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

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<v Speaker 2>Mostly sunny, breezy, and sixty four degrees in Boston at

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<v Speaker 2>four o'clock. Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us on

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<v Speaker 2>this Memorial Day. I'm Suzanne Salsville. Here's what's happening. President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump continues his feud with Harvard University. WBZ Jeremy Russ

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<v Speaker 2>has the very latest.

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<v Speaker 3>President Trump threatens to take another three billion dollars in

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<v Speaker 3>grant money away from the university and redistribute it among

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<v Speaker 3>trade schools. This comes weeks after the school sued to

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<v Speaker 3>claw back more than two billion dollars already frozen by

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<v Speaker 3>the administration. President Trump accuses Harvard of fostering a culture

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<v Speaker 3>of anti Semitism and wants the university to turn over

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<v Speaker 3>detailed information about its international students. Last week, the government

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<v Speaker 3>revoked the school's ability to enroll foreign students, but Harvard sued,

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<v Speaker 3>calling the move unlawful, and a federal judge quickly put

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<v Speaker 3>the whole thing on hold. A status conference in the

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<v Speaker 3>case has been scheduled for tomorrow in federal court in Boston.

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<v Speaker 3>Jeremy Ross WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ News Radio has reached out to Harvard for comment.

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<v Speaker 2>Boston Police are alerting Mattapan and Hyde Park residents after

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<v Speaker 2>multiple reports of attempted robberies targeting food delivery drivers. Authority

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<v Speaker 2>say drivers were approached by one or more individuals, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>with weapons, and running off with the food. They urged

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<v Speaker 2>drivers to practice these safety tips. Remain aware of surroundings,

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<v Speaker 2>verify the delivery address, and share your route with a

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<v Speaker 2>friend or family member. Anyone with information on the robberies

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<v Speaker 2>or urged to contact detectives or the tip line. It's

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<v Speaker 2>strictly business for passengers at Logan Airport despite the holiday.

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<v Speaker 2>Wbz's Jay Willette has that.

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<v Speaker 4>We're actually spending a week at Isle Royal. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>national park in the middle of Lake Superial. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>litteral island.

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<v Speaker 5>Rather than get caught in the traffic heading back home

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<v Speaker 5>to Boston, this couple from Clinton is piecing out.

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<v Speaker 4>It worked out where we're flying out Memorial Day. This

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<v Speaker 4>is where week off.

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<v Speaker 5>Going against the grain of returning Memorial Day weekend vacationers

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<v Speaker 5>here at Logan International Airport hoping.

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<v Speaker 4>Not too bad.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, parking was okay here and checking a bag

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<v Speaker 5>wasn't terribly yet, so I guess, you know, cautiously optimistic.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the theme of travel here out on the roads.

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<v Speaker 5>Maascot expects peak hours today to be among the heaviest

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<v Speaker 5>the state has to offer for the holiday weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>And there's no Expressway hov Lane either. Well, I just

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<v Speaker 4>took it over. That's all that travel I've done so far,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's been fine from Logan j Well at WBZ, Boston's.

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<v Speaker 2>News radio, and right now, according to flight Aware, there

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<v Speaker 2>are eighty two delays at Boston Logan and zero cancelations.

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<v Speaker 2>This just in to the WBZ newsroom. Officials in Southbridge

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<v Speaker 2>say a child is dead after apparently falling from a

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<v Speaker 2>window on Saturday. Details are scarce as the incident remains

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<v Speaker 2>under investigation. According to process, initial report suggested the child

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<v Speaker 2>fell from the third floor. It wasn't immediately clear what

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<v Speaker 2>led to the apparent fall. Mainly clear skies tonight, with

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<v Speaker 2>a low of fifty three in the city, mid forties

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<v Speaker 2>further inland, sunny and warm Tomorrow with highs in the

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<v Speaker 2>loa tomid seventies, a mix of sun and clouds On Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 2>highs again in the load, tomid seventies, showers at night Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with a shower or

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<v Speaker 2>too high sixty five. Right now in Boston, it's mostly sunny, breezy,

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<v Speaker 2>and holding steady at sixty four degrees. Statues of Weymouth's

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<v Speaker 2>fallen heroes were revealed today during a Memorial Day ceremony.

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<v Speaker 2>Wbz's Emma Friedman has the story.

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<v Speaker 6>In between a flag raising and opening remarks a piece

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<v Speaker 6>of poetry to mark the occasion.

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<v Speaker 4>How many foxholes were soldiers' graves. No freedom is not free.

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<v Speaker 6>Weymouth High School band played before a few students told

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<v Speaker 6>the stories of five Wymouth service members who received Medals

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<v Speaker 6>of Honor.

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<v Speaker 7>As a Medal Honor recipient, WILLIAMS.

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<v Speaker 8>Teach is a very important person in Weymouth's history who

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<v Speaker 8>has shown characteristics of valor.

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<v Speaker 6>Now their memory lives on with the unveiling of their

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<v Speaker 6>statues across from Weymouth Town Hall.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been brought to us by bravery and sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>Bravery and sacrifice of five sons of Weymouth.

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<v Speaker 6>That's Weymouth Mayor Robert headlife five.

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<v Speaker 1>Medal of Honor recipients, more than any community in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States.

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<v Speaker 6>And with that a salute to fallen heroes.

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<v Speaker 8>John n began Absen Stephen Bergford's.

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<v Speaker 6>Absent in Weymouth, Ema Friedman w b Z, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And endurance swimmer is close to finishing his historic trip

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<v Speaker 2>around Martha's Vineyard. Lewis Pugh began his sixty two mile

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<v Speaker 2>multi day journey back on May fifteenth, swimming in the

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<v Speaker 2>Cape's frigid waters and enduring a northeaster. Pugh was taking

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<v Speaker 2>on the challenge to raise awareness about the place flight

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<v Speaker 2>of sharks as the movie Jaws approaches its fiftieth anniversary.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants to change the public perception of the animal

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<v Speaker 2>and encourage protections. A longtime New York congressman has died.

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Matt Piper has details.

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<v Speaker 7>Charles Wrangle spent forty six years in Congress. He was

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<v Speaker 7>a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and was

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<v Speaker 7>the first black chair of the House's influential Ways and

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<v Speaker 7>Means Committee. A Korean Warvett, Wrangle earned a Purple Heart

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<v Speaker 7>and a Bronze Star. He often spoke out about his

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<v Speaker 7>opposition to the Iraq war.

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<v Speaker 8>I challenged anyone to tell me that their feelings about

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<v Speaker 8>this one Iraq would not be different if they thought

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<v Speaker 8>that their loved ones, their family, their community would be

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<v Speaker 8>placed in Ham's way.

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<v Speaker 7>He was elected to Congress in nineteen seventy and left

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<v Speaker 7>in twenty seventeen. Charles Wrangle was ninety four. Matt Piper,

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<v Speaker 7>CBS News, New York.

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<v Speaker 2>A former Mashpee Town employee files a racial discrimination complaint

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<v Speaker 2>against the town. Stephanie Coleman says she was being underpaid

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<v Speaker 2>while serving as a former secretary for the town manager

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<v Speaker 2>compared to her white co workers. Coleman is Wampanoaga and

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<v Speaker 2>African American. She also accuses the town of retaliation after

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<v Speaker 2>she spoke out about the wage discrepancy. Meanwhile, the town

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<v Speaker 2>denies the allegations. A hearing is set in August. You

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<v Speaker 2>are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Suzanne Sosville, WBZ, Boston's news radio