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

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<v Speaker 2>It's forty six degrees but feeling like thirty four in

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<v Speaker 2>Boston at eleven o'clock. We have a chilly breeze and

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<v Speaker 2>another round of rain on the way. Good Thursday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Madison Rogers, and we start this half hour on

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<v Speaker 2>the North Shore. Students have now been out of class

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<v Speaker 2>for nearly two weeks and frustrations mounting. A deal is

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<v Speaker 2>said to be close. In Gloucester, Striking teachers say paraprofessional

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<v Speaker 2>pay is the only remaining major sticking point as negotiations

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<v Speaker 2>drag on. School leaders in Beverly say they are going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to hold classes during vacation or weekends even

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<v Speaker 2>if we don't get a single snow day this winter.

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<v Speaker 2>Marble Head leaders say February and April vacation could be canceled.

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<v Speaker 2>Tens of thousands of dollars in fines continue to rack

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<v Speaker 2>up every day, and we will continue to bring you

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<v Speaker 2>all the latest updates right here on WBZ. More information

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<v Speaker 2>is surfaced around sex assault allegations against the man picked

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<v Speaker 2>to lead the Pentagon.

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<v Speaker 1>A twenty two page police investigative report offers the first

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<v Speaker 1>detailed account of an encounter between a woman and Pete

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<v Speaker 1>Hegseth in twenty seventeen in Monterey, California. The woman told

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<v Speaker 1>police when she tried to leave his hotel room, he

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<v Speaker 1>took her phone, locked the door, and refused to let

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<v Speaker 1>her leave. She says she believes Hegseth then sexually assaulted her.

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<v Speaker 1>Hegseth told police the sexual encounter was consensual. Police recommended

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<v Speaker 1>the case be forwarded to the district attorney for review.

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<v Speaker 1>Christopher Cruz CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>Hegsath just one of the President alex nominees who will

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<v Speaker 2>need to face the Senate confirmation process, and Trump transition

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<v Speaker 2>advisors are said to be warning Republicans in the Senate

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<v Speaker 2>about what could happen if they don't back the president

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<v Speaker 2>Alex choices. ABC's Jonathan carl has more.

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<v Speaker 3>One senior Trump advisor told ABC News the message is

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<v Speaker 3>quote if you are on the wrong side of the vote,

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<v Speaker 3>you're buying yourself a primary. Trump has suggested if any

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<v Speaker 3>of his nominees are not confirmed, he would bypass the

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<v Speaker 3>Senate by appointing cabinet members of what Congress is in recess,

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<v Speaker 3>an idea some Republicans say is out of bounds.

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<v Speaker 2>Meantime, Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted yesterday not

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<v Speaker 2>to release their report on AG nominee Matt Gates. It

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<v Speaker 2>was the fifty to fifty split along party lines. Gates

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<v Speaker 2>has faced sexual misconduct allegations of his own. Today's rain

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<v Speaker 2>will not be enough to extinguish the largest and most

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<v Speaker 2>stubborn of the state's brushfires. That is the word today

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<v Speaker 2>from state fire officials, who say the blaze in Great

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<v Speaker 2>Barrington is the largest right now by far. Five Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 2>towns now declaring states of emergency due to ongoing fires.

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<v Speaker 2>That includes Boxford, Middleton, North Reading, North Andover, and Danvers.

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<v Speaker 2>Fire officials say the silver lining is that the rain

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<v Speaker 2>today should at least prevent any new blazes from sparking.

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<v Speaker 2>The strongest weather is coming down from the Metro West

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<v Speaker 2>up towards southern New Hampshire. We have quite a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of rain across pretty much all areas of the Bay State.

