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

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<v Speaker 2>Seventy one degrees with blue skies over Boston at eleven o'clock,

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<v Speaker 2>Good Tuesday morning. I'm Madison Rogers, and let's start this

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<v Speaker 2>hour with a dramatic scene outside mass General Hospital this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Boston Police say an officer working at detail was attacked

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<v Speaker 2>by someone who managed to take that officer's gun then

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<v Speaker 2>shot themselves. This happened around nine am and led to

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<v Speaker 2>a massive police response on Cambridge Street. Boston Police Commissioner

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Cox says someone appearing to be suffering a mental

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<v Speaker 2>health episode approached the officer, attacked them, took their gun,

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<v Speaker 2>then open fire on themselves.

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<v Speaker 3>The officer had assistance from other detailed officers in the

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<v Speaker 3>area that came, as well as some pedestrians, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>some other people that were were there bystanders who helped assist.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unclear if the suspect shot themselves on purpose or

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<v Speaker 2>if it happened during the chaos. That suspect is in

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<v Speaker 2>the hospital and is expected to survive. The commissioner says

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<v Speaker 2>no one involved was seriously hurt. Over in Liverpool, England,

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<v Speaker 2>dozens are hurt after a man drove a mini van

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<v Speaker 2>into a crowd of soccer fans. It happened during a

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<v Speaker 2>victory parade yesterday. More from CBS's Raimi and Asensio.

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<v Speaker 4>What eyewitness told CBS views The running over of people

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<v Speaker 4>seemed definitely intentional, that the driver just shut the door

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<v Speaker 4>and didn't seem to care.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we suddenly saw the car reverse and then

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<v Speaker 2>accelerate and move through the crowd, and honestly, people scattered

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<v Speaker 2>like bowling pins.

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<v Speaker 4>It was terrifying.

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<v Speaker 2>You genuinely was terrified.

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<v Speaker 4>Seconds after the man finally stopped, the crowd now angry

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<v Speaker 4>attacked his vehicle and threatened his life as police arrested

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<v Speaker 4>him and took him away.

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<v Speaker 2>Police say that suspect acted a lot, and they are

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<v Speaker 2>not treating the incident as a possible act of terrorism.

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<v Speaker 2>The Trump administration is taking its latest shot at Harvard,

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<v Speaker 2>and this one is a major escalation. The White House

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<v Speaker 2>is sending a letter to federal agencies this morning telling

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<v Speaker 2>them to cut off any and all business with the university.

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<v Speaker 2>The letter, first reported by The New York Times, comes

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<v Speaker 2>from the US General Services Administration and directs agencies to

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<v Speaker 2>cancel any existing contracts with Harvard and find new vendors.

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<v Speaker 2>If successful, this would mark a complete break of the

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<v Speaker 2>business relations relationship between the White House and the School. Yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>the President made a post on truth Social saying he's

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<v Speaker 2>considering taking some three billion dollars from Harvard and giving

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<v Speaker 2>that money to trade schools. The President's hitting pause on

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<v Speaker 2>his newly threatened tariffs against the EU.

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<v Speaker 1>President is now relenting just for now. He is delaying

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<v Speaker 1>that threat of a fifty percent tariff against the European Union,

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<v Speaker 1>one of our large trading partners. These massive tariffs were

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to go into effect at the end of this

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<v Speaker 1>week on June first, but instead he's now postponing them

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<v Speaker 1>until July ninth, following a phone call with the head

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<v Speaker 1>of the European Commission.

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<v Speaker 2>And that news is driving some gains on Wall Street

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<v Speaker 2>this morning, along with news that consumer confidence in the

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<v Speaker 2>US apparently shot up last month. Staying very nice out

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<v Speaker 2>there today, the highs around seventy five. Then it's partly

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<v Speaker 2>cloudy with lows in the fifties. Tonight fifty four to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty eight or so. Tomorrow again mid seventies, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>a mix of clouds and sun, with some showers moving

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<v Speaker 2>in at night, a few showers around Thursday. Mostly it's

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<v Speaker 2>cloudy with tempts in the mid sixties. Back in the

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<v Speaker 2>low seventies on Friday, but we do still have a

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<v Speaker 2>shower or two, and looking ahead to the weekend, it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like likely showers on Saturday, but drying out on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, it is blue skies pretty much across the

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<v Speaker 2>Bay State sixty six at the tip of the Capetown.

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<v Speaker 2>It's seventy three in Lexington, sixty nine out in Springfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Here in Boston seventy one and feeling warmer at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>oh six at the Karen Reid retrial in Denham. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Judson Welcher, a crash expert for the prosecution, is

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<v Speaker 2>at the witness stand. Court This morning started with an

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<v Speaker 2>extended sidebar at the request of the defense, and soon

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<v Speaker 2>we're expecting the prosecution to rest its case. Meantime, we're

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<v Speaker 2>learning the defense wants to add some more potential witnesses

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<v Speaker 2>to its list, and wbz's Emma Friedman will join us

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<v Speaker 2>at eleven forty five with the very latest. Massachusetts is

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<v Speaker 2>home to some of the best paid hourly workers anywhere

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<v Speaker 2>in the country, but there is some disorder in the court.

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<v Speaker 2>Here'sbz's Matt Phipps.

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<v Speaker 4>In their call for higher wages. Public defenders will stop

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<v Speaker 4>taking new criminal cases in Massachusetts starting today. The court

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<v Speaker 4>appointed attorneys get the call whenever anyone facing criminal charges

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<v Speaker 4>can't afford to hire a lawyer, but they say their

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<v Speaker 4>paycheck pales in comparison to their colleagues in nearby states,

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<v Speaker 4>and they'll rally at the State House this afternoon. This

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<v Speaker 4>action could force a backlog, which could lead to cases

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<v Speaker 4>being dropped. Matt Phipps WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Another local high school is taking away kids cell phones.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Taunton High bringing in Yonder bags. Those are

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<v Speaker 2>the special locked pouches that students will have to put

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<v Speaker 2>their phones and eat, earbuds and smart watches inside, lock

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<v Speaker 2>them up in front of staffers, and they can't get

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<v Speaker 2>back into the bags until the school day is over.

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<v Speaker 2>The Taunton Gazette reports the school committee recently passed the

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<v Speaker 2>new policy at a meeting and meantime on Beacon Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>Some leaders have recently voiced support for a potential state

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<v Speaker 2>wide band on phones in classrooms. Some new research suggests

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<v Speaker 2>there could be benefits to plugging into technology for seniors.

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<v Speaker 5>Scientists study more than four hundred thousand adults with an

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<v Speaker 5>average age of sixty nine, and those who engaged with

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<v Speaker 5>digital technology on smartphones, tablets, or computers had a fifty

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<v Speaker 5>eight percent reduced risk of cognitive impairment. A couple of

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<v Speaker 5>possible reasons why the challenge of adapting to new technology

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<v Speaker 5>stimulates your brain, and that technology can help you connect

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<v Speaker 5>with others, which has been proven to preserve cognitive function

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<v Speaker 5>in older people. The studies published to the journal Nature

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<v Speaker 5>Human Behavior. Sherry preston ABC News.

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<v Speaker 2>It could also be that seniors without cognitive impairments are

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<v Speaker 2>more likely to engage with technology. You're now in the loop.

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