Speaker 1: This is w b Z Boston's news radio. We defining
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Speaker 2: Sixty five degrees in Boston. It's eleven o'clock. Plenty of
Speaker 2: some out there. We'll get the forecasts coming up. I'm
Speaker 2: Nicole Davis and here's what's happening. No testimony today in
Speaker 2: the Karen Reid murder reed trial. Now four weeks in,
Speaker 2: there is a bit of uncertainty whether two key players
Speaker 2: in the investigation will ever take the stand. 's WBC's
Speaker 2: Emma Friedman.
Speaker 3: The name's Michael Proctor, Brian Higgins, and Brian Albert have
Speaker 3: been thrown around time and time again as the defense
Speaker 3: tries to assert Karen Reid's innocence. They all testified during
Speaker 3: the first trial, but it's up in the air if
Speaker 3: they will be called for the second.
Speaker 4: After hearing Sergeant Buchanan testify and he was clearly testifying
Speaker 4: like on behalf of Proctor and Higgins's behavior, that made
Speaker 4: it kind of clear that the strategy was going to
Speaker 4: be to not call those who witness it.
Speaker 3: CBS News Boston's Christina Rex says, well, we don't know
Speaker 3: for sure. It's looking unlikely. She says, the commonwealth can
Speaker 3: choose not to call them, which would essentially put the
Speaker 3: ball in the defense's court. They could be called to
Speaker 3: testify as a defense witness instead, so the defense would
Speaker 3: have to direct examine them, and that means they would
Speaker 3: have to ask open ended questions and can't lead the witness.
Speaker 4: Let say, propped her on the stand. Alan Jackson would
Speaker 4: not be able to say, you sent that text message
Speaker 4: because you wanted to frame my client right. Instead, he
Speaker 4: would have to say, why did you send that text message?
Speaker 3: I'm a freedman. W BZ Boston's News radio.
Speaker 2: City Hall in Wooster closing early today in a planned
Speaker 2: city council meeting has been moved from in person to virtual.
Speaker 2: This is all in response to a planned protest this
Speaker 2: afternoon outside city Hall. This protest is demanding more pushback
Speaker 2: against ice and protection for immigrants in Wooster. This, by
Speaker 2: the way, is the second rally in the past week
Speaker 2: after the arrest of a Brazilian woman. That arrest turning
Speaker 2: into chaos in the streets as neighbors tried to stop
Speaker 2: the agents from taking her. Two others were arrested, including
Speaker 2: the woman's daughter and a candidate for the city school committee.
Speaker 2: Eleven oh two New Number show inflation cooled for a
Speaker 2: third straight month in April, even amid turmoil sparked by
Speaker 2: President Trump's trade wars his ABC's Jim Ryan.
Speaker 5: Overall food prices fell last month by a fraction, but
Speaker 5: some grocery items saw a dramatic decline. The cost of
Speaker 5: a dozen eggs, for example, fell more than ten percent
Speaker 5: as the effect of Avian flu.
Speaker 1: East.
Speaker 5: Still, egg prices are almost fifty percent higher than in
Speaker 5: April of last year.
Speaker 2: Experts say the report today from the Labor Department suggests
Speaker 2: that President Trump's tariffs have yet to affect prices that much.
Speaker 2: Just yesterday, China and the United States announced a new
Speaker 2: trade deal to pause the steepest of those duties. Tariffs
Speaker 2: against other countries have been on pause for weeks and
Speaker 2: over in the Middle East, President Trump and the Saudi
Speaker 2: Crown Prince have signed several new economic agreements. President Trump
Speaker 2: is in Saudi Arabia right now for his first major
Speaker 2: overseas trips since taking office for his second term. Today's
Speaker 2: agreements boost cooperation between the US and Saudi military's justice
Speaker 2: departments and even cultural institutions. Now later on today, the
Speaker 2: two sides are expected to sign even more agreements at
Speaker 2: an investors conference. Saudi Arabia has already committed to investing
Speaker 2: hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States. President
Speaker 2: Trump has been pushing for more. For the rest of
Speaker 2: the afternoon is looking phenomenal outside. We have blue skies
Speaker 2: over the city of Boston, couple of high clouds, but
Speaker 2: again we're not really seeing much in the way of rain.
Speaker 2: There is a storm that is making its way up
Speaker 2: the east coast a little bit, but it is going
Speaker 2: to pretty much stay away from New England, so we
Speaker 2: are going to be exempt of this.
Speaker 1: Rain.
Speaker 2: Would have been nice if that was the case for
Speaker 2: the weekend, but we can't have everything we want. High
Speaker 2: is today in the mid sixties right by the coast,
Speaker 2: and low seventies if you're north and west. Temperatures will
Speaker 2: fall throughout the afternoon getting into the evening. Partly cloudy
Speaker 2: early tonight, but more clouds move in through the overnight,
Speaker 2: and we've got a low in the mid to upper
Speaker 2: forties for tomorrow, cloudy with a high in the mid
Speaker 2: sixties low seventies well Inland. A couple of showers at
Speaker 2: night into Thursday. More showers are possible Thursday and Friday,
Speaker 2: with highs in the sixties seventy one degrees right now
Speaker 2: in Framingham, sixty two in Ipswich, where at sixty seven
Speaker 2: as you make your way into Brockton, and in Boston
Speaker 2: eleven o five it is partly cloudy and sixty four.
Speaker 2: School leaders around the region are on high alert thanks
Speaker 2: to a dangerous and costly trend on social media. Wbz's
Speaker 2: jimmckay explains.
Speaker 6: People are sticking sharp objects into their chromebooks, and they're
Speaker 6: letting him on fire. Pretty much sums it up. Mike
Speaker 6: is a junior at Quincy High and he was well
Speaker 6: aware of the chromebook challenge. I've seen a few incidents.
Speaker 6: Mansfield and North Attleboro schools recently sent out warnings about it,
Speaker 6: and it's also a reminder this is not only dangerous
Speaker 6: for kids who destroy classroom chromebooks, but mom and dad
Speaker 6: are footing the bill for it, to the tune of
Speaker 6: two hundred and fifty dollars. Dane is a parent whose
Speaker 6: son is on TikTok. She tries to stay on top
Speaker 6: of every night.
Speaker 3: I think it's really good to be aware of things,
Speaker 3: and we know a lot of parents don't know what's
Speaker 3: going on online.
Speaker 6: Hopefully preventing someone from getting hurt and preventing that financial
Speaker 6: hit right before the summer.
Speaker 7: No, it's good to have a heads up and be
Speaker 7: able to have the conversation in Quincy.
Speaker 6: Jim McKay WVZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: A lot of grief and sorrow at Bentley University today
Speaker 2: after a senior died during a class trip to the Bahamas. School,
Speaker 2: says garav Jay Singh died on Sunday night after apparently
Speaker 2: falling off a balcony. It is not exactly clear what
Speaker 2: led up to the fall. Bentley says it's offering counseling
Speaker 2: for anybody who needs it needs it, saying the death
Speaker 2: is a quote enormous tragedy for the Bentley community. Driverless
Speaker 2: taxis are coming here to Boston. At first, though they
Speaker 2: have some help.
Speaker 7: You could soon be seeing a car pull up to
Speaker 7: the red light beside you with no driver in sight.
Speaker 7: That's the plan for down the road as WEIMO gears
Speaker 7: up to test itself driving cars around. But before that happens,
Speaker 7: there will be a human behind the wheel for the
Speaker 7: trial period, though not everyone is ready for the future.
Speaker 2: I really wouldn't do it, and you can't really talk
Speaker 2: to nobody, like were going the right way?
Speaker 3: You know, can you unlock the doors if anything mechanical happened,
Speaker 3: is stuck in a car. So I don't know how
Speaker 3: I feel too much about it. I don't think I
Speaker 3: would want.
Speaker 7: To get in one Waymotel CBS Boston that their drivers
Speaker 7: will be going through the communities of South the East, Boston, Cambrie,
Speaker 7: and Summerville starting later this month. In Summerville, James Rojas
Speaker 7: WBZ Boston, Snooze Radio.
Speaker 2: And the New England Aquarium is confirming the state's first
Speaker 2: great white shark siding of the season. The shark was
Speaker 2: spotted Sunday off the coast of Nantucket, so it's not
Speaker 2: exactly swimming weather, but still if you want to go
Speaker 2: stick your toe in. The aquarium says this is a warning.
Speaker 2: Always be aware of your surroundings in the water. I
Speaker 2: say avoid areas with seals or large schools of fish
Speaker 2: because sharks get hungry, they need a snack and that's
Speaker 2: where they like to feed. And if you do see
Speaker 2: a shark by the way, they say, please report it
Speaker 2: to authorities. You are now in the loop for news
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