Speaker 1: Sixty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We're following some developments
Speaker 1: out of Marblehead where teachers have voted to go on
Speaker 1: strike starting Tuesday if the school committee fails to negotiate
Speaker 1: a contract for all five bargaining units by Monday night.
Speaker 1: The Marblehead Teachers Associations as ninety nine percent of members
Speaker 1: voted in favor of a strike to demand better conditions
Speaker 1: for educators, students, and the entire community. Meantime, teachers are
Speaker 1: striking and walking the picket lines in Beverly and Gloucester.
Speaker 2: Educators in Beverly are out in full force for day
Speaker 2: one on the picking line. They're joining their brothers and
Speaker 2: sisters at Glossar Public Schools as they also go on
Speaker 2: strike overstalled contract negotiations. Beverly High School teacher Stephanie andrews.
Speaker 3: We don't want to be out here on the lines.
Speaker 4: This is important to us, but we want to be
Speaker 4: in our classrooms and we are ready to get this
Speaker 4: contract settled as soon as possible so we can get
Speaker 4: back to work.
Speaker 2: Both Beverly and Gloucester school committees release similar statements, calling
Speaker 2: the vote to strike disappointing. Meanwhile, educators in Fitchburg are
Speaker 2: planning a meeting next week to talk about fair wages,
Speaker 2: better working conditions, and other benefits. In Beverly, James Rojas
Speaker 2: WBZ Boston's News radio or.
Speaker 1: Court filings and potentially more drama in the Karen Reid case.
Speaker 1: Read's legal team is requesting Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey produced
Speaker 1: personal emails and text messages, and have asked to see
Speaker 1: sidebar conversations that happened during Reid's first trial. Turny's for reader,
Speaker 1: looking to see what conversation DA Morrissey had with court
Speaker 1: officials and others related to her case. They say recent
Speaker 1: reporting and documentary evidence demonstrates the DA used as personal
Speaker 1: e mail to communicate with Stoton District Court personnel and
Speaker 1: judgeston Is, where the case was before it moved to
Speaker 1: Superior Court. UBC News Radio has reached out to the
Speaker 1: DA's office for comment. Random, anonymous and offensive text messages
Speaker 1: have landed on the phones of people in at least
Speaker 1: ten states this week, including here in Massachusetts. ABC's Jim
Speaker 1: Ryan tells us several federal agencies are looking into it.
Speaker 5: The text message orders the recipient, sometimes by name, to
Speaker 5: report to a plantation. The people who've gotten it have
Speaker 5: ranged in age from their teens to their eighties. The
Speaker 5: common threat is that they're black.
Speaker 6: I was hurt and I was disappointed the success.
Speaker 2: There's nothing comical about it.
Speaker 3: I kept thinking what am I done?
Speaker 5: The texts are racist and offensive, but are they illegal?
Speaker 5: The FBI is interested because some of the messages contain
Speaker 5: threats of violence. Jim Rily and ABC News.
Speaker 1: The students at Student High School were among those who
Speaker 1: received racist messages on Thursday. The Greatest state lawmaker is
Speaker 1: among many in Washington supporting a new resolution to help
Speaker 1: service members know how much they're cared for all year round,
Speaker 1: and not just on veterans dead.
Speaker 7: On average, almost twenty veterans are dying by suicide every day.
Speaker 7: Democratic Senator Jane Chicken of New Hampshire says too many
Speaker 7: service members feel like they have no way out from
Speaker 7: their pain.
Speaker 3: We've had too many people who have had PTSD and
Speaker 3: have not been able to get the support they need
Speaker 3: to sometimes feel lonely and abandon.
Speaker 7: Inter National Warrior Call Day. Senator Shaheen teaming up with
Speaker 7: Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to co sponsor this resolution.
Speaker 7: It urges all Americans on November seventeenth to pick up
Speaker 7: the phone and connect with the service member.
Speaker 3: This is an effort to help people know that we
Speaker 3: are thinking about them. We want to make sure that
Speaker 3: the resources are there.
