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Speaker 2: I'm Madison Rogers, and we start off on the roads.
Speaker 2: We're keeping an eye on a big traffic mess north
Speaker 2: of Boston, and we're joined now live by David Streffalino
Speaker 2: to tell us all about it.
Speaker 3: Struck Madison. It's a big crash. Six vehicles including an
Speaker 3: RV involved here on four ninety five. A little more
Speaker 3: than an hour go vehicle traveling four ninety five south
Speaker 3: through Lawrence crash across the median after mass ave ins
Speaker 3: struck the vehicles on the northbound side of four ninety five.
Speaker 3: Only one right lane has been getting by on four
Speaker 3: ninety five north here for a while, so it's jammed
Speaker 3: out at Tewksbury and southbound four ninety five backed up
Speaker 3: out of Methuin. All the details on this and more
Speaker 3: coming up in a moment on traffic on the threes Strafend.
Speaker 2: If you're away from your car, stay tuned by downloading
Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. In the fight over housing requirements along
Speaker 2: the MBTA, Some Peabody officials are now at odds. The
Speaker 2: Item Live reports yesterday the city's director of Community Development
Speaker 2: proposed zoning changes for denser housing to comply with the
Speaker 2: MBTA Communities Act. Counselors have mixed opinions, with at least
Speaker 2: one firmly opposed to the idea. All this comes as
Speaker 2: the law is before the state's highest court. Supreme Judicial
Speaker 2: Court justices heard arguments this week over the town of
Speaker 2: Milton's refusal to comply. At least eight or dead and
Speaker 2: millions are still in the dark as Florida tries to
Speaker 2: clean up the wreckage left by Hurricane Milton. This week,
Speaker 2: we get more from Venice Beach with ABC's Victor Okendo.
Speaker 4: The fourteen year old boy hanging on to a piece
Speaker 4: of offence pulled from floodwaters and more than five hundred
Speaker 4: people rescued by boat at this flooded apartment complex in Clearwater.
Speaker 5: In some areas around it, it was neck deep water
Speaker 5: so over the top of vehicles.
Speaker 6: Earlene that came by, we had everything cleaned up and
Speaker 6: then all of a sudden, this comes around.
Speaker 4: Many Floridians left picking up the pieces for the second
Speaker 4: time in two.
Speaker 2: Weeks and checking power outage dot US right now, the
Speaker 2: number of customers in the darken Florida still tops two
Speaker 2: point two million at being said. Florida Governor Ron de
Speaker 2: Santis and FEMA officials say the damage could have been
Speaker 2: much worse. The prosecutor in the domestic violence case against
Speaker 2: Taunton mayor Taunton's mayor says he'll use bombshell evidence to
Speaker 2: get a conviction, even as a key witness refuses to testify.
Speaker 2: Shawna O'Connell is accused of attacking her husband, Ted during
Speaker 2: an argument over the summer. Ted O'Connell has said he
Speaker 2: won't testify against his wife, but in lieu of that testimony,
Speaker 2: according to the Taunton Gazette, the prosecution now says it
Speaker 2: has video evidence and a nine to one one call
Speaker 2: the defense. Once the case dismissed and hearing on that
Speaker 2: motion is set for next week. It's good news in
Speaker 2: the four day forecast, sixty seven for the high today,
Speaker 2: it stays sunny and then we have clear skies tonight
Speaker 2: as the temps get down to around fifty seven in Boston,
Speaker 2: closer to fifty in a lot of suburbs near seventy. Tomorrow,
Speaker 2: it's breezy with a good deal of sun. A few
Speaker 2: showers around Sunday, otherwise mostly cloudy with temps in the
Speaker 2: mid fifties. We're back in the mid sixties for Monday,
Speaker 2: but there is rain around in the morning. Then it's
Speaker 2: windy with clouds and some breaks of sun in the afternoon,
Speaker 2: and we should stay dry with more sunshine and cooler
Speaker 2: temps on Tuesday. Right now in Boston, it's fifty four
Speaker 2: degrees a clear blue sky at eleven oh five. We've
Speaker 2: learned DNA evidence will be featured in the case against
Speaker 2: the former Stoton officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore. According
Speaker 2: to a court filing obtained by The Globe, federal prosecutors
Speaker 2: will introduce expert testimony regarding DNA testing in the case.
Speaker 2: Matthew Farwell is facing a federal charge of killing a witness,
Speaker 2: accused of stating staging the murder of the twenty three
Speaker 2: year old to look like a suicide after she told
Speaker 2: him she was pregnant with his child. Farwell is also
Speaker 2: accused of statutory rape. He allegedly groomed Birchmore into a
Speaker 2: relationship when she was just a teenager. Many visitors from
Speaker 2: Florida are finally boarding flights back to the Sunshine State
Speaker 2: today after the hurricane disrupted air travel up and down
Speaker 2: the East Coast this week. More now at Logan Airport
Speaker 2: with wbz's James Rojas.
Speaker 5: Tom is among those who came to Boston earlier this week.
Speaker 1: Watched everything with the hurricane, kept track of where the
Speaker 1: airport's opened so open excepting flight Sir, here I go.
Speaker 5: He wasn't sure if his flight back home would be affected.
Speaker 1: It knew the airport was going to be closed for
Speaker 1: a while. The ones on the West coast are closed
Speaker 1: a little bit longer. They're opening up today. But Orlando
Speaker 1: opened up for some domestic flights last night, and I
Speaker 1: think pretty much going full speed.
Speaker 5: To These women are flying back to Sarasota, which was
Speaker 5: hit the hardest by Milton.
Speaker 4: Hello damage your coast is really bad and we just
Speaker 4: had a hurricane.
Speaker 2: Two weeks ago.
Speaker 5: Though, they are grateful to be able to fly back
Speaker 5: home and see family. Meanwhile, many flights from Florida to
Speaker 5: Boston remain canceled. At Logan. James Rojas w b Z
Speaker 5: Boston's Snoos Radio.
Speaker 2: A Macy's store on the South Shore hits the shopping block.
Speaker 2: Macy's just announced, or rather earlier this year, announced a
Speaker 2: slew of closures across the state, and that plan is
Speaker 2: now coming to fruition. As we hear from wbz's Jim McKay.
Speaker 6: Here at the Kingston Collection, it was revealed this week
Speaker 6: that the anchor store Macy's, will be closing up shop
Speaker 6: in early twenty twenty five. Sad but expected news when
Speaker 6: I'm talking to shoppers, very disappointed.
Speaker 5: I'd love it.
Speaker 1: I'm wearing these clothes from Macy's.
Speaker 6: Bladdy is here with her sister Sarah, and she really
Speaker 6: had some bad timing.
Speaker 5: I just got my Macy's kid.
Speaker 6: Rack up those points while you still can. Gabriella immigrated
Speaker 6: to the US from Zill six years ago, saying Macy's
Speaker 6: was a store she couldn't wait to shop at. Becoming
Speaker 6: an American citizen and moving deploymath Macey's because there's a
Speaker 6: big shop to have everything and every label that we know.
Speaker 6: Sign of the times as brick and mortar department stores
Speaker 6: are getting lapped by online shopping, and the truth hear
Speaker 6: it's the small stores and the boutiques are wonderful, but Macy,
Speaker 6: says the anchor in Kingston, Jim McKay, WBC Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: WBZ News Radio has reached out to Macy's about other
Speaker 2: potential closures in Massachusetts. We have yet to hear back.
Speaker 2: You're now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
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Speaker 2: Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio.