Speaker 1: This is Delbzy, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: We defining local.
Speaker 1: News fifty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock. The
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Speaker 1: People's lives two feet at a time. Good afternoon, I'm
Speaker 1: Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Vice presidential nominee Tim Walls
Speaker 1: unveiling the Democratic Tickets Plan to improve the lives of farmers.
Speaker 1: The plan includes improvements to healthcare and rural communities, along
Speaker 1: with loan forgiveness and grant programs. Because we all.
Speaker 3: Know, if you want to get into farming, access to
Speaker 3: capital is the biggest thing. Vice President Harris knows that
Speaker 3: she knows that our rural neighbors that look, when things
Speaker 3: are hard and difficult, that's when we do it the best,
Speaker 3: and we owe them our full support to make sure
Speaker 3: that they can find an opportunity right now in their hometown.
Speaker 1: Shortly before Walls made the announcement, former President Trump addressed
Speaker 1: the Economic Club in Chicago. He was asked about reports
Speaker 1: that he has talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin since office.
Speaker 1: I don't comment on that, but I will tell you
Speaker 1: that if I did, it's a smart thing.
Speaker 4: If I'm friendly with people, if I have a relationship
Speaker 4: with people, that's a good thing, not a bit I
Speaker 4: think in terms of a country.
Speaker 1: The sound courtesy of Bloomberg, whose editor in chief moderated
Speaker 1: the conversation. Election Day Right Ahead, three weeks in counting,
Speaker 1: and tonight at Massachusetts politics hits high gear. Massachusetts Senator
Speaker 1: Elizabeth Warren faces off against her Republican challenger John Deeton
Speaker 1: in the first of two debates. Warren is seeking her
Speaker 1: third six year term as the US Senator, while Deaton
Speaker 1: has positioned himself as the Republican's moderate voice. Tonight's debate
Speaker 1: is being hosted by WBZTV. You can hear it live here,
Speaker 1: on WBZ News Radio and on the iHeartRadio app at
Speaker 1: eight thirty this evening. FEMA's back of the ground at
Speaker 1: hard hit portions of western North Carolina workers there have
Speaker 1: been the subject of threats. North Carolina's Governor Roy Cooper
Speaker 1: ordering law enforcement to travel with FEMA agents. There has
Speaker 1: been an arrest made. Police say William Parsons made threatening
Speaker 1: comments and was found with the rifle and handgun. Feeding
Speaker 1: all this according to Female Administrator Dian Chriswell. The spread
Speaker 1: of misinformation.
Speaker 2: The ongoing spread of misinformation about operations is not okay.
Speaker 2: It has got to stop.
Speaker 1: The federal family has been here, working side by side
Speaker 1: with the state since day one. Chris Wild says the
Speaker 1: information is also deterring people from getting the help they need.
Speaker 1: What's wrong with your computer? Probably nothing, but you might
Speaker 1: get an unsolicited to email or pop up warning saying
Speaker 1: that there is. In that case, chances are some scammers
Speaker 1: on a phishing expedition.
Speaker 5: The person sending that email is posing as a friendly
Speaker 5: tech support specialist who's watching your computer for problems. But
Speaker 5: think about it.
Speaker 4: There are not enough tech support people in this world
Speaker 4: to be monitoring every computer that is out there.
Speaker 5: The FBI Jeffrey Risinger says that fake tech person will
Speaker 5: at some point request payment for services money moved into
Speaker 5: a crypto wallet.
Speaker 1: When you move that money into that new wallet, the
Speaker 1: money is then gone.
Speaker 5: Americans last year lost one point six billion dollars to
Speaker 5: tech support schemes like that one Gymerly in ABC News.
Speaker 1: The Heley Administration awarding close to two million dollars in
Speaker 1: grants to pay for clean energy projects across the state.
Speaker 1: Dozens of communities will be getting thousands of dollars in funding.
Speaker 1: The money will pay for projects to cut down on
Speaker 1: fossil fuels and overall energy use in cities and towns.
Speaker 1: Many of the projects will replace windows because communities aren't
Speaker 1: allowed to use and the other grant to do that
Speaker 1: A halfway decent night, though. It will be cool tonight,
Speaker 1: so maybe an extra layer as you head out in
Speaker 1: about mostly clear skies. Temperature is about forty two. Downtown.
