Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 1: Forty one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon
Speaker 1: on Ben Parker. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: Everyone knows, Wow, what is it?
Speaker 1: Everyone knows?
Speaker 3: Again?
Speaker 2: Ah, Yes, everyone knows it's windy because it's been well windy.
Speaker 2: Fifty to sixty mile an hour wind gusts have been
Speaker 2: battering parts of Massachusetts today. We'll get better. How about
Speaker 2: thirty to forty mile an hour wind gus tomorrow. A
Speaker 2: high wind warning still up for central Massachusetts. A wind
Speaker 2: advisory in eastern mass Powers out to just over fifteen
Speaker 2: one thousand customers across the commonwealth and in Boston. Earlier today,
Speaker 2: a scaffolding collapsed in the back bay. It happened at
Speaker 2: Beacon and Exeter Streets. A couple of cars were hit
Speaker 2: by falling debris.
Speaker 4: As see how especially trained firefighters that went underneath the
Speaker 4: scaffolding that's collapsed onto the onto the cars to make
Speaker 4: sure that there's no one in the cars and that
Speaker 4: there's no civilians.
Speaker 2: We might have been walking on the sidebar. Nobody was heard.
Speaker 2: Fire officials say there does not appear to be significant
Speaker 2: damage to the building Rhods are expected to be closed
Speaker 2: off for some time for a full cleanup effort. In
Speaker 2: the back bay. Were following some developing news involving your
Speaker 2: Boston Bruins. We have Brian Antonelli here to tell us
Speaker 2: who's going where and who's coming here.
Speaker 5: Then, Brad Marshan had played in over one thousand games
Speaker 5: with the Bruins, where he was fourth all time and goals,
Speaker 5: fifth in points, and he was the final player from
Speaker 5: the team that won the twenty eleven Stanley Cup squad.
Speaker 5: Butts I say was because the Bruins have traded their
Speaker 5: captain today at the deadline to the Florida Panthers, so
Speaker 5: in the division. Still no word on what the return is.
Speaker 5: But once again, Brad Marshan no longer a Bruin, He's
Speaker 5: a Panther. The Bees were busy elsewhere. They sent Charlie
Speaker 5: Coyle to Colorado for a couple of and a conditional
Speaker 5: second round pick, and they did receive a first round
Speaker 5: pick and a three team deal that has sent Brandon
Speaker 5: Carlow to Toronto.
Speaker 2: All right, continuing to follow developments here, we'll let you
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Speaker 2: why not? Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's filed the lawsuit
Speaker 2: against the number of federal agencies for mass layoffs of
Speaker 2: probationary federal workers, along with twenty other attorneys at General
Speaker 2: Campbell's asking a federal court to order agencies to stop
Speaker 2: the layoffs and reinstate the fired workers. They argued the
Speaker 2: Trump administration failed to follow federal laws around large scale
Speaker 2: reductions in force, failing to provide enough advanced notice to
Speaker 2: workers terminated federal employees and Massachusetts have already applied to
Speaker 2: the state for unemployment benefits. The Federal Reserve says the
Speaker 2: US economy is strong despite concerns about inflation and tariffs.
Speaker 6: The Federal Reserve is not rushing to cut interest rates,
Speaker 6: as Chairman Jerome Powell now Friday.
Speaker 7: The economy remains strong, but inflation does not continue to
Speaker 7: move sustainably towards two percent. We can maintain policy restraint
Speaker 7: for longer.
Speaker 6: And when it comes to the economic effect of President
Speaker 6: Trump's policy.
Speaker 7: Changes, uncertainty around the changes and their likely effects remains high.
Speaker 6: Powell told the US Monetary Policy Forum in Chicago the
Speaker 6: FED is well positioned to wait for greater clarity. Brian
Speaker 6: Clark ABC News windy. Yes, it'll be less windy tomorrow,
Speaker 6: but still windy. Wind advisories are effect till seven o'clock tonight,
Speaker 6: but when the advisory expires, the winds don't just vanish,
Speaker 6: they just dim down a little bit. So we've had
Speaker 6: wind gus today fifty sixty miles an hour. Tonight will
Speaker 6: be breezy, probably forty mile an hour wind gusts of
Speaker 6: possibility tomorrow thirty to forty mile an hour wind gusts.
