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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning kids at six o'clock on a Wednesday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've got clear skies in thirty eight degrees in

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<v Speaker 1>Boston this morning. 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. Thanks for being here today. I'm Jeff Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what It's the final full day of winter.

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of sunshine and iyear fifty of the city, but

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<v Speaker 2>approaching sixty.

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<v Speaker 3>Well Inland.

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<v Speaker 1>A's WBZ acky weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. The Spring equinoxes

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow just before sunrise, but rain is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>on our parade tomorrow. It's hot and getting hotter on

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<v Speaker 1>planet Earth. Scientists say twenty twenty four set the standard

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<v Speaker 1>for heat, eclipsing the prior high water mark set just

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<v Speaker 1>the year before, and experts say the past ten years

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<v Speaker 1>have been the ten hottest on record on two centuries

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<v Speaker 1>of record keeping. The World Media or a Loge organization,

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<v Speaker 1>says that's never happened before. Researchers say the annual report

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<v Speaker 1>finds the extra energy in the atmosphere and the world's

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<v Speaker 1>oceans continues to fuel climate related disasters all around the globe.

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<v Speaker 1>The worst kept secret in the nation's money lending industry

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<v Speaker 1>comes this afternoon. The consensus is interest rates will be

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<v Speaker 1>left alone. The Federal Reserve will break from a two

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<v Speaker 1>day monetary policy meeting today. Chair Jerome Powell will break

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<v Speaker 1>the news at two o'clock this afternoon. The Fed is

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<v Speaker 1>indicated it is still on track to cut interest rates

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<v Speaker 1>later this year, but inflation has been stubborn, and many

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<v Speaker 1>economists warn President Trump's tariff policies will make inflation worse

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<v Speaker 1>in the months to come. The fight between state lawmakers

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<v Speaker 1>and the state auditor continues. Voters in Massachusetts have already

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<v Speaker 1>spoken their minds, and they're doing it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only does a recent poll show people want Auditor

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<v Speaker 2>Diana Dezaglio to be able to look into the legislature's finances,

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<v Speaker 2>but they also want the Attorney General to get involved.

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<v Speaker 2>The survey of eight hundred likely voters showed eighty one

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<v Speaker 2>percent support Andrea Campbell and forcing the law to audit

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<v Speaker 2>the legislature. Around eight percent said they don't think the

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<v Speaker 2>ag should get involved. This comes as dos Auglio continues

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<v Speaker 2>to face pushback from House and Senate Democrats who've expressed

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<v Speaker 2>concerns around constitutional separation of powers at the State House.

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<v Speaker 2>James Rojas w b Z, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics struggle early but pull away from the nets for

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<v Speaker 1>their third straight win. This at the Garden. There off

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<v Speaker 1>until Friday night. Ruins are off till tomorrow night. And

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<v Speaker 1>Red Sox Tigers in spring training baseball this afternoon in

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Myers. Look who's here. Wbz's Drew m'hollands, which brings

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<v Speaker 1>you here this morning?

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<v Speaker 4>Brackets?

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<v Speaker 3>Baby?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh there it is March Madness bracket new yours yet?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh no, okay, well you got time to go out time. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>but the first two are in Jeffrey as March Madness

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<v Speaker 4>begins with a bang. Here we go North Carolina smoking

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<v Speaker 4>San Diego State late night, quieting all the doubters. But

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<v Speaker 4>the game of the night was Alabama State and Saint

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<v Speaker 4>Francis can I set the scene. Tie game final seconds.

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<v Speaker 4>Alabama State has to go the length of the floor.

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<v Speaker 3>Point four seconds left, and here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>This is where dreams are made.

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<v Speaker 4>It off for at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Samson a homelan played at the Flexhoh.

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<v Speaker 4>Winter Winter Hell Mary Paper.

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<v Speaker 1>It is getting started on the right flesh.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, did you see this? The ball bounces around, guy

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<v Speaker 4>catches it under the hoop lay.

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<v Speaker 1>In for the game when some of the early the experts, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>brackets are already busted.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, well you know you still have.

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<v Speaker 1>Time to make yours, though the first four isn't really

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<v Speaker 1>We've got clear skies in thirty eight degrees this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>and today is going to feature more sunshine than clouds.

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<v Speaker 1>It is also the final full day of winter. Temperatures

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<v Speaker 1>will be in the lower fifties here in the Boston area.

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<v Speaker 1>Some inland locations will get very close to sixty degrees,

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<v Speaker 1>but if your travels again take you to the Cape

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<v Speaker 1>and Islands, it looks like you were going to be

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<v Speaker 1>stuck in the forties overnight tonight it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>clouding up and some drizzle is moving into the area.

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<v Speaker 1>The Spring Equinox arrive arrives just after five am tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>and unfortunately, it looks like it's going to rain on

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<v Speaker 1>our parade tomorrow as we jump once again into the fifties.

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<v Speaker 1>Friday features a colder blast of air coming in. Highs

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<v Speaker 1>will only be in the forties, mix the sun and

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<v Speaker 1>clouds to wrap up the workweek, though right now in Boston,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight clear skies at six oh five on this

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday morning. If you know, you know, and one in

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<v Speaker 1>four American adults do know they suffer from lower back pain,

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<v Speaker 1>and a new study finds there's not much we can

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<v Speaker 1>do about it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a condition that mystifies doctors with no clear cause,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's a leading contributor to disability around the world.

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<v Speaker 3>The results of this study in this week's medical journal

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<v Speaker 3>BMG Evidence Based Medicine finds acupuncture, massage, even opioids do

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<v Speaker 3>little to ease the pain. The silver lining comes in

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<v Speaker 3>over the counter treatment. Scientists say ibuprofen or aspirin is

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<v Speaker 3>an effective treatment and acute cases in the short term,

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<v Speaker 3>experts say some short term relief can be found at

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<v Speaker 3>chiropractors or with exercise, but in all cases the benefits

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<v Speaker 3>are small. Jay will Lett WBZ, Boston's news radio or

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<v Speaker 3>bird flew.

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<v Speaker 1>To worry about health officials say the first outbreak of

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<v Speaker 1>the eight seven and nine strain in eight years has

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<v Speaker 1>arrived at the poultry farm in Mississippi. Sciences say this

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<v Speaker 1>version is distinct from the current av and flu that

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<v Speaker 1>has resulted in the culling of more than one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million birds and the US and has infected dozens of humans.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Here in Boston. We check the pulse of the city.

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<v Speaker 1>You worried about it.

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<v Speaker 5>They're not too worried.

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<v Speaker 1>Not really. We're looking up to so many days.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm aware of it, but not really nervous, though not.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think much of it.

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<v Speaker 5>Since it was first detected a dozen years ago, the

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<v Speaker 5>age seven strain has killed nearly forty percent of all

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<v Speaker 5>humans that have been infected, according to the World Health Organization.

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<v Speaker 5>Through the agency said it doesn't transmit easily from person

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<v Speaker 5>to person. This is the first outbreak of this particular

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<v Speaker 5>strain on US soil since twenty seventeen. Chris Falman WBZ, Boston's.

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