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Speaker 2: Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Well, we've
Speaker 2: been following some developments on your ride Hall. A car
Speaker 2: fire is now out, but it's been causing some major
Speaker 2: backups on ninety three north Head and out of the
Speaker 2: city in Wooburn. Wbz's Gina Tempesta joins us now with
Speaker 2: the latest. Some good news here, Gina.
Speaker 3: Yeah, the good news is the car fire is out,
Speaker 3: like you said, Ben. The bad news is the tow
Speaker 3: truck is still there and the right lane is still blocked,
Speaker 3: and so the traffic is stretching back almost to the
Speaker 3: Zacom Bridge right now. If you are heading out of
Speaker 3: the city right now, we suggest you stay over to
Speaker 3: the left hand lane and give yourself some an extra time.
Speaker 3: About forty minutes from Boston to Wooburn.
Speaker 2: Ben, all right, very good. We will continue to monitor
Speaker 2: the traffic situation, not only in Woolburn but everywhere. We'll
Speaker 2: get back to Gina in just a few minutes as
Speaker 2: we continue along on this Friday afternoon, and we are
Speaker 2: following developments in Gloucester where there's a deal the school
Speaker 2: committee and the teachers' union coming to an agreement to
Speaker 2: end their strike. Wz's Brook McCarthy as the.
Speaker 4: Tails school will be back in session on Monday after
Speaker 4: the Glocester Teachers' Union and School Committee reach a deal.
Speaker 5: The Union of Glocester Educators reach a tentative agreement following
Speaker 5: fifteen days of being on the strike line.
Speaker 4: Union president Rachel Tsavo rex as the contract was unanimously
Speaker 4: ratified by the union. It includes better pay for para professionals,
Speaker 4: wage increases for teachers, and one of the best paid
Speaker 4: par rental leave benefits in the state. Rachel calls this
Speaker 4: one of the best victories Glocester educators have seen in decades.
Speaker 5: Bloster educators are excited to return back to school on
Speaker 5: Monday with a strong and fair contract that ensures our
Speaker 5: students have the best learning conditions possible.
Speaker 4: The School Committee says this agreement accomplishes their primary goal
Speaker 4: from the start of negotiations and shows their great and
Speaker 4: vent us into public education. Brooke McCarthy WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: Boston Mayor Michelle wo announcing the city is expanding its
Speaker 2: efforts to provide for families in need this Thanksgiving. The
Speaker 2: mayor says the city nearly doubled the number of turkeys
Speaker 2: donated to community members compared to last year, saying the
Speaker 2: city wants to do its part in lifting the burden
Speaker 2: for Boston families in need to enjoy a traditional and
Speaker 2: filling Thanksgiving meal. Local companies that provided the turkey and
Speaker 2: food include Stop and Shop, Roach Brothers, Star Market, the
Speaker 2: Boston Red Sox, and TD Garden. Another Day and Another Tree.
Speaker 2: In Washington, the Capital Christmas Tree has arrived.
Speaker 6: This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Capital Christmas Tree.
Speaker 4: Jim Kaufman is with the architect of the Capital.
Speaker 6: We are honored to have this Seka spruce all the
Speaker 6: way from the Tongas National Farce.
Speaker 4: The eighty foot tree is one of the tallest ever
Speaker 4: and it's had quite the journey.
Speaker 6: It traveled more than seven hundred miles over the sea
Speaker 6: and more than four one thousand miles on land.
Speaker 4: It will be decorated with thousands of led lights and
Speaker 4: handmade ornaments and then all lit up December third, Stacy Lynn,
Speaker 4: CBS News Washington.
Speaker 2: TikTok's proving to be a place for holiday gift ideas.
Speaker 2: A new survey from marketing agency MGH found fifty five
Speaker 2: percent of TikTok users say they have used the popular
Speaker 2: social media platform to already find gifts. Thirty nine percent
Speaker 2: said they had purposefully used TikTok to search for gift ideas.