Speaker 6: So see, it's getting a little better each day. We'll
Speaker 6: be chilly tomorrow forty two, feeling though like it's in
Speaker 6: the twenties.
Speaker 2: With that wind. There will be some sunshine and some clouds,
Speaker 2: mainly clear tomorrow nine love twenty five, still a little breezy.
Speaker 2: On Sunday, partly sunny, temperatures in the low forties. Monday,
Speaker 2: clouds will give way to sunshine. Will be breezy again
Speaker 2: forty seven and then into the fifties on Tuesday. Right now,
Speaker 2: it is forty one degree in Boston downtown. Lowell's newest
Speaker 2: business is already proving to be a big hit with
Speaker 2: the area's cat lovers.
Speaker 8: When Lowell's Lazy Cat Lounge opened its doors for the
Speaker 8: very first time this morning, Miranda from Burlington was here
Speaker 8: and ready to make some new friends.
Speaker 2: Hi fiance is allergic to cats, and I love them,
Speaker 2: so this is a great place for me to go
Speaker 2: to get some cat time.
Speaker 8: And that's exactly what Brandy Jong is offering, along with
Speaker 8: coffee and fresh bake goods in a cozy space with
Speaker 8: Victorian sitting room vibe and lots of friendly feelines. John
Speaker 8: created this space for folks like Miranda who might be
Speaker 8: starred for cat companionship, or who might be looking to
Speaker 8: adopt one of the cats on loan from the MSPCA.
Speaker 3: You know you're not going in and seeing a cat
Speaker 3: who's been in a cage all day and been stressed out.
Speaker 7: This is a more homelike environment.
Speaker 3: You get to see their personality a little bit better.
Speaker 8: The MSPCA, where Jong is volunteered for twenty five years,
Speaker 8: gets a dollar for every person who comes here to
Speaker 8: the Lazy Cat Lounge sessions or booked online from Lowell Kendall.
Speaker 8: Built to busy Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Sleep tonight because tomorrow night clocks go forward an hour
Speaker 2: and knocks an hour off your night time. Losing sleep
Speaker 2: no fun, but it can have side effects too.
Speaker 3: Research has shown the ritual of changing the clocks in
Speaker 3: spring and fall can impact productivity and our mental and
Speaker 3: physical health.
Speaker 7: Honestly, even sleeping in an hour, I get groggy, and
Speaker 7: then losing the hour, I just get evil.
Speaker 3: It's why the American Academy of Sleep Medicine wants to
Speaker 3: eliminate seasonal time changes.
Speaker 9: It's harder to go to bed when it's light out,
Speaker 9: so that can make it harder to fall asleep.
Speaker 3: But yet our responsibilities are the same in terms of
Speaker 3: waking up for school, waking up for work. Doctor Nina
Speaker 3: shell Gakar is president of the Academy, which recommends moving
Speaker 3: to year round, permanent standard time. Before taking office, President
Speaker 3: Trump posted his support for ending daylight saving time, saying
Speaker 3: it is inconvenient and very costly to our nation.
Speaker 2: That issbisis Donia buckis trying to reach a deal on nuke's.
Speaker 2: President Trump says he's reached out to a rand supremely.
Speaker 9: President Trump told Fox.
Speaker 10: News, I've written him a letter saying, I hope you
Speaker 10: can negotiate, because if we have to go in militarily,
Speaker 10: it's going to be a terrible thing for them.
Speaker 9: He says he thinks it's a letter they want to get.
Speaker 10: The other w alternative is we have to do something
Speaker 10: because you can't let him have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 9: Trump says he sent it yesterday, but a spokesperson from
Speaker 9: Ron's UN mission told CBS News they have not received
Speaker 9: it so far. Stacey Lynn, CBS News the White House.
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Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio