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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news fifty

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

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. As the year comes to

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<v Speaker 1>a close. It's time to celebrate, but the City of

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<v Speaker 1>Boston wants you to do it safely and not take

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<v Speaker 1>matters into your own hands, like blowing things up.

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<v Speaker 2>Preparations are at full steam ahead of Boston's typically raucous

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<v Speaker 2>First Night's celebrations. City officials like Mayor Michelle Woo are

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<v Speaker 2>out with a couple reminders.

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<v Speaker 3>So we want to remind everyone celebrating First Night with

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<v Speaker 3>us that using, selling, or having fireworks is both illegal

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<v Speaker 3>and dangerous.

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<v Speaker 2>Other not goes include public drinking or smoking weed, and

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<v Speaker 2>flying drones over the festivities, which Police Commissioner Michael Cox

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<v Speaker 2>says has become a real problem recently.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more of an issue now because it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>more people have them and they're using them inappropriately. So

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<v Speaker 1>now we need to remind folks.

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<v Speaker 2>The city is set for two rounds of fire works

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<v Speaker 2>into movie twelve hours of events before the clock strikes midden.

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<v Speaker 2>Boston MS Chief Jim Hooley says staying safe on first

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<v Speaker 2>night really just means common curzy and being a good friend.

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<v Speaker 4>Be a good wingman, wingwoman, whatever it is. College buddy

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<v Speaker 4>go off on their own.

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<v Speaker 2>Tea services free after eight pm Tomorrow, with subways running

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<v Speaker 2>till two thirty am. Kyle Schaffel WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>As the year comes to a close, It'll be a

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<v Speaker 1>parade from City Hall Plaza to the Boston Common six

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock Tomorrow night. That leads up to the family fireworks

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<v Speaker 1>over the Common starting at seven, and that midnight fire

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<v Speaker 1>works over the Harbor will cap off the evening. Remembering

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Carter, the thirty ninth President of the United States

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<v Speaker 1>DOT Sunday, at the age of one hundred. There will

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<v Speaker 1>be remembrances and eventually funeral services for Carter, who served

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<v Speaker 1>a single term as president from nineteen seventy seven until

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty one. ABC Stephen Portnoy takes up look back.

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<v Speaker 5>The legacy of the Carter administration includes the Departments of

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<v Speaker 5>Energy and Education, both created on Carter's watch. Key government

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<v Speaker 5>reforms were enacted by him in the post Watergate era,

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<v Speaker 5>including the Pfizer Law curving states Carter pardon, Vietnam draft dodgers,

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<v Speaker 5>He oversaw the response to disasters a three mile island

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<v Speaker 5>and Love Canal in Iran. Americans were taken hostage on

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<v Speaker 5>his watch, and an attempted rescue was a deadly failure,

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<v Speaker 5>but the Camp David Accords, which marked peace between Israel

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<v Speaker 5>and Egypt endured.

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<v Speaker 1>Former President Carter's state funeral will be held January ninth

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<v Speaker 1>services at the Washington National Cathedral. The former president is

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<v Speaker 1>expected to lie in state in the rotunda at the

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<v Speaker 1>US capital. President Biden declaring January ninth a National Day

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<v Speaker 1>of mourning. There will be public events in Atlanta, Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>as well, and a private interment is planned in Carter's

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<v Speaker 1>hometown of Plains, Georgia. Local memories of the former president,

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<v Speaker 1>among them Senator Elizabeth Warren, who on ex calls Carter

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<v Speaker 1>a true public servant and peacemaker. Senator Red Markey says

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<v Speaker 1>President Jimmy Carter led with compassion, integrity, and a heroic

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<v Speaker 1>determination to lift humanity's spirit. For some, post Christmas means

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<v Speaker 1>back at home, but for others, they still need to

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<v Speaker 1>get there and corresponded. Rita Foley has more on what

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<v Speaker 1>tra travelers are facing on the roads.

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<v Speaker 6>If you're trying to get somewhere for New Year's Day tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 6>Tuesday might be a good time to be on the

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<v Speaker 6>road in Rex, the data provider says not a lot

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<v Speaker 6>of traffic impact is expected tomorrow or on New Year's

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<v Speaker 6>Day itself, but if you're returning on Thursday, January two,

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<v Speaker 6>the best time to travel by car is before three pm,

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<v Speaker 6>the worst time between four and eight pm. Gas is

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<v Speaker 6>three dollars two cents a gallon today, says the Triple A.

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<v Speaker 6>That's cheaper than a year ago, when it was almost

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<v Speaker 6>three twelve a gallon. Nearly ninety percent of holiday travelers

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<v Speaker 6>are driving to their destinations this year, but Triple A

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<v Speaker 6>expects almost eight million passengers to travel by air. I'm rida,

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<v Speaker 6>fol Lane.

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<v Speaker 1>We have some clouds that'll be around tonight, but overall

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<v Speaker 1>just a partly cloudy evening. Breezy. Temperature is near forty tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>not quite as mild as today, but pretty mild by

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<v Speaker 1>late December standards fifty for the high sun'll give way

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<v Speaker 1>to clouds and as we head into first night times

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<v Speaker 1>around the city, we will probably stay dry most of

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<v Speaker 1>the time. However, toward midnight and timings everything. We'll get

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<v Speaker 1>some rain starting to arrive and continuing overnight into the

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<v Speaker 1>first part of twenty twenty five. Temperatures at midnight Tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>night forty five, dropping into about forty Temperatures on Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>get into the upper forties with the rain coming to

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<v Speaker 1>an end and the clouds hanging around. Thursday will break

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<v Speaker 1>out some sunshine, Temperatures about forty two right now fifty

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<v Speaker 1>seven degrees in Boston. Rhode Islanders are being encouraged to

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<v Speaker 1>protect their identity. Wz's Brook McCarthy explains why.

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<v Speaker 3>Earlier this month, the state of Rhode Island learned about

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<v Speaker 3>a major cyber attack impacting their health and human service benefits,

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<v Speaker 3>and now they say cyber criminals have released the information

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<v Speaker 3>of some Rhode Islanders onto the dark web.

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<v Speaker 4>Contents of those files are still being analyzed by experts.

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<v Speaker 4>Identifying what is in those files is a complex process.

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<v Speaker 3>Governor Dan McKee says they're working to generate a list

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<v Speaker 3>of those in impacted by the attack. They're still encouraging

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<v Speaker 3>residents that use services like Snap, Rhode Island Works and

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<v Speaker 3>Medicaid to monitor their credit and request for fraud alerts.

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<v Speaker 3>The governor says he understands that this is concerning.

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<v Speaker 4>Making sure that benefits are not interrupted, making sure that

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<v Speaker 4>people understand how to identify, you know, protect their identity.

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<v Speaker 4>And then the third issue is getting back online as

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<v Speaker 4>quickly as we can.

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<v Speaker 3>Brook McCarthy, WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>President elected Donald Trump is endorsing House Speaker Mike Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>to stay in his role. In a truth social post,

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<v Speaker 1>the President elect calls Johnson a good, hard working religious

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<v Speaker 1>man and says he will do the right thing and

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<v Speaker 1>we will continue to win. The endorsement coming as the

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<v Speaker 1>House is set to vote for the speaker on Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>You would think there would be consensus when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the word of the year, but there isn't. Multiple

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<v Speaker 1>outlets have spoken differently.

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<v Speaker 7>Dictionary dot com says the twenty twenty four word of

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<v Speaker 7>the year is demure after a social media creator described

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<v Speaker 7>how to use the term in different settings, some in agreement.

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<v Speaker 2>Demur. I don't know. I just love the word demir.

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<v Speaker 3>I call it. I think it was probably the word.

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<v Speaker 3>It was definitely the word of the summer.

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<v Speaker 1>Demir was not my word. It was amazing and grateful.

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<v Speaker 7>Meantime, Miriam Webster says the words most searched this year

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<v Speaker 7>include polarization, along with totality and demure. Oxford University surveyed

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<v Speaker 7>thirty seven thousand people, with respondents helping to choose brain

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<v Speaker 7>rot as the word of twenty twenty four. I'm Natalie mcgliori.

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<v Speaker 1>It is college football Bowl Season one bowl game is

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<v Speaker 1>being played today. It's this afternoon as Iowa takes on

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<v Speaker 1>number nineteen Missouri at the Music City Bowl in Nashville.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up toward the half, Iowa leeds Missouri twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>to fourteen. Missouri finished the regular season with a record

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<v Speaker 1>of nine and three. One of those wins was silver

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<v Speaker 1>Boston College in September. Iowa a record of eight and

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<v Speaker 1>four when its last two regular season games, including a

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<v Speaker 1>win over Nebraska, who beat BC in the Pinstride Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend. Call it six degrees of Boston College. You

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<v Speaker 1>are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day.

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