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

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<v Speaker 1>let's get this party started on a Wednesday morning in

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<v Speaker 1>Boston at six o'clock. And we're getting started under cloudy

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<v Speaker 1>skies and hazy conditions. Again, it's sixty five degrees in Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>The News at six is brought to us by your

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for being with us this morning. I'm Jeff Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a different day, but it's the same old smoke.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see clouds in some hazy sun today with the

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<v Speaker 2>high seventy four in Boston but approaching eighty inl That.

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<v Speaker 1>Is WBZ ACI weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Boston finally gets

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<v Speaker 1>to clear the air. By the end of this week,

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<v Speaker 1>hate crimes approach a record high in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>Wbz's Drew moholland has some numbers.

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<v Speaker 3>SBI has been keeping tractor reveal it's second largest total

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<v Speaker 3>for twenty twenty four, with more than eleven thousand, five

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<v Speaker 3>hundred criminal hate crime cases. While this is a disturbing trend,

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<v Speaker 3>officials also say overall hate crimes are down one point

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<v Speaker 3>five percent from an all time high a year before,

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<v Speaker 3>but bias is still right for targets in the Jewish community,

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<v Speaker 3>Muslim Americans, and the LGBTQ community, all of which represent

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<v Speaker 3>more than half of all hate crimes. Drew moholland wb

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<v Speaker 3>Z Boston's news Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>A familiar face will be at Karen Reid's side during

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<v Speaker 1>her upcoming civil lawsuit. Alan Jackson says the legal team

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<v Speaker 1>and Reed have a few more chapters to write in

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<v Speaker 1>her saga, and says he's proud to continue defending Reed's

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<v Speaker 1>relentless pursuit of justice. In an upcoming wrongful death lawsuit

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<v Speaker 1>in Plymouth Superior Court. Reed's defense team has filed a

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<v Speaker 1>motion to dismiss the case filed by the family of

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<v Speaker 1>John O'Keefe. Reid was acquitted of all major charges in

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<v Speaker 1>a recently concluded murder trial of her one time boyfriend.

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<v Speaker 1>No date has been set for the civil suit, but

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<v Speaker 1>the next court hearing is scheduled for late next month.

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<v Speaker 1>You can make it seven wins in a row for

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<v Speaker 1>the Red Sox, who beat the Royals again at Fenway Park.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll go for the sweep tonight. First pitch is seven

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<v Speaker 1>to ten. Later this morning, new faces in Foxborough as

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<v Speaker 1>the Patriots begin joint practices with Washington in advance of

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<v Speaker 1>Friday nights pre season opener, Big Day, and a big

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<v Speaker 1>money deal for the NFL and ESPN Sports Network will

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<v Speaker 1>acquire the rights to the NFL Network and the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>Red Zone, not to mention its fantasy property as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a landmark deal that will give the league a

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<v Speaker 1>ten percent stake in ESPN. Terms of the agreement or

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<v Speaker 1>not yet finalized, that will need the approval of NFL owners,

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<v Speaker 1>not to mention federal regulatory approval as well. Boston well

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<v Speaker 1>known as the walking City, and apparently we're getting our

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<v Speaker 1>daily steps in faster than ever.

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<v Speaker 4>By analyzing video footage from nineteen eighty to twenty ten

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<v Speaker 4>with AI MIT, researchers found pedestrians in Boston, New York,

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<v Speaker 4>and Philly are walking at a faster rate fifteen percent faster. However,

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<v Speaker 4>we're lingering less in public spaces by fourteen percent. Not

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<v Speaker 4>surprising for some.

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<v Speaker 5>That's definitely true because I feel like everyone's in a

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<v Speaker 5>rush to get to where they're going, and I feel

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<v Speaker 5>like before you'd want to like linger, whether you go

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<v Speaker 5>to like the boss public library, go to the common

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<v Speaker 5>like now, there's just like, I don't know about that

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<v Speaker 5>any kind of litay, go find some more self like

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<v Speaker 5>a cafe.

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<v Speaker 4>It's funny that Vanessa mentioned a cafe because researcher suggests

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<v Speaker 4>there's been a shift in people socializing more and indoor

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<v Speaker 4>venues like coffee shops rather than outdoor public spaces.

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<v Speaker 5>That's obviously why I'm sitting in South Asians. I don't

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<v Speaker 5>kind of want to go anywhere else, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just going to come here for now.

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<v Speaker 4>In downtown Boston. James Rojas WBZ Boston, some News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>More smoke from Canadian wildfires will reduce air quality from

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<v Speaker 1>time to time in much of Massachusetts. Again today, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be dealing with this smoke through tomorrow at

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<v Speaker 1>the very least, before we finally start to clear the air.

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<v Speaker 1>So the details today are mainly that we're under cloudy

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<v Speaker 1>skies in much of the area. We do have some

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<v Speaker 1>very thick, hazy sunshine elsewhere as well. Temperatures again a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit cooler than normal in the mid to upper

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<v Speaker 1>seventies today, It's going to be a little bit warmer

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<v Speaker 1>away from the water. In inland locations will top eighty

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<v Speaker 1>overnight tonight partly to mostly cloudy lows in the fifties

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<v Speaker 1>and sixties again. Tomorrow looks like we're going to do

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<v Speaker 1>this all one more time with the smoky Hayes again

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<v Speaker 1>with highs in the seventies. And then on Friday we

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<v Speaker 1>finally start to look at some blue sky and some

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<v Speaker 1>sunshine returning too. Highs will be in the upper seventies

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<v Speaker 1>to low eighties. That's going to set the stage for

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<v Speaker 1>what looks to be a pretty decent looking weekend as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now in Boston it's sixty five and smokey Hayes.

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<v Speaker 1>Here in the city once again, it's six oh five

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<v Speaker 1>on this Wednesday morning. A new survey shows your lifestyle

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<v Speaker 1>isn't getting the credit it deserves.

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<v Speaker 2>A new report from bankrate dot com is found having

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<v Speaker 2>a so called subprime credit score of six hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>twenty or lower, we'll cost an average of thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars more per year for financial services than someone

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<v Speaker 2>with a credit score of seven hundred or higher.

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<v Speaker 6>Your credit score basically predicts your likelihood of paying loans back,

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<v Speaker 6>and even one blemish can have a really big impact.

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<v Speaker 2>Ted Rossman is a financial analyst with bankrate dot Com

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<v Speaker 2>Jim Chrysuli sibis new.

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<v Speaker 1>The disaster of the titan submersible on a mission to

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<v Speaker 1>explore the Titanic was preventable. That's the ruling from the

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<v Speaker 1>US Coast Guard with it, which is out with its

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<v Speaker 1>report on the disappearance and implosion of that vessel two

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. The tragedy cost all five on board their lives,

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<v Speaker 1>whose story resonated around the world. The Coastguard says owner

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<v Speaker 1>Ocean Gates safety procedures were critically flawed, which revealed themselves

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<v Speaker 1>in glaring disparities between safety protocols and actual practices. The

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<v Speaker 1>disaster wound woods up and wound up in several lawsuits

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<v Speaker 1>and tighter regulations for private deep sea exploration. It was

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<v Speaker 1>eighty years ago today and which brought the surprising end

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<v Speaker 1>of World War II and ushered in the beginnings of

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<v Speaker 1>the Cold War when President Harry Truman orders Theonola gay

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<v Speaker 1>to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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<v Speaker 1>It killed eighty thousand instantly and tens of thousands more

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<v Speaker 1>later due to the fallout. A second atomic bomb hit

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<v Speaker 1>Nagasaki days later, which ultimately brought the unconditional surrender of Japan.

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<v Speaker 1>The US had been working on this Manhattan project for

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<v Speaker 1>years in secret. Only Jay, Robert Oppenheimer and a handful

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<v Speaker 1>of others knew full well the extent of the operation

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<v Speaker 1>and its deadly impact, while more than one hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 1>others worked on it unwittingly. Blue Light Specials find deals

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<v Speaker 1>with younger diners these days.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not necessarily a credo, but a growing trend.

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<v Speaker 7>Sure, I'd say earlier dinners better.

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<v Speaker 6>That seems to be the new way of gen z

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<v Speaker 6>who are gobbling up early dinner reservations these days, rather

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<v Speaker 6>than times previously considered fashionable seven, eight, even nine pm.

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<v Speaker 7>Absolutely, maybe have drinks, take our time. It's very relaxed,

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<v Speaker 7>laid back, and then it leaves you more time to

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<v Speaker 7>maybe go to a bar afterwards.

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<v Speaker 6>It also makes things easier, she says, when it's time

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<v Speaker 6>to head home for the.

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<v Speaker 7>Night, you're always conscious of like, how am I going home?

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<v Speaker 7>What's the last tram, what's the last train? I need

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<v Speaker 7>to be on it? So I'm avoiding any taxi costs

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<v Speaker 7>at all possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Fomman WBZ, Boston's news radio. You are now in

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