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

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Speaker 2: Fifty four degrees in Boston, partly cloudy. It's eleven o'clock

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Speaker 2: and you made it to Friday. Thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Davis. Here is what's happening. The arraignment of

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Speaker 2: New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges

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Speaker 2: is about to get underway in Virginia. Your SABC's Pierre

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Speaker 2: Thomas I was expected.

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Speaker 3: To plead not guilty to allegations that she bes led

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Speaker 3: a bank in order to get a more favorable mortgage loan.

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Speaker 3: A longtime Trump nemesis, James was indicted even though a

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Speaker 3: Trump appointed US attorney declined to prosecute her. That US

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Speaker 3: attorney was then replaced by US Attorney Lindsay Halligan, who

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Speaker 3: had no prosecutorial experience. Alligan sought the charges anyway.

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Speaker 2: James spear heading a successful civil fraud case against the

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Speaker 2: President and his company in twenty twenty two at eleven

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Speaker 2: oh one. Rather, Governor more Healy is now calling on

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Speaker 2: the White House to reverse course and stop looming cuts

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Speaker 2: to federal food assistants.

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Speaker 4: President Trump has chosen to stop all snap benefits to

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Speaker 4: Americans starting next week, and a leadership is a choice,

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Speaker 4: and sadly, President Trump has chosen to take away food

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Speaker 4: from people all around this country.

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Speaker 2: The governor says a million people in Massachusetts are at

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Speaker 2: risk of losing their food benefits starting next week, a

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Speaker 2: third of whom are children. She says, the hundreds of

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Speaker 2: millions of dollars in federal assistance every month is far

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Speaker 2: too much for any state to absorb, and the White

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Speaker 2: House is blaming this on the ongoing government shutdown, but

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Speaker 2: the governor claims this is a choice that the President

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Speaker 2: is making. During her press conference, she pointed out he

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Speaker 2: has a contingency fund with billions of dollars available that

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Speaker 2: she says he could use to fund food assistants until

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Speaker 2: the shutdown's over. In the meantime, Governor Healy is asking

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Speaker 2: people to donate to the United Response Fund. It's a

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Speaker 2: fund manage by the United Way to help feed families

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Speaker 2: here in Massachusetts. Now, the latest Consumer par indexes out

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Speaker 2: after it was delayed due to the shutdown. Here's Abc'sjim Ryan.

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Speaker 5: The CPI for September showed inflation accelerating from the August reading,

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Speaker 5: ticking up three percent year over year. While gasoline prices

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Speaker 5: have been falling for the past few weeks, the Bureau

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Speaker 5: of Labor Statistics says that was the largest factor in

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Speaker 5: the monthly increase. While the Federal Reserve has set a

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Speaker 5: two percent target for inflation, the Board of Governors is

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Speaker 5: still expected to cut interest rates at its next meeting.

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Speaker 2: Meantime, the Social Security Administration today announcing a two point

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Speaker 2: eight percent cost of living uptick for beneficiaries in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty six. This translates to an average increase of more

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Speaker 2: than fifty six dollars for retirees every month. The benefits

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Speaker 2: increase for almost seventy one million Social Security recipients will

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Speaker 2: go into effect come January. Increased payments to almost seven

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Speaker 2: and a half million people getting supplemental Security income will

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Speaker 2: get started on New Year's Eve and at eleven oh two.

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Speaker 2: The city of Quinsy is getting some pro bono helped

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Speaker 2: to defend its planned installation of two giant Catholic statues.

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Speaker 2: The Patriot Ledger reports the Beckett Fund is taking on

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Speaker 2: the city's defense. The lawsuit against the city claims the

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Speaker 2: installation of the religious statues on a public building violates

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Speaker 2: the state's constitution. City officials say the two saints are

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Speaker 2: meant to symbolize good over evil and promote first responder ideals. Now,

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Speaker 2: the Becket, funded on Profits, says it goes around the

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Speaker 2: country taking on cases like this to quote defend religious liberty.

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Speaker 2: For all they have in the past represented hobby lobby.

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Speaker 2: A judge has blocked the installation of the statues in

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Speaker 2: Quinsy for the time being as this all plays out,

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Speaker 2: the weekend is looking good. But let's start, of course

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Speaker 2: with today, and there is a chance we could have

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Speaker 2: a couple of showers popping up from time to time.

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Speaker 2: I am seeing a few brewing in parts of the

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Speaker 2: Hudson Valley of New York, and we could see some

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Speaker 2: of those pop over the state line here soon. Otherwise,

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Speaker 2: in the Boston area, it is nice and quiet right now,

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Speaker 2: breezy day, lots of sun, and we've got a high

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Speaker 2: year sixty today. So again, don't get the umbrella too

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Speaker 2: far away from you if you have to go outside,

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Speaker 2: you might need it later on. Now for tonight turning

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Speaker 2: out clear, low in the mid forties in Boston, upper

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Speaker 2: thirties Inland. And for Saturday and Sunday, both weekend days

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Speaker 2: looking quite nice mix of sun and clouds. I've got

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Speaker 2: a high in the mid fifties Monday, limited sun with

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Speaker 2: a few showers and high in the low fifties fifty

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Speaker 2: four degrees right now in Fitchburg, where at fifty five

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Speaker 2: in Amesberry, fifty four in Attleborough. In Boston at eleven

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Speaker 2: oh five it is partly cloudy and fifty four degrees.

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Speaker 2: There's a trend right now of students putting their phones

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Speaker 2: in yonder pouches during class time to help with distractions.

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Speaker 2: But what about for the rest of us. Wz's Jim

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Speaker 2: McKay has more in a new trend that can limit

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Speaker 2: how often you turn on that phone.

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Speaker 6: A recent overseas study showed that globally, twenty five percent

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Speaker 6: of US admit to having a smartphone addiction. Asking around

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Speaker 6: Quinsey Center, it seems to track.

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Speaker 2: People just on their phone so much.

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Speaker 1: And I'm a collperate for sure.

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Speaker 2: Personally, I'm addicted to social media.

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Speaker 5: I can't stay off my phone.

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Speaker 6: A device that's been making the rounds to help with

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Speaker 6: this problem is called brick. You stick it to a

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Speaker 6: desk at home. It's scan your phone, allowing you to

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Speaker 6: disable certain apps. You're using too much, but still lets

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Speaker 6: you make phone calls or use other apps you deem necessary.

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Speaker 6: The only way to enable the disabled apps once again

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Speaker 6: is by scanning your phone to the brick. I asked

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Speaker 6: a few people if they'd be interested.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, that's it.

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Speaker 6: You may want to consider brick as we all try

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Speaker 6: to maintain a healthy digital lifestyle in Quincy. Jim mckawb

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Speaker 6: Z Boston's news radio Developing News.

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Speaker 2: At eleven oh seven, we have learned the US has

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Speaker 2: targeted a tenth alleged drug running boat. CBS's Michael Wallace

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Speaker 2: has the updates.

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Speaker 7: Defense Secretary Pete Hexth posted on x the latest strike

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Speaker 7: was on a boat operated by the Venezuelan gang Trende

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Speaker 7: ar Agua and International Waters in the Caribbean Sea. Hexth

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Speaker 7: says all six male narco terrorists aboard were killed and

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Speaker 7: what was the first nighttime strike. President Trump has worn

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Speaker 7: the strikes on drug cartels may expand beyond boats.

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Speaker 6: So now they're coming in by land, and even the

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Speaker 6: land is concerned because I told them that's going to

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Speaker 6: be next.

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Speaker 8: You know, the land is going to be next.

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Speaker 7: At least forty six people have been killed in the

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Speaker 7: US strikes Michael Wallace, CBS News.

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Speaker 2: And President Trump has abruptly stopped all trade talks with Canada.

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Speaker 2: Some response to an ad run by the Ontario government

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Speaker 2: featuring negative comments about tariffs made by then President Ronald Reagan.

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Speaker 8: The weight of prosperity for foreign nations. He is rejecting

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Speaker 8: protectionist legilation and promoting fair and free competition. Nrative, jobs,

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Speaker 8: and growth are at state.

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Speaker 1: That's the anti terriff ad paid for by the Province

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Speaker 1: of Ontario that got President Trump's attention, prompting him to

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Speaker 1: declare all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated. He

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Speaker 1: also called the ad fake and accused Canada of trying

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Speaker 1: to influence the Supreme Court, which is considering a case

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Speaker 1: about whether the President has the authority to raise tariffs.

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Speaker 2: At CBS's Nicole Skanga Now, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

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Speaker 2: and Institute says it misrepresents the speech and the Government

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Speaker 2: of Ontario didn't seek or yet permission to use it

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Speaker 2: and edit Riggins's remarks. You are now in the loop

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