Speaker 1: Thirty two degrees cloudy in Boston at eleven o'clock on
Speaker 1: this Thursday morning. Hello and thanks for being with us.
Speaker 1: Is December twenty sixth I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening,
Speaker 1: all right, Be patient. We'll let the sunshine return today
Speaker 1: same time.
Speaker 2: Will turn out mostly sunny today, with highest staying in
Speaker 2: the thirties, Lots of sunshine again tomorrow, with highes closer.
Speaker 1: To forty, a bit warmer as we get closer towards
Speaker 1: the weekend. We will actually get back into the fifties
Speaker 1: on Sunday, but we do have a few chilly days
Speaker 1: to get through before that. Back to news now. At
Speaker 1: Christmas morning tragedy. Two people are dead after a fire
Speaker 1: breaks out at a home in a cushion.
Speaker 3: Louise Stadie lives across the street and says that instead
Speaker 3: of waking up to Santa coming down her chimney, she
Speaker 3: woke up to firefighters pounding on her door. When she
Speaker 3: looked outside.
Speaker 4: I saw the ball of five.
Speaker 3: Louis says. The flames took the lives of her longtime neighbors,
Speaker 3: a devout, kind, married couple with two grown children. Another
Speaker 3: adult was injured in the fire, and everyone else within
Speaker 3: the multifamily home was displaced.
Speaker 4: Known each other for almost forty years.
Speaker 3: The whole neighborhood with just like an old community, very sweet,
Speaker 3: gentle people.
Speaker 1: That report from CBS News Boston's Penny Commit, a firefighter
Speaker 1: was taken to the hospital. He is expected to recover.
Speaker 1: The Essex DA's office believes a thirty year old woman
Speaker 1: fell into a freezing lake in Beverly while walking her
Speaker 1: dog on Christmas Eve. Her body found yesterday afternoon. Investigators
Speaker 1: believe thirty year old Owen Cassosi was walking her dog
Speaker 1: when she fell in and was unable to escape. The
Speaker 1: area is said to be a popular dog walking spot.
Speaker 1: Her dog was later found walking alone in Topsfield. There
Speaker 1: will be a vigil for Owen later today in Danvers,
Speaker 1: according to a post on social media from her family.
Speaker 1: It's eleven oh two danger on New Hampshire's Mount Washington
Speaker 1: and you're listening to actual sound from the mountain. A
Speaker 1: natural avalanche taking place near Hillman's Highway. There were several
Speaker 1: inches of snow and strong winds, according to the Mount
Speaker 1: Washington Avalanche Center. The center we'll be making assessments about
Speaker 1: future guidance when it comes to stability and risk potential.
Speaker 1: A few neighborhoods in Quinsy may resemble skating rinks this morning.
Speaker 1: After a water main break last night flooded out Hancock
Speaker 1: and clived In. As a result, there was little or
Speaker 1: no water pressure for residents and businesses in that area
Speaker 1: on Christmas night. There were a few road closures in
Speaker 1: the overnight hours in that area of Quinsy. It's unclear
Speaker 1: this morning if things are all patched up. And speaking
Speaker 1: of water, with the CDC reporting high levels of respiratory
Speaker 1: illnesses in parts of the country, doctors are reminding people
Speaker 1: to stay hihdrated.
Speaker 4: Brink warm fluids, soups, frods, tease, you can try nasle
Speaker 4: space for congestion and the honey is a big thing
Speaker 4: that we've been doing for a sore throat or a cough,
Speaker 4: but make sure you do not give it to anyone
Speaker 4: under the age of one or infants, because they're too
Speaker 4: young to develop that and it can make them sick.
Speaker 4: And of course ibuprofin it's in a minifin our medications
Speaker 4: that can help with body.
Speaker 1: Aches and chills, and that's Doctor Neil Bovzar, New Hampshire
Speaker 1: is one of the states seeing a significant increase in
Speaker 1: respiratory illness. And now the four dawbz ACU weather forecast.
Speaker 1: We're going to start out cloudy, but then we promise
Speaker 1: it'll turn out mostly sunny. That's according to meteorologist Joe
Speaker 1: Lundberg HIHS. Today thirty six, low forties on the Cape.
Speaker 1: In the Islands, it's going to be clear skies but
Speaker 1: cold tonight down to twenty two in the city teens
Speaker 1: in those inland suburbs. Friday, mostly sunny, highs not far
Speaker 1: from forty. Saturday, cloudy, but a bit of rain at
Speaker 1: times that could freeze on some of the surfaces. Early
Speaker 1: on Saturdays, if you can be out and about early,
Speaker 1: expect for some ice see spots, especially in those inland areas.
Speaker 1: But later on Sunday we'll see a high near forty,
Speaker 1: mid forties for the Capan Islands. And then Sunday uh
Speaker 1: cloudy with some rain and drizzle around, but we'll see
Speaker 1: a high near fifty. Rain will become steadier and heavier
Speaker 1: come Sunday night. And let's see, let's refresh the page here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we are still stuck at thirty two degrees in Boston.
Speaker 1: Those clouds hanging on for now. It's eleven oh five.
Speaker 1: When it comes to one of the biggest lottery games
Speaker 1: in the country, we're not talking just millions anymore for
Speaker 1: that jackpot prize. We're talking about billions. And no one
Speaker 1: grabbed it on New Year's Eve, so that means you
Speaker 1: still have another chance at it.
Speaker 2: Mega Million's jackpot is now more than one billion dollars.
Speaker 2: That is billion with a B, and that's because no
Speaker 2: one matched all six numbers in the Christmas Eve drawing. Yes,
Speaker 2: it is a big jackpot, but it's only the fifth
Speaker 2: largest jackpot in the game's history. So if you'd like
Speaker 2: to get in on the action, pay close attention to
Speaker 2: those lottery tickets. You might have gotten his stocking stuffers.
Speaker 2: The next drawing is Friday. CBS is Linda Kenyon. That
Speaker 2: jackpot on Friday just over one point one billion one
Speaker 2: time cash payout sits at five hundred and sixteen million.
Speaker 2: Speaking of Lockett was a Christmas miracle in Minnesota this.
Speaker 5: Past Monday was a day Annabelle Whalen won't soon forget. First,
Speaker 5: she found an injured great gray owl on the ground
Speaker 5: in two Harbards, Minnesota.
Speaker 6: He had an eye injury, so I'm thinking that he
Speaker 6: probably hit whatever vehicle it was head on.
Speaker 5: Whalan dropped the owl off at Wildwoods, a wildlife rehabilitation
Speaker 5: center in Duluth. Hours later, she rescued another owl from
Speaker 5: the grill of a car in Duluth, but wild Woods
Speaker 5: was closed for the day, so Whalan wrapped the owl
Speaker 5: up in a blanket and created her over night in
Speaker 5: a dark, quiet room in her home.
Speaker 6: We got a little dog creek together with some blankets
Speaker 6: in the bottom, and we kept You're in a spare bedroom.
Speaker 5: Whelan says she cried happy tears when she saw the
Speaker 5: album moving and awake the next morning when she took
Speaker 5: it to Wild Woods. Helping two injured owls in one day,
Speaker 5: it was a crazy day. I'm Mike Hampan.
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