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<v Speaker 1>Clear sky's in thirty nine degrees in Boston at six o'clock.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Saturday morning. Thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what's happening all right. After a few days of rain,

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<v Speaker 1>today we dry out.

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<v Speaker 2>Look for a mix of sun and clouds to start

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<v Speaker 2>the weekends to day with a breezy and milder day

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<v Speaker 2>as well, with highs from fifty seven to sixty one.

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<v Speaker 1>That's ACU weather meteorologist LaTroy Thornton. The full forecast coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in three to News Now. Two home invasions leave

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<v Speaker 1>Dorchester residence shake in the attackers posing as city workers.

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<v Speaker 1>CBS News Boston's Beth germano with detail.

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<v Speaker 3>This pair posing as city workers with the distinctive yellow

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<v Speaker 3>safety vest may have struck again, Boston police say early

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<v Speaker 3>Thursday afternoon, intruders made their way inside an apartment here

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<v Speaker 3>at eleven eleven Blue Hill Avenue. Neighbors seeing a sudden

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<v Speaker 3>rush of police.

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<v Speaker 4>I saw the three or four police card coming, had

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<v Speaker 4>one ambulance or like a fire SIDVISTCRD is coming there.

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<v Speaker 4>He knows something. I'll be scared, very scared. But at

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<v Speaker 4>the end of the day, we got to handle this problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Boston Police say a man was duct taped, zip tied,

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<v Speaker 3>and robbed by two men with a knife posing as workers,

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<v Speaker 3>one in a yellow safety vest. Police say it took

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<v Speaker 3>an hour for the victim to free himself before calling

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<v Speaker 3>nine to one one. A similar crime was carried out

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<v Speaker 3>earlier this month on Adams Street in Dorchester. An elderly

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<v Speaker 3>Vietnamese man bound and gagged and threatened with a gun

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<v Speaker 3>by thieves and similar clothes.

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<v Speaker 1>And Boston Police have not said what the thieves were

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<v Speaker 1>able to get away with. The investigation continues. Budget cuts

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<v Speaker 1>leave dozens of teachers and educators in North Andover out

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<v Speaker 1>of the job and a school temporarily closed. The North

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<v Speaker 1>Andover School Committee voted yesterday to cut the teachers and

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<v Speaker 1>teaching assistants and close Kittridge Elementary School for the time being.

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<v Speaker 1>The Teachers' Union says that the cuts involve a total

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty four staff members affecting elementary s schools North

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<v Speaker 1>Andover Middle School in North Andover High and students at

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<v Speaker 1>Kittridge Elementary will be assigned to other schools. The union

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<v Speaker 1>says it will continue to fight to stop the cuts,

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<v Speaker 1>and despite protests, the Boston School Committee votes to cut

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<v Speaker 1>and merge some schools in its district.

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<v Speaker 5>It's very devastating.

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<v Speaker 6>Hundreds of Boston students have to pack their school bags

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<v Speaker 6>for elsewhere after summer twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 5>We consider everyone here family, all the friends, and you

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<v Speaker 5>know they're they're very sad.

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<v Speaker 6>Parents picking up their kids at paul A. Dever Elementary

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<v Speaker 6>in Dorchester are in mourning for their school that's open

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<v Speaker 6>for now, but on the city's chopping block.

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<v Speaker 3>Something I didn't even know until now. It's going to

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<v Speaker 3>surprise a lot of a lot of a.

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<v Speaker 5>Lot of fans.

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<v Speaker 6>The five to one vote from the Boston School Committee

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<v Speaker 6>puts Dever Elementary in the path of a four school

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<v Speaker 6>wide closure to others are set to merge, and you know.

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<v Speaker 5>They expressed that they're going to miss everyone, so it's

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<v Speaker 5>really sad.

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<v Speaker 6>The city, meantime, says the move will allow for more

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<v Speaker 6>student resources. Decision meant to help match the number of

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<v Speaker 6>buildings to enrollment in Dorchester. Jay will Lett WBZ Boston's.

