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

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, it is thirty three degrees in Boston, really

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<v Speaker 2>starting to warm up out there with the sun a

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have that forecast for you just one second. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a Friedman and here's what's happening. Well, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>chilly start out the door today.

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<v Speaker 3>Plenty of sunshine today with highs not far from forty.

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<v Speaker 1>A rainy weekend is on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there's some warmer weather in store for us this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>That there from Joe Lumberg. We'll have more forecast details

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<v Speaker 2>for you coming up in just about two minutes now

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<v Speaker 2>and developing this morning. Well, there's no comments yet from

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<v Speaker 2>Russia on reports that it's air defenses down in Asbahan

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<v Speaker 2>Airlines plane, but speculations into the crash continued.

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<v Speaker 4>Still isn't clear what caused a plane to crash, but

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<v Speaker 4>Azerbaijan Airline says it's suspending flow to seven Russian cities.

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<v Speaker 4>The plane crash during a flight to Grosney in Russia's Chechenya.

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<v Speaker 4>It had diverted, possibly due to bad weather, and there

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<v Speaker 4>was some speculation that is when it may have been

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<v Speaker 4>fired on it crashed while trying to land in Kazakhstan.

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<v Speaker 4>After initially saying a bird strike was to blame. Russia

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<v Speaker 4>has since refused to comment.

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<v Speaker 2>That was CBS's Cammie McCormick reporting there Edler's. At least

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<v Speaker 2>thirty eight people died in that crash, over two dozen survived.

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusetts State Police bomb squad were called to a home

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<v Speaker 2>in Duxbury for reports of a potentially dangerous device. Officials

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<v Speaker 2>say the bomb squad helps get rid of the incinerary

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<v Speaker 2>device yesterday morning at a home on Amato Way. Duxbury

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<v Speaker 2>Fire Department hasn't shared what led to the device being

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<v Speaker 2>reported or exactly what it is, but it was rendered

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<v Speaker 2>safe by officials and no injuries were reported. And you

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<v Speaker 2>still got time today to grab those tickets. Magamillion's jackpots

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<v Speaker 2>or to over one point one billion dollars drawing set

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<v Speaker 2>for tonight. It's the fifth largest jackpot prize in the

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<v Speaker 2>game's history, seventh time the lottery game has surpassed one

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<v Speaker 2>billion with its overall jackpot. Keeping things in perspective, your

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<v Speaker 2>chances aren't exactly in your favor. It's one in three

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<v Speaker 2>and three hundred and two million, but someone's got to

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<v Speaker 2>win it eventually, so what I'll let it be you

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<v Speaker 2>and a classic holiday movie the way it was meant

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<v Speaker 2>to be seen and heard.

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<v Speaker 3>Boston Pops will be playing the soundtrack of a different

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<v Speaker 3>kind of Christmas classic tonight at Symphony Hall.

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<v Speaker 5>Donys give Up, Yeah, Thirsty for More?

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<v Speaker 3>Home Alone in concert first of three shows this weekend

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<v Speaker 3>tonight at Symphony Hall. The movie is brilliantly scored by

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<v Speaker 3>the great composer John Williams, and the show tonight will

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<v Speaker 3>feature the movie Home Alone playing in the backdrop as

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<v Speaker 3>the Boston Pops performs the soundtrack to this amazing Christmas classic.

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<v Speaker 3>Truly a show the whole family can enjoy as we

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<v Speaker 3>soak in the last drops of the holiday spirit before

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<v Speaker 3>the new year. Got to admit, though this is a

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<v Speaker 3>tough ticket to get, there's a few available online that

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<v Speaker 3>they are very expensive. Jim McKay WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And Touching the Face of the Sun, ABC's Jim Ryan

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<v Speaker 2>says a probe launched six years ago has reached its destination.

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<v Speaker 6>Twelve, twenty eighteen, the long journey began.

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<v Speaker 3>Lift off oh NASA's Parker's Solar Probe.

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<v Speaker 6>Not your typical spacecraft. Parker's an engineering marvel, says NASA's

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<v Speaker 6>Nikki Rail.

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<v Speaker 2>The heat shield itself is going to face temperatures around

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five hundred degrees and a short distance behind it

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<v Speaker 2>where the instrument start, it's at room temperature.

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<v Speaker 6>Passing within three point eight million miles of the Sun's surface.

