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

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<v Speaker 2>News fifty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. He drank his beer

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston. Then everybody knew his name. To millions, he

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<v Speaker 2>was Norm.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, what's happened to Norman?

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<v Speaker 4>That's a doggy dog. World is Emmy, and I'm more

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<v Speaker 4>in Milkbone underwear.

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<v Speaker 2>George Went, the actor best known for his starring role

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<v Speaker 2>in the long running NBC sitcom Cheers, has died. TMZ

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<v Speaker 2>reports Norm George Went passed peacefully in his sleep at

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<v Speaker 2>his home at the age of seventy six. Went's family

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<v Speaker 2>remembering him as a doting family man, a well loved

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<v Speaker 2>friend and confidante to all those lucky enough to have

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<v Speaker 2>known him. We knew him. He sat at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the bar. The Diry excuse for the day and

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<v Speaker 2>the Karen Reid retrial during recross to day the defense

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<v Speaker 2>once a ripping into the educational background, witness Shannon burgas a.

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<v Speaker 4>Bachelor of General Science in Mathematics and Business Administration does

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<v Speaker 4>not exist as an offered degree at the University of Alabama.

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<v Speaker 5>Birmingham, does it sure, so that is an air Clearly,

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<v Speaker 5>BGS stands for Bachelors of General Studies and that should

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<v Speaker 5>have a with minor in mathematics and Business administration.

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<v Speaker 2>Burgess telling the prosecution he's been working on getting his

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<v Speaker 2>degree for years.

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<v Speaker 5>I would like to finish my bachelor's, but again work

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<v Speaker 5>and life gets in the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Burgess is a digital forensics expert. He determined that Karen

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<v Speaker 2>Reid backed up her resuve at the same time that

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<v Speaker 2>John o'keef stopped using his cell phone. How Speaker Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson is hoping to advance President Trump's big beautiful tax

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<v Speaker 2>bill in the House Rules Committee tonight. ABC Stephen Portnoy

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<v Speaker 2>tells us some Republicans still are opposed.

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<v Speaker 3>To House speaker expresses optimism. There's a great a spree

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<v Speaker 3>occur in the room this morning because everybody knows what's

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<v Speaker 3>at stake, and Mike Johnson insists.

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<v Speaker 2>We are going to get this done.

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<v Speaker 3>But fiscal hawks say they want deeper cuts and moderate

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<v Speaker 3>holdouts from New York, New Jersey, and California reiterate in

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<v Speaker 3>a joint statement that they want a meaningful increase in

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<v Speaker 3>the deduction for state and local taxes. Hours earlier, President

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<v Speaker 3>Trump shrugged off that concern saying it amounted to a

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<v Speaker 3>bailout for Democratic governors. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>And the rest has been made in connection with the

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<v Speaker 2>inmate escape from a New Orleans jail. Stirling Williams, a

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<v Speaker 2>maintenance worker at that facility, has been charged with aiding

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<v Speaker 2>the inmates by cutting off the water to a toilet

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<v Speaker 2>so they could escape through a hole in the wall

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<v Speaker 2>behind it. The motives still not known for William's role

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<v Speaker 2>in all this. This is Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason

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<v Speaker 2>Williams rereed.

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<v Speaker 6>Avarice, friendship. You know, in the criminal justice system, it's

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<v Speaker 6>the motives that caused men to do bad things. They

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<v Speaker 6>range so greatly. All I can tell you as he

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<v Speaker 6>made a bad choice going to chain his.

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<v Speaker 2>Lifehever six of the inmates who escaped are still on

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<v Speaker 2>the run. Clouds in place as we head into the

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<v Speaker 2>latter part of the afternoon and later this evening, probably

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<v Speaker 2>very late tonight, after midnight, perhaps we'll get a little

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<v Speaker 2>drizzle in spots, Temperatures upper forties downtown, a little cooler

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<v Speaker 2>in the suburbs. The breeze will make it feel a

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<v Speaker 2>little chillier as well. Cloudy, breezy Tomorrow, intermittent drizzle. Temperature's

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<v Speaker 2>low fifties. Tomorrow night, cloudy, breezy, rain and drizzle. Forty

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<v Speaker 2>six for the low, and then on Thursday, we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>windy conditions. There'll be periods of rain. Some of that

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<v Speaker 2>rain will come down pretty heavily, could be ponding of

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<v Speaker 2>water on streets, and with the northeaster, it could be

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<v Speaker 2>some coastal flooding to worry about. Temperatures not very warm.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll struggle to get to fifty in many places. Cloudy

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday, temperatures mid to upper fifties. We'll have a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of showers at least lingering. May get some brightening

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<v Speaker 2>later on in the day, and the Memorial Day weekend

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<v Speaker 2>may be salvageable, although not overly warm. Right now fifty

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<v Speaker 2>three degrees in Boston. Two members of Boston Mayor Michelle's

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<v Speaker 2>woozednministration are fired after both were arrested by Boston police

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<v Speaker 2>on domestic violence charges. Wbz's Mike Macklin with details.

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<v Speaker 7>The two staffers for Mayor Michelle Wou were both arrested

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<v Speaker 7>when Boston police responded to the apartment the couple shared

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<v Speaker 7>for a report of domestic violence. The couple reportedly involved

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<v Speaker 7>in an argument over alleged infidelity in the relationship, an

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<v Speaker 7>argument that turned violent. Marvell Cutenazer, chief of staff in

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<v Speaker 7>the Office of Police Accountability, and Schulan Huang of the

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<v Speaker 7>Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion both face assault charges.

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<v Speaker 7>Kittinazer also charged with assaults on the arresting police officers.

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<v Speaker 7>The incident becoming a flashpoint in the mayor's re election campaign.

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<v Speaker 7>Mayoral challenger Josh Kraft demanding to know what role the

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<v Speaker 7>mayor's Economic Affairs cabinet chief had in the incident. City

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<v Speaker 7>Councilor Ed Flynn also calling for more accountability from the

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<v Speaker 7>WU administration at City Hall. Mike maclub WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Despite growing concerns that many of Massachusetts aren't leaving for

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<v Speaker 2>greater pastures, the Census Bureau numbers find many cities and

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<v Speaker 2>towns are seeing more moving trucks headed in then headed out.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bureaus of Vintage twenty twenty four report finds four

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<v Speaker 2>out of five communities count more residents than the year before.

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<v Speaker 2>The data shows while thousands of people continue to leave

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusetts newly incoming immigrants, and more than made up for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Boston leads the way with more than eighty eight hundred

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<v Speaker 2>new people. That's up one point three percent. On art

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<v Speaker 2>legend is immortalized on Cape Ann wbz's Jablet with the story.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm, you know, the happiest I've ever been professionally.

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<v Speaker 8>Mark Henderson is the manager of Fish City Studios, a

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<v Speaker 8>gallery that's just reopened in Gloucester after the death of

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<v Speaker 8>his good friend John Sarkin.

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<v Speaker 1>For ten years he created art here and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of mixed media, really frenetic drawings, really visually arresting,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of random abstract imagery.

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<v Speaker 8>Sarkin specialized in outsider art, only getting into it after

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<v Speaker 8>suffering a stroke stemming from a neurosurgery. Before then, he

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<v Speaker 8>was a chiropractor.

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<v Speaker 1>So he just created this body of work by just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of obsessively coming in here seven days a week,

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<v Speaker 1>eight hours a day, and just focusing on the craft

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<v Speaker 1>and the practice of doing it.

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<v Speaker 8>Now, his original gallery is open once again, this time

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<v Speaker 8>as a sanctuary for new artists. Jay Willette WBZ Boston's

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<v Speaker 8>news Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio