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News thirty three degrees in Boston on this Christmas Eve. Good afternoon. I'm I'm a Friedman, and here's what's happening. It's the final day of a nationwide Starbucks strike and it's hitting close to home. Wez's Hyle Shaffle has the details.
Fledgeling Starbucks workers union has expanded its strike to more than three hundred stores today. One of those stores is right here in Brighton.
Starbucks refuses to come to the table with suitable proposals for the contract and like work with us as we are in bargaining sessions.
Andy Gonzalez Paloto is a Borisa here. She says the two sides are still miles apart in wage increases. The union says the company isn't playing ball in negotiations, so they're striking. Other closed locations include a store in Worcester. Locally, Andy says, inconsistent hours have been a problem and that's part of the demands nationally.
How can anybody sustain staying in a career when you have no idea what week to week you're going to be able to get scheduled for It's.
A tricky week to strike too, with a bit of cold with a snack table outside the Miami Natives as they've been making.
Do we have like handwarmers and things like that. We brought a bunch of extra gloves. You know. The whole point of like being in a union is the fact that, like we show up for each other.
Kyle Shaffle to BBZ Bosonson's Radio.
President Biden approves a new defense bill that includes a pay raise for service members.
This year's Defense policy bill provides a four and a half percent pay raise for all service members and a fourteen and a half percent increase for junior enlisted troops. The measure invests in new military technologies such as artificial intelligence,
and ramps up US production of ammunition. President Biden signed the bill, but he noted his misgivings and a statement pointing to a provision blocking the military's try Care health program from covering gender dysphoria treatments for the children of service members.
That was ABC's Stephen Portnoy reporting there. And former President Bill Clinton is now out of the hospital after being treated for the flu.
His office is the seventy eight year old former president was discharged after being hospitalized overnight a diagnosis the flu. A spokesman says Clinton and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care he received at Georgetown University Hospital.
And the woman burned to death on a Brooklyn subway train is still unidentified.
The victim, who was deliberately set on fire by Matt she didn't know, dying a horrific death, still has no name. She was burned so badly police are struggling to lift a fingerprint, and she had no ID in the multiple bags she was carrying. She had a walker with he too. The Brooklyn Medical Examiner says an autopsy showed that the woman died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries. An illegal Guatemalan immigrant, Sebastian's Paida Khalil, is charged with first degree
murder and arson. I'm Sarah Leeks Slur.
Police and Stodent are looking for a man dressed in great pajamas for a possible vehicle break ins and car theft. Surveillance video shows that Elvis a Door day of wearing the pajamas and using a debit card that was stolen from a parking complex in Stoden Adre is suspected of vehicle break ins in Stoden, and police say he's wanted on five active arrest warrants. Anyone with information is encouraged to call police. Right now, it is four to five.
It's about thirty three degrees in Boston. That sun is still out at the moment, making it a little warmer, but when it starts to go down, the attempts are going to drop down to a low of twenty three in Boston in the teens and most inland suburbs. As for our Christmas Day forecast, well, it's gonna be sunny with a patch of clouds, high of thirty two to thirty six degrees and it's going to stay partly cloudy
throughout the day with a low of twenty four. As for the rest of the week Thursday and Friday, very similar forecast, partly to mostly sunny with a high of thirty five on Thursday, and it goes up a few degrees on Friday, where we once again are going to be seeing that sun in the sky. Right now now, it is four to six thirty three degrees in Boston. A license and registration is required for all drivers in Massachusetts and even Santa Claus. W bz's Jared Brosnan explains.
Governor Heally and Mass Wildlife have officially granted a special permit to Santa Claus and his reindeer to fly through Massachusetts airspace. There was some prep work here too, as Mass Wildlife's dear biologist Martin Fien personally checked in with all nine reindeer before they took off earlier this morning. According to Norad, he set off from the North Pole
at around six am. We've still got plenty of time before Santa gets to Boston, but it's crunched on to get off that naughty list, hoping not to get coal. I'm Jared Brosnan WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
And if those holiday family gatherings bring you stress, CBS's Heather Gustafson has some tips for you.
Don't blame yourself for having feelings other than joy. It's the human experience.
Doctor Claudia Allen with UVa's Health Family Stress Clinic, says she knows that families are not perfect. Doctor Allen says keep the peace this holiday season by limiting your exposure to stressful FAI. Family members.
Don't expect to spend twenty four to seven together. Instead of going for seven days, maybe go for three days.
And realize that no family is perfect.
Sometimes we think that the happy families everyone's altogether. No, it can be fun to mix it up.
Kather Gustafson for CBS News Washington.
Many of us check reviews before we buy something online, especially for the holidays, but lots of those reviews are fake, and CBS's Christopher Cruz says new technology is making it worse.
Researchers and watchdog groups say the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to quickly produce detailed reviews could lead to sites getting swamped with phony reviews. Amazon and Yelp have long been plagued by scammers who get paid to post fraudulent five star reviews for products.
The deceptive practice is illegal in the United States. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app I'm I'm a Freedman, WBZ Boston's news radio