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

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<v Speaker 1>A mix of sun and clouds in Boston right now,

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<v Speaker 1>sixty two degrees. It is eleven o'clock on Wednesday. Great

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<v Speaker 1>to have you with us. I'm Nicole Davis. Here's what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening over to Dedham now where Staple Lee Sergeant Zachary

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<v Speaker 1>Clark is on the stand and the Karen Reed murder

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<v Speaker 1>re trial. Right now, he's answering the prosecution prosecution's questions

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<v Speaker 1>about the investigation into the death of John o'keef. Earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>O'Keefe's niece was on the stand. Her testimony was not

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<v Speaker 1>recorded as she is a minor. Wbz's Emma Friedman has

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<v Speaker 1>more coming up at eleven fifteen. Meantime, in the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump meeting today with the new leader of Syria.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump met with Syria's president Ahmed al Sharah on

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<v Speaker 2>the sidelines of the summit with Gulf leaders, saying of

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<v Speaker 2>his decision to lift US sanctions against Syria gives.

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<v Speaker 3>Them a chance for great The sanctions were really crippling.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the first encounter between a US and Assyrian

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<v Speaker 2>leader in a quarter century, and what a leader A

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<v Speaker 2>man once branded a terrorist by the US, now restoring

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<v Speaker 2>stability to Syria. Next step, Trump suggested normalizing relations between

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<v Speaker 2>the two countries. Thicky Barker, CBS News London.

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<v Speaker 1>Now President Trump is over in Cutter today signing new

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<v Speaker 1>deals between Cutter and Boeing. Boeing will be selling billions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars worth of planes to Cutter, and the President

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<v Speaker 1>also saying the Department of Defense will sell Cutter top

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<v Speaker 1>tier drones. The trip is already shrouded in controversy because

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<v Speaker 1>of mister Trump's decision to accept a gift from Cutter

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<v Speaker 1>of luxury jet that he could use as Air Force

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<v Speaker 1>one and then keep for his personal use after he

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<v Speaker 1>leaves office. That is not the only ethical concern swirling

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<v Speaker 1>around the White House today. However, a tiny company says

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<v Speaker 1>it will make a major investment in the President's cryptocurrency

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<v Speaker 1>your SABC's Mary Bruce.

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<v Speaker 4>Gend Culture Group, a small technology company with ties to

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<v Speaker 4>China that operates on TikTok, announcing plans to purchase up

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<v Speaker 4>to three hundred million of the Trump Bitcoin. They are

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<v Speaker 4>just the latest business with foreign ties to jump into

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<v Speaker 4>the President's cryptocurrency business. And all of this is coming

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<v Speaker 4>as the President is working on a deal to allow

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<v Speaker 4>TikTok to continue operating in the US. Ethics experts are

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<v Speaker 4>sounding the alarm about conflicts of interest, but the White

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<v Speaker 4>House insists the President is following the law.

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<v Speaker 1>Now profits from this crypto venture go directly to the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump family, the president launching the coins shortly before he

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<v Speaker 1>was inaugurated, its value surging briefly before it crashed, and

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<v Speaker 1>another round of Israeli airstrikes raining down on the people

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<v Speaker 1>of Gaza today. Here's ABC's Tom Sufi Burridge.

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<v Speaker 5>Jays roll overnight launching a series of deadly strikes in Gaza,

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<v Speaker 5>killing around seventy people and more than twenty children, according

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<v Speaker 5>to their mass run Gaza Health Ministry now follow separate

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<v Speaker 5>is Ready strikes on two Gaza hospitals Tuesday, and is

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<v Speaker 5>Ready official saying one attack tug is it a top

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<v Speaker 5>ha Math leader.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not clear if Israel was successful in killing

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<v Speaker 1>that leader, Mohammed Sinwar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, who

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<v Speaker 1>says his forces are just days away from escalating fighting

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<v Speaker 1>in Gaza. He says there is quote no way Israel

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<v Speaker 1>will stop fighting until Hamas is defeated. When it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the forecast. For the rest of the afternoon, it

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<v Speaker 1>will be a little bit up and down. We have

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<v Speaker 1>some clouds from time to time, some showers in western Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now here in the Boston area, though, we have

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of sun making its way through the clouds.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, temperatures from most of us in the mid

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<v Speaker 1>sixties up to about seventy if you're inland today, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit warmer in some other areas. For tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>clouds with a couple of showers and a low in

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<v Speaker 1>the mid fifties. For Tomorrow, mostly cloudy with some showers

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<v Speaker 1>at times, high in the sixties, warmer inland. And Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>we start off with some fog and low clouds that

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<v Speaker 1>burns off throughout the morning, and for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the afternoon it'll be cloudy with a couple of spotty showers.

