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

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty eight degrees under a blue sky in Boston. It's

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<v Speaker 2>eleven o'clock. Good Wednesday morning. I'm Madison Rodgers, and let's

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<v Speaker 2>start off in debt U. Right now, Karen Reid's second

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<v Speaker 2>murder trial is coming back from a morning break. Carrie

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts still on the stand answering questions from prosecutors. She

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<v Speaker 2>was with Reid when they found the body of Boston

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<v Speaker 2>officer John o'keef, and Robert says she helped dig her

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<v Speaker 2>friend's body out of the snow and picked up his

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<v Speaker 2>cell phone.

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<v Speaker 3>What did you do with John Pollen when you picked

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<v Speaker 3>it up from the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>I put it in my pocket and gave it to

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<v Speaker 1>a first responder when they came over, All right, I

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<v Speaker 1>handed it off to a first responder.

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<v Speaker 2>Before the break. The prosecution also played police dash cam

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<v Speaker 2>footage from the scene. Keep it right here or stream

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<v Speaker 2>us on the iHeartRadio app for the very latest. Elon

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<v Speaker 2>Musk says he's taking a step back from his work

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<v Speaker 2>with the Department of Government Efficiency. ABC's Rachel Scott has

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<v Speaker 2>more on that.

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<v Speaker 4>The World's richest Man insisting he will stay with the

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<v Speaker 4>Trump administration at least part time, but will focus on

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<v Speaker 4>his business starting.

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<v Speaker 1>Next month, yet allocating far more of my time to Tesla.

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<v Speaker 4>His remarks coming after his company, Tesla, announced a nine

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<v Speaker 4>percent drop in revenue from January to March and a

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<v Speaker 4>staggering seventy one percent drop in profits in the first

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<v Speaker 4>quarter the electric car gi and blaming the growing trade

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<v Speaker 4>war and quote changing political sentiment which could have a

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<v Speaker 4>meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near term.

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<v Speaker 2>Tesla stocks have seen major gains this morning in the

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<v Speaker 2>wake of that announcement. In fact, we're seeing major gains

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<v Speaker 2>across the major markets right now. Will have the very

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<v Speaker 2>latest coming up with Bloomberg Business. A man charged with

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<v Speaker 2>murder in Alston is due back in court this hour.

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<v Speaker 2>Miss harrowing details emerge. On Monday, officials believe twenty six

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<v Speaker 2>year old Omar Rians attacked an elderly female family member

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<v Speaker 2>with a baseball back and a sword, killing her. After

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<v Speaker 2>a search, the suspect was arrested allegedly trying to steal

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<v Speaker 2>a car a few blocks away. Riaz yesterday was charged

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<v Speaker 2>with murder, armed carjacking, and resisting arrest. He's been ordered

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<v Speaker 2>held without bail, pending a competency hearing, which should be

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<v Speaker 2>starting in about a half hour in Brighton. It's an

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<v Speaker 2>active information with anyone with information strongly urged to contact

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<v Speaker 2>Boston Police. At the Vatican, mourners are filing through Saint

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<v Speaker 2>Peter's Basilica paying their final respects to the late Pope Francis.

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<v Speaker 5>A solemn ceremony in Vatican City. Pope Francis brought to

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<v Speaker 5>Saint Peter's Basilica to lion state the Pope's simple wooden coffin,

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<v Speaker 5>carried by white glove paul bearers, escorted by the Papal

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<v Speaker 5>Swiss Guard, and there were splendent uniforms cardinals joining the

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<v Speaker 5>procession as it made its way from the chapel of

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<v Speaker 5>the Santa Marta Guesthouse just after nine am in Vatican City.

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<v Speaker 2>That's ABC's Harry Moran. The Pope's funeral is set for Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be a period of morning before cardinals gather

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<v Speaker 2>to choose the Pope's successor in the coming weeks. Looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the four day forecast, now, it's going to stay

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<v Speaker 2>mostly sunny and get quite a bit warmer out there.

