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<v Speaker 1>U sees.

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<v Speaker 2>This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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<v Speaker 3>Sunny, forty two degrees good Wednesday morning, eleven o'clock on

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<v Speaker 3>Laurie Kirby. We start this hour with news on the economy.

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<v Speaker 3>New numbers show inflation slowed last month for the first

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<v Speaker 3>time since September. ABC Jim Ryan reports.

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<v Speaker 1>Americans last month, we're paying two point eight percent more

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<v Speaker 1>for just about everything than they were in February of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four. After days of heavy losses, a CPI

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<v Speaker 1>report showing a accelerating rate of inflation pushed the stock

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<v Speaker 1>market higher. Got to dig into the numbers, finds egg

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<v Speaker 1>prices nearly sixty percent higher than a year ago.

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<v Speaker 3>The Fed is expected to keep its benchmark rate steady

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<v Speaker 3>the next time they meet, at least until they see

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<v Speaker 3>the economic impact of the Trump Administration's tariffs that went

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<v Speaker 3>into effect this morning, and the world is reacting. President

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<v Speaker 3>Trump's twenty five percent duties on steel and aluminum went

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<v Speaker 3>into effect overnight. In response, Canada just announced tariffs on

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<v Speaker 3>US imports that will cost more than twenty billion dollars,

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<v Speaker 3>while the EU this morning announced new duties on farm

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<v Speaker 3>and industrial products from the us ABC's Mary Bruce with

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<v Speaker 3>Moore on the Tit for Tat overnight.

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<v Speaker 2>The next wave of Trump's tariffs taking effect twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>percent on all steel and aluminum imports. It comes after

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<v Speaker 2>a roller coaster day of threats and retreats. Trump vowing

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<v Speaker 2>to double that twenty five percent tariff to fifty percent

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<v Speaker 2>on steel and aluminum imports from Canada after Ontario said

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<v Speaker 2>it would start taxing electricity coming into the US, but

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<v Speaker 2>the two countries then walking back those threats for now,

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<v Speaker 2>But economists warned that American businesses will pay for those

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<v Speaker 2>tariffs and pass costs along to consumers by raising prices.

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<v Speaker 3>The Dow is down three hundred and forty five points

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<v Speaker 3>right now, all three major indices. You know it's doing well.

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<v Speaker 3>Gold selling like gangbusters, Bloomberg Business news coming up. New

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<v Speaker 3>Hampshire Senator Jean Shaheen announces she will not run for

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<v Speaker 3>her fourth term next year. The Democrat has held her

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<v Speaker 3>seat in the Upper Chamber since two thousand and nine.

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<v Speaker 3>It comes at a precarious time for New Hampshire Democrats.

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<v Speaker 3>Last fall, granted, state voters supported the Harris Waltz ticket

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<v Speaker 3>and sent Democrats to Congress, but They also elected a

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<v Speaker 3>new Republican governor and bolster the Republican majority in the

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<v Speaker 3>state legislature. A former Republican Massachusetts Senator, Scott Brown, is

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<v Speaker 3>already said to be eyeing Shaheen's seat. Police arrest protesters

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<v Speaker 3>in New York demanding the release of a Columbia University

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<v Speaker 3>grad student arrested by Ice ABC's Reagan Meggie with the updates.

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<v Speaker 4>Mamu Camille basically is a permanent US resident. He also

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<v Speaker 4>is a supporter of the pro Palestine movement, and the

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<v Speaker 4>government is accusing him of basically siding with terrorists. Khalil

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<v Speaker 4>has led demonstrations against Israel's war in Gaza, which rocked

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<v Speaker 4>Columbia's campus last year. Khalil's attention over the weekend has

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<v Speaker 4>prompted protests across the city.