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<v Speaker 1>Highs in the seventies but upper seventies north and west.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now sixty six degrees in Franklin, where it's sixty

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<v Speaker 1>eight in Wareham, sixty seven in dan rather in Peabody,

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<v Speaker 1>and right now in Boston at eleven oh five it

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<v Speaker 1>is partly cloudy and sixty two degrees. The Boston city

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<v Speaker 1>councils said to meet today starting around noon, and during

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<v Speaker 1>this meeting they're expected to focus on the future of

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<v Speaker 1>one of their colleagues. Two councilors Ed Flynn and Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Murphy have introduced a non binding resolution calling on the

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<v Speaker 1>council to quote formally address the future of Tanya Fernandez Anderson.

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<v Speaker 1>She is the councilor for District seven, which is including Roxbury, Dorchester,

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<v Speaker 1>Fenway and part of the South End. She also recently

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<v Speaker 1>pled guilty to federal corruption charges and has agreed to resign. However,

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<v Speaker 1>Fernandez Anderson has not made it clear when that will happen,

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<v Speaker 1>even though calls are growing for her to leave office.

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<v Speaker 1>The Globe reports President Ruth zie Luis Jan recently asked

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<v Speaker 1>a city lawyer if Fernandez Anderson could be forced out,

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<v Speaker 1>the lawyer confirming she cannot be removed. Before her sentencing

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<v Speaker 1>in late July. We haven't even hit Memorial Day, but

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<v Speaker 1>a sign of summer is already here. Illegal backyard fireworks.

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<v Speaker 1>WBC's Jim McKay says, for many people and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of dogs, they're just a nuisance. Well, the fireworks kind

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<v Speaker 1>of go on a long long time.

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<v Speaker 3>If Barbara lives in Plymouth. Then she heard the barrage

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<v Speaker 3>of fireworks that were let off last night in town.

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<v Speaker 3>She doesn't really care unless it goes on too long,

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<v Speaker 3>but nevertheless, it is illegal, and especially on weeknights, it

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<v Speaker 3>can really be bothersome to your neighbors.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, for me, the dog really the fireworks really bothered

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<v Speaker 2>the dog.

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<v Speaker 3>Leslie has a lab mix named Oreo, and Oreo is

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<v Speaker 3>no fan of the fireworks.

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<v Speaker 1>So that makes it more difficult for me to enjoy them.

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<v Speaker 3>It is illegal to possess and set them off. For Leslie,

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<v Speaker 3>she loves this time of year for neighborhood celebrations, but

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<v Speaker 3>the fireworks can take a hike.

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<v Speaker 5>And generally like seeing the.

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<v Speaker 3>People have, but not the fireworks exactly. Jim McKay WBZ

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<v Speaker 3>Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>At eleven oh seven. More legal trouble now for a

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<v Speaker 1>blogger known as turtle Boy Aiden Carney, indicted yesterday and

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<v Speaker 1>witness intimidation charges. Is we're connected to an incident involving

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<v Speaker 1>two members of the Albert family who testified in the

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<v Speaker 1>first Karen Reed trial. Carney is accused of walking up

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<v Speaker 1>to a Canton pizza shop owned by Chris Albert back

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<v Speaker 1>in March, staring into the window and talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>death of John O'Keefe and Albert's son, Colin McCarney has

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<v Speaker 1>been charged with witness intimidation in the read case. In

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<v Speaker 1>the past, he has pled not guilty. On social media,

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<v Speaker 1>he says prosecutors have already tried and failed to revoke

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<v Speaker 1>his bail over the incident, and quote, everything is cool.

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<v Speaker 1>You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Nicole Davis, w b Z and Boston's News Radio