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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio were defining local news

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<v Speaker 1>at sixty eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening gathering today in Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>We're a broad coalition of progressive organizations called military strikes

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<v Speaker 1>on Iran illegal and called for no war with Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>Cole Harrison is with the Massachusetts Peace Action.

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<v Speaker 2>We need a permanent peace in the region. We need

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<v Speaker 2>reconciliations in the US and Iran. There's no reason we

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<v Speaker 2>have to fight Iran, and we also need the peace

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<v Speaker 2>to extend to Gaza and passed on. There's a genocide

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<v Speaker 2>going on. Our country is behind it. We need them

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<v Speaker 2>to stop, and we need immediate ceasefire, and we need

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<v Speaker 2>to stop US weapons to Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>Several other groups joining in that calling for a return

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<v Speaker 1>to diplomacy. The White House giving an update on the

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<v Speaker 1>next steps with Iran after doubling down on the success

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<v Speaker 1>of US strikes on the country's nuclear program. ABC's Karen

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<v Speaker 1>Travers has the latest.

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<v Speaker 3>The White House says there are no meetings scheduled right

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<v Speaker 3>now between the US and Iran, despite President Trump saying

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<v Speaker 3>Wednesday that that would take place next week. Press Secretary

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<v Speaker 3>Caroline Levitt said the administration is focused on diplomacy and

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<v Speaker 3>getting to a point where Iran agrees to a non

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<v Speaker 3>enrichment civil nuclear program.

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<v Speaker 4>Right now, we're on a diplomatic path with Iran.

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<v Speaker 5>The President and his team, namely Special Envoy Witcoff.

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<v Speaker 4>Continue to be in communication with the Iranians and especially

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<v Speaker 4>our golf and Arab partners in the region.

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<v Speaker 3>Karen Travers ABC News. The White House the.

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<v Speaker 1>House Judiciary Committees subpoened Harvard for documents as part of

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<v Speaker 1>an investigation into the school's tuition pricing. A top Republican

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<v Speaker 1>on the committee says they're trying to determine whether Ivy

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<v Speaker 1>League schools are violating antitrust laws by raising tuition prices.

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<v Speaker 1>The lawmakers say Harvard has not responded to multiple requests

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<v Speaker 1>for documents. Trump administrations also launched investigations into Harvard for

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<v Speaker 1>reports of discriminatory hiring practices and anti semitism on campus.

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<v Speaker 1>Planned Parenthood reacting to a new court ruling that takes

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<v Speaker 1>aim at the abortion provider.

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<v Speaker 4>The Supreme Court has cited with South Carolina and allowing

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<v Speaker 4>states to cut off medicaid funding to plant Parenthood. Public

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<v Speaker 4>health care money generally can't be used for abortions. Medicaid

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<v Speaker 4>patients go to Plant Parenthood for things like contraception, cancer screenings,

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<v Speaker 4>and pregnancy testing. President Trump's budget bill in Congress would

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<v Speaker 4>also cut Medicaid funding to the organization. South Carolina's governor

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<v Speaker 4>first moved to cut off Medicaid funding to Plant Parenthood

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<v Speaker 4>in twenty eighteen, but was blocked by a patient lawsuit.

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<v Speaker 4>The state argued Medicaid patients should not be allowed to sue,

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<v Speaker 4>citing lower court rulings that let states like Texas block funds.

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<v Speaker 4>Public health groups like the American Cancer Society say lawsuits

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<v Speaker 4>are the only real way Medicaid patients have been able

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<v Speaker 4>to enforce their right to choose their own doctor. Plant

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<v Speaker 4>Parenthood receives ninety thousand dollars a year, a small portion

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<v Speaker 4>of South Carolina's overall Medicaid budget. I'm Marcella Sanchez.

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<v Speaker 1>The Commonwealth will be offering a summer child nutrition program

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<v Speaker 1>for the second year in a row. The sun Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>pro Graham provides grocery money to eligible low income Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 1>families with school aged children in these summer months to

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<v Speaker 1>buy food when schools are closed. Governor Morri Healy says

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<v Speaker 1>students shouldn't miss out on healthy food just because school

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<v Speaker 1>isn't in session. The program started in June of last year,

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<v Speaker 1>after the end of the summer pandemic EBT, and served

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<v Speaker 1>about six hundred thousand Massachusetts children in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>We do have some showers around the area, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of them out toward central Massachusetts, in fact, on a

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<v Speaker 1>line here coming down through Winterton and Gardner and Holden

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<v Speaker 1>Spencer just to the west of Worcester, and down to

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<v Speaker 1>the south there Oxford and Webster getting some shower activity.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of this is heading to the south end

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<v Speaker 1>to the east, so you may get in on this

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit closer to Boston as we head through

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<v Speaker 1>the next several hours. Here. There's some rain up toward

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<v Speaker 1>the Merrimack Valley. There has been through the day, and

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more as you head up into New Hampshire,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more as you head over to the Cape,

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<v Speaker 1>although most of it's light and pushing a way as

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<v Speaker 1>we speak, so we will continue to watch these showers

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<v Speaker 1>scattered across the area tonight, and temperatures within a few

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<v Speaker 1>degrees of sixty mainly cloudy Tomorrow, upper sixties with a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of showers. Saturday seventy three with a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>showers and the clouds around. And then Sunday we may

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<v Speaker 1>break out a little bit of sunshine. We could still

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<v Speaker 1>have a shower. Temperatures seventy five to eighty right now,

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<v Speaker 1>sixty eight degrees in Boston with the Red Sox away,

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<v Speaker 1>the bands will play. It's been a busy week for

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<v Speaker 1>concerts on Lansdown Street. W Busy's Drumal Holland tells us

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<v Speaker 1>the tunes continue tonight.

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<v Speaker 5>Ah here we go MGM Music Hall, Fenway, a massive

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<v Speaker 5>night of music on tap with Gaslight Anthem kicking things

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<v Speaker 5>off tonight front man Bryan Fallon and those sweet rock

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<v Speaker 5>and roll vocals one night after playing Guildford, New Hampshire

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<v Speaker 5>too so short rest with these guys shot Tony Crowz

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<v Speaker 5>bring tonight's show home. They could do hit after hit

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<v Speaker 5>if they wanted, But tonight they're touring behind their new

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<v Speaker 5>album Butter Miracle, which is getting ravered views as well,

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<v Speaker 5>so it should be an outstanding mix of music all around.

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<v Speaker 5>Have a fun night on Lansdowne Street. It is so

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<v Speaker 5>much better than a red Sox game these days. Drew

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<v Speaker 5>maholland WBZ sit Boston's news radio.

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