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Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. He's out of work.
Speaker 2: Trooper Michael Proctor is fired after an investigation into his
Speaker 2: actions and behavior in the Karen Reid investigation. CBS News
Speaker 2: Boston's Christina Rex at State Police headquarters in Framingham details
Speaker 2: the rulers.
Speaker 3: This information all came out as he took the stand
Speaker 3: in Karen Reid's first trial last summer, where it was
Speaker 3: revealed that he sent lude text messages about Reid on
Speaker 3: his personal cell phone. Family, friends, and fellow troopers, and
Speaker 3: state police say he did not conduct his investigation into
Speaker 3: that case up to state police standards. He also was
Speaker 3: in trouble for an incident where he went out drinking
Speaker 3: with Canton police officer Kevin Albert, then drove his cruiser afterwards. Now,
Speaker 3: the trial board found him guilty on both of those charges.
Speaker 3: This isn't guilty in the criminal sense, just guilty of
Speaker 3: violating state police protocol.
Speaker 2: And Proctor was dishonorably discharged, meaning he can never again
Speaker 2: work as a mass State trooper. He does have the
Speaker 2: right to appeal. Procter's family, in his statement says they're
Speaker 2: truly disappointed with the trial Board's decision, as it lacks
Speaker 2: precedent and unfairly exploits and scapegoats one of their own.
Speaker 2: Less than two weeks from now, Karen Reid will go
Speaker 2: on trial again in the death of her Boston Police boyfriend,
Speaker 2: Ronald Keef. Her defense has now filed a list of
Speaker 2: prospective witnesses. The filing ahead of the retrial includes more
Speaker 2: than ninety names, including now former State trooper Michael Procter,
Speaker 2: as well as many other names from the first trial.
Speaker 2: Reads retrial is set to start April first. There is
Speaker 2: one more hearing set before that trial tomorrow in Dedham.
Speaker 2: A senior official at DOGE will be taking on a
Speaker 2: leadership role at USA. Details from CBS's When did Gillette.
Speaker 4: Trump Administration political appointee Pete Morocco will serve as the
Speaker 4: State Department's head of Foreign Assistants, overseeing any remaining USAID
Speaker 4: programs after he and the Department of Government Efficiency got
Speaker 4: it more than eighty percent of the agency's contracts. That's
Speaker 4: according to an email to State Department staff obtained by
Speaker 4: the Associated Press. It was sent the same day of
Speaker 4: federal judge ruled Doje and Elon Musk had no constitutional
Speaker 4: authority for the cuts and firing of agency employees, went
Speaker 4: each let CBS News.
Speaker 2: The administration has indicated it will appeal the judges ruling.
Speaker 2: President Trump's sounding encouraged about a ceasefire in Ukraine after
Speaker 2: speaking today with President Vladimir Zelenski.
Speaker 1: The President says it was a very good call, about
Speaker 1: an hour long, and was aimed at aligning both Kivan
Speaker 1: and Moscow in terms of their requests and needs. As
Speaker 1: he tries to negotiate a ceasefire, the president writes on
Speaker 1: social media, we are very much on track. Putin yesterday
Speaker 1: refused to back a full thirty day cease fire, but
Speaker 1: did agree not to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, a vow.
Speaker 1: Zolensky says, Russia's already broken amid heavy drone strikes over night.
Speaker 2: That is the Ape s Saga Magani. It's got some
Speaker 2: sunshine around, but it's not right near the coast, that's
Speaker 2: for sure. We've got the clouds and some fog hanging
Speaker 2: in right near the coastal areas. But as you step inland,
Speaker 2: you bring in some sunshine and warm things up into
Speaker 2: the low to even mid sixties across parts of the interior.
Speaker 2: Far enough out into the Berk Shears, we've been seeing
Speaker 2: temperatures get into the upper sixties this afternoon, but right
Speaker 2: at the coast hanging mainly in the forties. We in fact,
Speaker 2: are at forty degrees right now in Boston with the
Speaker 2: reading over at Logan Airport. We'll have clouds overspreading the
Speaker 2: area as we head through the night too, some fog
Speaker 2: and some spotty drizzle. Temperatures in the upper thirties. Tomorrow,
Speaker 2: There'll be some fog and some drizzle in the morning,
Speaker 2: just in some places, not everybody. We'll see it mainly
Speaker 2: cloudy through the day though, temperatures fifty to fifty five,
Speaker 2: some clouds and some rain late tomorrow night low forty two,
Speaker 2: and then some rain hangs out with us, especially in
Speaker 2: the morning. On Friday, it will be windy. Temperatures eventually
Speaker 2: climb into the upper forties, and by Saturday we'll climb
Speaker 2: into the mid to maybe upper fIF fifties with a
Speaker 2: mix of clouds and sunshine. Forty degrees right now in Boston.
Speaker 2: An arcade game for the ages gets a revival in
Speaker 2: Medford w The bus's aile shaffle as the tail.
Speaker 5: You barely know where to look first when you walk
Speaker 5: into Pop's pinball parlor. The walls are lined with a
Speaker 5: dozen jewel colored, flashing, singing machines, all of them shouting
Speaker 5: for you.
Speaker 6: On Lisha in her ten year old child, So we
Speaker 6: were as surprised as you that there is this like
Speaker 6: extreme love of pinball in the Boston area.
Speaker 5: Daniel Raydon is the co owner of this spot in
Speaker 5: Medford Square, his second one of these in Greater Boston.
Speaker 1: This place's at a tap room who just opened this month.
Speaker 5: The machines are originals and still run on a handful
Speaker 5: of quarters. His love of pinball comes from his dad,
Speaker 5: so this line of work was a very intentional choice.
Speaker 6: The most fun, the most work, and the least money
Speaker 6: is pinball, so it's absolutely a labor of love.
Speaker 5: He INA's business Martner fixed the machines, but they're really
Speaker 5: doing this to kickstart a modern pinball renaissance.
Speaker 1: Starting with me.
Speaker 5: Are you kidding me?
Speaker 1: Come on?
Speaker 5: I lost instantly, but you know, they say, try try again.
Speaker 6: I'm just trying to stay it.
Speaker 1: Live out of here. Kyle Schaffele to BBS Boston's News Radium.
Speaker 2: Boston Mayor Michelle Who delivering the State of the City
Speaker 2: Address tonight. The speech, the Mayor's third State of the City,
Speaker 2: starts at seven. It'll again be at the MGM Music Hall.
Speaker 2: Among the topics affordable housing, safety of the city, and
Speaker 2: stabilizing Boston Public schools. Energy costs will also be part
Speaker 2: of the Mayor's address and the economy. The speechably streamed
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