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

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<v Speaker 2>We defining local news.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, six o'clock and it may not be what

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<v Speaker 1>we hope for, but bring it in Friday. You're here, finally,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been a weekend. You don't write and you don't call,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're here, and that's the important thing. It's raining

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty one degrees here in Boston. The News at

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<v Speaker 1>six is brought to us by your new England Toyota dealer,

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<v Speaker 1>your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is August.

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<v Speaker 3>To rain and drizzle for a while this morning, then

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<v Speaker 3>there can be a few breaks of sun.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi today will be right around seventy degrees. Okay, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>take it at WBZ. AKI weather meteorologist Heather's Air. Beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>weekend though on the way, it's US tariff Day kind

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<v Speaker 1>of sort of. The world wakes up to a new

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<v Speaker 1>pecking order this morning. President Trump says times up for

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<v Speaker 1>dozens of countries which did not cut a deal with

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<v Speaker 1>the White House on trade, which now means higher rates

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<v Speaker 1>between ten and forty one percent will kick in actually

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<v Speaker 1>one week from today. It's designed to give more time

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<v Speaker 1>for border agents to catch up meantime, the President cuts

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico a break with a ninety day delay in new

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<v Speaker 1>tariff rates south of the border, while giving Canada the

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<v Speaker 1>cold shoulder up north and an increase in tariff's to

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five percent effective today. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Karney

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<v Speaker 1>says negotiations will continue. America's health is at risk of decline.

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<v Speaker 1>A new report from the CDC says vaccination rates among

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<v Speaker 1>kindergarten students for all viruses are down for the most

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<v Speaker 1>recent school year. This news comes as measles cases hit

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty three year high in the US, and Health

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior says getting immunizations should be

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<v Speaker 1>a personal decision. Exemptions to vaccines among the younger crowd

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<v Speaker 1>grew in thirty six states in the most recent school year.

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<v Speaker 1>The Health Department maintains that getting vaccines is still the

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<v Speaker 1>most effective way to protect kids and older generations. Those

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<v Speaker 1>still paying for a college degree need to start digging

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<v Speaker 1>a little deeper today.

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<v Speaker 4>Millions of people with student loans who signed up for

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<v Speaker 4>a Biden era repayment plan will start seeing interest accrue

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<v Speaker 4>to their accounts starting today. According to one analysis, the

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<v Speaker 4>change could result in an additional three hundred dollars in

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<v Speaker 4>monthly cost for the typical borrowers.

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<v Speaker 1>CBS's Jesse Mitchell borrowers our urge to check out four

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<v Speaker 1>different repayment plans, all available on the federal student aid websites.

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<v Speaker 1>Request rejected. A federal court denies a bid by convicted

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<v Speaker 1>Boston marathon bomber Jean Ar Zarnaiyev to get the judge

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<v Speaker 1>overseeing his death sentence appeal removed from the case. The

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<v Speaker 1>First Circuit Court of Appeal says Judge Georgie O'Toole and

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<v Speaker 1>Boston can remain on the job. Lawyers for Zarnaiev say

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<v Speaker 1>O'Toole is biased and point to comments he made about

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<v Speaker 1>the case on podcasts and at public events during appeal.

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<v Speaker 1>Zarnaiev is currently serving a sentence at the Supermax prison

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<v Speaker 1>in Colorado. The world of professional tennis has important business

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<v Speaker 1>to attend to these days, and that would be the

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<v Speaker 1>rumor Mill. Wbz's Drew moholland is year with details. Good morning,

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>One thing that's great about the pro tennis tours the players,

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<v Speaker 6>all the access you get if you go, but sometimes

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<v Speaker 6>too much info gets out there. Let me take you

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<v Speaker 6>to Montreal and mutching Coco Goff beat Veronica Kouter Motova.

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<v Speaker 6>Good match. And then this tea from the Tennis Channel

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<v Speaker 6>broadcasters surrounding the men's top player, twenty two year old

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<v Speaker 6>and single Holger Rune.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if you heard about this tea. This

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<v Speaker 3>is totally not tennis related. Holger Rune apparently texted Kuda

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<v Speaker 3>Mortova and she said she was too old for him

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<v Speaker 3>and married.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, I think he was supporting her tennis somehow, I

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<v Speaker 6>felt that it was something a little different.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, there's a match going on there by the way, did.

