This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Forty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening around these parts. It's no longer smoke from a distant fire that's been affecting us. It is smoke from nearby fires. North of Boston. One fire in Middleton near the reservoir has increased in size, and WBZTV's Penny commit tells us there's an even larger one burning near Salem.
With one hundred and thirty acres burned. Crews from up and down the state are in Salem today trying to save another one hundred and thirty acres from catching flame. Fire Chief Allan Dyon says that will all depend on the wind. Were anticipating the fire will flare up again today. This morning, we saw Cruise tackle a large brush fire off Highland Avenue. It reignited about forty five minutes later
when the wind picked up. This cycle, the Chief says, is making it difficult for Cruise to fully extinguished these flames.
The good news for Halloween revelers is that downtown activities in Salem so far are unaffected. The beatles, saying about eight days a week. By that logic, election days a week away. In reality, it's a week plus a day, hence eight days the presidential candidates hitting the road and digging for votes from the undecided. Still, Vice President Kamala Harris has another battleground state blitz.
Vice President Harris today makes several stomps in battleground Michigan, focusing on investment in manufacturing. Her campaign says she'll argue she would be a better president at protecting American jobs and her opponent Donald Trump. She'll visit a facility that produces solar panel parts and received a three hundred and twenty five million dollar federal grant last week, touring the assembly line and meeting with workers. She'll later visit a
union training facility, meeting with instructors and apprentices. Tonight, the Vice president will hold a rally with her running mate, Governor Tim Walls in ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan. Karen Travers ABC News Washington.
Former President Donald Trump rally in New York City last night. Today, he's back on the campaign trail down south.
Today, Trump holds two events in Georgia, afternoon remarks to a gathering of faith leaders, and then an evening rally in Atlanta following last night's Mega MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden. Trump's campaign is actively seeking to distance itself from the jokes told by a little known comic before Trump took the stage. His line that Puerto Rico is a floating island of garbage is one that Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott calls not funny and not true.
Matt is ABC, Stephen Portnoy, eight days to go until election day. Keep it to to WBZ. We'll keep you up to date, and of course we'll have election results here on election night. You can always hear us streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Efforts to end the war in Gaza continue the US and others looking too free nearly one hundred hostages and bring relief to the war torn region.
A new round of ceasefire talks in Cutter today, the first talks since Israel killed last leader yay Sinhwar, who had blocked several ceasefire deals.
A new round of US led Gaza ceasefire talks underway in Doha with the Israelis Egyptians. Katari's CIA chief Bill Burns weighing some new options, from a shorter initial ceasefire to a sweeping all for all deal that is, declaring an immediate end of the war, releasing all ninety seven Israeli hostages, and a swift Israeli army redeployment. Egypt's proposal for a two day cease fire grabbing headlines, but Hamas indicating to will reject any partial deal and stick to
its hardline position. Geordana Miller, ABC News, Jerusalem.
Chilli night Tonight is some of the inland suburbs get well down into the thirties, and we may have a frost in some areas. Gets cold enough, and it could in a few of the normally colder spots we may get a freeze. No freezing in Boston about forty two for the low downtown under mainly clear skies, clouds and sun. Tomorrow to be breezy and a little bit milder than today,
Temperatures in the mid to upper fifties. Tomorrow night cloudy, breezy, a little rain gets in here, especially after midnight, Temperatures in the low fifties. And then Wednesday, the sun comes back out. The temperatures come up to about seventy degrees, mostly sunny on Thursday, mid to upper seventies, and then a couple of shours possible to Thursday night before we get a little bit cooler back into the sixties on Friday. Right now it is forty seven degrees in Boston. It
was a dangerously fun playground structure. Now it's becoming a sizzling hot collector's item. Wz's Matt Shearer climbs in.
Remember burger jails. Back in the seventies, McDonald's built their iconic play places, including the infamous Big Mac Climber, a giant cheeseburger that kids could climb into and unfortunately get very hurt on. There were hundreds of hospital visits. By nineteen ninety seven, McDonald's had disposed of them all but a few survived, which brings us to Easton Cool. So
this is the reaction I look for. Jacobell has an entire corner of his backyard dedicated to decaying McDonald's memorabilia, including the Big Mac Climber, which now goes for thousands of we first, god, he so what are you gonna do with that?
I'm gonna put there. I'm gonna look at it.
I'm gonna smile because it makes me happy.
He does have kids, but this was more for his inner child and no injuries to report just yet. Matt Shearer, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Hey, check out the video on our TikTok at WBZ News Radio. NASA is narrowing the lists of possible lending sites for putting the next humans on the Moon.
Space Agency officials say they're looking at nine possible regions near the Moon's south pole based on geological characteristics and flexibility for missions. The south pole has been permanently shadowed that increases the possibility of ice. It's a strategic reserve that could be converted to drinking water for astronauts and used to eventually manufacture or rocket fuel. NASA hopes to land astronauts there as soon as twenty twenty six on
its Artemis three mission. Peter King's TBS News, Are you in charge of Thanksgiving dinner this year? If you are, you might want to feed the gang without breaking the bank. And turns out retailers want your business and they're duking it out early this year to get a slice of your spending.
Pie brochers are rolling back prices to compete with shoppers who are on a budget. Walmart is promoting a so called inflation free Thanksgiving twenty nine items to feed eight people for under seven dollars a person. Sam's Club members meal feeds ten at about ten bucks a person, and it can be delivered to your house pre cooked so
it only takes two hours to heat up. And ald is offering its lowest prices since twenty nineteen, a meal for ten, including a butterball turkey, at just under five bucks per person.
At his ABC is Elizabeth Sulsey. And if you really want to save some money on your Thanksgiving dinner, have someone else host to get together. Just saying you are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parkner, WBZ Boston's news Radio