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<v Speaker 3>Khalil has a green cart, but the White House wants

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<v Speaker 3>to deport him for allegedly supporting Hamas nice sunshine out

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<v Speaker 3>there a little bit cooler today. We knew that we

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<v Speaker 3>are in the forties and we'll go up to a

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<v Speaker 3>high of forty seven. I'm seeing forty fours are high

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<v Speaker 3>out there right now, but lots of sunshine.

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<v Speaker 5>Obby.

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<v Speaker 3>It is kind of a milky skyline. It's not that

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<v Speaker 3>pristine blue. And this is ahead of a little rain

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<v Speaker 3>or snow tonight. Okay, So that is still in our forecast,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a little blast of winter. Winter's final days,

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<v Speaker 3>bringing us some snow tomorrow, much like today, but cloudier

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<v Speaker 3>and Friday just peaks of sun, same temp warming it

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<v Speaker 3>up big time this weekend though, Saturday and Sunday we're

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<v Speaker 3>eyeing sixty degrees on both days. There are some exceptions.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll run those down for you in a little bit,

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<v Speaker 3>but again very very mild, a little bit wild though

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<v Speaker 3>with some thunderstorm on Sunday. Okay. So the budget acts

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<v Speaker 3>falls hard and cuts hard. In Boston, federal education workers

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<v Speaker 3>are being laid off in this city and around the nation.

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<v Speaker 3>Wbz's Madison Rogers has worn.

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<v Speaker 6>Every single worker at Boston's Department of Education branch is

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<v Speaker 6>being sacked, and it's the same story for branches in

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<v Speaker 6>several other cities. DOE Secretary Linda McMahon just announced layoffs,

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<v Speaker 6>impacting close to half the department's four thousand odd workers.

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<v Speaker 6>The secretary says the move will ensure resources are directed

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<v Speaker 6>to where they matter most, students, parents and teachers, it's

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<v Speaker 6>a step toward dismantling the department altogether, a move, the

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<v Speaker 6>governor says, would be devastating, especially for the highest needs students.

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<v Speaker 6>Massachusetts gets more than two billion dollars in education funding

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<v Speaker 6>a year, going to things like special education and helping

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<v Speaker 6>pay teachers in low income districts. Madison Rogers WBZ Boston's

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<v Speaker 6>News Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>Tesla Vendel's strike again in Denham. President Trump vows to

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<v Speaker 3>label any violence against tes Law or any other company

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<v Speaker 3>is domestic terror. Dead on police Hey for the second

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<v Speaker 3>time in weeks, vandals targeted the Root One dealership. These

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<v Speaker 3>are protest vandalism targeting Tesla and its owner. Elon Muscazie

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<v Speaker 3>slashes federal jobs nationwide as head of Dog Many Charlestown

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<v Speaker 3>residents a plans for new pro soccer stadium, and ever

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<v Speaker 3>it will do the more harm than good.

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<v Speaker 5>The mere mention of this new soccer stadium plan to

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<v Speaker 5>people in Charlestown will elicit a similar response, it's terrible,

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<v Speaker 5>free discouraging. Bethany and Mike both attending this week's town

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<v Speaker 5>hall meeting with Mayor Michelle wou where they expressed frustrations

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<v Speaker 5>that they will incur all the noise in traffic from

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<v Speaker 5>this new stadium.

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<v Speaker 6>But what's the benefit.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing something this big.

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<v Speaker 6>It takes sacrifices, but when it kind of puts a

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<v Speaker 6>vampro on the business, it just makes it very frustrating.

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<v Speaker 5>Mike thinks it's actually going to hurt some businesses around

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<v Speaker 5>Sullivan Square. We're still quite a ways off from construction

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<v Speaker 5>in this project being finalized, but the new home across

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<v Speaker 5>from the Encore looks like a go and not everyone's

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<v Speaker 5>happy about it. In Charlestown, JIMMICKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>Saint Thomas Moore Church in Braintree is being torn down.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, it closed in twenty twenty two after serving

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<v Speaker 3>the local Catholic community for more than eighty years. What's

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<v Speaker 3>next age restricted condos if it gets the proper approval.

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