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

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<v Speaker 2>It's eleven o'clock. We've got sunshine and seventy degrees in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning. I'm Laurie Kirby. This just into the WBZ newsroom.

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<v Speaker 2>There's been another wave of explosions in Lebanon today. Blast

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<v Speaker 2>have been heard across Bay Route. It comes a day

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<v Speaker 2>after at least a dozen people were killed and thousands

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<v Speaker 2>more injured when pagers used by hesbe Law simultaneously exploded

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<v Speaker 2>in Lebanon. Hesbelaw says it's hand held radios are the

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<v Speaker 2>ones that are exploding today. Meanwhile, the top diplomat from

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<v Speaker 2>the United States is reacting to yesterday's coordinated attack, and

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<v Speaker 2>ABC's Karen Travers has more.

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of State Anthony Blincoln in Egypt this morning says

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden administration played no role in this deadly attack.

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<v Speaker 3>States did not know nor was it involved in these incidents,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're still gathering the information and gathering the facts.

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<v Speaker 1>Blincoln said the US remains clear about the importance of

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<v Speaker 1>all parties avoiding stemps that could further escalate the conflict

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<v Speaker 1>in Gaza and see it spread beyond there, saying it's

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<v Speaker 1>not in the interest of anyone involved to see that happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Karen Travers, ABC News Washington. Israel is not publicly commenting

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<v Speaker 2>on the apparent pager sabotage, but there are multiple reports

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<v Speaker 2>that Israeli officials brief their American counterparts after the fact. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>the number of casualties from this latest wave of explosions

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<v Speaker 2>on handheld radios in Lebanon is unclear. This is just

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<v Speaker 2>breaking searching for answers in the death of State Police

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<v Speaker 2>recruit Enrique Delgado Garcia during recent training. The state Attorney

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<v Speaker 2>General says she's in conversation with the wister DA's office

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<v Speaker 2>and others to identify the most objective authority to investigate

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<v Speaker 2>his death. Early declined, citing a possible conflict of interest,

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<v Speaker 2>and he urged that mass d Police not take the lead.

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<v Speaker 2>Garcia took a blow to the head in a boxing

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<v Speaker 2>ring as part of the ninetieth Recruit Training Troop training

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<v Speaker 2>exercises last week. A former State police instructor tells The

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<v Speaker 2>Telegram a Gazette the boxing component at the Massachusetts State

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<v Speaker 2>Police Academy had been suspended back in the nineties because

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<v Speaker 2>of injury concerns. They revamped it. But here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>The Federal Reserve is getting ready to cut a key

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<v Speaker 2>interest rate in hours for the first time in more

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<v Speaker 2>than four years. ABC's Rebecca Jarvis report.

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<v Speaker 4>The reason the Fed is doing this right now. Inflation

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<v Speaker 4>is now at a three year low. It's well below

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<v Speaker 4>the nine percent peak. It is back in what they

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<v Speaker 4>would consider the normal zone where the Fed wants to

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<v Speaker 4>see it.

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<v Speaker 2>At two and a half percent.

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<v Speaker 4>Meantime, unemployment still historically low four point two percent, but

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<v Speaker 4>it is starting to take higher. You may have heard

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<v Speaker 4>this term soft landing. That is exactly what the Fed

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<v Speaker 4>is trying to do here. They want to land this

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<v Speaker 4>plane nice and easy.

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<v Speaker 2>Still not clear will it be a quarter point rate

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<v Speaker 2>cut or a more drastic step, so we will have

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<v Speaker 2>it either way. This will be two o'clock this afternoon. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>take us on the go. We'll be streaming that information

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<v Speaker 2>on the iHeartRadio app. The FBI is investigating a suspicious

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<v Speaker 2>envelopes and to the state's election division headquarters, and we've

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<v Speaker 2>got the story unexpected and delightful sunshine out there. We

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<v Speaker 2>really thought it would be mostly cloudy from the get go.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're an early riser, your warm got a sunrise today,

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<v Speaker 2>but it may be the last in several days. We're

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<v Speaker 2>definitely getting some stormy weather with some rain tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>this is everywhere, but especially the south coast, sath Shore,

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<v Speaker 2>the Cape in the Islands, and it could be earlier

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<v Speaker 2>supper time and then Thursday, Friday, even Saturday now cloudy, windy, breezy.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a little storm, not a northeaster. But there

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<v Speaker 2>you have it. And these are the final days of summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you forget that? I know I keep saying it,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know we're transitioning into fall this Sunday and

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<v Speaker 2>it looks quite dry and cool with some sun on Sundays,

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<v Speaker 2>so I think we clear up for our new season.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go to the beach as the summer winds down.

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<v Speaker 2>It means is now time for our four legged friends

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<v Speaker 2>to finally join us for a little fun in the sun.

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<v Speaker 2>Wdbsy's Jim McKay is at Nantasket Beach and Hull.

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<v Speaker 5>Mid September is when many beaches loosen their restrictions so

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<v Speaker 5>Fido and they're.

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<v Speaker 3>Human can enjoy the beach together.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a dog, you want him to enjoy life

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<v Speaker 2>as much as you do.

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<v Speaker 5>Each town is different, but for many dog owners during

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<v Speaker 5>the summer months, their four legged friends have to stay

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<v Speaker 5>at home when they hit the beach, which begs the

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<v Speaker 5>question should more beaches open up for dogs year round?

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<v Speaker 5>I love the idea, Leslie is here where their yellow lab.

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<v Speaker 5>It is behind the idea one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a lot of people that would appreciate being

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<v Speaker 2>able to go to the beach and have their dogs

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<v Speaker 2>with them.

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<v Speaker 5>For now, enjoy your late summer and early four all

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<v Speaker 5>strolls in the sand with fidoh, just make sure to

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<v Speaker 5>check your town's beach restrictions before you do. At then

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<v Speaker 5>Taska Beach. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News Radio, the FBI.

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<v Speaker 2>And US Postal Service are investigating a suspicious envelope sent

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<v Speaker 2>to one Ashburton Place in Boston. That building houses the

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<v Speaker 2>state's election division with top officials. A spokesperson tells WBZ

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio the envelope was intercepted before it reached the

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<v Speaker 2>election's office. The contents are being analyzed, but sources tell

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<v Speaker 2>us that the envelope contained a white powder. A spokesperson

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<v Speaker 2>with the FBI Boston offices it's not clear how many

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<v Speaker 2>letters were sent or the motive, but suspicious package aren't

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<v Speaker 2>a problem unique to Massachusetts. Now. These were letters. Election

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<v Speaker 2>officials in a growing number of states have been receiving

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<v Speaker 2>suspicious envelopes in the mail.

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<v Speaker 3>The envelopes and packages received at government offices in at

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<v Speaker 3>least sixteen states have contained a white powder, which so

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<v Speaker 3>far has ten It is harmless, but Colorado Secretary of

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<v Speaker 3>State Jennet Griswold calls it an attempt to intimidate election workers,

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<v Speaker 3>plain and simple.

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<v Speaker 2>Threatening them is so disgraceful because all they are doing

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<v Speaker 2>is their job.

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<v Speaker 3>Last November, similar envelopes were sent to election offices in

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<v Speaker 3>five states. In four of those cases, the FBI said

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<v Speaker 3>the powder tested positive for fentanyl. Jim rillyon ABS.

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<v Speaker 2>Knows You are now in the loop. For news updates

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<v Speaker 2>iHeartRadio app. I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio