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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news forty

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<v Speaker 1>four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. A suspect is arrested in

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<v Speaker 1>Pennsylvania connected with the murder of the United Healthcare CEO

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Thompson in New York City. CBS's Matt Piper tells

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<v Speaker 1>us he was spotted at a fast food restaurant.

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<v Speaker 2>It was someone at a McDonald's in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>Pennsylvania who saw something and said something. After photos had

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<v Speaker 2>been circulating online over the last six days of the

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<v Speaker 2>man police he killed United Healthcare CEO. Someone in that

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<v Speaker 2>fast food restaurant recognized him and called police. NYPD Chief

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<v Speaker 2>of Detectives Joseph Kenny.

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<v Speaker 1>And Altoona, Pennsylvania. He's going to be facing gun charges

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<v Speaker 1>there and at some point we'll work out through our

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<v Speaker 1>tradition to bring him back to New York to face

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<v Speaker 1>charges here, working with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

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<v Speaker 2>That person of interest is twenty six year old Luigi

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<v Speaker 2>Mangioni Matt Piper, CBS News.

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<v Speaker 1>The now former president of Bashar al Assad has been

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<v Speaker 1>granted asylum by Russia. The dictator was outed over the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend by Jahadi insurgents, but what comes next?

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<v Speaker 3>White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says it's good

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<v Speaker 3>for the US and the world that the Assad regime

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<v Speaker 3>was brought down in Syria, but Sullivan reiterated the President's

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<v Speaker 3>warning about the potential for a power vacuum now in

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<v Speaker 3>Syria and the risk that brings.

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<v Speaker 4>There's an opportunity to build something better in Syria, but

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<v Speaker 4>there is concern the terrorists, jihadists, and other people who

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<v Speaker 4>do not have the United States best interests at heart,

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<v Speaker 4>to say the least, could take advantage of this.

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<v Speaker 3>Karen Travers ABC News Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>As the state auditor looks to get a peek at

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<v Speaker 1>the legislature's books, the one time head of the Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Party is filing sued seeking to force the legislature

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<v Speaker 1>to comply. According to The Salem News, the lawsuit, filed

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<v Speaker 1>Friday in Suffolk Superior Court by and over state Rep.

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Lyons. Former rep, alleges that a recent vote by

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<v Speaker 1>the House of Representatives amending its rules to hire an

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<v Speaker 1>outside audit violates the preventis of question one and does

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<v Speaker 1>it in a derogation of the separation of powers and

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<v Speaker 1>the rights of the voters. Ballot Question one was overwhelmingly

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<v Speaker 1>approved in the November election, empowering State Auditor Diana Dezaglio

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<v Speaker 1>to audit the legislature. The auditor and those who put

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<v Speaker 1>Question one on the ballots say they would likely take

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<v Speaker 1>a legal challenge to force leaders on Beacon Hill to comply.

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<v Speaker 1>There'll be a change of date for the Karen Reid

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<v Speaker 1>second criminal trial of the Busy's Brook McCarthy. With the

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<v Speaker 1>latest on the decision from a judge in Norfolk Superior Court.

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<v Speaker 5>Both sides in the Karen Reid case now have more

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<v Speaker 5>time to prepare for her upcoming second criminal trial after

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<v Speaker 5>Judge Beverly Canoni approved a joint motion by the prosecution

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<v Speaker 5>and defense to move the trial from January to April

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<v Speaker 5>of next year. A hearing to go over the exact details,

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<v Speaker 5>including scheduling for the second trial, is set for Thursday.

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<v Speaker 5>In their filings, both sides wanted more time because of

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<v Speaker 5>new expert witnesses and retesting of Reed's suv. The Commonwealth

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<v Speaker 5>has also hired Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan to lead the

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<v Speaker 5>second trial Reid's first criminal trial, and it was a

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<v Speaker 5>mistrial in July after the jury said they were deadlocked.

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<v Speaker 5>Reid is accused of hitting her Boston Police officer boyfriend

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<v Speaker 5>John O'Keeffe with her SUV and leaving him in the

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<v Speaker 5>snow to eye. She says she was framed. Emotions hearing

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<v Speaker 5>that was set for tomorrow has been canceled at the

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<v Speaker 5>request of the defense. Brooke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>In winter weather advisory up for parts of northern Worcester County,

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<v Speaker 1>especially northern Worcester County and out into the Berkshires where

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have some more frozen precipitation. Certainly some slick road

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<v Speaker 1>conditions are a possibility as we go through the next

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<v Speaker 1>several hours and overnight tonight. We do on the rain

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<v Speaker 1>overspreading most of the area. Some of it's coming down

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<v Speaker 1>fairly heavily as well. There's a pretty hefty downpour out

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<v Speaker 1>in the Springfield area, out along the I ninety one corridor,

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<v Speaker 1>in a little heavy burst of rain out toward the

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<v Speaker 1>Conquered actin Littleton area, So watch out of that as

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<v Speaker 1>we head through the afternoon. And then those frozen spots

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<v Speaker 1>that could just slick up the roads and certainly untreated

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<v Speaker 1>surfaces for some of those areas with the winter weather advisory.

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<v Speaker 1>We do warm up, however, as we head through the

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<v Speaker 1>next several days overnight to night, that rain and drizzle

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe the little bit of slick spots showing up,

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<v Speaker 1>then some lingering drizzle to start tomorrow, some clouds linger

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<v Speaker 1>some drizzle could as well areas of fog forty one

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<v Speaker 1>to forty five for the high tomorrow night. We bring

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<v Speaker 1>the rain back in. A steadiest rain arrives late tomorrow night,

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures in the upper thirties. Wednesday, we're going to see

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures that'll make a run towards sixty degrees, but you're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to probably want to be outside running around it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's because it's going to be raining a lot. We

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<v Speaker 1>could get some heavy downpours causing some low lying and

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<v Speaker 1>poor drainage area flooding. And it will be very windy

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<v Speaker 1>as well, fifty to sixty mile an hour gusts, especially

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<v Speaker 1>near the coast, maybe even some higher gusts as you

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<v Speaker 1>head down toward the Capean Islands. So a very soggy,

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<v Speaker 1>windy day on Wednesday, and then we cool down a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Thursday, mid forties, still a little windy, but

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<v Speaker 1>mostly sunny skies develop Right now, it is forty four

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<v Speaker 1>in Boston with a statewide free community college program in place,

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<v Speaker 1>WUS Kyle Shaffle I went to see just how they're

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<v Speaker 1>coping with the influx of students.

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<v Speaker 6>The halls of north Shore Community College are fuller than.

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<v Speaker 7>Ever, definitely double the number of applications to process.

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<v Speaker 6>The surgeon interest caused by the state's free community college program.

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<v Speaker 6>We checked in to see how north Shore and other

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<v Speaker 6>colleges are doing. One semester in President Bill Hineman says

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<v Speaker 6>they've seen a twenty percent bump in students.

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<v Speaker 7>Nothing we can't handle, but definitely that many more students

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<v Speaker 7>that quickly is a challenge.

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<v Speaker 6>The flood of new students walking the halls means more

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<v Speaker 6>work for professors and the admissions and Financial aid department.

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<v Speaker 7>We're thrilled it happened fast and we're working through that,

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<v Speaker 7>but we couldn't be more excited.

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<v Speaker 6>The college and the others like it are asking the

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<v Speaker 6>state for more funding to cover new hires and increased demand.

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<v Speaker 6>Kyle Shaffle to be busy Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Another MBTA line closure means another round of unlocked credits

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<v Speaker 1>for Blue Bikes. Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Massachusetts and

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<v Speaker 1>the City of Boston are offering the unlock credits for

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<v Speaker 1>those affected by green line closures till the twentieth of

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<v Speaker 1>the month. The unlocks are available to non members of

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<v Speaker 1>Blue Bikes and can be redeemed both Classic bikes and

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<v Speaker 1>e bikes. Individuals can access five free unlocks using the

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<v Speaker 1>code MBTA green deec in the rewards section of the

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<v Speaker 1>Blue Bikes app For swifties, Now what Babby Off to

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<v Speaker 1>use cliche the end of an era. This is airis over.

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<v Speaker 1>After nearly two years, one hundred and forty nine shows

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<v Speaker 1>across five continents, Taylor Swift's Aris Tour came to close yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>final show in Vancouver. The first show was in Glendale, Arizona,

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<v Speaker 1>March eighteenth, twenty twenty three. Swift played three nights at

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<v Speaker 1>the Lette Stadium in May of twenty three. She now

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<v Speaker 1>has more time to watch football and her boyfriend Travis

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<v Speaker 1>Kelsey's Kansas City Chiefs. You are now in the loop.

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