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

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<v Speaker 2>Four degrees in Boston, partly cloudy. It's eleven o'clock on

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<v Speaker 2>Wednesday morning. Thanks for joining us. I'm Nicole Dave sn

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what's happening. Starting in Dedham, where day twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>of testimony and the Karen Reid murder retrial is officially underway.

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<v Speaker 2>The defense now cross examining doctor Judson Welcher, a crash

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<v Speaker 2>reconstruction expert. He testified earlier that based on his testing,

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<v Speaker 2>John O'Keefe was hit by an SUV. Wbz's Emma Friedman

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<v Speaker 2>has more coming up in the news at eleven fifteen. Meantime,

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<v Speaker 2>the State Department is putting a stop to scheduling new

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<v Speaker 2>student visa appointments while new guidelines are established. Among these

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<v Speaker 2>new changes is toughening up the review of a student's

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<v Speaker 2>online presence, their use of social media. Your CBS's Nancy Cordus,

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<v Speaker 2>As you.

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<v Speaker 3>Can imagine, that's pretty labor intensive to go through the

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<v Speaker 3>social media of every single person who applies for a

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<v Speaker 3>student visa every year. So are they going to get

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<v Speaker 3>more resources to do that? And exactly how soon would

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<v Speaker 3>that happen, and will it be in time to enable

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<v Speaker 3>everyone who's been accepted at a US university for the

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<v Speaker 3>fall to actually get their visas and get here to

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<v Speaker 3>the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>This's the latest move in the ongoing battle between the

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<v Speaker 2>Trump administration and universities including Harvard it believes to be

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<v Speaker 2>allowing anti semitism now. Elon Musk has been backing away

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<v Speaker 2>from politics in the past few weeks to focus more

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<v Speaker 2>on Tesla. Appearing on CBS's Sunday Morning, he was asked

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<v Speaker 2>about President Trump's tax bill.

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<v Speaker 4>President Trump's bill includes tax cuts and extensions and a

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<v Speaker 4>proposal to create one thousand dollars Trump accounts for babies

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<v Speaker 4>born during his second administration. It does not cut spending enough,

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<v Speaker 4>say Republicans who have voted against it. Elon Musk was

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<v Speaker 4>asked about the bill for CBS Sunday Morning.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, I was like disappointed to see the massive

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<v Speaker 5>spending bill. Frankly, which increases the bunch deeps that not

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<v Speaker 5>doesn't decrease it, and our reminds the work that the

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<v Speaker 5>Noch team is doing.

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<v Speaker 4>Some conservatives in the Setate say they won't sign off

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<v Speaker 4>on legislation that would add to the country's dead, Matt Piper,

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<v Speaker 4>CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is not his only disappointment, as yesterday the

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<v Speaker 2>launch of one of his SpaceX rockets wound up spinning

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<v Speaker 2>out of control and exploding.

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<v Speaker 6>From the new officially named City of Star based Texas.

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<v Speaker 6>SpaceX's starship successfully lifted off, but flew into trouble minutes later.

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<v Speaker 6>As the booster returned to Earth, a flash of flame erupted.

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<v Speaker 6>People watching from Texas beaches could see the booster explode

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<v Speaker 6>in the air. Then more problems showed up. About thirty

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<v Speaker 6>minutes into the flight.

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<v Speaker 4>We did spring a leak in some of the fuel

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<v Speaker 4>tank systems inside of starship.

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<v Speaker 6>Engineers lost the ability to control the starship's movements and

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<v Speaker 6>it broke apart over the Indian Ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>Afterwards. Musk posted on X the latest setback will not

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<v Speaker 2>delay the SpaceX program and he expects new launches every

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<v Speaker 2>three to Another sunny day out there, which we're not

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<v Speaker 2>complaining about. It is quite nice. We have a breeze

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<v Speaker 2>coming in from the south about eight to ten miles

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<v Speaker 2>an hour, so just enough to sway the trees a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit and kind of rustle your hair. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>not all that cool. We've got temperatures in the mid

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<v Speaker 2>to upper seventies now if you're inland, a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>cooler right on the coast, but we are getting up

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<v Speaker 2>to the upper seventies on the coast and low eighties

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<v Speaker 2>if you're away from the water. Then tonight more clouds

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<v Speaker 2>move in and we have a bit of rain through

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<v Speaker 2>the overnight hours and a low in the mid fifties.