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<v Speaker 2>That is even potentially mixing with some wet snow out

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<v Speaker 2>in Berkshire County. We will continue to see wind and

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<v Speaker 2>rain the rest of the day, watch for ponding on

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<v Speaker 2>the streets and highways, and then tonight we still see

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<v Speaker 2>wind and the rain should taper off to a shower

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<v Speaker 2>from south to north. Laid on forty to forty four

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<v Speaker 2>for the low. Tomorrow, we do have a shower or two. Otherwise,

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<v Speaker 2>it's mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high around fifty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Periods of rain again on Saturday, though it should taper

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<v Speaker 2>to a shower late on. It's also another windy one

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<v Speaker 2>with a high around forty eight. Windy but dry for Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>some sun and a high around fifty three. Right now

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston, I'm seeing some light rain. It looks dry

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<v Speaker 2>outside my window. Really a mixed bag out there, and

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<v Speaker 2>we are seeing those steady, chilly breezes out there. Eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>miles an hour is what I'm seeing, eleven oh five

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<v Speaker 2>right now. The Justice Department is calling for Google to

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<v Speaker 2>sell off Google Chrome.

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<v Speaker 4>Chrome is a major revenue generator for Google at its

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<v Speaker 4>parent company Alphabet forty nine billion dollars in the third

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<v Speaker 4>quarter alone, but federal regulators in at least one court

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<v Speaker 4>have said that the browser gives Google an unfair advantage

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<v Speaker 4>over its competitors. In a statement, Google says the DOJ

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<v Speaker 4>demand for a Chrome spinoff represents unprecedented government overreach.

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<v Speaker 2>That is ABC's Jim Ryan reporting. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea

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<v Speaker 2>Campbell has now joined a multi state coalition in calling

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<v Speaker 2>for the selloff. The International Criminal Court has issued warrants

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<v Speaker 2>for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and

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<v Speaker 2>his former defense minister, along with Hamas Leader. They're accused

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<v Speaker 2>of war crimes in the war and Gaza and, in

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<v Speaker 2>the case of the Hamas Leader, the October seventh massacre

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<v Speaker 2>of last year. CBS as Linda Gradstein says, Israel is

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<v Speaker 2>now firing back.

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<v Speaker 5>Writing on X, Israeli Foreign Minister Guidonsar called it a

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<v Speaker 5>dark moment for the ICC in the Hague and said

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<v Speaker 5>it lost all legitimacy for its existence and activity. He

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<v Speaker 5>said the ICC acted as a political tool in the

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<v Speaker 5>service of what he called extreme terrorists. Israel says the

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<v Speaker 5>court does not have jurisdiction to issue the arrest warrants

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<v Speaker 5>against Nittanyahu and the recently fired Defense Minister Yoev Golland.

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<v Speaker 2>To be clear, Israel does not recognize the International Criminal Court,

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<v Speaker 2>nor does the US. A big name in the Wooster

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<v Speaker 2>restaurant scene is accused of assaulting an activists as the

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<v Speaker 2>city Council met Tuesday night, The Telegram reports screaming could

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<v Speaker 2>be heard outside the chamber as local progressive organizer David

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<v Speaker 2>Webb was targeted with black spray paint across his face.

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<v Speaker 2>Belisa identified the suspect as John Piccolow. He's the owner

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<v Speaker 2>of Piccolo's Italian on Shrewsbury Street. There is a warrant

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<v Speaker 2>out for Piccolo's arrest. As of the latest we do

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<v Speaker 2>not know if that arrest has been made. He's facing

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<v Speaker 2>a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Don't even

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<v Speaker 2>think about singing a if you're planning on seeing Wicked

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend.

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<v Speaker 6>Popular AMC theaters will play a reminder before every Wicked,

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<v Speaker 6>showing that silence is golden screens. We'll call for no talking, texting, singing,

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<v Speaker 6>wailing or flirting. A spokesperson says it's part of the

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<v Speaker 6>chain's long standing policy prohibiting disruptive behavior, something this early

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<v Speaker 6>TikTok viewer can go along with.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only were people singing like at the top of

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<v Speaker 2>their lungs, but what was almost worse as people whisper

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<v Speaker 2>singing and their timing was off.

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<v Speaker 6>Universal will offer interactive sing along screenings at Christmas Time.

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<v Speaker 6>Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.

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