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News fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Ethel Kennedy has died. The social activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy that suffered a stroke last week. She died at the age of ninety six. Cbs' Steve Kathan takes a look back at her life.
Ethel Kennedy married her way into a political dynasty.
In a ceremony at Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Ethel Skakehowne became Missus Robert F.
Kennedy.
She shared her husband's commitment to public service, and after his assassination, she founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. President Obama cited her strength, resilience, and passion when he awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in twenty fourteen.
As her family will tell you, and they basically occupied this half of the room.
You don't mess with that.
F As the mother of nine living children, grandmother of dozens, Ethel Kennedy filled plenty of seats at that ceremony, Steve Kith and CBS News.
The reaction from local politicians. From Senator Red Markey, he called Kennedy a true force for social change in her own right, says Ethel, Kennedy worked to address society's greatest injustices, fighting for equity, inclusion, compassion, and lasting change, moving on and moving out, but leaving a mess behind. Hurricane Milton's pushing well out into the Atlantic now, but not before bringing ferocious winds, flooding, deadly tornadoes to parts of Florida.
The Tampa area was spared the biggest storm surge as Milton jogged off to the south Police Chief John Cosby and Bradenton Beach with more on what they've been dealing with. We're seeing a lot of wind damaged.
Roofs have been compromised.
We've had some structures that were compromised.
They blew off the stilts.
Cosby says the city needs to restore power, water and sewer systems. Close to one hundred percent of the population they were evacuated before the storm. International Airport is planning to reopen tomorrow morning. As Hurricane Milton leaves much of Florida devastated. President Biden is stressing the government will make sure that survivors get the resources they need.
I know recovery and rebuilding projects can take a long and difficult time. But long after the press and the cameras move on, I promise you have to pick up the pieces still. I want you to know everything on our power to help you put pieces back together and get.
All that you need. At least five people left dead from the storm. Millions more in Florida are still without power. As for Milton, it is a post tropical cyclone and moving well out to see more than two hundred miles the center at least off of Cape Canaveral, Florida. TD Bank pleads guilty the charges of money laundering. They agree to pay up the three billion dollars. The CBS's Christopher Cruz has the tail.
The penalty on TD Bank is the largest ever in the US for violating anti money laundering laws. In a statement, the Justice Department said the bank, among other things, fail to maintain an anti money laundering program that complies with the Bank Secrecy Act. It said the bank's program had fundamental, widespread flaws that for almost a decade made it easy for criminals to open accounts and transfer funds.
Regulator's also placed to cap on TD Bank's ability to accept new deposits, a harsh and rare penalty. It will be clear, so any skywatchers should have a pretty good view of whatever's up there. But we will be chilly. Forty six in Boston. Thirties in some of the coolest western suburbs, go far enough out you may even pick up a tiny bit of frost on the pumpkin. Mostly sunny tomorrow with a little bit milder, temperatures into the
mid sixties. Mainly clear in the fifties tomorrow night, and then we warm up to seventy or so on Saturday, with more sun than clouds. Sunday, little change. We'll have some clouds around and a shower or two. Temperatures about sixty. We may struggle to get out of the fifties several days next week. We'll see right now it is fifty nine degrees. See in Boston, when you think pumpkin, probably think orange. But on the pumpkin wall at Wilson Farm
in Lexington it is far more colorful. Of the buzy'st Hiles Shaffle check things out well.
The two hundred pumpkins and boxes gazed out on the parking lot like kings on the seat of an autumnal throne.
So the wall took all day, from nine o'clock to six o'clock.
The colors look like someone detonated a faul theme pinata. I made a display with the wreckage sunshine yellow gorge peek out between smooth blue ones that look like giant clans, and every couple of feet there's a hunk of modeled gray that wouldn't be out of place somewhere in the asteroid belt. All you gotta do is make sure that no similar color touches. Jeff Callahan is the worker tasked with building the wall, just like he's done since the first one of the mid two thousands.
I could just like point absolutely so if I was just like, that's a bumpy pumpkin.
That's crazy, okay, uh mellow yellow, Yeah, that's the peanut. The wall here has become an attraction in itself too.
There is tripods set up over here. They come in with different outfits and they change outfits.
It'll be up unto a round Thanksgiving. Kyles Shaffle to be busy Boston's news radio.
You know what else is colorful this time of year, leaves? Where are you going to see them? Perhaps maybe your own backyard, but you may be hitting the road too to see the colorful side. Triple A says. Boston, New York, Seattle are all among the top domestic fall destinations. Many travelers do take road trips this time a year, or fall cruises to enjoy the foliage. Massachusetts foliage expected to peak this week, although a little bit later as you
get closer to Boston. Northern New York foliage giving off quite a show this week. A reminder from the Travel Club though, about taking in the views and enjoying them from a safe spot. No matter how beautiful scenic areas are across the Northeast, never stop in the middle of a busy road to take a photo, and don't take pictures while you're driving. A lot of people have a
side hustle. Maybe you've got one. W bztv's Paula Evan tells us about a Massachusetts woman who turned her hobby into a profitable side hustle.
Hellem Boozeggian of Marvelhead works a full time corporate job.
I mean when we started there really weren't any charm necklace companies.
Less than a year ago, she started making charm necklaces in her off time.
We have the largest assortment of charms out there.
The hobby quickly turned into a side hustle, and thanks to the power of social media, it's blown up into a booming business. Definitely a pinch me moment.
It was a month in and.
It was basically an article about a style roundup of Taylor Swift and Alex Earl at the playoff.
Game, and she was wearing our necklace.
That's when custom jewelry orders started pouring in, up to three hundred in one day.
It was kind of sink or swim, and I think thankfully both of us just said, well, we're certainly not going to.
Sync with hell from her husband, Bozigian is taking coastal caveat to do heights right from her home, and she's still balancing her full time job. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's news radio