Speaker 7: It is simple, take a few minutes to call a
Speaker 7: veteran or service member, you know, talk with them about
Speaker 7: how they're doing, and remind them of resources like the
Speaker 7: nine eight eight lifeline that can help. Nicole Davis WBZ
Speaker 7: Boston's news.
Speaker 1: Radius red flag warning up until six o'clock tonight. We
Speaker 1: do have the dry conditions around these parts, low humidity,
Speaker 1: and the gusty winds that have been around today. Fire
Speaker 1: danger is high in the region. Tonight, it'll be mainly clear,
Speaker 1: still windy, Temperatures about forty in Boston, mid to upper
Speaker 1: thirties in the suburbs. Tomorrow a blustery day. It will
Speaker 1: feature sunshine, but we won't warm up much. We'll be
Speaker 1: in the low fifties and with the wins around and
Speaker 1: it may feel a little cooler than that. Temperatures on
Speaker 1: Sunday we'll get into the mid to upper fifties. Still
Speaker 1: a little breezy rain is likely to move in here
Speaker 1: Sunday night, and then Monday, we'll start out with a
Speaker 1: few lingering showers and then clouds will break from the
Speaker 1: sun in the afternoon. The temperatures Monday in the mid
Speaker 1: to upper sixties. Right now sixty three degrees in Boston.
Speaker 1: The Bruins are taking on the role of holiday helpers today.
Speaker 1: Wbz's Madison Rogers has more.
Speaker 4: I mean, you can't go wrong with Ninja turtles, said
Speaker 4: Bruins Captain Brad Marshaan, wearing a Santa hat at Target
Speaker 4: and getting ready to load up his cart.
Speaker 2: A lot of people going through a lot of tough times,
Speaker 2: and if there's an opportunity to bring a smile to
Speaker 2: anybody's face, you know it's something we want to be
Speaker 2: part of.
Speaker 4: This is the Bruins' annual holiday toy shopping event, a
Speaker 4: twenty thousand dollars shopping spree for kids and local hospitals
Speaker 4: who won't be able to come home for the holidays.
Speaker 2: We're video games and wars are.
Speaker 4: Pavel Zaka picking out some glittery rainbow slime and minecraft legos.
Speaker 2: I'm trying to find some books with so trying to.
Speaker 4: Look herro ound storry eyed shoppers at Arsenal Yards getting
Speaker 4: in on the early holiday spirit while the whole team
Speaker 4: checked their list twice. In Watertown, I'm Madison Rogers WBZ,
Speaker 4: Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: Pretty nice weekend, but we will pull back the temperatures.
Speaker 1: So how about a trip to Winter Snowport opens up
Speaker 1: today in the seaport. The annual winter event features activities
Speaker 1: plus dozens of small businesses. General admission is free, but
Speaker 1: you can pay for timed entry tickets. Governor Helly and
Speaker 1: other state leaders celebrating a faster ride on the Orange
Speaker 1: Line these days.
Speaker 2: For the first time in fifteen years, we've eliminated slow
Speaker 2: zones on the Orange Line.
Speaker 6: Governor more heally passed out stickers to riders and thanks.
Speaker 6: Some of the MBTA crew that helped make this milestone
Speaker 6: possible were completed earlier this month help the Tea reach
Speaker 6: this mark. Now the Orange and Blue lines are slow
Speaker 6: zone free. The governor says, cutting down on people's commute
Speaker 6: time is a big win.
Speaker 7: This is a big deal because we're giving time.
Speaker 4: We're giving people time back in their lives because we
Speaker 4: know that for far too long.
Speaker 1: People will have to wait on the tee because of
Speaker 1: these slow zones.
Speaker 6: To General manager Phil ng says, writers can expect faster
Speaker 6: and more frequent service.
Speaker 1: Come December, when we put in a new winter schedule.
Speaker 1: We'll be running three hundred and sixty trains today. That's
Speaker 1: nearly double the amount of trains that we were running
Speaker 1: just last year.
Speaker 6: From Haymarket Kyle Bray, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio.