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

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<v Speaker 1>six o'clock Thursday here in Boston, and we are under

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<v Speaker 1>clear skies or mostly clear skies fifty five here in

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<v Speaker 1>the city. The News at six is brought to us

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<v Speaker 1>by your new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel

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<v Speaker 1>drive headquarters. Welcome aboard this Thursday. I'm Jeff Brown. Will

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<v Speaker 1>make this short and oh so sweet.

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<v Speaker 2>Times of sun and clouds today and rather nice to

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<v Speaker 2>high seventy to seventy four.

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<v Speaker 1>And is wbzachu weather meteorologist Joe Lunberg near eighty tomorrow afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>almost a week after one of the deadliest and most

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<v Speaker 1>expensive hurricanes in the United States this century, about a

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<v Speaker 1>million customers remain without electricity from Florida all the way

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<v Speaker 1>to Virginia this morning, the Carolina's hardest hit as you

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<v Speaker 1>can imagine, thousands are without water as well. The environmental

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<v Speaker 1>hazards are just beginning to be felt even where water

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<v Speaker 1>is avail, its contaminated, officials say, and the presence of

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<v Speaker 1>mold is also starting to take effect and hitting community's

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<v Speaker 1>hardest hit by Helene. Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, say

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<v Speaker 1>it may take weeks before clean water returns to the Taps.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Rushashana this morning, the beginning of the Jewish high holidays.

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<v Speaker 1>Security at local synagogues and places of worship has been

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<v Speaker 1>increased in Greater Boston Today. Israel continues to vow revenge

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<v Speaker 1>on Iran for launching hundreds of missiles inside its territory

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<v Speaker 1>this week. President Biden says the United States will continue

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<v Speaker 1>to support Israel's right to defend itself, but stop short

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<v Speaker 1>and warns Prime Minister Benjamin Etnyaho of attacking Iran's nuclear sites.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be a line in the sand that mister

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<v Speaker 1>Biden will not cross. Israel also continues its air and

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<v Speaker 1>ground assault into southern Lebanon as thousands of Americans in

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<v Speaker 1>that country try to evacuate baseball's Wildcard playoffs. How magic

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<v Speaker 1>continues the Tigers sweetly Usher they call on ESPN as

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<v Speaker 1>the Tigers knock out the Astros in Houston after seven

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<v Speaker 1>consecutive runs to the American League Championship Series. San Diego,

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City also advanced. Mets and Brewers will decide the

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<v Speaker 1>winner of that series. Tonight, Preseats in Hockey sends the

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<v Speaker 1>Bruins out west to Los Angeles. They get the Kings

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<v Speaker 1>later on Week five of the NFL gets underway. Tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay visits Atlanta. Still nothing is moving. It ports

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<v Speaker 1>from Boston to the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Some

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<v Speaker 1>forty five thousand DOC workers continue to strike, looking for

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<v Speaker 1>better pay, better benefits, and more protections from automation. Now

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<v Speaker 1>many of us are panic buying. With a raid on

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<v Speaker 1>grocery stores for any paper products we can find, and

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<v Speaker 1>toilet paper especially, we might as well say Hi, I'm me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's me, and the problem it's me. Experts say any

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<v Speaker 1>shortages of any goods on store shelves these days is

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<v Speaker 1>likely caused by the panic buying and not the strike itself. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>state health officials say a summertime threat is beginning to

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<v Speaker 1>fade fast.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a welcome spot of news for this dat. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I believed that the DPHS announced the risk level of

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<v Speaker 3>triple E is no longer high or critical in any

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<v Speaker 3>base day community, a big change from just a few

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<v Speaker 3>weeks ago when sixteen cities and towns across the state

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<v Speaker 3>were deemed an excessive risk for the virus as well

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<v Speaker 3>West Nile.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always a concern, especially with young kids.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. The Public Health Commissioner says risk levels for

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<v Speaker 3>the viruses will remain moderate until the first tird frost

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<v Speaker 3>of the season and encourages people to keep up with

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<v Speaker 3>measures to avoid mosquito bites. Chris Foalm a WBZ Boston's

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<v Speaker 3>News radio, and.

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<v Speaker 1>We begin to turn the page as we are starting

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<v Speaker 1>to see some improvements in our overall weather conditions. Actually

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<v Speaker 1>a nice day and the afternoon yesterday that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>continue today. We're going to see a pretty decent sunrise

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<v Speaker 1>as well, that's on the way. It's fifty five right

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<v Speaker 1>now in the city and a mix of sun and

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<v Speaker 1>clouds throughout the rest of the afternoon. High temperatures will

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<v Speaker 1>be in the low seventies, partly cloudy, back into the

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<v Speaker 1>fifties overnight tonight. Some fog might read us tomorrow morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Otherwise it's going to be partly to mostly sunny, with

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<v Speaker 1>highs getting very close to eighty to round out the

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<v Speaker 1>work week. Tomorrow. Looks like the weekend is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be pretty dry for the most part and pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>looking two. We might see a couple of showers in

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<v Speaker 1>isolated spots to greet us on Saturday morning, but otherwise

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<v Speaker 1>mix the sun and clouds for the rest of the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Daytime highs will be in the seventies on Saturday, mid

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<v Speaker 1>to upper sixties on Sunday. All in all, not bad

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<v Speaker 1>right now, mainly clear skies in fifty five in Boston

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<v Speaker 1>at six oh five on this Thursday morning. New research

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<v Speaker 1>finds traffic in all cities is not created equal.

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<v Speaker 2>Does Cambridge deserve the ranking of twenty eighth most stress

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<v Speaker 2>free city to drive in according to a poll of

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand so called seasoned travelers. Yes, but those who

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<v Speaker 2>live and work here would begs differ.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you find that accurate?

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<v Speaker 3>No, not at all.

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<v Speaker 2>We tried driving through Hobbit Square three o'clock in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Good luck with that because it's a lot of hustle

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<v Speaker 1>and bustle in the neighborhoods, the traffics out of control.

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<v Speaker 2>Soe you'll agree with that absolutely not. Kembridge is certainly

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<v Speaker 2>a nice place to live in a stressfu replace to

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<v Speaker 2>live generally, but to drive, I'm not so sure. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>Wooster came in as the seventy second least stressful city

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<v Speaker 2>to drive in. Lewiston, Maine took the number one spot

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<v Speaker 2>in Cambridge James Rojas WBZ Boston Snooze Radio. The MBTA's

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<v Speaker 2>Green Line extension remains off limits this morning. Shuttle buses

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<v Speaker 2>once again are in place following this week's derailment near

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<v Speaker 2>the Leechmere stop, and this is going to be in

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<v Speaker 2>place until further notice. Federal investigators from the NTSB, along

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<v Speaker 2>with the MBTA continue to take a closer look at

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<v Speaker 2>the train and the tracks, although early indications point to

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<v Speaker 2>operator error as the cause that forced passengers to hoof

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<v Speaker 2>it along the tracks and left seven with minor injuries

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<v Speaker 2>earlier this week. Preliminary results from the NTSB's investigation aren't

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<v Speaker 2>expected to be released in about a month. Grief counselors

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<v Speaker 2>will be available for kids at the Dana Barrows Basketball

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<v Speaker 2>Club in Stoton after a sixth grader from Brockton collapses

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<v Speaker 2>from what's being described as a medical event. The eleven

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<v Speaker 2>year old middle schooler was given CPR on the court,

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<v Speaker 2>but later died after being taken to the hospital, official

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<v Speaker 2>say and investigation is underway, but the death does not

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<v Speaker 2>appear to be suspicious. A substitute teacher in Lynnfield Public

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<v Speaker 2>Schools has been fired. Official say Jarrick Reiner has connections

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<v Speaker 2>to hate based ideology and is no longer employed or

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<v Speaker 2>allowed on school grounds. A self described neo Nazi. School

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<v Speaker 2>officials tell parents his behavior does not align with school values.

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<v Speaker 2>The numbers are in and the eyes have it. Ratings

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<v Speaker 2>for this week's vice presidential debate are out. Let's dig

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<v Speaker 2>into it now with wz's Drew mohollands. Good morning, Andrew,

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, Jeffrey. America is watching.

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<v Speaker 1>Center Vance has said that there's a climate problem.

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<v Speaker 4>In the past, Donald Trump called it a hoax, that.

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<v Speaker 2>They really believe that climate change is serious. What they

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<v Speaker 2>would be doing is more manufacturing and more energy production

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<v Speaker 2>in the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 4>And of course, heard on the iHeart app End right

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<v Speaker 4>here ONBBZ News Radio, forty three million of US tuned in.

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<v Speaker 4>And that may sound like a lot, but rating service

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<v Speaker 4>Nielsen says that's down twenty five percent from twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 4>s face off between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. The debate,

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<v Speaker 4>hosted by CBS News, was simulcast on more than a

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<v Speaker 4>dozen networks, but CBS takes the cake with nearly ten

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<v Speaker 4>million viewers. Jeffery, it's a lot of eyeballs. Yeah, all right, Drew,

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<v Speaker 4>thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio