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

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<v Speaker 2>News sixty three degrees in Boston at three o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. For residents of Florida

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<v Speaker 2>who haven't evacuated ahead of Hurricane Milton. Time is quickly

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<v Speaker 2>running out. But for those still looking to get out

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<v Speaker 2>of dodge, Florida's Governor Rod Dessentda says, you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to take the interstate.

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<v Speaker 3>When you hear evacuate. Don't think you've got to get

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<v Speaker 3>on the interstate and outrun the storm. You can find

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<v Speaker 3>safe places on higher ground, hunker down, and then be

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<v Speaker 3>able to go back to your home when the storm passes.

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<v Speaker 2>The latest update from the National Hurricane Center says Milton

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<v Speaker 2>is regaining some of its strength on the CUSP now

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<v Speaker 2>of becoming a Category five storm again. Top wins one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty five miles an hour. It is five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty miles to the southwest of Tampa, Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>moving at about eight miles an hour. It's expected to

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<v Speaker 2>make landfall sometime tomorrow, probably tomorrow night. Still as a

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<v Speaker 2>major hurricane, President Biden has been connecting with governors of

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<v Speaker 2>states impacted by Hurricane Helene as crews worked to rebuild

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<v Speaker 2>after that devastating storm.

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<v Speaker 4>President Biden says he's spoken to all the political leaders

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<v Speaker 4>in the Southeast region, some more than once, and told

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<v Speaker 4>them anything they ask for they can get from the

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<v Speaker 4>federal government.

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<v Speaker 5>We've gotten overwhelming response, a positive response from everyone from

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<v Speaker 5>the governors of Florida up to North Carolina and mayor's leaders.

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<v Speaker 5>Local Kevi expressed versus their gratitude for the work of

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<v Speaker 5>FEMA and for the work my entire administration.

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<v Speaker 4>The President said he gave state and local officials his

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<v Speaker 4>personal cell phone to reach out over the next several

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<v Speaker 4>days as Milton makes its way toward Florida. Karen Traver's

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<v Speaker 4>ABC News lu Wayne.

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<v Speaker 2>House remembering l Tante. Red Sox Hall of Famer Louis

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<v Speaker 2>Tiana has died. In eight years with the Red Sox,

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<v Speaker 2>Tianto one of his two ERA titles. He's best known

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<v Speaker 2>for his dominant performance in Game one of the nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five World Series. He tossed a complete game shutout

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<v Speaker 2>and even went one for three at the plate, scoring

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<v Speaker 2>the winning run. Team owner John Henry saying in a

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<v Speaker 2>statement that Tian had an unforgettable presence and a smile

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<v Speaker 2>that could light up Fenway. His former teammate Fred Lynn,

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<v Speaker 2>writing on ex the Ti was a big game pitcher

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<v Speaker 2>and a funny, genuine guy who loved his family and baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Louis Tiant was eighty three State Attorney General Andrea Campbell

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<v Speaker 2>joining a multi state lawsuit accusing TikTok of harming its

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<v Speaker 2>young users. The attorney General says TikTok's parent company intentionally

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<v Speaker 2>designed the app to be addictive and harmful so younger users.

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<v Speaker 2>The suit claims the company deceived the public about how

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<v Speaker 2>it was working to keep the app safe.

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<v Speaker 6>Our roll was to hold the.

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<v Speaker 3>Company accountable for its unlawful conduct and to stop the

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<v Speaker 3>company from engaging in practices that exploited our.

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<v Speaker 2>Young people for profit. In a statement, TikTok tells WBZ

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio it disagrees with the inaccurate and misleading claims

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<v Speaker 2>in the lawsuit and that the company has added mandatory

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<v Speaker 2>and voluntary safeguard in the app. There are a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of hotly contested legislative races across the country this election season,

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<v Speaker 2>but experts say you won't find one in Massachusetts. The

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<v Speaker 2>commonwealth ranked is dead last on politics site ballot Pedia's

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<v Speaker 2>annual state legislative Competitiveness Report. The authors found only ten

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the seats in the state legislature were opened

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<v Speaker 2>during the primaries, and only eighteen incumbents had contested primaries.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a fan of the fall weather, this is

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<v Speaker 2>a week for you. We've got the sunshine around today.

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<v Speaker 2>Temperatures have been into the sixties. Tonight will fall to

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<v Speaker 2>about fifty Downtown mid forties and many of the inland

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<v Speaker 2>suburbs a sunshine Tomorrow mid sixties and then Tomorrow night

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<v Speaker 2>partly cloudy, low forty eight. Thursday about sixty degrees or

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<v Speaker 2>so with mostly sunny skies. It's going to be chilly.

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<v Speaker 2>We may fall into the thirties in many of the

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<v Speaker 2>suburbs Thursday nights. We call that crisp air. Friday, mostly sunny,

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<v Speaker 2>a bit milder in the afternoon. Sixty five for the

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<v Speaker 2>high temperature. It is sixty three right now in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>A big bump in cash soon. We'll make ferry rides smooth.

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<v Speaker 2>They're in Quincy of the Bez's Kyles Shaffle as the tales.

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<v Speaker 2>It started out as a way for people to get

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<v Speaker 2>to work.

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<v Speaker 1>The original per that was built was built to ferry

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<v Speaker 1>the workers to Deer Island and the pair has gone

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<v Speaker 1>aways a little bit and we need a new investment

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<v Speaker 1>here and that's what today's about.

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<v Speaker 6>And as Quincy Mayor Thomas Cook will tell you, this

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<v Speaker 6>Quantum Point Park Ferry Pier still is, but many more

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<v Speaker 6>people use it these days. Now the city and the

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<v Speaker 6>tier are looking to entice even more riders with a

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<v Speaker 6>four million dollars touch up of the decades old pier.

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<v Speaker 6>Congressman Stephen Lynch helped them get the money.

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<v Speaker 2>Trying to get people out of their cars onto the ferry,

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<v Speaker 2>especially the heavy traffic that comes from the South Shore

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<v Speaker 2>in my district. He says.

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<v Speaker 6>Ridership is up one hundred and thirty percent year over year.

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<v Speaker 6>The mayor says city residents and officials have been pushing

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<v Speaker 6>to revamp the peer for years, but with the money

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<v Speaker 6>now in hand.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're finally no pun in tend but we're

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<v Speaker 1>all rowing in the same direction.

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<v Speaker 6>Kyles Schaffle to be BZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>City of Boston announcing who will be tasked with studying

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<v Speaker 2>the impact of Carnie hospitals closing. Boston Public Health Commissioner

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Bisola o Jikutu and the President of the League

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<v Speaker 2>of Community Health Senters, Michael Curry, will co chair the group.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be joined by several politicians, doctors, and healthcare professionals.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been tasked with assessing what the health needs for

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<v Speaker 2>the community are now that Carney Hospital is closed. They'll

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<v Speaker 2>make a recommendation to the Mayor and the governor about

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<v Speaker 2>what the next steps should be. Tennis legend tapped is

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<v Speaker 2>the Grand Marshal of the next Rose Bowl Parade.

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<v Speaker 7>Billy Jan King says she knew early in her life

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<v Speaker 7>that she wanted to be a champion of equality. She says,

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<v Speaker 7>in each of us as an influencer.

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<v Speaker 5>So next time you see a woman leading, don't limit

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<v Speaker 5>or underestimate her.

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<v Speaker 7>King was the first woman athlete to receive the Presidential

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<v Speaker 7>Medal of Freedom and the first individual woman athlete to

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<v Speaker 7>receive the Congressional Gold Medal. She led on the court

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<v Speaker 7>and in other endeavors, and has been chosen to lead

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<v Speaker 7>the one hundred and thirty sixth Rose Bowl Parade. Billy

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<v Speaker 7>Jen King will also be part of the coin flip

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<v Speaker 7>for the game Jennifer Kuiper, CBS News.

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