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

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<v Speaker 2>Hello Monday, we meet again, and still you bring nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to the table. We're getting started though, under clear skies

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty seven degrees on this Monday morning. The News

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<v Speaker 2>at six brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer,

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<v Speaker 2>your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being here today.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Jeff Brown. This kind of feels like a setup.

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<v Speaker 2>Sunshine mixed with some clouds today and increasingly windy with

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<v Speaker 2>a high of thirty nine. As WBZ aki weather meteorologist

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Lundberg, a clipper system threatens to bring some snow

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<v Speaker 2>to us middle of this week. It is a kinder,

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<v Speaker 2>gentler winter for COVID cases in the United States. Health

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<v Speaker 2>officials say a combination of factors has pushed positive test

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<v Speaker 2>results and hospitalizations lower this year. Doctors do say that

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<v Speaker 2>coronavirus is not a seasonal disorder, but due to a

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<v Speaker 2>surge in the late summer months, the virus is taking

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<v Speaker 2>it a little bit easier on us. This weey weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>it appears to have peaked. Wastewater samples will prove that also.

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<v Speaker 2>Stronger COVID vaccines this time around and the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>people are not routinely testing as much all contribute to

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<v Speaker 2>the lower numbers. Flu by the way, is the driver

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<v Speaker 2>of winter's misery and respiratory illnesses this year. It's ugly,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's ours and it's historic. The Boston Landmarks Commission

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<v Speaker 2>designates Boston City Hall an official Historic Landmark on claims

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<v Speaker 2>it's got civic and cultural significance. A recent conservation management

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<v Speaker 2>plan allows the building to address needed updates while preserving

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<v Speaker 2>its architecture. It was built in the nineteen sixties. It

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<v Speaker 2>is considered a prime example of brutalist architecture. It's also

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<v Speaker 2>been voted the fourth ugliest building in the world, second

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<v Speaker 2>ugliest to the United States, second only to the j.

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<v Speaker 2>Edgar Hoover Building in Washington. After months of stalled talks,

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<v Speaker 2>teachers at Toughs start to walk. Over one hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>Lecturers in the School of Arts are skipping class today

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<v Speaker 1>and tomorrow. This comes after ten months of failed contract

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<v Speaker 1>negotiations with Tufts University. The union, representing one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two members, says their average salary is at or

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<v Speaker 1>below eighty percent of the area median income. They're also

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<v Speaker 1>demanding a manageable workload as the number of undergraduates enrolling

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<v Speaker 1>continues to go up. The lecturers may not be in

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<v Speaker 1>the classroom, but students are expected to show up as

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<v Speaker 1>subs will be used both days of the strike. In Metford,

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<v Speaker 1>James Rojas WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>The varsity cheer coach and Quinsy, is off the job

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<v Speaker 2>this morning and under investigation, accused of providing alcohol and

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<v Speaker 2>marijuana to high school students. The coach's name is not

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<v Speaker 2>yet being released, but officials also say students may have

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<v Speaker 2>been exposed to inappropriate online images. Quinsy School authority say

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<v Speaker 2>the alleged incidents happened on at least one occasion. Parents

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<v Speaker 2>have been notified and investigation continues. Celtics host the Rockets

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<v Speaker 2>tonight at the Garden. Bruins are off until tomorrow, when

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<v Speaker 2>they travel to Buffalo and rematch of a Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 2>two years ago. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 2>Eagles will battle in Super Bowl fifty nine in New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 2>It is twenty seven degrees here in the city. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to near forty once again today. Sunshine will begin,

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<v Speaker 2>some clouds on the increase, and it's going to get

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<v Speaker 2>windy once again. It's the beginning of an active weather

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<v Speaker 2>pattern this week. We have a couple of chances of snow.

