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Forty degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. It was a moving start to the new week. Like try an earthquake. A three point eight magnitude tremor felt around New Into In details from wbz's Drew Maholland, this.
Thing strikes centered off the coast of York Harbor, Maine. And yes, lots of people are feeling it here. No word yet on any injuries or damage. I just got off the phone with the US Geological Survey. This is what they got.
Located eleven kilometers southeast of York Harbor, Maine, offshore, so it puts it at about five five and a half miles southeast of York Harbor.
Light to moderates shaking, so we don't expect too much damage. Most of Massachusetts as far out as Springfield could have felt this, as well as most of New Hampshire, lower third of Maine, parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island. I'm Drew mamholland, WBZ Boston's news radio.
US public health officials are being told to stop working with the World Health Organization effective immediately. A CDC official sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency yesterday telling them to stop work with the WHO and to await further guidance. Experts say this will set back work on monitoring bird flow of the US along we try to stop outbreaks of the Marburg virus and MPOs in Africa.
President Trump issued an executive order last week to begin the process of withdrawing from the WHO, but it requires the approval of Congress in order to take effect. President Trump's been using his position to sign many executive orders in his first week in office. Now, the President's expected to sign several executive orders focused on the military.
According to a White House official, the president will sign an executive order that will direct the DoD to determine a policy for transgender service members based on readiness. He'll also sign an order that abolishes DEI in the military, and a third executive order will reinstate members of the military who were discharged for refusing to get the COVID vaccine. Stacey Lynn CBS News the.
White House time to do the taxes. Tax Day is still two and a half months away, but today if.
You happen to be ready. The IRS is ready for you.
Tax filing season is here. Today is the day when the IRS officially starts accepting tax returns. If you file electronically and your return is accurate and complete, the IRS says it should take fewer than three weeks to receive a refund. The deadline to file taxes is April fifteenth.
That is CBS's Matt Piper.
Massachusetts experienced the same four point one percent unemployment rate in December as the country as a whole, which ends at nearly two years streak of comparatively lower joblessness in the Bay. State labor officials announced that Massachusetts unemployment rate inched upward one tenth of a percentage point from four percent in November, while at the same time, the national unemployment rate ticked downward from four point two percent to
four point one percent. If you like to move it, move it, it could help you age better.
Like to moved?
Moved? Yeah?
Like them?
That is the message from a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
ABC's Jim Ryan is moving it.
Visit your neighborhood health club and you'll be hard pressed to find many wrinkles or gray hairs, but researchers who've studied years worth of data have discovered that those sixty five and over can benefit dramatically from just a little physical activity. Their study finds that one hundred and fifty minutes per week of moderate exercise like a brisk walk or dancing can reduce the risk of death from any cause by thirty one percent. Jim Ryan ABC.
Some clouds as we head into the evening, although the sunshines hanging around here late in the afternoon, so you may need the sunglasses for the ride home if you're facing west, and then as those clouds come in tonight, we'll hang onto the wind. Temperatures aren't going to fall much, though, probably close to thirty real fields. That'll be the problem as we fall back into the low twenties and upper
teens in many spots tomorrow a morning snowshower. This is not going to be a big deal, but whatever deal it ends up being, could put a couple of slick spots down on the roadways for your morning commute. Later in the day, it's windy clouds with some afternoon sun, temperatures into the upper thirties, and then temperatures falling into the twenties by sundown Tomorrow. Tomorrow night and into Wednesday
will increase the clouds. We'll drop the attempts to about twenty degrees and then overnight and into Wednesday morning a period of snow that could accumulate one to three inches in some areas. So again, Wednesday morning may feature some slick travel too cloudy. The rest of Wednesday, a couple of snow showers, high thirty eight, and then a chili day on Thursday. Mostly sunny, still windy, temperatures in the mid twenties, feeling like it's in the teens. Right now,
it is forty degrees in Boston. A legend of the field hockey game adds another trophy to an already packed case. Wbz's Hyle Shaffle has more from Watertown.
During school hours. The Bill Belichick of girls field Hockey is a greed school gym teacher.
I don't think gave us secret. I lean.
Dona Hugh, Watertown's Woman of the Hour, was recently named National Coach of the Year. She's entering her fortieth year as a coach, with eight hundred career wins in sight and a win rate above ninety percent.
She says this past year was as much a slog as any. We had a couple of close games this year.
Which is basically the Donahue version of taking an oult. Her team hasn't actually lost a game for six years. I asked her for a coaching secret, and it comes down to discipline, the hard work of her players, and prep. I got to be prepared, so as soon as that practice sends and I'm driving home on my mind's going. But she says, it's important to know that even though the carousel has been spinning for years, it could.
Grind to a halt at any moment.
You know.
It's a wonderful thing that's happened, But I'm not focused on that.
I'm focused on what you know, What are you going to do next?
Kyle Schaeffel to be busy Boston Shows Radio.
The Rocks are coming back.
According to the Brockton Enterprise, the baseball teams coming back to the city of Champions, with a Red Sox Hall of Famer as part owner. The papers citing a press release since as a formal announcement will be Wednesday at Brockton City Hall and will feature Jim Rice as part of the Brockton Rocks return looking to tackle the biggest job in Boston. A familiar name in New England throwing his hat in the race for mayor.
As the president of the New England Patriots Foundation and son of Pat's owner Robert Kraft, he's certainly no stranger to Bostonians. He also currently serves as board chair for the Urban League of Massachusetts and previously spent thirty years working for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. According to the campaign filings, he's running as a Democrat, and all signs point to a face off with incumbent Mayor Michelle wou She just hasn't pulled the trigger on an
official announcement just yet. Jared Browsnan WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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