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

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<v Speaker 2>The Sun's out twenty six degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Friday morning. As always, Thanks for Tony, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Sherry Small. Here's what's happening going on right now. A

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<v Speaker 2>federal judge is hearing arguments this morning on the Trump

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<v Speaker 2>administration's plans to slash the size of medical research grants.

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<v Speaker 2>Attorneys for the Commonwealth and other states asking US District

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<v Speaker 2>Court Judge Angel Kelly to extend the order blocking the cuts.

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<v Speaker 2>The Trump administration's plan would limit the National Institutes of

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<v Speaker 2>Health Research funding. The NIH the largest funder of biomedical

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<v Speaker 2>research in the nation, and Massachusetts is a top recipient.

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<v Speaker 2>It's estimated research institutes here in the Bay State could

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<v Speaker 2>stand to lose at least five hundred and fifty million.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week, federal judge temporarily blocked the NIH from implementing

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<v Speaker 2>the cuts after Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, along with

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<v Speaker 2>AG's from twenty one other states, all Democrats, sued to

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<v Speaker 2>stop them. In other news, the man accused of murdering

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<v Speaker 2>United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson will be back in court

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<v Speaker 2>this afternoon is Luigi Mangioni's first appearance in a courtroom

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<v Speaker 2>since pleading not guilty to multiple counts of murder. ABC's

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<v Speaker 2>Trevor Alt.

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<v Speaker 3>With mar Andngioni has garnered a massive wave of popularity

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<v Speaker 3>this week, issuing his first statement through a website created

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<v Speaker 3>by his defense team, saying the support has transcended political, racial,

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<v Speaker 3>and even class divisions, and donations continue to pour into

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<v Speaker 3>his defense fund, which has now raised more than half

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<v Speaker 3>of million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>And lawyers from both sides of the case are expected

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<v Speaker 2>to provide updates at today's hearing. A judge could even

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<v Speaker 2>set a trial date. A JETBUU pilot is arrested in

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<v Speaker 2>taken into custody at Logan Airport, sources telling WBCTV the

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<v Speaker 2>pilot was arrested on a flight last night from Boston

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<v Speaker 2>to Paris. Mass State Police say that US Customs and

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<v Speaker 2>Border Protection was conducting its standard review of the passenger

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<v Speaker 2>and crew list when they found an active warrant out

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<v Speaker 2>of North Carolina for thirty three year old Jeremy Gudorf

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<v Speaker 2>of Ohio. Mass State Police assisting in the arrest. They

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<v Speaker 2>have not said, though, what that warrant was for Gudorf

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<v Speaker 2>was expected to appear in East Boston court today. There

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<v Speaker 2>is word that Pope Francis is doing a bit better.

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<v Speaker 2>This morning, ABC's Marcus Moore has the update from Rome.

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<v Speaker 1>Pope Francis continues to receive treatment for pneumonia at Rome's

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<v Speaker 1>Jamelle Hospital. Sources to ABC News, the Pope is still

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<v Speaker 1>working and seeing Vatican officials, spending his time between bed

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<v Speaker 1>and an armchair, also reporting that he's breathing independently. Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 1>doctors said the Pope's condition has improved and signaled that

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<v Speaker 1>he's responding well to treatment. It's unclear how long Pope

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<v Speaker 1>France will remain hospitalized or whether he will lead noon

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<v Speaker 1>prayer on Sunday. Marcus Moore, ABC News.

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<v Speaker 2>Rome Coming up, the Yankees take a page out of

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<v Speaker 2>Boston's playbook. Now a quick look at the four day

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<v Speaker 2>wbz ACU weather forecasts another cold day today, a mix

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<v Speaker 2>of sun and clouds, highs bumping to thirty three degrees.

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<v Speaker 2>Real temps are going to remain mainly in the teens,

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<v Speaker 2>Clear and breezy tonight the lowland the city seventeen ten

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<v Speaker 2>degrees in those inland area's low twenties on the Cape

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<v Speaker 2>in the Islands, and then a Saturday starts a warm

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<v Speaker 2>up trend. We see a slightly warmer day Saturday with

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<v Speaker 2>a high of thirty seven, mostly sunny sky, Sundays high

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<v Speaker 2>near forty, Monday highs forty two to forty six, and

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<v Speaker 2>as we look ahead Tuesday, looking like we'll be in

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<v Speaker 2>the mid forties as well. It's just mostly cloudy. Right

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<v Speaker 2>now in Boston, twenty six degrees at eleven oh four. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees finally reverse a decades long policy governing how

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<v Speaker 2>they're players groom themselves. We get that from WBC's Jeremy Russ.

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<v Speaker 4>Alex Verdugo, Kevin Yuclas, and perhaps the one that hurt

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<v Speaker 4>the most, Damon hit in the air to.

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<v Speaker 1>Right field, check fields back in the corner the wall.

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<v Speaker 4>Grand swam Johnny Damon among the players who had to

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<v Speaker 4>share their glorious beards after joining the New York Yankees.

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<v Speaker 4>For decades has been one of the Evil Empire's most

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<v Speaker 4>infamous commandments, nou shalt not have hair on thy face?

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<v Speaker 3>May I thought I told you to trim those sideburns.

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<v Speaker 2>Go home.

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<v Speaker 1>You're off the.

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<v Speaker 2>Team for good.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, mister burns. But now the policy is no longer.

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<v Speaker 4>The New York Yankees have announced they'll finally let their

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<v Speaker 4>players keep their beards this season, as long as they're

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<v Speaker 4>well groomed. Taking a page out of the Red Sox playbook.

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<v Speaker 4>Are we who can forget the fear of the Beard's

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<v Speaker 4>campaign of twenty thirteen? That sucks checkers? Let's see if

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<v Speaker 4>the lucky Locks can bring the Yankees the same fortune

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<v Speaker 4>In twenty twenty five. Jeremy Russ WBZ, Boston's news radio,

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<v Speaker 4>all right, we.

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<v Speaker 2>Won't soon forget the four nations face off, two nations

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<v Speaker 2>coming together on Causeway Street, WBC's Drumaholland telling us it

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<v Speaker 2>was a beautiful thing.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what a thing this blossomed into. First the

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<v Speaker 5>business team Canada wins it in overtime, their captain light

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<v Speaker 5>in the lamps, Grant Patrick stars. What's come three to

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<v Speaker 5>the final seaw McDonough on the call for ESPN. But

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<v Speaker 5>the real winners hockey, the city of Boston. And how

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<v Speaker 5>about the kids. How you looking Boston so far?

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<v Speaker 6>My man? Yeah, just the sights in the great hockey.

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<v Speaker 5>That's played here, Canadian after Canadian young and old, just

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<v Speaker 5>blushing above Boston.

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<v Speaker 4>We are enjoying the city very much. You know what,

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<v Speaker 4>We've really enjoyed our time here so far. Been here

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of days and it's been a great city.

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<v Speaker 5>Seems like new life into the sport a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>Been pretty cool, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, it's fascinating hockey, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 6>Everybody's loving Boston though so far.

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<v Speaker 4>Amazing, awesome place.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, Boston makes you feel good, doesn't it. Drew

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<v Speaker 5>o'holland WZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Lower utility bills are on the horizon. Companies like National Grid,

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<v Speaker 2>ever Source and others have been ordered by the Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 2>Department of Public Utilities to lower prices for customers by

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<v Speaker 2>at least five percent for March and April. The DPU,

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<v Speaker 2>citing a combination of increased supply costs, unusually high delivery charges,

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<v Speaker 2>and a cold winter for what it's calling unsustainable high prices.

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<v Speaker 2>DPU says it will investigate also whether it makes sense

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<v Speaker 2>to permanently shift gas costs to off peak season all right.

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<v Speaker 2>National Grid, ever Source, unit to Liberty, and the Berkshire

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<v Speaker 2>Gas Company have until Monday five pm to file their

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<v Speaker 2>proposed fee adjustments. A friend of One Direction star Liam Payne,

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<v Speaker 2>has now been cleared of all charges in the singer's death.

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<v Speaker 2>Prosecutors originally accused Rogelio Nores of abandoning Pain in his

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<v Speaker 2>final hours. Here's ABC's Eve a pilgrim with the Tail.

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<v Speaker 6>The longtime front of the Star was with Pain just

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<v Speaker 6>hours before his fatal fall from a third floor balcony

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<v Speaker 6>in Argentina late last year.

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<v Speaker 5>I couldn't have known what was going on in hotel,

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<v Speaker 5>like I only left for like forty minutes, like a

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<v Speaker 5>for an hour, and this happened.

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<v Speaker 6>The court ruling that Noras did not play a role

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<v Speaker 6>in getting Pain alcohol or drugs in Argentina, deciding that

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<v Speaker 6>Noras was not responsible for the singer's death.

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<v Speaker 2>And two other people also cleared of charges. But meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>an employee at the hotel where Pain died and a

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<v Speaker 2>waiter at a local restaurant remain in pre trial detention.

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

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