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<v Speaker 2>The first arrives in the form of snow showers tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>won't amount to much, but temperatures will be in the

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<v Speaker 2>mid to upper thirties starting out and then falling throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the afternoon. And then on Wednesday morning, a clipper system

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<v Speaker 2>look like looks like it's going to dump some snow

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<v Speaker 2>on us, especially in the morning. We could see a

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<v Speaker 2>coding to a inch of snow in many areas and

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<v Speaker 2>temperatures eventually going to get into the thirties and we

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<v Speaker 2>dry out after that. Mainly sunny skies on Thursday, and

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<v Speaker 2>milder again to round out the week on Friday, with

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<v Speaker 2>highs approaching forty degrees right now in Boston's twenty seven

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<v Speaker 2>clear skies to get us going. This Monday morning at

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<v Speaker 2>six oh five, tax season is here, which means you're

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<v Speaker 2>on the cloth.

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<v Speaker 3>RS kicks off its annual payday for Uncle Sam today,

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<v Speaker 3>with the option to file online now available in half

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<v Speaker 3>of all states, including Massachusetts, following a successful test launch

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<v Speaker 3>last year, but the future of the direct file program

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<v Speaker 3>remains unclear after twenty twenty five. The program has faced

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<v Speaker 3>criticism from tax preparers, who say it poses an existential

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<v Speaker 3>crisis for them. The tax filing deadline is Tuesday, April fifteenth,

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<v Speaker 3>and Massachusetts will not get its traditional break due to

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<v Speaker 3>the Patriots Day holiday, which falls.

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<v Speaker 2>Late this year.

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<v Speaker 3>April twenty first, Jay will let WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>While we were watching football this weekend, the president of

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<v Speaker 2>Columbia was pushing all the wrong buttons. With President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>livid over the country's refusal to accept planeloads of deported Colombians,

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Trump threatens to hit that nation with twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>percent tariffs this week, increasing to fifty percent next week.

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<v Speaker 2>And after first saying retaliatory taviss would strike next, Columbia's

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<v Speaker 2>President rethinks that strategy and now will accept the nationals back.

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<v Speaker 2>The tariff threat by the United States has been called off,

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<v Speaker 2>and immigration blitz across the country ends with the roundup

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<v Speaker 2>of about one thousand immigrants. Borders are Tom Homan says

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<v Speaker 2>this operation zeroed in on criminals, with the bulk of

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<v Speaker 2>the action in Chicago, but spreading elsewhere to Atlanta, Colorado,

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles, Austin, Texas, even Puerto Rico. The FBI gets

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<v Speaker 2>an assist from several other government agencies, including the DEA

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<v Speaker 2>and US. Marshal's officials say that targeted operation focused on

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<v Speaker 2>immigrants with active warrants. The White House Cabinet is slowly

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<v Speaker 2>being assembled, its new Defense Secretary Pete Hegsett's first day

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<v Speaker 2>on the job after an historic vice presidential tie breaking

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<v Speaker 2>vote in the Senate. Former South Dakota Governor Christy Nome

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<v Speaker 2>begins her new job as Director of Homeland Security. Today.

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<v Speaker 2>Senators are busy again on Capitol Hill, with confirmation hearings

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<v Speaker 2>set this week for Robert F. Kennedy Junior, the controversial

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<v Speaker 2>pick as head of Health and Human Services, Kash Patel's

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<v Speaker 2>nomination to run the FBI, and Tulsey Gabbard will testify

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<v Speaker 2>later this week, is nominee for head of National Intelligence.

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<v Speaker 2>Another study looks at the addiction that many kids have

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<v Speaker 2>to their smartphones. WBZ S Drew moholland is here with

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<v Speaker 2>some details. Good morning, Andre, Good morning, Jeffrey.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, smartphones. Oh you love that, don't you?

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<v Speaker 2>Worst sound ever?

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<v Speaker 4>You use the phone to wake up in the morning.

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<v Speaker 4>We're always connected, but the phones these days could be

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<v Speaker 4>making teens more aggressive and get this, and new study

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<v Speaker 4>finds they could be causing hallucinations. Furthermore, the younger a

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<v Speaker 4>person is when they start using a smartphone, the more

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<v Speaker 4>likely they are to develop psychological problems. These teens pulled

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<v Speaker 4>had feelings of, among other things, hopelessness, guilt, anxiety, and

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<v Speaker 4>unwonted strange thoughts yikes. AnyWho, Good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>There, it is again time to wake up six oh eight.

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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 Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio