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

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<v Speaker 2>Partly cloudy eighty four degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>on this Thursday morning. Hello, thanks for being with us.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening all right. This just

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<v Speaker 2>into the WBZ newsroom. The Bristol County DA's office says

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<v Speaker 2>another person has now died from last weekend's fire at

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<v Speaker 2>the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River. The

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<v Speaker 2>sixty six year old Brenda Cooper had been in critical

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<v Speaker 2>condition since the fire. She died late last night. That

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<v Speaker 2>brings the death toll now up to ten. Investigators still

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<v Speaker 2>looking into how that fire started, but so far they

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<v Speaker 2>say they do not think that anyone set the fire

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<v Speaker 2>on purpose. The Senate passing a spending cuts package overnight,

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<v Speaker 2>pulling back billions of dollars already allocated for public broadcasting

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<v Speaker 2>in four and AID. We get that from CBS's Stacy Lynn.

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<v Speaker 3>On this vote, the Ya's are fifty one, the nays

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<v Speaker 3>are forty eight, and on this vote the bill is

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<v Speaker 3>amitted as passed. Republican Senators Collins and Murkowski voted against

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<v Speaker 3>the package. Mitch McConnell opposed it earlier, but ended up

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<v Speaker 3>voting in favor of it. The bill now goes back

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<v Speaker 3>to the House, where it faces a Friday deadline for

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<v Speaker 3>a final vote before it hits President Trump's desk for

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<v Speaker 3>his signature. Stacy Lynn CBS News Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>Demonstrators plan to take to the streets of Boston this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all part of nationwide day of events in honor

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<v Speaker 2>of John Lewis, the late civil rights leader and congressman.

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<v Speaker 2>March scheduled to depart from Copley Square at five PM,

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<v Speaker 2>with a rally at the Liberty Mall on Boston Common

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<v Speaker 2>at six. It's all part of the Good Trouble Lives

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<v Speaker 2>On protests planned across the country. Among the organizers is

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<v Speaker 2>the group Public Citizen.

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<v Speaker 4>The Trump administration has guided the Civil Rights Office at

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<v Speaker 4>the Department of Justice. It's just pushed through a bill

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<v Speaker 4>in Congress that will strip healthcare, and it's pushing an

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<v Speaker 4>authoritarian agenda evidence perhaps most aggressively in its mass deportation

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<v Speaker 4>and vicious anti immigrant policy.

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<v Speaker 2>The ACLU of Massachusetts, Embrace Boston, and Boston Indivisible are

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<v Speaker 2>just some of the groups organizing the event Locally. Say

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<v Speaker 2>lawmaker pleading not guilty to OUI charges in Boston court

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<v Speaker 2>this morning. Representative John Lawn, a Democrat from Watertown, arrested

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<v Speaker 2>early yesterday morning, and Boston police say a witness who

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<v Speaker 2>flagged down police saw Lawn hit a parked pickup truck

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<v Speaker 2>near the State House and then take off. This was

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<v Speaker 2>at around one am. Lawn was pulled over. Lawn was

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<v Speaker 2>released on his own recognents after this morning's arraignment. He's

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<v Speaker 2>been ordered not to drive and we'll be back in

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<v Speaker 2>court on August first. Now, the eguather forecast unfortunately, another

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<v Speaker 2>hot and humid day today. The heat advisory remains in

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<v Speaker 2>effect through seven pm. That excludes the Cape in the Islands,

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<v Speaker 2>where it's much cooler. Hies in the city eighty eight degrees,

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<v Speaker 2>but real field temps will be in the nineties for

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<v Speaker 2>the Cape in the Islands, high seventy eight to eighty two.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to see a mix of sun and clouds, breezy,

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<v Speaker 2>a shower thunderstorm in places. Already. We're seeing in western

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<v Speaker 2>and central masts some spotty showers to not heavy, gusty

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<v Speaker 2>thunderstorm in places. Partly cloudy, breezy, a low of seventy one.

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<v Speaker 2>That humidity is going to hang on overnight, but hang

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<v Speaker 2>on just a little bit longer, because Friday is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be much more pleasant, more sun than clouds, breezy.

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<v Speaker 2>A high eighty four Saturday, sun and clouds eighty to

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<v Speaker 2>eighty four are the high. Sunday again, a high of

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<v Speaker 2>eighty four, but that's when a couple of showers and

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<v Speaker 2>a thunderstorm enter the mix. It's eighty four, partly sunny,

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<v Speaker 2>partly cloudy, whichever way you choose. In Boston at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>oh five because of the humidity, the real field fields

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<v Speaker 2>ten degrees warmer. Back to news, the Beverly Teachers Union

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<v Speaker 2>now facing a lawsuit brought on by parents.

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<v Speaker 5>The teachers union is being sued by two families who

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<v Speaker 5>claim their twelve strike last year financially cost parents and

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<v Speaker 5>caused emotional distress. Part of the lawsuit includes the fact

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<v Speaker 5>that it is technically illegal under state law in Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 5>for public employees to go on strike, despite efforts on

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<v Speaker 5>Beacon Hill to change the long standing law with exceptions

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<v Speaker 5>for public safety workers. The parents are suing for seventeen

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<v Speaker 5>million dollars and are asking the courts to rescind the

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<v Speaker 5>collective bargaining agreement that teachers praise as a massive victory.

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<v Speaker 5>Jim McKay WBZ, Boston's news radio, all Right.

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<v Speaker 2>A troubling sign about the cost of housing here in

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<v Speaker 2>Greater Boston. New data says the median price of a

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<v Speaker 2>single family home in Greater Boston has now surpassed a

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars for the first time in history. According to

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<v Speaker 2>the Greater Boston Association of Realtors, prices in June were

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<v Speaker 2>up two point four percent from the previous month and

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<v Speaker 2>up four and a half percent from June of last year. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>Greater Boston's condo market remained much steadier in June, the

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<v Speaker 2>median price reaching seven high hundred and twenty five thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump lashing out at members of his own party

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<v Speaker 2>over growing criticism of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump snapping at his own supporters who have criticized

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<v Speaker 1>his administration's handling of the investigation into convicted sex offender

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey Epstein.

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<v Speaker 4>There's stupid people.

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<v Speaker 1>As Republicans pressed the Justice Department to release additional files,

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<v Speaker 1>President calling it all a hoax, writing on social media,

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<v Speaker 1>my past supporters had bought in hook line and Sinker, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>let these weaklings continue forward because I don't want their

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<v Speaker 1>support anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's ABC's Rachel Scott reporting there the controversy. It

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<v Speaker 2>all started last week when the Justice Department issued a

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<v Speaker 2>memo saying that they found no client list and no

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<v Speaker 2>evidence at Epstein had blackmailed powerful people. You are now

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<v Speaker 2>in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>to WBZ News Radio on the iHeart Radio app. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's news radio