and bringing on social distancing and masking. Doctor jish Jad
Speaker 1: served as the White House COVID nineteen response coordinator under
Speaker 1: President Biden and sat down today with CBS Mornings. COVID
Speaker 1: it is still around.
Speaker 6: COVID is still a bit of a problem. I think
Speaker 6: for elderly people, high risk people, compromise people, it can
Speaker 6: still be pretty serious. I think for healthy Americans, no,
Speaker 6: I don't think it post is a big risk. We
Speaker 6: deal with respiratory viruses all the time. COVID is just
Speaker 6: one of them.
Speaker 1: Doctor Jah says, when it comes to preparedness, we are
Speaker 1: better prepared now than five years ago, we'll have clear
Speaker 1: to partly cloudy skies will dip back into the thirties
Speaker 1: across the area, and then on much cooler day Tomorrow,
Speaker 1: there'll be some sun, there'll be some clouds. They'll be
Speaker 1: temperatures mainly in the mid forties or so, rather cloudy
Speaker 1: tomorrow night. Some rain or snow showers could get in
Speaker 1: here late tomorrow night with temperatures close to freezing. Perhaps
Speaker 1: a bit of rain or wet snow to start on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Otherwise it'll just be a cloudy and chilly day with
Speaker 1: temperatures in the low forties. A little bit of a
Speaker 1: bounce back with some clouds around on Friday as we
Speaker 1: get close to fifty degrees, and then warmer still as
Speaker 1: we get back into the weekend. Right now sixty one degrees.
Speaker 1: See in Boston, some Brockton High School students are getting
Speaker 1: a golden opportunity. All they need is a solid GPA.
Speaker 1: As we hear from wz's Hile Shaffle, students.
Speaker 7: At Brockton High are getting a pitch from a tiny
Speaker 7: college in North Carolina.
Speaker 3: Let's find students who are high academic achievers and guess
Speaker 3: what they pay?
Speaker 1: No money out of.
Speaker 7: Pocket, Livingstone College is trying to recruit kids here. That
Speaker 7: was college president and any Davis. They'll take these kids
Speaker 7: for free as long as they have an A minus
Speaker 7: average or better, all expenses paid, and these scholarships were instant.
Speaker 7: There's about two dozen majors there and the graduation rate
Speaker 7: is only in the high twenties, so Livingstone is looking
Speaker 7: to boost itself with these recruits too. Principal Kevin McCaskill says,
Speaker 7: this is a big opportunity for smart kids without the
Speaker 7: money to go to a four year school.
Speaker 1: It's a game changer, it's life changing.
Speaker 2: You get the opportunity to go to a four year
Speaker 2: school get a quality education.
Speaker 7: Mianna I Vianna is one of the seniors who came
Speaker 7: away from the pitch convinced there's many people.
Speaker 4: Who are going to community college and I just wanted
Speaker 4: to challenge myself.
Speaker 7: Kyle Schaffel WBS Boston's news radio TikTok's stunt with some
Speaker 7: new features that are aimed at keeping younger users safe.
Speaker 8: TikTok features allow parents to limit the amount of time
Speaker 8: their kids spends on the popular social media app. They
Speaker 8: also provide more information about who's following their child on
Speaker 8: the platform. It marks an expansion of TikTok's existing family
Speaker 8: pairing feature, which links the app on a child smart
Speaker 8: phone to their parents. Last year, the Justice Department sued
Speaker 8: TikTok over its policies around underage users. TikTok says the
Speaker 8: new features are designed to help teens develop the digital
Speaker 8: literacy skills they need. Mike Debuski, ABC News.
Speaker 1: A man faces charges of assault and battery with a
Speaker 1: dangerous weapon after yesterday's altercation outside of courthouse in Medford, Stateton.
Speaker 1: Local police found and searched five men following the incident
Speaker 1: around noontime yesterday. Police say they discovered and secured a
Speaker 1: knife in one of the individual's waist bands. Three other
Speaker 1: individuals were at a restaurant near the courthouse. Please say
Speaker 1: the suspect, Kalangi Bradley, had come to the courthouse for
Speaker 1: an arraignment of an arrest that occurred at the Encore Casino,
Speaker 1: and the suspect allegedly engaged in a physical altercation. One
Speaker 1: person was stabbed, suffering non life threatening injuries. A criminal
Speaker 1: negligence trial underway in Argentina connected to the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: death of soccer legend Diego Maradonna.
Speaker 3: A medical board had already concluded that Maradonna should never
Speaker 3: have been treated in a private rental home where he
Speaker 3: died of heart failure days after brain surgery. Among other things,
Speaker 3: there was no defibrillator. Prosecutors alleged the team didn't want
Speaker 3: to lose custody of their lucrative patient.
Speaker 1: Yeah, bido.
Speaker 3: I hope there's justice, this Maradona fan says, because they
Speaker 3: killed him. The prosecution hopes to prove exactly that. Vicky Barker,
Speaker 3: CBS News London.
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