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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Rain,

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<v Speaker 1>some of it heavy, scattered here and there all over Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it is seventy six degrees in Boston at

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<v Speaker 1>eleven o'clock morning. I'm Kendlebule. Here's what's happening. The Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 1>Senate set to vote today on a statewide cell phone

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<v Speaker 1>ban in public schools, a formal session getting underway right

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<v Speaker 1>now on Beacon Hill. The legislation would require K through

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<v Speaker 1>twelve public school districts to have policies on the books

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<v Speaker 1>before the twenty twenty six to twenty seven academic year

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<v Speaker 1>banning the use of cell phones and personal electronic devices

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<v Speaker 1>during school days. Students would be allowed to use the

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<v Speaker 1>devices in certain cases, and each district's policy would need

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<v Speaker 1>to allow at least one method for students to communicate

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<v Speaker 1>with parents and guardians during the day. Many districts already

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<v Speaker 1>have their own cell phone bans in place. The House

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<v Speaker 1>has already passed their version of a statewide ban. The

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<v Speaker 1>family of alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffrayes speaking out

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<v Speaker 1>after President Trump said Epstein stole Geuffrey from our a Lago.

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<v Speaker 1>The family also urging the President not to pardon Epstein's

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<v Speaker 1>associate Zeelen Maxwell, who hired Jeufrey to be a missuse

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<v Speaker 1>for Epstein, which allegedly led to Epstein's sexually abusing her.

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<v Speaker 1>ABC's Jonathan carl has the latest.

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<v Speaker 2>Maxwell is currently serving a twenty year prison sentence and

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<v Speaker 2>is pushing for clemency. President Trump hasn't ruled out granting

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<v Speaker 2>Maxwell clemency or even a pardon, but Guphray's family said quote,

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<v Speaker 2>she must remain in prison. Anything less would go down

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<v Speaker 2>in history as being one of the highest travesties of justice.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey herself committed suicide earlier this year, President Trump blasting

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<v Speaker 1>a senator in his own party for supporting a bill

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<v Speaker 1>that would ban stock trading by members of Congress. ABC's

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<v Speaker 1>as well as the President and Vice President. ABC's j

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<v Speaker 1>O'Brien has more for.

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<v Speaker 3>By Senator Josh Hawley that just yesterday cleared a key

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<v Speaker 3>Senate committee, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,

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<v Speaker 3>that would seek to ban members of Congress from trading

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<v Speaker 3>individual stocks to try to crack down that even appearance

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<v Speaker 3>of potential impropriety, and it would also ban the president

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<v Speaker 3>and the vice president from doing the same, but in

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<v Speaker 3>that case it would only apply to the next administration.

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump wrote on social media yesterday that Holly was

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<v Speaker 1>a second tier senator and accused him of being a

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<v Speaker 1>pawn for voting with Democrats to advance the bill. No

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<v Speaker 1>injuries amazingly from the collapse of part of a brick

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<v Speaker 1>facade on the busy Roslindale Street last night. Happened on

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<v Speaker 1>Poplar Street around eight pm, a pile of bricks toppling

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<v Speaker 1>onto the sidewalk outside the Felix barbershop. No one was

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<v Speaker 1>walking by at that moment. Inspectors who rushed to the

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<v Speaker 1>scene not long after first responders say there's concern more

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<v Speaker 1>chunks of that building could come down. Scattered raincloud, some

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<v Speaker 1>of them heavy. I want to continue throughout the day

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<v Speaker 1>and tonight just a bit cooler, the mercury dropping down

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<v Speaker 1>into the upper sixties during the day, down to around

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<v Speaker 1>sixty degrees overnight, and we could see some flash flooding

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<v Speaker 1>overnight when some of that rain is expected to be

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<v Speaker 1>the heaviest. And don't forget there could be a thunderstorm

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<v Speaker 1>or two in there as well. It's going to continue

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<v Speaker 1>through early tomorrow before the rain goes away, we still

