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News twenty six degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Former President Jimmy Carter's casket is now being taken on a horse drawn caisson from the Navy Memorial in Washington, d C. To the Capitol Rotundo. Carter is the only graduate of the US Naval Academy to become President of the United States. His body is set to lie in state at the Capitol tonight and tomorrow before Thursday's state funeral at the National Cathedral.
In Norfolk Superior Court, the prosecution's been trying to discredit a key expert for the defense in the Karen Reid case. We get more from wc's Brook McCarthy.
Another heated day in court ahead of Karen Reid's second criminal trial.
With all due respect, and I'm not somebody that just came in off the street.
I have at least thirty years as a physician.
Doctor Murray Russell answering questions from Prosecutor Hank Brennan on her qualifications as a dog bite expert. Doctor Russell testified during Reid's first trial that Boston Police officer John O'Keeffe was attacked by a dog, not hit by Reed's suv. Like the prosecution claims, the Commonwealth wants to prevent doctor Russell from testifying.
Most animals don't just bite with their top teeth and drag. It happens quite a bit.
What happens with frogs?
Right?
Anything happen with the Hogscogs bite and pull.
Russell answered questions for over six hours from the defense back in December. Reid's second trial is set for April. Brooke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's news radio.
There's an investigation under wayne Florida after a pair of bodies are found in a plane's landing gear.
Floridatharty say two bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a Jet Blue plane Monday night at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. WPLGTV reports the bodies were found in the wheelwell area. A Jet Blue spokesperson says they were found during a routine and post flight maintenance inspection. The planet arrived in Fort Lauderdale shortly after eleven PM
from JFK Airport in New York. Two weeks ago, a body was found in the wheelbay of a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Maui Julie Walker, New York.
The Biden administration is increasing oversight on smart home devices. ABC's Karen Trappers has the tails.
The Biden Administration is now fully launching its labeling program for smart electronics and appliances to help Americans know what Internet connected devices are cyber secure. The US cyber Trust Mark will soon be on approved connected devices, including baby monitors, fitness trackers, virtual assistants, and home security cameras. It's a voluntary program. Companies can soon submit products to get tested
for security standards. Major retailers like best Buy and Amazon have agreed to support the program and help educate consumers about the label. Karen travers ABC News Washington.
Help for those in medical debt, at least on their credit reports, those reports will no longer include medical debt for Americans. New rule finalized by the Biden administration that takes affected March. About forty nine billion dollars worth of medical bills from the credit reports of about fifteen million Americans will be wiped away, and a twenty twenty four pole from nonprofit KFF found about one in twelve US
adults have medical debt. To four day actual weather forecast, We've got a lot of the same as we've had the last several days coming up. Tonight. It's clear to partly cloudy, it's blusterye it's got temperatures in the teens and real fields probably below zero in some of the coldest spots overnight to night, close to zero for the real feel in Boston. Tomorrow, the winds are going to
be whipping around pretty good again. Wind gus tomorrow could get close to forty miles an hour, so we'll have the sunshine, we'll have that wind, Temperatures in the twenties, will feel like it's in the single digits and low teens. Another chilly night Tomorrow night with some clouds and that gusty breeze, a law of eighteen close to zero for
the real fields. And then Thursday, another day of the chill says, we'll have the wind blowing around, temperatures near thirty, will feel like we're in the single digits and low teens. And then a little bit of relief on Friday, a little bit it won't be as harsh. First of all, there'll be less wind Friday, a lot of sunshine around, and we'll see temperatures get into the mid to upper thirties.
Right now twenty six degrees in Boston. Two years after opening in Mattapan, a nonprofit hoping to provide healthy, affordable food is to the underserved neighborhoods is closing down the store. Wbz's Nicole Davis explains why.
Daily Table CEO Sasha Porpora says they opened up their nonprofit low cost grocery store on River Street in Mattapan trying to tackle the neighborhoods overwhelming levels of food insecurity.
The reason we close the store is it's not having the impact we hoped for.
First and foremost, she says, they struggle to get customers in the door, partly because the location is not that accessible. She says they also underestimated the deep level of need. While they do offer big discounts on food using snap, she says expanded access to food pantries would likely serve that neighborhood better. As for the future, she says they hope to expand and they'll make sure for future locations.
That not only is the population there that needs access to low cost food, but that we are in a location that makes it extremely easy for them to access it.
Nicole Davis WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Well, perhaps you don't always notice what surrounds you. You like the buildings in Boston. Sometimes they're there but almost in the background. Now some of the buildings that power over us are getting noticed with awards. W thebuzis j Weillette has the tails.
The Boston Society for Architecture is between three finalists for the Harleston Parker Medal, an award given to the most beautiful structure built in Boston within the last decade. So no Boston City Hall did not make the cut. The finalists are the Adams Street Branch Library in Dorchester, Harvard's District Energy Facility in Allston, in the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library. While the official medal is given by a professional panel, there is people's choice vote that's
open now. You have until the end of this month to cast votes on the Society's website. Jay will Let WBZ Boston's News Radio.
There comes the Consumer Electronics Show with Vegas. All of buzz before.
The annual trade show known as CES even kicked off companies were already announcing new gadgets. LG showed off a TV that uses AI to sharpen images, and Bosh has even made a smart crib that it says can detect when your baby needs a diaper change. Mobility also expected to be a major theme this year, says Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association.
Not only cars, but you see votes, and you see things that fly you around are electric scooters.
Mike Debuski, ABC News.
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