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

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<v Speaker 1>What is going on here twenties and thirties as we

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<v Speaker 1>get started this morning. Good morning, It's six o'clock under

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<v Speaker 1>mainly clear skies. It's thirty two degrees here in Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>The News at six is brought to us by your

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<v Speaker 1>new England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for being with us on this Wednesday morning. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Brown. It's the season of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Witch chilly today with some sun followed by increasing clouds.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have a little rain and vis little at times tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>As in which way do we go? WBZ achi weather

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<v Speaker 1>meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Only in the forties today, but tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>we're back in the sixties. It's Global tariff Day and

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<v Speaker 1>no one really knows yet what that means. President Trump

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<v Speaker 1>says he's got a playbook of how retaliatory levies will

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<v Speaker 1>roll out and affect the rest of the planet, and

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<v Speaker 1>he will reveal those plans to the rest of us

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<v Speaker 1>this afternoon from the White House. Experts say it is

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<v Speaker 1>say sure bet. The long promised twenty five percent tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>will hit Canada and Mexico and more levies will include China.

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<v Speaker 1>It is also expected that the so called Dirty fifteen countries,

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<v Speaker 1>which account for the bulk of trading with the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>will be affected to some degree. They also include the

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<v Speaker 1>European Union Nations, Vietnam, Japan, and India. Time is of

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<v Speaker 1>the essence for TikTok. President Trump will listen to final

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<v Speaker 1>pitches from American companies willing to step to the plate

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<v Speaker 1>to buy the social media app from its Chinese owners.

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<v Speaker 1>Today at the White House, one of the President's first

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<v Speaker 1>executive orders since taking office was to give a seventy

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<v Speaker 1>five day lifeline to TikTok to sell itself or risk

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<v Speaker 1>being shut down in the United States. A deadline day

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<v Speaker 1>is Saturday, but the President says he's confident a deal

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<v Speaker 1>will be struck between now and then. New research shows

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<v Speaker 1>more Americans are avoiding the doctor's office these days.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, simple answer, why it's too expensive to get medical treatment.

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<v Speaker 3>The latest pull from Gallup reveals eleven percent of US

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<v Speaker 3>over the last three months say treatment is not an

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<v Speaker 3>option because of the price tag, and there is a

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<v Speaker 3>widening gap among blacks and Hispanics. It's the highest level

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<v Speaker 3>of unaffordability in four years. The report shows white and

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<v Speaker 3>high earning hosseholds are not affected. Druvaholland WBC Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 1>How much of New England is at a loss today?

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<v Speaker 1>With millions of dollars in federal funding of Planned Parenthood

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<v Speaker 1>centers yanked away. More than four million bucks vanish across

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<v Speaker 1>four states in this region. New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island

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<v Speaker 1>all hit in the latest round of austerity. The latest

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<v Speaker 1>target of DOGE and the Trump administration nationwide planned Parenthood

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<v Speaker 1>was to use that money to pay for annual exams,

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<v Speaker 1>cancer treatment, and birth control. There's no telling if that

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<v Speaker 1>money will ever come back. So far, it appears that

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<v Speaker 1>Massachusetts and Vermont are unscathed, at least for now. Le

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<v Speaker 1>Bruins continue to circle the drain as Washington's Alex Ovechkin

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<v Speaker 1>gets one goal closer to Hockey's goat Bees lose the Garden.

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics will go for ten wins in a row Tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>They're back ated in the Garden against Miami. Later on

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<v Speaker 1>The Red Sox Traveling Road Show resets tonight in Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 1>First pitch six thirty five from Iceman to his role

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<v Speaker 1>in Batman Forever Hollywood remembers a fan favorite.

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<v Speaker 4>Savy eats Maverick. The Kid eat Maverick. That's why I

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<v Speaker 4>fought for you. That's why you're still here.