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<v Speaker 1>just have a whole lot of clouds. And then Saturday Sunday, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we got a really nice weekend ahead of us. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking plenty of sunshine, temperatures and the mid seventies on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>low eighties on Sunday. Right now in Boston, we're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>rain scattered here and there, moderates Outside our Medford studios

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<v Speaker 1>right now, the temperature is at seventy six degrees. Sports

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<v Speaker 1>betting making headlines for all the long reasons, from a

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<v Speaker 1>betting scandal with pitchers a Major League based ball to

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<v Speaker 1>a Boston based online sports titan facing a six figure fine.

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<v Speaker 1>People having second thoughts about this controversial vice. Wbz's Jim

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<v Speaker 1>McKay is finding.

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<v Speaker 4>Out this really is a topic that gets varied opinions.

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<v Speaker 4>What I'm asking people if they support sports gambling on

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<v Speaker 4>the common I think it's cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you know, you should always be able to

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<v Speaker 1>do whatever you want on.

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<v Speaker 2>Your phone, just for me.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it's also a little bit of a risk.

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<v Speaker 4>Daniel used to bet online when it first got the okay,

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<v Speaker 4>but he said he was quick to realize just how

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<v Speaker 4>easy it is for a few bets to turn into

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<v Speaker 4>a bigger problem.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't see the money leaving your account.

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<v Speaker 5>You don't really see the money changing hands.

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<v Speaker 4>Boston based DraftKings was recently fined nearly a half million

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<v Speaker 4>dollars for accepting credit card funds on bets. Now a

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<v Speaker 4>second pitcher on the Cleveland Guardians being investigated by Major

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<v Speaker 4>League Baseball over suspicion of betting on games. Daniel says

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<v Speaker 4>he's done with sports betting.

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<v Speaker 1>He learned his lesson. I may not know until the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the month while I took this loss from betting, but.

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<v Speaker 4>The tax revenue is now vitally important to states like Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 4>Jim mcka WBS Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Tensis thousands of soccer fans coming to Massachusetts for the

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<v Speaker 1>World Cup next summer. A new poll from acxio's Boston

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<v Speaker 1>finds it most of its readers are on board with

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<v Speaker 1>this plan. Fifty six percent like the idea the Bay

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<v Speaker 1>state hosting the World Cup, forty three percent oppose it.

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<v Speaker 1>Seven matches are already set to happen at Chelllette Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>in Foxboro, and Boston's even hosting a party those in

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<v Speaker 1>favor city. It's a great opportunity to show Boston is

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<v Speaker 1>a world class city. Others are concerned about the potential

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<v Speaker 1>troubles on the tee, the Republic trash collectors strike, and

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<v Speaker 1>Greater Boston goes on and on. Here's wbz's Drew will Holland.

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<v Speaker 5>The Teamsters Union Local twenty five job action is now

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<v Speaker 5>in week five, and it is putting a strain on

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<v Speaker 5>city workers who are picking up the slack. Those workers,

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<v Speaker 5>also almost across the board, are getting rave reviews from

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<v Speaker 5>residents and Beverly Commissioner of Public Works Mike Collins, Well,

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<v Speaker 5>he's been busy and he seems to have the right

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<v Speaker 5>demeanor for the job.

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<v Speaker 3>There's always something going wrong, so why not a strike?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, Like you said, a lot of raising from

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<v Speaker 3>the people in the line. They're grateful for the health,

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<v Speaker 3>they understand that everybody knows what's happening.

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<v Speaker 5>And everybody appreciates the work Mike and his workers are doing.

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<v Speaker 5>And this driver waiting to drop off some Beverly trash

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<v Speaker 5>reminds me they've been That's true.

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<v Speaker 3>Worse we just had to strike the teacher strike, so

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<v Speaker 3>this is on top of that.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think that was worse than this.

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<v Speaker 5>All about perspective right in Beverly Drew maholland WBZ Boston's

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