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<v Speaker 2>Is rain sticking round into tomorrow morning with a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of heavy rain at time, some drizzle. A'll tapering to

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<v Speaker 2>an afternoon shower. So bring the umbrella tomorrow you will

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<v Speaker 2>need it, or at least the poncho. We have a

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<v Speaker 2>high in the low to mid sixties. Then Friday, mix

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<v Speaker 2>of sun and clouds with another couple of showers around

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<v Speaker 2>and a high in the low seventies. Hey to be

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<v Speaker 2>the bearer of bad news here, but yep, another Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>where we're going to have some showers and storms, and

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a high in the mid sixties. Seventy two

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<v Speaker 2>in Marlborough right now, seventy four in Haveril where seventy

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<v Speaker 2>one in Bridgewater, and in Boston at eleven oh five

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<v Speaker 2>it is partly cloudy and seventy four. How's your social

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<v Speaker 2>circle these days? For more and more of us in

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<v Speaker 2>the digital age, it's getting smaller and smaller, and in

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<v Speaker 2>many cases, leading to dangerous levels of loneliness.

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<v Speaker 3>The difference is not having somebody next to you.

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<v Speaker 7>Elizabeth from Plymouth has been a single person for many

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<v Speaker 7>years now, explaining how hard loneliness can be. Over twenty

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<v Speaker 7>percent of people in a recent study found their social

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<v Speaker 7>circles were smaller than just three years ago. A proactive

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<v Speaker 7>approach is the best way to break the lonely cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we need things like this to get our

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<v Speaker 2>social engines working again.

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<v Speaker 7>Ryan just completed his freshman year at college. He volunteers

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<v Speaker 7>on campus at four seas.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like talking with the stranger and getting to know

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<v Speaker 2>them definitely takes certain skills.

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<v Speaker 8>Even for young people. It's not easy, intimidating to develop

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<v Speaker 8>face to.

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<v Speaker 7>Face conversation and connection is necessary for all of us.

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<v Speaker 7>In Plymouth, jimmikatabvs Vosston News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Texas has become the second state to expand parental

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<v Speaker 2>control over kids' phones. Wbz's James Rojas is asking locals

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<v Speaker 2>if Massachusetts should.

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<v Speaker 8>Do the same starting next year. Miners in Texas would

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<v Speaker 8>need to have parental permission to download apps. The new

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<v Speaker 8>law is opposed by both Apple and Google, but many

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<v Speaker 8>I'm talking to say they think it's a good idea

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<v Speaker 8>and Massachusetts should consider it. Also, parents control all kinds

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<v Speaker 8>of things, what the kids do. I think that makes

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<v Speaker 8>good sense.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when we hand our kids a cell phone,

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<v Speaker 2>we're handing them the world, right so, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>any kind of protection of security we can put on that,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm all for it.

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<v Speaker 8>It doesn't sound like a terrible idea. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 8>a pretty good idea. But some think age verification and

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<v Speaker 8>extra parental control is too much.

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<v Speaker 3>It shouldn't be a.

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<v Speaker 1>Law to force parents to do whatever they want, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>parenting style they want.

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<v Speaker 2>To their kids, and I don't think we should do

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<v Speaker 2>it here in Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 8>Utah was the first state to pass a similar law.

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<v Speaker 8>In Boston, James Rojas WBZ Boston's news radio and.

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<v Speaker 2>New lawsuit has been filed against the City of Quinsy

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<v Speaker 2>and its mayor over two statues of Catholic saints. These

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<v Speaker 2>statues are bronze ten feet tall and were personally commissioned

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<v Speaker 2>by the mayor, Thomas Coke, without public input. They're expected

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<v Speaker 2>to cost about eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars and

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<v Speaker 2>be installed at the new Public Safety Building. The American

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<v Speaker 2>Civil Liberties Union filing the suit on behalf of residence

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<v Speaker 2>from a wide range of faiths, and they say the

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<v Speaker 2>statues violate the state Constitution by promoting a specific religion

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<v Speaker 2>or faith at a government building. One of the plaintiffs,

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<v Speaker 2>Gilly Rosenthal, saying, quote, it's about keeping government neutral so everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>regardless of what they believe, feels equally welcome and protected.

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<v Speaker 2>End quote. You are now in Malup for news updates

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