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

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<v Speaker 2>Cloudy and sixty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. I'm Suzanne Soasville.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what's happening. Hamas responds to the latest US broker

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<v Speaker 2>ceasefile cease fire proposal for the war in Gaza. A

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<v Speaker 2>senior Hamas official says they'd like to see some amendments

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<v Speaker 2>to it, especially on the US guarantees, the timing of

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<v Speaker 2>the release of hostages, the delivery of aid and the

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<v Speaker 2>withdrawal of Israeli forces. Hamas says ten living hostages and

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<v Speaker 2>the bodies of eighteen others would be released. Israeli officials

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<v Speaker 2>have approved the US proposal for a temporary ceasefire in

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<v Speaker 2>the nearly twenty month war. Meanwhile, there are warnings that

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<v Speaker 2>the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to grow. ABC Ian

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<v Speaker 2>Penell reports from Tel.

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<v Speaker 3>Aviv, an American back humanitarian relief operation facing huge problems

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<v Speaker 3>in delivering aids, although it claims to have handed out

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<v Speaker 3>two million meals so far. Meanwhile, you have a planned

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<v Speaker 3>visit to the Palestinian Rum West Bank by Saudi Arabia

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<v Speaker 3>and other Arab countries now being blocked by Israel. In short,

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<v Speaker 3>no sign that the suffering is easing or that pieces

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<v Speaker 3>at hand. Despite President Trump's optimism.

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<v Speaker 2>New Bedford residents are rattled by a video making its

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<v Speaker 2>way around the internet. Wbz's Emma Friedman explains the.

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<v Speaker 4>Video shows a car driving down the road when it

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<v Speaker 4>comes across dozens of rats milling about. Some are alive,

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<v Speaker 4>some dead as the car keeps driving by. There's a

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<v Speaker 4>few similar videos and reports from neighbors taken here an

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<v Speaker 4>industrial area on Shawmut Avenue where residents say there's a

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<v Speaker 4>rat infestation. New Bedford City officials are blaming the ratty

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<v Speaker 4>problem on a major fire last week at El Harvey

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<v Speaker 4>Waste and Recycling Services. It operates the Shamat Avenue waste

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<v Speaker 4>transfer station, and since the fire, the rats have been

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<v Speaker 4>pouring into the surrounding streets. Mayor John Mitchell and several

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<v Speaker 4>city departments have visited the area. New Bedford Health's department

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<v Speaker 4>is directing the waste management service to put out dozens

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<v Speaker 4>of bait stations and snap traps around the property, fumigate

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<v Speaker 4>the boroughs, and do some cleanup. El Harvey says they've

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<v Speaker 4>already taken action, partnering with pest control firms, doing daily

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<v Speaker 4>inspections and working with the city. It's also investing millions

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<v Speaker 4>to upgrade the facility. I'ma Friedman w b z B,

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<v Speaker 4>Austin's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham overwhelmingly voted to unionize.

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<v Speaker 2>The Globe reports that doctors voted one to eighty three

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty six yesterday to join the Service Employees International Union.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the latest sign of frustration for physicians at the

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<v Speaker 2>state's largest healthcare system, who say they're overworked, underpaid, and demoralized.

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<v Speaker 2>Mass General Brigham has opposed the union campaign and last

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<v Speaker 2>week challenged it to the National Labor Relations Board, saying

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<v Speaker 2>many of the doctors are in eligible to join the

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<v Speaker 2>union because of a technicality. After yesterday's vote, Mass General

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<v Speaker 2>Brigham said it respects the rights of employees to organize

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<v Speaker 2>and is quote committed to ensuring that any such process

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<v Speaker 2>complies with applicable labor law. The forecast brought to you

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<v Speaker 2>by some pump geeks powered by Pioneer Basements. A couple

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<v Speaker 2>of showers this evening, then clear and a bit cooler,

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<v Speaker 2>with a low of fifty Tomorrow, the first day of June,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be breezy with a mix of sun and

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<v Speaker 2>clouds and a high of just sixty six on Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>partly to mostly sunny high near seventy and done Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>That's when things pick up a little bit and it

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<v Speaker 2>starts to feel more like summer is coming, mostly sunny

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<v Speaker 2>with a high of seventy five. Right now in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>it's cloudy and sixty three degrees. A new program in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>led by the Boston Office of Nightlife Economy, is just

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<v Speaker 2>weeks away from opening across the city wb ZE. Charlie

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<v Speaker 2>Bergeron has more.

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<v Speaker 5>The Late Night Food Truck program will provide vendors with

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<v Speaker 5>an opportunity to set up at sites designated for late

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<v Speaker 5>night service. Seven sites have been selected. Those sites will

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<v Speaker 5>be located near hospitals, universities, music venues, and nightlife, providing

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<v Speaker 5>workers and residents and patrons nighttime food options. Food truck

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<v Speaker 5>operators will participate in an online lottery, which will take

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<v Speaker 5>place this coming Friday, June sixth, at four o'clock. Interested

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<v Speaker 5>vendors should sign up online by Wednesday to ensure they're

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<v Speaker 5>entered into the lottery. The Office of Nightlife Economy will

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<v Speaker 5>announce the list of locations and food truck operators after

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<v Speaker 5>the lottery. The late night food truck season will run

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<v Speaker 5>throughout the summer and end in the fall. Charlie Birdger

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<v Speaker 5>on WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>At Harvard's commencement this week, U rong Xiang, a graduate

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<v Speaker 2>from China who studied international development, says she arrived at

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<v Speaker 2>the school thinking she would help end hunger and poverty,

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<v Speaker 2>but now wonders if her worldview is under threat.

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<v Speaker 4>We're starting to believe those who think those who think differently,

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<v Speaker 4>vote differently, well pray differently.

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<v Speaker 1>But are they.

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<v Speaker 2>Across the ocean We're sitting right next to us.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not just rom.

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<v Speaker 2>When mistakenly see them as evil.

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<v Speaker 1>But it doesn't have to be this way.

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<v Speaker 2>Shang's speech never directly mentioned the Trump administration nor its

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<v Speaker 2>multi pronged attack on Harvard, but she said the turmoil

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<v Speaker 2>and its impact on her classmates was on her mind

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<v Speaker 2>as she delivered her speech. Meantime, Harvard is returning historic

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<v Speaker 2>photographs of slaves to a woman who says she's their relative.

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<v Speaker 2>The photos will be transferred to a South Carolina museum

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<v Speaker 2>devoted to black history.

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<v Speaker 1>TA Mari Lanier has fought for fifteen years to get

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<v Speaker 1>the haunting images of Papa Rinsy and his daughter from Harvard,

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<v Speaker 1>and settled this week in a deal that removed them

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<v Speaker 1>from the school's ownership. I believe that he is feeling vindicated.

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<v Speaker 5>I feel that he is feeling validated.

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<v Speaker 1>The images, made with an early photographic method, were commissioned

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<v Speaker 1>by a Harvard biologist whose theories were once used to

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<v Speaker 1>support slavery in the US. He took nude pictures.

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<v Speaker 4>These inside people were forced to disrobe, They were poked,

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<v Speaker 4>they were prodded.

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<v Speaker 1>Her ancestors were used to promote black inferiority, but.

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<v Speaker 4>In reality, Renty and Gillier were educated people.

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<v Speaker 1>Renti was actually an educator. He was self taught. Allison Key,

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<v Speaker 1>CPS News.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Suzanne Sosville, WBZ, Boston's news radio