Speaker 2: Thirty seven percent said they bought gifts directly on the
Speaker 2: TikTok shop. Zero percent say they bought me a gift
Speaker 2: on TikTok. So it goes. I'm not done with the rain,
Speaker 2: not yet. We've had some showers around through the day today,
Speaker 2: very widely scattered. We've also had some sunshine in spots,
Speaker 2: but of course, as you know, when the evening comes,
Speaker 2: the sun goes away anyway, so might as well bring
Speaker 2: in some clouds then we will, and some rain at
Speaker 2: times later Tonight, temperatures in the low forties. Cloudy. Tomorrow,
Speaker 2: There'll be some rain around at times. Eventually it'll taper
Speaker 2: off and end late in the day. Five For the
Speaker 2: high tomorrow, it's going to be quite windy, with some
Speaker 2: of the wind gusts thirty forty miles an hour, mostly
Speaker 2: cloudy's still a gusty wind. Tomorrow night temperatures hold fairly
Speaker 2: steady though, mid forties, and then on Sunday we'll break
Speaker 2: out some sunshine, temperatures in the low fifties, but we'll
Speaker 2: also keep the wind around, so that'll make it feel
Speaker 2: a bit chillier. A mix of sun and clouds on
Speaker 2: Monday in the low fifties, clouding up Monday night. Some
Speaker 2: rain showers get back in here as well. Fifty two
Speaker 2: degrees right now in Boston.
Speaker 6: Oh.
Speaker 2: We all like sweets, well, at least most of us do.
Speaker 2: And when it comes to eating sweets, you ever feel
Speaker 2: like you've got an angel on one shoulder devil on
Speaker 2: the other telling you what to do? You know. Wz's
Speaker 2: Matt Sure meets a woman on the South Shore who well,
Speaker 2: is kind of both.
Speaker 5: Just when I thought I was done placing my doughnut order,
Speaker 5: Oh wait a that hold on? Is that a TwixT donut?
Speaker 6: Right there?
Speaker 5: There was a chocolate frosted donut with actual candy bars
Speaker 5: on top. So you might never expect that the person
Speaker 5: who made it is.
Speaker 6: Also donal Hygienna.
Speaker 5: So yes, Jennifer Tye is the manager of Donut King
Speaker 5: in Weymouth. And yes she's not here, she's busy cleaning
Speaker 5: up the mess she made in your mouth.
Speaker 6: I think everything in moderation.
Speaker 3: Donut's not going to hurt you.
Speaker 6: Brush your teeth afterwards.
Speaker 4: That's what I always say.
Speaker 5: Jennifer's parents started this business thirty seven years ago, before
Speaker 5: she was even born. So while dental school may have
Speaker 5: been the dream all along, the donuts will always be
Speaker 5: there and both share one thing in common, smiles.
Speaker 6: I love seeing our customer smile, and we're really proud
Speaker 6: of our.
Speaker 5: Work here in waymth Nat Shearer, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Maybe you could watch that donut down with a beer.
Speaker 2: The state's craft beer industry, marking a major milestone.
Speaker 7: Breweries can finally sell beer at farmers markets. The change
Speaker 7: was included in the long stalled Economic Development Bill Governor
Speaker 7: Healy signed into law this week. Previously, they could only
Speaker 7: sell samples or open separate beer gardens where customers could
Speaker 7: enjoy their brews on site, but now they'll be able
Speaker 7: to set up shop alongside wine producers who have been
Speaker 7: allowed to sell at farmers markets for over a decade.
Speaker 7: The Massachusetts Brewers Guilts has more than two hundred beer
Speaker 7: makers operate out of the Bay Date and this move
Speaker 7: will let them strengthen their ties with the farms that
Speaker 7: provide their green as well as the customer base as
Speaker 7: that keep them afloat. Jeremy Russ WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: A lot of thieves target homes of people when they
Speaker 2: know they're not home. The National Football League they shoed
Speaker 2: a security alert about a crime ring targeting players homes
Speaker 2: on game days.
Speaker 1: Burglary last month targeted the home of one of the
Speaker 1: NFL's top stars. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and
Speaker 1: teammate Travis Kelsey saw their homes hit by criminals. Sources
Speaker 1: TELCBS News. The FBI's investigating whether a South American group
Speaker 1: is behind it. An NFL memo says players should take
Speaker 1: social media precautions and encourages them to install security systems
Speaker 1: and exterior lights where they live. The NBA has now
Speaker 1: issued a similar alert to its players. Steve Kaithan CBS News.
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