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<v Speaker 2>This afternoon. We're expecting a high year seventy in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>mainly clear skies. Tonight low around forty eight in the city,

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<v Speaker 2>cooler inland spots should see a low in the low forties.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Thursday is another very nice one, breezy, up to

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<v Speaker 2>sixty four in Boston, but into the mid seventies for

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<v Speaker 2>some of us inland. Sixty four again Friday with partial

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<v Speaker 2>sun and then Saturday, again we're in the mid sixties,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's cloudier with a few showers around, drying out

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<v Speaker 2>and turning windier on Sunday, partly sunny with a high

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<v Speaker 2>near sixty. Right now it is sixty two degrees in Norwood.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fifty eight in Peabody, fifty eight here in Boston

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<v Speaker 2>too though with that sunshine feeling like the low sixties.

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<v Speaker 2>It's easy, breezy, and somewhat sneezy. High tree pollen levels

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Five one of the biggest video sharing platforms

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<v Speaker 2>on the planet, is turning twenty years old today. Wlebz's

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<v Speaker 2>Jim McKay has more these days.

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<v Speaker 6>When you run it too some young people and ask

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<v Speaker 6>about their favorite social media you'll get an array of responses.

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<v Speaker 2>I like TikTok, Instagram, Instagram, I'm probably TikTok amidst.

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<v Speaker 6>The TikTok at instagrams, I was able to find someone

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<v Speaker 6>who enjoys the app that's turning twenty today YouTube. Cliff

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<v Speaker 6>is a junior at Quincy High only knows a world

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<v Speaker 6>where YouTube has always been here. But lest we forget,

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<v Speaker 6>it was on this date in two thousand and five

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<v Speaker 6>the first grainy video was posted to YouTube. It's been

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<v Speaker 6>entertaining us ever since.

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<v Speaker 2>I posted videos to make my friends laugh. It's pretty

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<v Speaker 2>fun and it is.

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<v Speaker 6>Always so good about never taking itself too seriously. Hence

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<v Speaker 6>their twentieth birthday video they posted on the official YouTube

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<v Speaker 6>channel a rick Roll to celebrate YouTube's twentieth and here's

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<v Speaker 6>to twenty more and Quincy Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's news radio and.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find us on at WBZ News Radio Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>Today would have been a very special birthday for the

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<v Speaker 2>great playwright from Stratford upon Avon. Oh that this.

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<v Speaker 5>Two solid fast.

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<v Speaker 7>This would have been Shakespeare's four hundred and sixty first birthday.

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<v Speaker 7>In his honors. Sotheby's has just announced the sale of

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<v Speaker 7>the first four editions of his collected works.

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<v Speaker 1>How's the Winter of our Discom attendance.

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<v Speaker 7>It'll be the first time since nineteen eighty nine that

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<v Speaker 7>a set of the first, second, third, and fourthfolios are

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<v Speaker 7>offered at auction as a single lot. It's expected to

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<v Speaker 7>sell or up to six million dollars on May twenty third.

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<v Speaker 7>By the way, today is also the anniversary of Shakespeare's

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<v Speaker 7>death in sixteen sixteen. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusett's residence filing for jobless benefits can now count on

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<v Speaker 2>assistance for a little while longer. Unemployment recipients can now

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<v Speaker 2>receive benefits for a maximum of thirty weeks. That's up

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<v Speaker 2>from a max twenty six weeks. This extension is triggered

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<v Speaker 2>by rising unemployment rates, specifically when one of the state's

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<v Speaker 2>metro areas tops five point one percent across a twelve

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<v Speaker 2>month average. New federal data show the Springfield area just

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<v Speaker 2>hit five point two percent for their unemployment rate. A

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<v Speaker 2>business lobbying organization, the n FIB, is calling for reform,

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<v Speaker 2>arguing the state's current system is putting too much strain

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<v Speaker 2>on local businesses. Another streaming service is about to crack

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<v Speaker 2>down on password.

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<v Speaker 1>Sharing subscribers to max, We'll start getting subtled and not

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<v Speaker 1>so subtle warnings if multiple users are sharing account passwords

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<v Speaker 1>outside the home.

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<v Speaker 3>And then as we go through twenty five, you're going

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<v Speaker 3>to see the filters get tighter and tighter. We think

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<v Speaker 3>that's a meaningful growth driver, likely more and so begins

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<v Speaker 3>to kick in in the back half of twenty five

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<v Speaker 3>and into twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>JB. Perett is head of Streaming at Warner Brothers Discovery

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<v Speaker 1>and discuss the strategy at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit.

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<v Speaker 1>Disney Plus and Hulu are also conducting a crackdown on

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<v Speaker 1>password sharing. Rory O'Neil WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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