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News thirty two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Boston City Councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson appears today in federal court on corruption charges. She pleads not guilty to all charges and asks the judge to appoint a public defender for her and she's unable to afford a lawyer, and of the Viz's Kendall Buell has more. Fernandez Anderson was in dire financials traits.
US attorney Josh Levy says due to a five thousand dollars fine she paid for violating state ethics laws by hiring her son as an office manager. According to investigators, that led to a kickback scheme involving hiring a family member.
This unidentified person was then given a bonus more than twice as large as given to the rest of the staff, combined thirteen thousand dollars, allegedly with the agreement that the District seven councilor would get a kickback, and she did, Levy says, in the form of seven grand in cash handed over in a city hall bathroom, and.
Not only was these taxpayer's funds being stallboves happening right in the building where she works.
So my personal opinion, I think it adds the egregiousness of this conduct.
No one else has been charged, Levy says. The investigation continues from the mostly federal courthouse Canni BUWBZ, Boston's news radio.
The judge releasing Fernandez Anderson on certain conditions today, including surrendering her passport and staying in Massachusetts. Meantime, Boston Mayor Michelle Wou in a statement, is calling for the counselor
to step down from her job. Looking for more clues in the ongoing manhunt for the person who shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson to death outside of New York City, hotel, investigators tell ABC News they believe they were able to score DNA samples from several pieces of evidence discovered at or near the murder scene.
The mayor said today that police are on the right path to catching this guy, but they still haven't formally identified him. That they have him arriving at the Port Authority bus terminal at nine pm on November twenty fourth, checking in and out of the hostel on the upper west.
Side, that is ABC's Aaron Katirski. The US Department of Agriculture ordering the testing of raw milk for bird flu.
No cases of bird flu virus have been confirmed in people who drank raw milk, but with bird flu already detected in seven hundred and eighteen US cow herds, the new federal order requires raw unpasteurized milk samples nationwide to be tested. This comes after a California farm producing raw milk recalled products which tested positive for the bird flu virus. Pasteurized milk, which is he treated, kills the virus and remains safe to drink. Michael Toscano, CBS News Washington.
A federal appeals court in DC has upheld the law that requires the sale of TikTok.
The unanimous holding of the three judge panel is that China based Byte Dance must sell TikTok by January nineteenth, or rely on President Biden to grant a ninety day extension as the company works toward a sale. If not, the court says, TikTok will effectively be unavailable in the United States at least for a time, and its millions of users will quote need to find alternative media of communication.
The company has insisted TikTok is safe for Americans, but the judges site China's hybrid commercial threat to US national security and Beijing's desire to gather data on America.
That is ABC Stephen portnoit we get a check now of the four dawbz ACCU weather forecast with partly Cloudy's guys Tonight, We'll hang on to a little bit of the breeze, though, though the real windy conditions will start to die down. Temperatures overnight in the mid twenties downtown, a little chillier in the suburbs. Sunshine tomorrow mixes with some clouds, still a little breezy, Temperatures a little better than today. We'll get into the upper thirties by Tomorrow night.
We'll have clouds around, Temperatures close to freezing, and a little snow gets in here late at night into Sunday morning, and that could create a few slick spots. After that, just mostly cloudy Sunday, a little breezy, temperatures in the low to mid forties. By Monday, we're in the low to mid forties. We'll have some sun to start, we'll bring in some clouds, and we'll bring in a bit of rain late in the day. Right now, thirty two
degrees in. Some Cambridge street signs are now honoring the city's Native American history, as WC Suzanne Sosville tells us, nearly one hundred signs. Eventually we'll include translations to the language of the Massachusetts tribe.
On a rainy day recently, Sage Carbone went outside her East Cambridge apartment and was shocked to see the first translated sign was up.
I think I'm still in awe of this project starting, and I feel really full of joy.
She's Native American and it was her idea to translate the signs, something she had seen on reservations.
But I hadn't seen any municipality make an effort to include indigenous language in their signs.
Even those city residents voted for the new signs. Vice Mayor Mark McGovern says some people have commented online that it's un American.
It's honoring the culture that that existed before we got here, and that doesn't hurt anybody. I see it as only a positive thing in Cambridge.
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Earlier, we told you about Randy Moss saying he's saying he's battling something internal. Now, the former New England Patriot and Pro Football Hall of Famer is stepping away from ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown as he battles a serious health issue. ESPN says in a statement Moss will be away for an extended period of time and that he has been an invaluable member of their team for almost a decade. The forty seven year old had said he's optimistic and
has a great team of doctors and family support. It's fight night in New England, not tonight. Over the weekend. WBC's Jamal Holland has more in a rising MMA star with local roots.
His name is Lucas Rosa.
For the transition, so well, you'll get one, you tried the other.
Originally from PbD, then Seabrook, New Hampshire, He's now training in Florida and in a Saturday night showdown in Barry, Vermont, here we go, Lucas Rosa is set to put his undefeated pro record of four and zero on the line. I spoke with Lucas Rosa just ahead of his battle in Barry First, Matt Denning.
This guy is a real step up to you know, veteranos.
Sport amateurst joke like how long I could last if I jumped in the ring with you, you know, like, if I jumped in with you, it's probably five to six seconds.
Is out a book.
It wouldn't be long.
I mean that's people with It wouldn't be long. He said that so politely.
Yeah, I'll stay out of the cage with Lucas. And the name might be familiar to Lucas's brother. Charles Rosa is a former UFC star has helped Lucas pave his way. Big fight Saturday night in Barry, Vermont. Good luck to Lucas Rosa. Drew moholland WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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