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

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty nine degrees feels like twenty four in Boston at

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<v Speaker 2>four o'clock, I'm Kyle Bray and here's what's happening. Thousands

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<v Speaker 2>gathered on the Common this afternoon to march in honor

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<v Speaker 2>of International Women's Day. WBZ Suzanne Sasville was there.

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<v Speaker 3>On the Next Revolution.

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<v Speaker 4>Thousands of men and women of all ages come out

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<v Speaker 4>to protest the Trump administration. One sign reads to port

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<v Speaker 4>Musk removed Trump. Trish is from Marshfield.

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<v Speaker 5>I feel like we all have to stand up and

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<v Speaker 5>show our faces and get loud and get busy and

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<v Speaker 5>organize against this regime that's taken over our government.

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<v Speaker 4>Eighty five year old Betty Slade rented a bus to

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<v Speaker 4>bring forty people from the Cape, including her ninety six

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<v Speaker 4>year old husband.

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<v Speaker 3>We're amazed that we have to fight again and again for.

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<v Speaker 2>Civil rights, women's rights, human rights, decency and compassion. But

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<v Speaker 2>we do, don't we We do?

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<v Speaker 4>With flags, banners and signs, they marched through the Common

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<v Speaker 4>to the prew and onto Boylston Street before heading back

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<v Speaker 4>to the Common. Suzanne Sasville, WBZ Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Turning the tariff tables, President Trump is now threatening to

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<v Speaker 2>impose more tariffs on Canada, not long after pausing some

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<v Speaker 2>of them. CBS's Nicole Killian explains.

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<v Speaker 4>He turned up the tough talk on Canada, vowing to

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<v Speaker 4>slap reciprocal tariffs on the US's northern neighbor by early

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<v Speaker 4>next week on lumber and dairy products.

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<v Speaker 6>Canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs

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<v Speaker 6>for lumber and for dairy products two and fifty percent,

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<v Speaker 6>which has taking.

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<v Speaker 2>Advantage of our farmers.

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<v Speaker 6>They'll be met with the exact same tariff unless they

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<v Speaker 6>this week.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump also paused certain tariffs against Mexico until next month.

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<v Speaker 2>With lash for workers at USAID after being fired and

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<v Speaker 2>then rehired, some of them have been let go once again.

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Jennifer Kuiper has more.

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<v Speaker 3>Two sources tell CBS News that USAID is reissuing termination

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<v Speaker 3>notices for probationary workers, essentially refiring them. Probationary workers at

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<v Speaker 3>USAID initially received termination notices on February twenty fourth from

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<v Speaker 3>an email address which was not an official USAID HR

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<v Speaker 3>affiliated email address, but, according to two sources, an email

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<v Speaker 3>address created by DOGE. Two sources tell CBS News that

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<v Speaker 3>HR staff were vocal that they were completely uninvolved with

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<v Speaker 3>the initial terminations and reduction enforces. Jennifer Kuiper, CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>Meanwhile, Governor Heally launches a website to help tens of

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of federal workers that DOGE fired. The site promotes

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<v Speaker 2>new job opportunities and training resources right here in Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time now for the four day WBZAC weather forecast.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a wind advisory in effect tonight until ten o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>We're the risk of wildfires will be will be decreasing

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<v Speaker 2>throughout this evening. Now Todight it will be mainly clear,

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<v Speaker 2>will be brisk and cold. We'll have lows between twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four and twenty eight degrees. Tomorrow will be partly sunny

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<v Speaker 2>with a chili breeze. We'll have highs near forty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow night will have some clouds and will be a

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<v Speaker 2>low of around thirty four. Now on Monday, as we

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<v Speaker 2>headed to the work week, we'll be turning milder with

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<v Speaker 2>some clouds early giving away for plenty of sunshine. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>have a hive around fifty one, and then on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>will be even milder with sun for much of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll start to get highest up close to sixty. They'll

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<v Speaker 2>be between fifty five and fifty eight. Right now in

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<v Speaker 2>Boston it is thirty eight degrees with a real feel

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<v Speaker 2>of thirty five. South Boston is getting ready for its

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<v Speaker 2>annual Saint Patrick's Date parade. Wbz's Mike Macklin.

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<v Speaker 6>Reports Irish music set the mood in the Curly Community

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<v Speaker 6>Center in South Boston, as the neighborhood's Irish community got

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<v Speaker 6>an early start on the same Patrick's Day festivities. Congressman

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<v Speaker 6>Stephen Lynch introducing Mayor Michelle wou just back from Washington,

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<v Speaker 6>where she was grilled by a congressional committee about the

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<v Speaker 6>city's reputation as a sanctuary city for migrants. It was wonderful, wonderful,

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<v Speaker 6>wonderful to have her down there to defend the city

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<v Speaker 6>of Boston and the welcoming city that we are.

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<v Speaker 5>I was there defending immigrants, but also Boston, and I

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<v Speaker 5>told them when I would come home and we would

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<v Speaker 5>have a full month celebrating Boston's Irish American heritage and

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<v Speaker 5>our city being a home for generations and generations of

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<v Speaker 5>people who believed that.

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<v Speaker 6>This is where they could build a better life South Boston.

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<v Speaker 6>Looking forward to March seventeenth and the upcoming Saint Patrick's

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<v Speaker 6>Day parade in South Boston. Mike Maclin WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>A middle school teacher in Needham is on administrative leave

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<v Speaker 2>as he faces several serious charges. CBS News Boston's Tammy

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<v Speaker 2>Mutasa has the details.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventeen years Michael Chickalela was a trusted educator working with

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<v Speaker 1>children and Needham Public schools, but now the High Rock

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<v Speaker 1>Middle School teacher is charged with uploading at least one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty eight images and videos showing young boys

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<v Speaker 1>being sexually abused. The victims we're as young as three

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<v Speaker 1>years old to twelve explode.

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<v Speaker 6>You don't think he did it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna leave that.

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<v Speaker 6>Up to the court.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the teacher's nineteen year old son outside court, after

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<v Speaker 1>being asked about his dad's arrest.

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<v Speaker 4>Wasn't anything too crazy.

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<v Speaker 6>I usually can keep myself composed, So doesn't see that.

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<v Speaker 6>Did your father ever abuse you?

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<v Speaker 1>No, sir, prosecutors say. The forty six year old soccer

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<v Speaker 1>coach even posed as a thirteen year old using an

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<v Speaker 1>online messaging app to cat kids up. Investigators had been

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<v Speaker 1>looking into the teacher since last August.

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<v Speaker 2>In a statement, Needham Public School says they've removed his

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<v Speaker 2>access to buildings, grounds and digital files. Boston based Wayfair

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<v Speaker 2>lays off hundreds of employees, half of which are in Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>The layoffs include three hundred and forty people from its

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<v Speaker 2>technology division. The company says it's working to move its

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<v Speaker 2>platform to the cloud, which means they need to change

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<v Speaker 2>their tech. Wayfair is also shuttering its technology development center

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<v Speaker 2>in Austin, Texas. This is the latest round of masked

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<v Speaker 2>layoffs to impact the company. Last year, Wayfair laid off

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<v Speaker 2>around thirteen percent of its global workforce. You are now

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<v Speaker 2>in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Kyle Bray, WBZ,

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<v Speaker 2>Boston's news radio