Speaker 1: There'll be a breeze around, and so even in the
Speaker 1: city it's going to feel like it's in the thirties,
Speaker 1: probably only in the thirties in some of the inland suburbs.
Speaker 1: Partially Sunday Tomorrow we'll have that chili breeze around again.
Speaker 1: Fifty seven for the high. Temperatures in the upper fifties
Speaker 1: on Thursday, with some sunshine, low sixties on Friday, and
Speaker 1: then it looks like we'll have some sunshine and temperatures
Speaker 1: close to seventy on Saturday. Right now, we're at fifty
Speaker 1: three degrees in Boston. I'm a throwing casket trying to
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Speaker 4: It is a little goofy but adorable, lovable, and how
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Speaker 6: Come on, that's Scott Ginsburg, the founder and CEO of
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Speaker 4: It is reincarnated and what's a funeral director?
Speaker 6: We think Mort is a plush toy with big eyes,
Speaker 6: a big smile, and a green bow tie. And yes,
Speaker 6: he's shaped like a coffin. The online coffin retailer wanted
Speaker 6: to normalize conversations around death and dying. They created more
Speaker 6: to try and break the ice and make having tough
Speaker 6: talks easier while spreading the word about Titan Casket that
Speaker 6: gives grieving families more options for affordable prices.
Speaker 4: Families don't have really a lot of options, so we
Speaker 4: set a Titan Casket so families don't have to take
Speaker 4: in motional loss and turn it into a financial loss.
Speaker 6: I'm a Friedman w b Z, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: Jos for Kicks, Boston's newest soccer team announces what it
Speaker 1: will be called.
Speaker 2: We have a name.
Speaker 6: This is our city, our new team, our new missions.
Speaker 7: Three Boss Miss the National Women's Soccer League is officially
Speaker 7: announced The name of the pro women's football squad soon
Speaker 7: to play in Boston. In a video on X Today,
Speaker 7: the league says the Green and Black clad team will
Speaker 7: hit the pitch in twenty twenty six, but where they'll
Speaker 7: call home is still up in the air right now.
Speaker 7: The plan is to fix up White Stadium and Franklin
Speaker 7: Park so the team can use it as a home
Speaker 7: base alongside some Boston public school teams, but some residents
Speaker 7: have been opposing that project for months, even filing suit.
Speaker 7: In a statement today, the group Franklin Park defenders, as
Speaker 7: a private team has no place in a public park.
Speaker 7: Last month, Boston School Committee moved ahead on the project
Speaker 7: by voting to let Superintendent Mary Skipper enter lease negotiations.
Speaker 7: Jeremy Russ w b Z, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1: The spooky seasons here, and after what was sort of
Speaker 1: a spooky season for the Red Sox, they're ready to
Speaker 1: celebrate Halloween. On Saturday, October twenty sixth, the Socks will
Speaker 1: be hosting Halloween Movie Night at Fenway Park. Beatle Juice.
Speaker 1: Beetlejuice will play on the center field score board. Cost
Speaker 1: is ten bucks for adults, five bucks for kids. Before
Speaker 1: that something free for everyone trick or treating around the
Speaker 1: warning track and other activities from three point thirty to
Speaker 1: six pm. Oh, great turkey, where are you get the
Speaker 1: bigger bird? This year? Prices are falling on birds, but
Speaker 1: not everything on your Thanksgiving menu will be cheaper.
Speaker 2: Some good news for the main core shoppers can expect
Speaker 2: to pay sixteen percent less for turkeys this year compared
Speaker 2: to last year, though ham prices are up five point
Speaker 2: two percent. Side dishes are a bit more expensive. This year.
Speaker 2: Sweet potatoes saw a four percent increase. Rusted potatoes are
Speaker 2: at an all time high, up fourteen percent. For other produce,
Speaker 2: consider buying fresh. Canned green beans are up nearly nine percent,
Speaker 2: and can pumpkin prices jump to wopping thirty percent compared
Speaker 2: to last year.
Speaker 1: That is ABC's Trevor Alt. You are now in the loop.
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