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

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Speaker 2: News thirty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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Speaker 2: and thanks for joining us on this Christmas Eve. I'm

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Speaker 2: Suzanne Sasville. Here's what's happening. The mass Department of Public

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Speaker 2: Health is out with an alert for residents about a

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Speaker 2: potential exposure to measles. Wbz's Charlie bergeron with the story.

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Speaker 3: State health officials confirming an out of state adult visitor

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Speaker 3: who spent time in Boston and Westborough earlier this month

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Speaker 3: was diagnosed with measles and was present in a number

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Speaker 3: of locations. December eleventh, about twoint forty the visitor arrived

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Speaker 3: at Logan on an American Airlines flight from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas.

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Speaker 3: The visitor stayed at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel

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Speaker 3: in Westborough and then left the state the following day,

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Speaker 3: December twelfth, leaving Logan on a nine to twenty pm

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Speaker 3: flight on JetBlue to Las Vegas. Department of Public Health

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Speaker 3: is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Speaker 3: and local partners to identify and notify those who may

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Speaker 3: have been exposed to measles from this individual. Measles very contagious. However,

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Speaker 3: the risk to most people in Massachusetts is low because

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Speaker 3: the vaccination rate in the state is high. Those who

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Speaker 3: could have been exposed and begin to develop symptoms of

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Speaker 3: measles should call their healthcare provider before visiting an office, clinic,

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Speaker 3: or emergency department. Charlie Burger on WBZ Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 2: A twenty one year old woman is dead after a

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Speaker 2: massive house fire in Needham. The fire started at around

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Speaker 2: five a m. At a single family home on Woodworth Road,

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Speaker 2: and two other people in the home were able to escape.

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Speaker 2: It's unclear what started the fire, but at least seven

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Speaker 2: departments were called in to help put out the flames.

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Speaker 2: As the investigation continues, State Fire Marshal John Devine is

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Speaker 2: everyone to check the smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors

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Speaker 2: in their homes. Negotiations continue in Egypt today over whether

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Speaker 2: to move into the second phase of ceasefire talks between

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Speaker 2: Israel and Hamas.

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Speaker 4: A statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office at Gal

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Speaker 4: Hirsch flew to Cairo this morning along with officials from

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Speaker 4: the Israeli Army, shin Bet and Mosad to meet officials

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Speaker 4: from Egypt and Katar. The talks are expected to focus

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Speaker 4: on returning the remains of the last Israeli hostage, still

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Speaker 4: being held in Gaza. Hamas says it does not know

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Speaker 4: where he is buried, acclaim Israel says it does not.

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Speaker 2: Believe CBS's Linda Gradstein. Meantime, Bethlehem celebrates somewhat of a

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Speaker 2: return to normalcy after the Israel Hamas war canceled Christmas

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Speaker 2: celebrations the last two years.

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Speaker 5: A moment of joy and wonder where the Christmas story began.

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Speaker 5: Thousands traveled from nearby towns and villages to attend Bethlehem's

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Speaker 5: annual tree lighting ceremony in Major Square, the first such

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Speaker 5: celebration since twenty twenty three, but hardly any foreign visitors.

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Speaker 2: CBS's MTS Taia reporting mostly cloudy overnight, with a low

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Speaker 2: of twenty seven in Boston, low twenties further inland for

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Speaker 2: Christmas Day tomorrow, Cloud's breaking for some, sun becoming breezy

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Speaker 2: with the high near forty on Friday Sunday for a bit,

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Speaker 2: then becoming more cloudy, much colder, with a high of

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Speaker 2: just twenty four, Snow developing later Friday night and continuing

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Speaker 2: into Saturday morning. We could get one to three inches

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Speaker 2: the high on Saturday twenty six. Right now in Boston,

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Speaker 2: it's partly cloudy and thirty three degrees. Once again, Massachusetts

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Speaker 2: Attorney General Andrea Campbell joins nineteen other states in so

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Speaker 2: doing the Trump administration, this time over gender affirming care

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Speaker 2: for young people. WBZ Sherry Small has details.

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts included in the coalition of states suing the Trump

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Speaker 1: administration over gender affirming care for young people. Earlier this month,

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Speaker 1: HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Junior made the claim that certain

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Speaker 1: forms of gender affirming care are quote unsafe and ineffective,

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Speaker 1: and threatened to punish doctors, hospitals, and clinics that continue

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Speaker 1: to provide such care by excluding them from federal Medicare

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Speaker 1: and Medicaid programs. The lawsuit claims Secretary Kennedy doesn't have

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Speaker 1: the authority to make that threat, and that his declaration

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Speaker 1: violates federal law by changing medical standards and healthcare policies

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Speaker 1: without going through the proper procedures. Campbell saying it would

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Speaker 1: limit access to medically necessary in life saving care for

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Speaker 1: trans youth and threaten access to healthcare for millions who

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Speaker 1: rely on medicaid. The coalition is asking the court to

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Speaker 1: set aside the declaration. Sherry Small WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

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Speaker 2: A federal judge has blocked President Trump's effort to revoke

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Speaker 2: the security clearance from a whistleblower attorney. CBS's Lynda Kenyon with.

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Speaker 6: That attorney Mark Zaid, sued the Trump administration after the

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Speaker 6: President rescinded his security clearance, as well as the clearances

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Speaker 6: of prominent Democrats. The judge ruled the president's action was

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Speaker 6: government retribution and since Zaid introduced credible evidence that he

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Speaker 6: cannot properly advise current clients if do not access to

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Speaker 6: certain information, Zaid responded, quote, this is not just a

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Speaker 6: victory for me. It's an indictment of the Trump administration's

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Speaker 6: attempts to intimidate and silence the legal community, especially lawyers

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Speaker 6: who represent people who dared to question or hold this

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Speaker 6: government accountable. Linda Kenyon, CBS News Washington.

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Speaker 2: The Department of Justice says they've found more documents that

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Speaker 2: potentially connect to the Jeffrey Epstein case. ABC Stephen Portnoy

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Speaker 2: with the latest.

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Speaker 7: The Justice Department now says the FBI and the Manhattan

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Speaker 7: US Attorney's office have uncovered over a million more docuss

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Speaker 7: that potentially relate to the Epstein case. The Department says

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Speaker 7: attorneys are working around the clock, but it might take

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Speaker 7: a few more weeks to review these documents and make

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Speaker 7: legally required reactions. Critics have said the administration has been

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Speaker 7: too slow to release the Epstein files and has wrongly

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Speaker 7: blocked out the names of government officials and of potential

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Speaker 7: co conspirators referenced by them in internal emails.

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Speaker 2: The DOJ says it will release more files as soon

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Speaker 2: as possible. You are now in the loop for news

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