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<v Speaker 1>News Radio Vanell lest check the weather. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>see some sun and clouds today. It'll be breezy and milder,

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<v Speaker 1>no rain in the forecast, and we're bumping up the

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures to a pleasant fifty seven to about sixty one,

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<v Speaker 1>lower fifties for the Capean Islands. Tonight, clear skies, well

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<v Speaker 1>clear to partly cloudy. I guess I should say it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be breezy, a low of twenty eight, and then tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>a cool down. So definitely today is the better pick

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<v Speaker 1>of the weekend days. It'll be breezy, much cooler. We

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<v Speaker 1>will see some sunshine, but highs will only reach the

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<v Speaker 1>low to mid forties. On Monday, cloudy, some rain returning in,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps even snow for a time. For areas north and

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<v Speaker 1>west of the city, high's forty four to forty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>and then Tuesday just a mix of maybe sun and clouds,

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<v Speaker 1>not quite as cool, warming up to fifty three. Taking

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<v Speaker 1>a look at the region right now, we're seeing thirty

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<v Speaker 1>nine degrees in Falmouth, thirty five in Worcester, thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>in Brockton, thirty three in Lowell, and we have thirty

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<v Speaker 1>nine degrees in Boston and clear skies across the board.

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<v Speaker 1>It's six oh five. Back to news all right, as

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<v Speaker 1>officially spring. We've been waiting for that, but unfortunately that

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<v Speaker 1>means allergy season isn't far behind.

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<v Speaker 5>Spring has indeed derived on the calendar, but the cold

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<v Speaker 5>weather's not quite through with us yet. Ak You Weather

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<v Speaker 5>Chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter says because of that, we're not

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<v Speaker 5>going to see the full onslaught of pollen for a

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<v Speaker 5>little longer, but when we do, it will hit hard.

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<v Speaker 2>We could be dealing with a period of time, especially

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<v Speaker 2>later in May and June, that people who are especially

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<v Speaker 2>susceptible to tree pollen dealing with some challenging situations as

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<v Speaker 2>all the trees bloom out sort of at once during

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<v Speaker 2>that time period.

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<v Speaker 1>He says.

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<v Speaker 5>Here in Massage, he says, we are expecting an average

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<v Speaker 5>level of tree pollen this year. As we get into

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<v Speaker 5>the summer, though, you'll notice a lot of grass pollen

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<v Speaker 5>more than usual because we have a forecast that is

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<v Speaker 5>wetter and warmer than normal.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the ragweed season, which is during the late

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<v Speaker 2>part of the summer, typically early August in the Boston area,

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<v Speaker 2>we're expecting about average intensity.

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<v Speaker 5>Nicole Davis WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Karen Reid's legal team is turning to federal court in

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<v Speaker 1>a fight to delay the start of Reed's retrial. This week,

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<v Speaker 1>Judge Beverly Cononi denied a motion by the defense to

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<v Speaker 1>delay the start of the retrial, ruling the trial will

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<v Speaker 1>start on April first, as scheduled, While defense attorneys appealed

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<v Speaker 1>that decision and a filed to petition in US District

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<v Speaker 1>Court in Massachusetts to try to push back the start

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<v Speaker 1>of the retrial until the end of April. Detained Columbia

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<v Speaker 1>University activist grad Mahmoun Khalil appeared in a Louisiana court yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>We get that story from Andrew Whitman.

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<v Speaker 4>The brief hearing was only about scheduling in his immigration case.

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<v Speaker 4>The thirty year old sat alone with his lawyers, appearing

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<v Speaker 4>in the court about one hundred and fifty miles north

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<v Speaker 4>of and Rouge via video. Khalil's attorney asked for more

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<v Speaker 4>time to prepare his case. The judge scheduled the next

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<v Speaker 4>hearing for April eighth. The Columbia grand student was arrested

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<v Speaker 4>March eighth after serving as a spokesperson and negotiator last

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<v Speaker 4>year for pro Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building

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<v Speaker 4>last spring. Khalil, who has no criminal record, has not

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<v Speaker 4>been charged with any crime. Andrew Whitman, New York.

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<v Speaker 1>Meanwhile, Columbia University announcing policy changes one week after the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump administration threatened to cut off federal.

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<v Speaker 7>Funding Columbia's interim presidents as the university will conduct a

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<v Speaker 7>thorough review of regional studies programs starting with the Middle East.

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<v Speaker 7>Columbia will also more protests inside academic buildings and wearing

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<v Speaker 7>face masks on campus to conceal one's identity. An exception

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<v Speaker 7>would be made for those wearing face masks for health reasons.

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<v Speaker 7>The Trump administration had pulled four hundred million dollars in

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<v Speaker 7>research grants and threatened even more over the university's handling

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<v Speaker 7>of protests against Israel's military campaign in Gaza and calling

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<v Speaker 7>them anti Semitic, a label rejected by protesters. Linda Kenyon,

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<v Speaker 7>CBS News Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 1>app and I'm Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's news radio