Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local.
Speaker 2: News forty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We've seen fire and
Speaker 2: now we're going to see some rain finally. As much
Speaker 2: of the state is in critical drought and dealing with
Speaker 2: brush fires, there is a little bit of relief and a.
Speaker 3: Lot of people are very excited across southern New England
Speaker 3: and especially also the northeast as well. The dowsing of
Speaker 3: rain is going to be developing over the next twenty
Speaker 3: four to thirty six hours, with the possibility of for
Speaker 3: more showers early on Saturday morning as well.
Speaker 2: That is WBZTV meteorologist Jason Michael as the teachers strikes
Speaker 2: dragon in Gloucester Marvel headed Beverley. Some progress in negotiations
Speaker 2: in Gloucester. Wvc's Brook McCarthy with the update.
Speaker 4: The Union of Glocester Educators and Mayor Greg Virga are
Speaker 4: back at the bargaining table to try and get teachers
Speaker 4: off the picket lines and back in the classroom. Union
Speaker 4: president Rachel Salvo Rex says progress made, but they still
Speaker 4: haven't come to an agreement. On pay for para professionals.
Speaker 5: There will not be a settlement where para professionals continue
Speaker 5: to make poverty wages.
Speaker 4: Rachel says para professionals in Gloucester makes significantly less than
Speaker 4: surrounding communities, and they're not leaving them behind in these
Speaker 4: negotiations and works with us to reach a fair deal
Speaker 4: today so that we can all be back in the
Speaker 4: classroom tomorrow. The mayor says he wants to talk with
Speaker 4: them about the issues impacting students, families and educators. The
Speaker 4: Glossary Union has been racking up tens of thousands of
Speaker 4: dollars in fines because these strikes are illegal in Massachusetts.
Speaker 4: Burke McCarthy WBC Boston's News radio.
Speaker 2: Negotiations are also continuing in Beverly and Marblehead. Their unions
Speaker 2: have also been racking up fines. There's been another major
Speaker 2: American policy shift regarding weapons for Ukraine as it continues
Speaker 2: to battle Russia.
Speaker 5: The US says it will let Ukraine use American supplied
Speaker 5: anti personnel land mines against Russian forces. Pentagon chief Lloyd
Speaker 5: Austin says Russia ground troops are leading battlefield movements instead
Speaker 5: of those more protected and armored carriers. The policy shift
Speaker 5: is aimed at helping Ukraine push back.
Speaker 1: They have a need for things that can help slow
Speaker 1: down that effort on the part of the Russians.
Speaker 5: It's the Biden administration's second major policy change this week,
Speaker 5: after the president's decision to let Ukraine strike targets on
Speaker 5: Russian soil with US made missiles Sagur Magani.
Speaker 2: Washington House Speaker Mike Johnson says people in the Capitol
Speaker 2: and House office buildings will only be able to use
Speaker 2: bathrooms that correspond with their biological sex. This comes after
Speaker 2: South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy May said she would introduce a
Speaker 2: resolution to banned transgender women from using the women's bathroom
Speaker 2: in response to the election of transgender rep. Sarah mcbrod.
Speaker 2: Johnson says the new policy will go into effect when
Speaker 2: the new slate of Congress members take office.
Speaker 5: Women deserve women's only spaces, and we're not anti anyone,
Speaker 5: we're pro in wam.
Speaker 2: McBride says she will follow the new policy and respond
Speaker 2: she's not here to fight about bathrooms. She's here to
Speaker 2: fight for Delawareans and bring down costs facing families. Today
Speaker 2: is Transgender Day of remembrance vigils and other events are
Speaker 2: being held to draw attention to transgender people who've lost
Speaker 2: their lives due to violence in the past year. The
Speaker 2: Transgender Day of Remembrance started by activists in Boston after
Speaker 2: the nineteen ninety eight murder of Rita Hester, who was
Speaker 2: killed in her apartment in Alstin. We've got some rain
Speaker 2: on the way. We're gonna have to wait just a
Speaker 2: few more hours longer, increasing cloudiness tonight, breezy conditions, temperatures
Speaker 2: mainly in the forties, and then here we go. As
Speaker 2: we head into tomorrow morning, we will have winds picking
Speaker 2: up and we'll have that rain moving in. It'll move
Speaker 2: in a little heavier as we move through the morning,
Speaker 2: so probably late morning on is when the heaviest of
Speaker 2: the activity will take place around here. Fifty for the
Speaker 2: high temperature tomorrow. Again, those winds whipping around too, so
Speaker 2: some of that rain could fall sideways. Evening of rain tomorrow,
Speaker 2: then a couple of showers linger Temperatures in the mid
Speaker 2: forties on Friday, mostly cloudy, breezy, couple of showers lingering
Speaker 2: fifty two, and then still the chance of a shower
Speaker 2: or two at least early on Saturday, temperatures in the
Speaker 2: low fifties. Right now, we're at forty nine degrees see
Speaker 2: in Boston. Former Massachusetts First Lady Lauren Baker is behind
Speaker 2: a holiday effort to provide gifts for thousands of children
Speaker 2: involved with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
Speaker 1: Wbz's Carl Stephens has the story.
Speaker 6: Lauren Baker got involved with the Wonderfund as a volunteer
Speaker 6: and a board member when her husband, Charlie Baker was governor.
Speaker 6: Now she's CEO of the private nonprofit that has a
Speaker 6: deep commitment to children involved with the state, a commitment
Speaker 6: that has an intense focus right now during the holiday season.
Speaker 7: The Wonderfund tries to make sure that every single one
Speaker 7: of those fifty thousand children engaged with DCF get a
Speaker 7: holiday gift chosen specifically for them.
Speaker 6: Social workers at DCF collect toy wish lists from thousands
Speaker 6: of children, and that information is put on the Wonderfund website,
Speaker 6: where donors can choose how they want to bring a
Speaker 6: piece of Christmas into the lives of children who've had
Speaker 6: it pretty rough. From Swampskat Carl Stevens WBG, Boston's News.
Speaker 1: Radio, they're not on target.
Speaker 2: At Target, the retailer of port it lower than expected
Speaker 2: quarterly earnings and it could signal some trouble for some retailer.
Speaker 8: It could be choppy waters this holiday shopping season. Last week,
Speaker 8: Walmart reported profits up eight percent in the third quarter,
Speaker 8: but a different story today. For Target, it saw a
Speaker 8: minimal sales increase of three tenths of a percent. Target
Speaker 8: CEO said customers are still dealing with inflation, but some
Speaker 8: analysts think that other big retailers like Costco and Amazon
Speaker 8: may be better positioned.
Speaker 1: That is ABC's Brian Clark.
Speaker 2: It's mentioned in many songs, from Noah Kahn's talking about
Speaker 2: Sticks to Frank Sinatra talking about being.
Speaker 1: Under the moon Lie in Vermont.
Speaker 2: Vermont is also being mentioned as one of the best
Speaker 2: Christmas getaways around country. Livings Out with a list of
Speaker 2: the thirty one most magical Christmas towns in the United States,
Speaker 2: would stock Vermont getting top recognition. In New England, it's
Speaker 2: fourth overall. It's called a Christmas card worthy village and
Speaker 2: it's surrounding hamlets shine with New England charm. Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Speaker 2: is in seventh place. Essex, Connecticut is knife and although
Speaker 2: there are many towns there. Cape Cod as a whole
Speaker 2: came intenth on this list. You are now in the
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