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<v Speaker 1>This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local

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<v Speaker 1>news twenty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Former President Jimmy Carter's

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<v Speaker 1>remains are heading to his Georgia hometown for the final time.

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<v Speaker 1>CBS is Jim Cursuhler is there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Jim Krisuhl In Plains, Georgia. Stephanie Young has been

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<v Speaker 2>friends with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Roslyn

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<v Speaker 2>for many years. Speaking about mister Carter's death, she told me, we're.

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<v Speaker 3>All sad and we knew it was coming, but we're

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<v Speaker 3>also celebrating because he and Rosalind.

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<v Speaker 1>Are back together again, and we have to look at

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<v Speaker 1>it that way.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, the man lived a.

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<v Speaker 2>Full life rather than Poppin's circumstance. Jimmy Carter wanted a

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<v Speaker 2>simple burial service alongside his wife Rosalind, near their home

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<v Speaker 2>on eleven acres of wooded land. Jim Krysula sibbyas News Plains, Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>Things have been going from bad to worst in parts

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<v Speaker 1>of California. The wildfire in the Pacific Palisades continues to grow.

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<v Speaker 1>LA's fire chief Christian Crowley, says the fire is chewing

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<v Speaker 1>through acres of land at a rapid pace.

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<v Speaker 4>It is safe to say that the Palisades Fire is

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<v Speaker 4>one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history

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<v Speaker 4>of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>Crowley says the fire has charred over seventeen one thousand

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<v Speaker 1>acres of land, and the fires destroyed thousands of structures,

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<v Speaker 1>including multimillion dollar homes. The fires in the Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 1>area have killed at least five people and torn through

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<v Speaker 1>communities from the Pacific coast to Pasadena, and have caused

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<v Speaker 1>tens of thousands of people to flee. The ferocious Santa

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<v Speaker 1>Ana winds that drove the flames and prompted chaotic evacuations

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<v Speaker 1>have calmed a bit and are not expected to be

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<v Speaker 1>quite as powerful through today, and that may provide an

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity for firefighters to make progress. And President Biden's expected

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<v Speaker 1>to hold a briefing this hour on the federal responses

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<v Speaker 1>to the wildfires. As those fires and the firefighters continue

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<v Speaker 1>to work to battle them burning in the La area,

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden has canceled a trip over.

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<v Speaker 5>President Biden canceled a three day trip to Italy to

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<v Speaker 5>stay in the US and focus in the coming days

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<v Speaker 5>on the federal response to the fires in Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 5>He was scheduled to depart today for Rome after the

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<v Speaker 5>funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. During the trip, he

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<v Speaker 5>planned to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican and

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<v Speaker 5>Italy's Prime Minister and President. This is the second time

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<v Speaker 5>in recent months that a weather disaster forced the president

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<v Speaker 5>to change overseas travel plans. He postponed a trip to

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<v Speaker 5>Germany and Angola in the fall because of Hurricane Milton

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<v Speaker 5>Karen Travers ABC News Washington no.

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<v Speaker 1>From New York's highest Court, as it has declined to

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<v Speaker 1>block Donald Trump's sentencing tomorrow in his hush money case.

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<v Speaker 6>The president elect's seemingly final option is the US Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 6>which his lawyers have already asked to block the Friday

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<v Speaker 6>New York sentencing. This is in mister Trump's trial and

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<v Speaker 6>conviction last May on thirty four felon accounts of falsifying

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<v Speaker 6>business records. Trump has denied wrongdoing. His lawyers argued that

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<v Speaker 6>as president elect and though not yet in office, he

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<v Speaker 6>has presidential immunity. Prosecutors say a president elect has no

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<v Speaker 6>Article two fund under the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>That is ABC's Chuck Siegertson cover to Morrow Hilly's signing

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<v Speaker 1>the Boston Home Rule petition allowing local officials to significantly

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<v Speaker 1>stiffen penalties for non criminal violations of city ordinances. Boston

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<v Speaker 1>now has the authority to impose fines of up to

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand dollars for property owners, landlords, and small businesses

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<v Speaker 1>that violate these cities sanitary code. Under the new law,

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<v Speaker 1>city leaders are allowed to adjust the maximum fine for