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<v Speaker 1>Val Kilmer's most recent role in Top Gun Maverick. His

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<v Speaker 1>voice altered electronically. His family says Kilmer had been treated

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<v Speaker 1>for throat cancer for several years, but they say his

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<v Speaker 1>death is due to complications from pneumonia. Val Kilmer was

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<v Speaker 1>sixty five clouds. As we get started on this Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>morning in Boston, it is ridiculously cold once again, thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two degrees here in the city, which means that likely

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<v Speaker 1>in many of our suburbs where you're waking up this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>the dashboard in the car reads in the twenties. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not unusual, seeing a number of twenties across the board

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<v Speaker 1>this morning. This is really just a reminder that winter

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<v Speaker 1>has not entirely left behind. Temperatures today only going to

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<v Speaker 1>get into the mid forties. We will see some sunshine

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<v Speaker 1>along the way. It's going to be breezy once again,

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<v Speaker 1>so even while it's in the forties, it's gonna be needing.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to be needing a winter coat more than

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<v Speaker 1>likely throughout much of the day today. Things do tend

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<v Speaker 1>to change this time of year rather rapidly. Overnight Tonight

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures will rise tomorrow. We'll be back in the sixties

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<v Speaker 1>by tomorrow afternoon. There might be some showers on our

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<v Speaker 1>doorstep later on tomorrow as well, and then into Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>Friday looks like it's actually going to be a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>decent day with clouds breaking for sunshine, high temperatures in

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<v Speaker 1>the mid to upper sixties, maybe near seventy degrees. This

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<v Speaker 1>is opening day for the Red Sox by the way

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<v Speaker 1>at Fenway Park against the Cardinals, and it does look

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<v Speaker 1>like there's a reasonable expectation we might see seventy on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday afternoon. Right now, it's a far cry thirty two

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<v Speaker 1>degrees partly cloudy skies. As we get started at six

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<v Speaker 1>oh six on this Wednesday morning, it is time to

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<v Speaker 1>get those steps in today. Walk sign is on the

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<v Speaker 1>cross now.

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<v Speaker 2>Participating in National Walking Days just as easy as putting

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<v Speaker 2>one foot in front of the other.

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<v Speaker 1>It's how many of us get around.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes it can seem faster than trying to navigate

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<v Speaker 2>through Boston while cars and trucks are stuck in traffic,

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<v Speaker 2>just keep a close eye on the cobblestone and brick sidewalks.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also good for you, as it's recommended to get

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<v Speaker 2>thirty to sixty minutes of walking in a day to

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<v Speaker 2>improve your health, both physical and mental. In the West End,

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<v Speaker 2>James throwhas w b Z, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Karen Reid tells supporters that being back on trial for

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<v Speaker 1>murder is kind of like de Jarvus. Jury selection continues

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<v Speaker 1>this morning in the Karen Reid case in Norfolk Superior Court.

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<v Speaker 1>Hundreds of potential jurors will be asked to fill out

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<v Speaker 1>a three page questionnaire for starters before being vetted by lawyers.

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<v Speaker 1>By that process, two jurors have been selected in the

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<v Speaker 1>murder retrial in the twenty twenty two killing of Boston

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<v Speaker 1>police officer John O'Keeffe in Kenton. Judge Beverly Canoni says

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<v Speaker 1>she expects jury selection could take several weeks. A retired

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<v Speaker 1>Massachusetts State Police trooper changes his mind and is now

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<v Speaker 1>expected to plead guilty to charges connected to a commercial

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<v Speaker 1>driver's license scam. Sixty four year old Calvin Butner of

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<v Speaker 1>Halifax will change his plea on several charges He and

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<v Speaker 1>several others were involved in a conspiracy to hand out

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<v Speaker 1>these licenses to application to applicants who either failed the

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<v Speaker 1>exam or didn't take the exam at all. Others caught

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<v Speaker 1>up in the scheme include current and former state police troopers.

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<v Speaker 1>Butner will appear in Boston Federal Court on Monday for

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<v Speaker 1>a change of plea. Hearing the charges as they stand

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<v Speaker 1>could send Butner to prison if convicted for more than

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred years. A timeless shop finally goes silent in Arlington.

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<v Speaker 1>Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, Massachusetts, was the last place in

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<v Speaker 1>the state where you could get your wonderful old manual

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<v Speaker 1>typewriter repaired. After forty five years in business, seventy year

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<v Speaker 1>old Tom Furrier has called it a day.

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<v Speaker 2>Just me, that's it. That's why my customers are so excited,

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<v Speaker 2>because I know there's nobody here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oddly enough, he's closing it a time when typewriters are

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<v Speaker 1>more popular than they've been in a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>People think I'm crazy because this is the busiest I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>Christopher Cruz, CBS News. Tom Farrier once got a gift

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<v Speaker 1>of a typewriter from Tom Hanks. He tried for years

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<v Speaker 1>to find a buyer for Cambridge typewriter, but none could

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<v Speaker 1>be found, so Tom is off to retirements. You are

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<v Speaker 1>now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news Radio.