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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 four degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock news. This

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<v Speaker 2>half hour is sponsored by the Good Feet Store, improving

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<v Speaker 2>people's lives two feet at a time. Good Friday Morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Madison Rogers, and we start off on the roads.

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<v Speaker 2>We're keeping an eye on a big traffic mess north

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<v Speaker 2>of Boston, and we're joined now live by David Streffalino

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<v Speaker 2>to tell us all about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Struck Madison. It's a big crash. Six vehicles including an

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<v Speaker 3>RV involved here on four ninety five. A little more

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<v Speaker 3>than an hour go vehicle traveling four ninety five south

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<v Speaker 3>through Lawrence crash across the median after mass ave ins

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<v Speaker 3>struck the vehicles on the northbound side of four ninety five.

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<v Speaker 3>Only one right lane has been getting by on four

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<v Speaker 3>ninety five north here for a while, so it's jammed

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<v Speaker 3>out at Tewksbury and southbound four ninety five backed up

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<v Speaker 3>out of Methuin. All the details on this and more

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<v Speaker 3>coming up in a moment on traffic on the threes Strafend.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're away from your car, stay tuned by downloading

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<v Speaker 2>the iHeartRadio app. In the fight over housing requirements along

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<v Speaker 2>the MBTA, Some Peabody officials are now at odds. The

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<v Speaker 2>Item Live reports yesterday the city's director of Community Development

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<v Speaker 2>proposed zoning changes for denser housing to comply with the

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<v Speaker 2>MBTA Communities Act. Counselors have mixed opinions, with at least

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<v Speaker 2>one firmly opposed to the idea. All this comes as

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<v Speaker 2>the law is before the state's highest court. Supreme Judicial

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<v Speaker 2>Court justices heard arguments this week over the town of

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<v Speaker 2>Milton's refusal to comply. At least eight or dead and

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<v Speaker 2>millions are still in the dark as Florida tries to

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<v Speaker 2>clean up the wreckage left by Hurricane Milton. This week,

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<v Speaker 2>we get more from Venice Beach with ABC's Victor Okendo.

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<v Speaker 4>The fourteen year old boy hanging on to a piece

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<v Speaker 4>of offence pulled from floodwaters and more than five hundred

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<v Speaker 4>people rescued by boat at this flooded apartment complex in Clearwater.

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<v Speaker 5>In some areas around it, it was neck deep water

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<v Speaker 5>so over the top of vehicles.

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<v Speaker 6>Earlene that came by, we had everything cleaned up and

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<v Speaker 6>then all of a sudden, this comes around.

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<v Speaker 4>Many Floridians left picking up the pieces for the second

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<v Speaker 4>time in two.

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<v Speaker 2>Weeks and checking power outage dot US right now, the

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<v Speaker 2>number of customers in the darken Florida still tops two

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<v Speaker 2>point two million at being said. Florida Governor Ron de

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<v Speaker 2>Santis and FEMA officials say the damage could have been

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<v Speaker 2>much worse. The prosecutor in the domestic violence case against

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<v Speaker 2>Taunton mayor Taunton's mayor says he'll use bombshell evidence to

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<v Speaker 2>get a conviction, even as a key witness refuses to testify.

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<v Speaker 2>Shawna O'Connell is accused of attacking her husband, Ted during

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<v Speaker 2>an argument over the summer. Ted O'Connell has said he

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<v Speaker 2>won't testify against his wife, but in lieu of that testimony,

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<v Speaker 2>according to the Taunton Gazette, the prosecution now says it

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<v Speaker 2>has video evidence and a nine to one one call

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<v Speaker 2>the defense. Once the case dismissed and hearing on that

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<v Speaker 2>motion is set for next week. It's good news in

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<v Speaker 2>the four day forecast, sixty seven for the high today,

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<v Speaker 2>it stays sunny and then we have clear skies tonight

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<v Speaker 2>as the temps get down to around fifty seven in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>closer to fifty in a lot of suburbs near seventy. Tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>it's breezy with a good deal of sun. A few

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<v Speaker 2>showers around Sunday, otherwise mostly cloudy with temps in the

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<v Speaker 2>mid fifties. We're back in the mid sixties for Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>but there is rain around in the morning. Then it's

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<v Speaker 2>windy with clouds and some breaks of sun in the afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>and we should stay dry with more sunshine and cooler

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<v Speaker 2>temps on Tuesday. Right now in Boston, it's fifty four

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<v Speaker 2>degrees a clear blue sky at eleven oh five. We've

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<v Speaker 2>learned DNA evidence will be featured in the case against

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<v Speaker 2>the former Stoton officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore. According

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<v Speaker 2>to a court filing obtained by The Globe, federal prosecutors

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<v Speaker 2>will introduce expert testimony regarding DNA testing in the case.

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Farwell is facing a federal charge of killing a witness,

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<v Speaker 2>accused of stating staging the murder of the twenty three

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<v Speaker 2>year old to look like a suicide after she told

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<v Speaker 2>him she was pregnant with his child. Farwell is also

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<v Speaker 2>accused of statutory rape. He allegedly groomed Birchmore into a

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<v Speaker 2>relationship when she was just a teenager. Many visitors from

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<v Speaker 2>Florida are finally boarding flights back to the Sunshine State

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<v Speaker 2>today after the hurricane disrupted air travel up and down

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<v Speaker 2>the East Coast this week. More now at Logan Airport

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<v Speaker 2>with wbz's James Rojas.

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<v Speaker 5>Tom is among those who came to Boston earlier this week.

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<v Speaker 1>Watched everything with the hurricane, kept track of where the

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<v Speaker 1>airport's opened so open excepting flight Sir, here I go.

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<v Speaker 5>He wasn't sure if his flight back home would be affected.

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<v Speaker 1>It knew the airport was going to be closed for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. The ones on the West coast are closed

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit longer. They're opening up today. But Orlando

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<v Speaker 1>opened up for some domestic flights last night, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think pretty much going full speed.

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<v Speaker 5>To These women are flying back to Sarasota, which was

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<v Speaker 5>hit the hardest by Milton.

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<v Speaker 4>Hello damage your coast is really bad and we just

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<v Speaker 4>had a hurricane.

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<v Speaker 2>Two weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 5>Though, they are grateful to be able to fly back

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<v Speaker 5>home and see family. Meanwhile, many flights from Florida to

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<v Speaker 5>Boston remain canceled. At Logan. James Rojas w b Z

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<v Speaker 5>Boston's Snoos Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>A Macy's store on the South Shore hits the shopping block.

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<v Speaker 2>Macy's just announced, or rather earlier this year, announced a

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<v Speaker 2>slew of closures across the state, and that plan is

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<v Speaker 2>now coming to fruition. As we hear from wbz's Jim McKay.

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<v Speaker 6>Here at the Kingston Collection, it was revealed this week

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<v Speaker 6>that the anchor store Macy's, will be closing up shop

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<v Speaker 6>in early twenty twenty five. Sad but expected news when

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<v Speaker 6>I'm talking to shoppers, very disappointed.

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<v Speaker 5>I'd love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm wearing these clothes from Macy's.

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<v Speaker 6>Bladdy is here with her sister Sarah, and she really

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<v Speaker 6>had some bad timing.

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<v Speaker 5>I just got my Macy's kid.

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<v Speaker 6>Rack up those points while you still can. Gabriella immigrated

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<v Speaker 6>to the US from Zill six years ago, saying Macy's

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<v Speaker 6>was a store she couldn't wait to shop at. Becoming

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<v Speaker 6>an American citizen and moving deploymath Macey's because there's a

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<v Speaker 6>big shop to have everything and every label that we know.

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<v Speaker 6>Sign of the times as brick and mortar department stores

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<v Speaker 6>are getting lapped by online shopping, and the truth hear

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<v Speaker 6>it's the small stores and the boutiques are wonderful, but Macy,

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<v Speaker 6>says the anchor in Kingston, Jim McKay, WBC Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ News Radio has reached out to Macy's about other

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<v Speaker 2>potential closures in Massachusetts. We have yet to hear back.

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<v Speaker 2>You're now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.

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