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Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. You

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Speaker 1: can kind of feel it, can't you a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a change in the air this morning. It's still

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Speaker 1: cold here in Boston. At six o'clock, we check in

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Speaker 1: at thirty three degrees under clear skies, sunrise right around

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Speaker 1: the corner. The News at six is brought to us

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Speaker 1: by You're a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all

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Speaker 1: wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us on this

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Speaker 1: Thursday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. Boston is about to turn

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Speaker 1: a corner.

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Speaker 2: A good deal of sunshine today.

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Speaker 1: It'll become breezy this afternoon, or high about fifty three

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Speaker 1: in Boston, but into the upper fifties well Inland. That

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Speaker 1: is WBZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. It could hit

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Speaker 1: seventy degrees tomorrow. Wailemakers in the House give a thumbs

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Speaker 1: up to a plan on Beacon Hill that would ban

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Speaker 1: miners in Massachusetts from social media. After months of lurking

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Speaker 1: in the shadows of the Massachusetts State House, the bill

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Speaker 1: passes with flying colors. Now. Under this plan, it would

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Speaker 1: not only keep social media away from kids under the

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Speaker 1: age of fourteen, but require parental consent for those up

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Speaker 1: to sixteen, and would force social media companies to prioritize

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Speaker 1: mental health we well being for kids. This passage in

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Speaker 1: the House of Representatives comes months after the Senate did

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Speaker 1: the same thing. The bills are different. They'll now head

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Speaker 1: to Conference committee to iron out the differences. Robo calls

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Speaker 1: with bomb threats ripple through local schools. Police on high alert,

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Speaker 1: but they say none of the threats are credible. After

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Speaker 1: several districts in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire get hit,

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Speaker 1: students none the worse for wear. The day goes on

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Speaker 1: as scheduled. Schools in Tingsboro, as well as Nashua, Pelham, Hudson,

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Speaker 1: New Hampshire, and more all affected. Canine officers in action

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Speaker 1: and emergency sweeps of the schools, mainly before classes began yesterday,

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Speaker 1: turn up nothing. Two people face charges in Swansea after

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Speaker 1: a second grader shows up at school to show off

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Speaker 1: one of the family's guns. Fifty one year old Christopher

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Speaker 1: Spangler and forty three year old Heather Spangler face several

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Speaker 1: charges of weapons and child endangerment issues after a search

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Speaker 1: warrant turns up several unregistered handguns at the family's home.

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Speaker 1: Police follow up on an anonymous tip from last week,

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Speaker 1: while parents fume they were not notified until this week. Well,

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Speaker 1: this could have been a catastrophe for a bar not

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Speaker 1: far from Fenway Park. Wb'sastdrew moholland is here with details.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Andrew, Morning Jeffrey.

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Speaker 3: The state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission reaches a compromise with

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Speaker 3: the owners of the popular watering Hole Game On. The

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Speaker 3: bar will pay a twenty seven thousand dollars fine, but

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Speaker 3: will keep its liquor license. This comes months after getting

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Speaker 3: caught serving underage drinkers. Many said they paid twenty bucks

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Speaker 3: to a bouncer to let them slide on in. Without

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Speaker 3: the deal, game on would have been game over for

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Speaker 3: some very big games. They would not have been able

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Speaker 3: to serve alcohol for Marathon Monday, yikes, and a Red

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Speaker 3: Sox series with the Yankees.

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Speaker 1: So this is big for them, all right, truth, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Red Sox, by the way, are off today. They're back

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Speaker 1: in action tomorrow night in Saint Louis as they begin

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Speaker 1: to find their footing in this young season. Bruins are

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Speaker 1: off until the weekend and the Celtics get back in

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Speaker 1: action tonight looking for a five game winning streak against

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Speaker 1: the Nixon Madison Square Garden, and this morning at Augusta

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Speaker 1: National Group one at the Masters, we'll tee off at

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Speaker 1: seven forty. Defending champion Rory McElroy gets the ten thirty

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Speaker 1: one slot. It'll be sunny in the seventies for round

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Speaker 1: one today. Jack Nicholas, Gary player Tom Watson again the

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Speaker 1: honorary starters. They'll take the first shots before the tournament

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Speaker 1: begins this morning. I think we've had it, haven't we.

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Speaker 1: The cold air here in Boston has dominated this spring.

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Speaker 1: We haven't really been able to string together any consecutive

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Speaker 1: But we're about to and that begins today. It's still

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Speaker 1: chilly out the door this morning, but under claar skies.

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Speaker 1: At sunrise we're at thirty three here in the city.

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Speaker 1: We're still seeing a lot of temperatures in the twenties

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Speaker 1: but we're off to the races today. It's going to

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Speaker 1: be an day with mostly sunny skies, a bit breezy.

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Speaker 1: especially in inland locations, could get closer to sixty degrees today.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow we set our sits on seventy. The weekend looks

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Speaker 1: pretty nice too, and the dry air continues with very

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Speaker 1: looking at the long range forecast and it shows a

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Speaker 1: complain that the warm air is here too soon. It's

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Speaker 1: thirty three right now in Boston and a bit of

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Speaker 1: a root awakening once again here in the city, but

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Speaker 1: clear skies six oh six on this Thursday morning. A

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Speaker 1: ban on bags makes the rounds on Beacon Hill.

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Speaker 2: It could cost ten cents for each paper bag you

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Speaker 2: use at stores across the Commonwealth. That is, if a

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Speaker 2: provision and a multi billion dollar environmental bond bill is approved.

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Speaker 2: It would also ban single use plastic bags stayed wide.

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Speaker 2: Fifty percent of a ten cent cost for a recyclable

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Speaker 2: paper bag would go to retailer and the other half

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Speaker 2: to an environmental fund that would help small businesses transition

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Speaker 2: away from plastic. The bill will go up for debate

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Speaker 1: The christening of tough times at the Boston City Council,

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Speaker 1: where Mayor Michelle wo drops her four point nine billion

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Speaker 1: dollar budget, which features no layoffs but does include the

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Speaker 1: elimination of hundreds of vacant positions and across the board

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Speaker 1: cost cuts. The mayor says core city services will remain intact,

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Speaker 1: but many grant programs are no longer sustainable. The fiscal

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Speaker 1: year twenty seven spending plan is up two percent from

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Speaker 1: current levels, do mainly to rising healthcare costs, but the

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Speaker 1: mayor says it is the smallest year over year increase

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Speaker 1: in sixteen years. A former district attorney is officially on

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Speaker 1: the comeback trail. Former Soffolk County DA Rachel Rollins wants

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Speaker 1: her old job back. She's pulled papers to run for

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Speaker 1: current DA Kevin Hayden's seat. For Hayden, it's been a

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Speaker 1: rough week. Just days ago, he was unopposed in his

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Speaker 1: reelection campaign, and now he's got two opponents. Former assistant

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Speaker 1: DA and member of his leadership team, Linda Champion, has

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Speaker 1: also jumped in, followed by Rollins. Rollins was the DA

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Speaker 1: from twenty nineteen till twenty two, when she left to

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Speaker 1: take over his US attorney in Boston, a position she

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Speaker 1: also resigned sixteen months into the job on an ethics

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Speaker 1: investigation for trying to disrupt a previous Kevin Hayden campaign.

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Speaker 1: More than a dozen workers are hurt following an explosion

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Speaker 1: and fire at an East Providence factory in Rhode Island.

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Speaker 1: First responders issue a mass casualty following the incident after

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Speaker 1: eight o'clock last night.

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Speaker 3: Thirteen workers of the twenty five on staff were transport

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Speaker 3: of the hospital.

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Speaker 2: No major injuries, mostly respiratory.

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Speaker 1: East Providence Fire Chief Michael Carey. Aspen Aerogels develops technology

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Speaker 1: for the energy and electric vehicle industries. The Dexter Road

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Speaker 1: facility also the scene of a factory fire in January

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Speaker 1: this year. An investigation is underway. You are now in

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Speaker 1: the loop for news updates throughout the day. Hey, listen

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