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<v Speaker 1>inflation every five years, and the new fine hike won't

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<v Speaker 1>immediately impact violators. Ordinances. Establishing those fines for specific violations

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<v Speaker 1>will need to be separately approved by the City Council

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<v Speaker 1>and the mayor. Wind advisory stays up until one o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning, and we do have windy conditions right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and as we head into the evening there could be

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<v Speaker 1>some wind gusts of forty even fifty miles an hour

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<v Speaker 1>before the winds eventually die down a bit. As we

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<v Speaker 1>head into tomorrow overnight, we'll feel like we're in the

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<v Speaker 1>single digits with temperatures in the twenties, plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>that wind is subsiding, so It'll still be breezy, but

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<v Speaker 1>not Harshay nine for the high temperature Tomorrow night becoming cloudy,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in the evening late in the evening, with some

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<v Speaker 1>snow late at night, temperatures in the mid twenties. Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have clouds around. We'll have some snow showers and

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures in the low thirties, mid to upper thirties on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday with sunshine right now twenty seven degrees. In Boston,

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<v Speaker 1>a new gym at Lowell High School's been plagued with problems,

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<v Speaker 1>and city leaders are speaking out. As we hear from

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<v Speaker 1>wz's Madison Rodgers.

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<v Speaker 7>Facility has everything, but it's no good if it's not

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<v Speaker 7>working properly.

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<v Speaker 4>At a meeting this week, city councilors like Corey Blanger

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<v Speaker 4>went over a long and troubling list of issues with

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<v Speaker 4>the Rittick Athletic Center. Athletic director Scott well That says,

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<v Speaker 4>it feels like every day there's something simple, things like

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<v Speaker 4>door handles falling off or not being repaired, or shot

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<v Speaker 4>clocks that won't work for a basketball game, leaks, bleachers

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<v Speaker 4>that don't work. This is a four hundred million dollars

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<v Speaker 4>still underway project.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to make sure that we take the

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<v Speaker 1>time to get it right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Counselor Wayne Jeness calling for a report on the failures

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<v Speaker 4>and an action plan for repair and holding the developer

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<v Speaker 4>accountable for this building in Lowell. I'm Madison Rogers, WBZ,

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<v Speaker 4>Boston's news Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>No Short business that sells rubbert ducks, is partnering with

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<v Speaker 1>various foundations, including the Red Sox Foundation. Wbz's Carl Stevens

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<v Speaker 1>with the story.

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<v Speaker 7>Courtney Lbreco, a neuropsychologist, and her wife Mandy, a philosophy professor,

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<v Speaker 7>are the owners of Wicked Ducks here in Marblehead. Courtney

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<v Speaker 7>says they were inspired by the European craze of rubber ducks.

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<v Speaker 8>And whenever we would go to Europe, we would love

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<v Speaker 8>to find a rubber ducks store and we'd bring home

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<v Speaker 8>a rubber duck and we just fell in love with it.

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<v Speaker 8>So we decided, okay, let's spread this joy and laughter

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<v Speaker 8>here and we opened up Wicked Ducks in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 7>And they established the Wicked Ducks Foundation to support a

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<v Speaker 7>number of causes. For example, they're partnering with the Red

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<v Speaker 7>Sox Foundation because in the future they will create a

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<v Speaker 7>red Soize and a percentage of the sale of that

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<v Speaker 7>duck we'll go to the Red Sox Foundation. From Marblehead

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<v Speaker 7>Carl Stevens do BVZ, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Some scientists say climate change is in an extreme volatile

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<v Speaker 1>state at the hands of humans. CBS's Tracy Wolf explains.

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<v Speaker 3>Human cause climate change is making climate extremes of swinging

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<v Speaker 3>from periods of tremendous drought to intense precipitation, what scientists

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<v Speaker 3>call hydroclimate volatility, more frequent and is expected to increase

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<v Speaker 3>as global warming accelerates. In a new study from the

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<v Speaker 3>journal Nature Reviews, scientists say the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb,

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<v Speaker 3>and release seven percent more water for every degree celsius

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<v Speaker 3>of warming is driving this climate whiplash. Tracy Wolf, CBS

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<v Speaker 3>News New York.

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