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<v Speaker 6>Parker is sending back reams of data about Earth's closest star.

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<v Speaker 6>Jim Ryan ABC News.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, it is thirty four degrees in Boston and

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<v Speaker 2>the sun is out, which is making things nice and

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<v Speaker 2>nice and bright forests out there even though it is

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<v Speaker 2>still cold. The high today is thirty eight to round

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<v Speaker 2>forty two degrees and that sun will be sticking around

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the day today. This clouds are coming in tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>though Tomorrow is when we will start to see those

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<v Speaker 2>clouds turning into a little bit of rain and drizzle.

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<v Speaker 2>At times in the morning when it's the coldest out,

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<v Speaker 2>the rain can potentially freeze on surfaces. In tomorrow Tomorrow morning,

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<v Speaker 2>it will be warming up in the afternoon though tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>it'll turn into around and near forty is the high

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<v Speaker 2>mid forties for the Cape and the islands. But on

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday it'll stay rainy out there, cloudy with some milder rain.

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<v Speaker 2>The rain is gonna kind of pick up in the evening,

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<v Speaker 2>becoming steadier at night and heavier there with a high

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<v Speaker 2>of fifty two degrees. But our Monday morning commute, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be breezy, very mild with rain to start the day,

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<v Speaker 2>and then that's the clouds for the rest of the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Cloudy weather in the afternoons, sticking around throughout the day

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<v Speaker 2>with a high of fifty four to fifty eight degrees.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, it's thirty four in Boston at eleven o five.

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<v Speaker 2>Health officials are concerned about a silent COVID surge hitting

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<v Speaker 2>over the holidays.

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<v Speaker 1>They're worried for two reasons. First, because this year's winter

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<v Speaker 1>COVID wave is getting off to a pretty late start,

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<v Speaker 1>and recent CDC data shows high or very high levels

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<v Speaker 1>of the virus that causes COVID in wastewater in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one states. Yet a lot of people are unaware of that,

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<v Speaker 1>and public health experts are concerned they might not get

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<v Speaker 1>tested if they get sick, especially if it's minor, and

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<v Speaker 1>that can cause COVID to spread during holiday travel and parties.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sarah Lee Kissler.

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<v Speaker 2>Meantime, the number of whooping cough cases in the US

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<v Speaker 2>is at its highest in a decade. Data from the

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<v Speaker 2>CDC shows more than thirty two thousand cases have been

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<v Speaker 2>reported this year through mid December, which is six times

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<v Speaker 2>higher than this time last year. The disease, also known

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<v Speaker 2>as pertius, is highly contagious, with children under the age

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<v Speaker 2>of one being the.

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<v Speaker 1>Most at risk.

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<v Speaker 2>State lawmakers are looking to crack down on drivers who

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<v Speaker 2>mosey their way into designated bus lanes.

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<v Speaker 5>Bus only lanes have sprouted up across Boston to speed

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<v Speaker 5>up travel time for commuters who ride t buses, but

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<v Speaker 5>passenger vehicles frustrate that goal when drivers operate cars and

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<v Speaker 5>SUVs in the bus only lanes, slowing the buses down. Now,

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<v Speaker 5>state lawmakers are considering legislation to install cameras on buses

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<v Speaker 5>to monitor traffic in the bus lanes and record the

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<v Speaker 5>registration numbers of offending vehicles. Police could then follow up

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<v Speaker 5>and issue tickets, finding drivers twenty five to one hundred

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<v Speaker 5>and twenty five dollars for bus lane violations. The bill

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<v Speaker 5>to install the cameras and impose the fines has passed

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<v Speaker 5>the Senate and with just days left in the legislative

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<v Speaker 5>year could get a House vote at the State House.

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<v Speaker 5>Mike mclum, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>This year marks ten years since the Amazing Ice Bucket

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<v Speaker 2>Challenge went viral and raised millions of dollars for as

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<v Speaker 2>l als. This weekend, Plunge for Pete is back, where

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<v Speaker 2>you can take an icy dip at the Good Harbor

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<v Speaker 2>Beach in Gloucester to honor the ongoing mission of the

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<v Speaker 2>late Great Pete Freights and for those brave enough. It

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<v Speaker 2>all kicks off tomorrow morning in Gloucester at ten thirty.

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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 a Freedman, WBZ Boston's News Radio