This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news seventy five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Sean Ditty. Combs pleads not guilty during get court appearance on sex trafficking and
racketeering charges in New York City. Prosecutors alleged that, starting in two thousand and eight, Combs abused, threatened, and coerced women and others, and led a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in a number of crimes, including forced labor, kidnapping, and obstruction of justice. US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams, laying out some of the accusations.
As alleged Combes use force, threats of force, encouragion to cause victims to engage in extended sexual performances with male commercial sex workers, some of whom he transported or caused to be transported over state lines. Combs allegedly planned and controlled the sex performances, which he called freak offs, and he often electronically recorded them.
Colmb's arrest came about six months after Homeland Security had raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami. As part of an investigation. Prosecutors are asking for Combs to be held without bail. His lawyers asking for fifty million dollars bond. A woman and a baby are shot in Dorchester. This happened late last night. The victims taken to different hospitals. The baby has life threatening injuries. Mayor Michelle Woo praised first responders care.
In which they were able to quickly transport the victims and provide medical care, means that.
Things could have been even worse.
Police were called at the corner of Stratton and Aames Streets in Dorchester a bit after eleven thirty last night. They found the woman and the child shot in a driveway. No arrest so far. Police are asking for the public's health in solving the case. Already's in New Hampshire say they've arrested an eighteen year old from Lowell in connection
with a mail carrier robbery earlier this year. The US Attorney's Office for New Hampshire says police arrested the eighteen year old tyler Is Savignon this morning and charged him with aiding and a betting of robbery. He's accused of directing two other people to rob a mail carrier in Nashua in April. Prosecutors say he told two teens to steal the postal workers master key. He then used that key, they say, to commit check washing. One of the two
teens in the case also has been arrested. In an attempt to protect younger users, Instagram says it's implementing some new measures.
Instagram is rolling out teen accounts, which CEO Adam Is Sari tells ABC News will automatically enroll users under eighteen in certain features.
Things like who can contact them, what content they see, and how much time they spend on their.
Devicesari also says they're working on ways to crack down on teens who lie about their age.
Things like requiring a team to verify their age if they try to change their birthday, things like not allowing someone to create a new account with a different birthday on the same device.
Like Debaski, ABC News.
Many of these features have been available, but now Instagram says younger users will have to ask their parents for approval to change certain settings. It's super and tonight. It will also be partially obscured. Do you know what it's called a smart well. That's right, Neil Young. It's the harvest moon. Tonight, the moon officially full and it'll be the closest to Earth and it's or mid which makes
it super. Then around ten or shortly thereafter, the Earth shadow will cover about nine percent of the Moon's diameter. It will bring eight partial eclipse, that is, if clouds don't eclipse the eclipse. Tonight. It'll be partly to mostly cloudy, sixty in Boston, mid fifties and many of the suburbs, and that super moon may not be available for you to peak at this evening. Mostly cloudy, cooler Tomorrow, with temperatures about seventy two in Boston and right near the coast,
but closing in on eighty Inland. A rather cloudy night Tomorrow night and mainly near and south of the Pike, will pick up a little bit of rain, Temperatures in the low sixties. Thursday, mostly cloudy, more rain around, especially from the city on south, Temperatures around seventy and then only in the mid to upper sixties. On Friday. There could be some rain around, otherwise just cloudy and cool. Seventy five right now ian Boston, picking up the pieces
and putting them together. Puzzles, it turns out, are good for you.
Yeah, new study says puzzles are good for your brain. Then you look at this from Texas A and M. Finds that older people who play puzzles do a lot of things better than the rest. They have better memories, better attention spans, and they process thoughts better than those who do not do puzzles. And researchers found it's all these brain teasers that are good for you. Word games too. Who doesn't love a good word game?
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Don't shoot the messenger. But I was just wondering that you started the holiday shopping yet. You might want to consider getting ahead start if your kid wants something from the list of of top toys.
The list is from a team of experts from the review site Toy Insider. Alviy Murjeski is editor in chief and says of those that could sell out quickly.
Louis of course makes an appearance a tiny Target checkout lane, which is just like you'll see in Target stores, so parents will love that just.
As much as kids frol And Yes, artificial intelligence makes an appearance.
Play po Ai Story Bear on that list, which features the safe use of artificial intelligence to help kids tell stories through a plush bear.
Matt Piper, CBS News.
How do you like your chemicals served? A new study finds more than thirty six hundred food contact chemicals end up in our bodies. The chemicals enter the food during the manufacturing, the processing, the packaging, and storage of foods. Dozens of chemicals detected in the body are known to cause cancer, genetic mutations, reproductive issues, and other health concerns. This study is published in the Journal of Exposure Science
and Environmental Epidemiology. Pregnancy can bring on an awful lot of changes in a woman's body, and now a new study finds pregnancy brain really does exist.
One of the first detailed maps if human brain changes before, during, and after pregnancy has found brain volume decreased by about four percent, but regents linked to socializing and emotional processing increasing.
This is sort of a fine tuning in a way that helps reveal things that might be important for maternal care.
Co author Liz Krastell, whose brain was the one studied, says the brain changes may be similar to those that take place in adolescence, preparing teams for the next phase of life. Vicki Barker, CBS News London.
You dirty rat. For cities dealing with rats, there is a summit for that, yep, a Rat Summit. New York Mayor Eric Adams administration is hosting the inaugural National Urban Rat Summit. Rats from Boston will be there tomorrow and Thursday, so will reps from other cities, as well as pre eminent rat researchers from across the country. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WDZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WDBC, Boston's news radio