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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news Radio Rea defining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>Mostly cloudy and Boston. It's eleven o'clock eighty two degrees,

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<v Speaker 2>but feels like eighty seven out there. Good morning. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Nicole Davis and here's what's happening. Lawmakers on Beacon Hill

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<v Speaker 2>are done with their budget proposal and now it's on

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<v Speaker 2>Governor Heey's desk. The budget plan boosts spending on transportation, healthcare, education,

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<v Speaker 2>and more, all of which could be impacted by potential

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<v Speaker 2>federal funding cuts. Governor Keilly has ten days to review

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<v Speaker 2>the sixty one billion dollar compromise budget. It was submitted yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>the day before the start of the fiscal year. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>aside from the annual budget, Governor Keey also got an

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<v Speaker 2>interim budget to keep the government running through the start

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<v Speaker 2>of this fiscal year while she reviews the overall plan.

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<v Speaker 2>She signed that interim budget almost seven and a half

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<v Speaker 2>billion dollars yesterday. From Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill. Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>right now scrambling to make sure they have enough votes

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<v Speaker 2>as they try to pass the sweeping budget and tax

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<v Speaker 2>bill known as the Big Beautiful Bill. Some GOP holdouts

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<v Speaker 2>are concerned about cuts to medicate in the bill. They

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<v Speaker 2>say they go too far. Others think the cuts don't

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<v Speaker 2>go far enough.

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<v Speaker 3>The bill includes roughly four trillion dollars in tax cuts,

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<v Speaker 3>a new funding for immigration enforcement, and fulfill some campaign

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<v Speaker 3>pledges like no taxes on tips in overtime. It also

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<v Speaker 3>guts Biden Air clean energy initiatives and slashes Medicaid, despite

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<v Speaker 3>pledges by the President to not touch the program.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's what I.

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<v Speaker 3>Want on Medicaid.

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<v Speaker 5>We're not touching anything.

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<v Speaker 3>The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicting the bill will result

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<v Speaker 3>in some eleven point eight million Americans losing their health

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<v Speaker 3>coverage over the next decade.

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<v Speaker 2>As ABC's Rachel Scott, the bill would also extend tax

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<v Speaker 2>cuts passed during the previous Trump administration. SENNA is nearing

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<v Speaker 2>a final vote on this megabill. This is all coming

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<v Speaker 2>as President Trump is in South Florida visiting the detention

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<v Speaker 2>facility nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz. At eleven oh two. A judge

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<v Speaker 2>today setting a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars cash

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<v Speaker 2>bail for a Boston police officer accused of raping a child.

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<v Speaker 2>Sergeant Paul Downey appearing in court A short time ago.

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<v Speaker 5>The serious nature of the charges that mister Downey faces,

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<v Speaker 5>as well as the potential penalties on all of these

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<v Speaker 5>on the multiple accounts and his financial resources do close

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<v Speaker 5>a risk of flight.

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<v Speaker 2>Downey was arraigned yesterday where a not guilty plea was

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<v Speaker 2>entered on his behalf. He was ordered held without bail

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<v Speaker 2>until the hearing today.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Downey is accused of sexually assaulting a fourteen year old

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<v Speaker 2>boy on two occasions at the South Bay Mall and

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<v Speaker 2>then paying him afterwards. Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox saying

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<v Speaker 2>the charges are very troubling. He says Downey was immediately

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<v Speaker 2>placed on leave. We have a pretty uneven a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a volatile weather day ahead of us, as

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<v Speaker 2>we've got some strong showers and storms, some heavy downpours

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<v Speaker 2>possible for the rest of the afternoon. Right now, it

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<v Speaker 2>is a little bit wet out there in some spots.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just refreshing my radars. I'm talking with you, and

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<v Speaker 2>I am seeing some showers out there over the Cape

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<v Speaker 2>and also parts of southern New Hampshire and in the Berkshares.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're listening on the iHeartRadio app, it is raining

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<v Speaker 2>at a pretty good clip in places like Pittsfield and

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<v Speaker 2>North Adams. So later on today, again it's very muggy

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<v Speaker 2>out there, so that is going to fuel some downpours

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<v Speaker 2>and thunderstorms later on today we have a high near ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>The heat is going to help in that. For tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>the clouds will break up. Later tonight, maybe a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of thunderstorms, very sticky and muggy, and a lone near

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<v Speaker 2>seventy two. Wednesday Tomorrow partly sunny with a high in

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<v Speaker 2>the upper eighties. Then Thursday we could have a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of gusty afternoon or evening storms. And we have a

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<v Speaker 2>high near ninety eighty one degrees in Fitchburg eighty two

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<v Speaker 2>as you make your way into Haverol seventy nine in Randolph,

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<v Speaker 2>and in Boston right now at eleven oh five, mostly cloudy,

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<v Speaker 2>but getting a little bit brighter out there, and very

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<v Speaker 2>very muggy eighty two degrees and it feels more like

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<v Speaker 2>eighty seven out there. A home depot in Natick has

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<v Speaker 2>its own guardian of the garden center. Wbz's Jay Willette

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<v Speaker 2>has more in this fine feathered friend.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what a barred owl sounds like. But the one

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<v Speaker 1>that remains here, burrowed up in Natick's home depot rafters

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<v Speaker 1>is silent, watching over customers as they load up on

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<v Speaker 1>mulch and ceramic pots.

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<v Speaker 5>We're out here in the middle of winter and we

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<v Speaker 5>saw it hanging out up in the roof raft I

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<v Speaker 5>tier and next thing you know it, it was just

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<v Speaker 5>part of my family with a for months and months

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<v Speaker 5>and months.

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<v Speaker 1>At first, employees thought she was a he, but after

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<v Speaker 1>a wildlife expert came through and verified, they had to

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<v Speaker 1>do the name change of Alie to Ellie. I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>it taking care of some rafts. Really. That expert also

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<v Speaker 1>determined Ellie has a safe way to come in and

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<v Speaker 1>out and isn't bothering anyone except any sorry mouse to

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<v Speaker 1>waltz in here. She's part of the family here. Even

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<v Speaker 1>has her picture on the staff board in the back

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<v Speaker 1>with her wings extended from Natick. Jaywillette, WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Trash collection has come to a halt in twenty cities

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<v Speaker 2>in towns around Massachusetts, hundreds of sanitation workers represented by

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<v Speaker 2>the Teamsters went on strike just after midnight. They are

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<v Speaker 2>setting an impasse their contract negotiations with Republic Services. Teamsters

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<v Speaker 2>leadership say the workers want better protections, benefits and wages

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<v Speaker 2>from Republic General President Sean O'Brien, saying, quote, our members

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<v Speaker 2>will do whatever it takes to finally get the respect

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<v Speaker 2>they're owed, according to Republic Services. They tell WBZ News

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<v Speaker 2>Radio the strike is disappointing and they say they're hopeful

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<v Speaker 2>in agreement will be reached soon. And Cambridge based Maderna

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<v Speaker 2>says its experimental flu shot is showing some positive results

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<v Speaker 2>in a late stage trial.

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<v Speaker 4>According to the company, the new flu vaccines efficacy was

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<v Speaker 4>nearly twenty seven percent higher for adults fifty and older

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<v Speaker 4>than the currently available shot. Findings from the study also

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<v Speaker 4>show strong efficacy against each of the major influenza strains

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<v Speaker 4>in the vaccine. Maderna said efficacy appeared consistently strong across

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<v Speaker 4>age groups, flu vaccination status, and among people with various

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<v Speaker 4>risk factors.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Tammy Trheo. You are now in MALUK. For news

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<v Speaker 2>updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ Radio on the

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<v Speaker 2>iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, w b reamed Boston's news

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