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<v Speaker 6>You hear the other guy? He's like, ah, yeah, apparently no.

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<v Speaker 1>There it is. It's just sixty one degrees in Boston

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<v Speaker 1>on this Friday morning, and we haven't seen this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of temperature in seemingly weeks. I'm sure we've seen it

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<v Speaker 1>in between then and now, but it's a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a rude awakening this morning. Not only that it's raining,

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming down to a pretty good clip in most

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<v Speaker 1>of eastern Massachusetts, although we're starting to wring ourselves out

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<v Speaker 1>in portions of central mass and certainly the entire Berkshire's

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<v Speaker 1>area is starting to clear out this morning. We are

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<v Speaker 1>seeing a widespread area where at least two inches of

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<v Speaker 1>rain has fallen over the past twenty four hours or so,

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<v Speaker 1>and we are expected to see a couple more hours

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<v Speaker 1>of this rain before it clears on out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>And once the rain goes away, there's a pretty decent

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<v Speaker 1>chance we're going to see some sunshine later this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not going to be very warm by any stretch

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<v Speaker 1>of the imagination. It is August and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>struggle to get above seventy degrees today. I think we'll

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<v Speaker 1>take it. After what we've been through overnight tonight clearing

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<v Speaker 1>low temperatures in the fifties and sixties. This weekend looks

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely beautiful with sunshine both days. We're in the seventies

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow and in the eighties on Sunday. Right now in Boston,

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<v Speaker 1>sixty one and raining here in the city at six

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<v Speaker 1>oh six this Friday morning. Boston, You're my home. But

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<v Speaker 1>now we may not love that dirty water.

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<v Speaker 2>No swimming, fishing, or boating on or in the t

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<v Speaker 2>that's thanks to this big cyanobacteria algae bloom. The Boston

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<v Speaker 2>Public Health Commission says, toxins are running downstream of massab

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<v Speaker 2>and Harvard Bridge, so folks and our furry companions are

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<v Speaker 2>being advised to not splash in the water as it

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<v Speaker 2>can irritate skin and eyes and a mess of other

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<v Speaker 2>problems if ingested recent warm temperatures. Maybe it'll blame for

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<v Speaker 2>this high level of blue green algae that could last

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<v Speaker 2>for weeks in Cambridge. James Rojas w b Z, Boston's.

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<v Speaker 1>News radio meanstwhile at the bar, Boston wants to step

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<v Speaker 1>up its game.

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<v Speaker 7>Our small businesses make Boston Boston.

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<v Speaker 5>Under new state legislation bundled in the budget, restaurants can

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<v Speaker 5>soon upgrade their beer and wine licenses to an all

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<v Speaker 5>alcohol liquor license.

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<v Speaker 7>That's in addition to the two hundred and twenty five

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<v Speaker 7>new liquor licenses that started going out and became available

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<v Speaker 7>earlier this year because of record landmark legislation that introduced

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<v Speaker 7>the most new liquor licenses to Boston since prohibition.

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<v Speaker 5>Boosting a press conference at a bar stocked full of

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<v Speaker 5>Soju Dynasty Cantonesetery here in Chinatown is one of the

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<v Speaker 5>spots that benefits the City of Boston has been the

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<v Speaker 5>first one to take the baton chair of the House

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<v Speaker 5>Committee on Ways and Means. Aaron michael Witz helped push

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<v Speaker 5>this through Mary Michelle, who says the city is filing

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<v Speaker 5>an ordnance to opt in for the upgrade program, something

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<v Speaker 5>that will happen in a matter of days. From Chinatown,

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<v Speaker 5>jilllet WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna need a bigger tree. An insect just recently

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<v Speaker 1>discovered in Australia is enough to make you do a

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<v Speaker 1>double take, or right, maybe a triple take. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>supersized stick insect. It has been found swinging from high

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<v Speaker 1>altitude branches. It checks in at more than fifteen inches long.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fifteen inches long. Researchers say the stick insect was

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<v Speaker 1>so high up they had to use a long stick

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<v Speaker 1>to get it down. Experts say the insect gets so

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<v Speaker 1>big because it lives so high. You are now in

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