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News, beautiful, sunny and Boston. We're in the fifties, headed for the sixties. Today at eleven o'clock, Good morning on Laurie Kirby, and class is canceled again, kids for thousands of you. Educators are back in the picket lines on the North Shore after no progress at the negotiating cable over the weekend. I believe Hez's James Rohas' is in Beverly.
Not enough progress is made over the weekend in negotiations to call off the strikes in Gloucester, Marblehead and here in Beverly. This comes as the school Committee's raise concerns about students needing to make up school days when this is all said and done. Educators like Caddie Chaconia say they don't know how it will be made up.
Schools in the past have taken away either a February or an April break and then tacked on days to the end of the school year.
Says they too want to get back into the classroom, and today their students are driving or marching that point home.
The students with their parents will be marching from Beverly High School all the way to City Hall in Beverly.
James Rojas WBZ Boston's News radio.
This afternoon, teachers in Revere are rallying at their city hall in events of new contract negotiations in Revere. These teachers have been working for nearly a year without a contract. Meantime, some schools remain closed today and Chelsea after a massive warehouse fire breaks out overnight. That building is now in danger of falling down collapsing, posing a potential risk to
schools in the area. Several fire departments came to help put the nine alarmer at the four story mill building on Crescent Avenue out, but they're going to remain unseen knocking down those hot spots, so they'll be there for most of the day. We have had some impact on the roads in the area as well, so far, no injuries reported. Brush Fires continue to burn across the state and now Atedinborough Police aid they've arrested a man responsible
for starting some of them. Seventy two year old Gerard Jenness is accused of intentionally setting fires near Attleborough Elks Lodge, the Manchester Reservoir and Attleborough Animals Shelter. He's being a rain in Attleborough District Court today, and our state Department of Fires Services says as of last night, there have been one hundred and twenty three brush fires reported over the last seven days. It's a beautiful day out there. We've had such nice warm weather, but again it's too dry.
We actually need rainy weather. Some of you saw a rain dropper too before that kind of shriveled up very quickly and too Hie. Today should be sixty two, but I'm seeing right now almost sixty fifty eight in New Bedford, fifty eight in Medford, Brockton. Right now you're on the cusp of sixty degrees, so we're warming up quickly. I anticipate maybe we'll be closer to sixty five. We'll see if I'm wrong. Clear breezy tonight forty three in Boston.
Tomorrow mostly sunny, breezy, high fifty seven ditto on Wednesday, beautiful, maybe some rain on Thursday. President elect Donald Trump adds to the list of controversial nominees for his new cabinet. I'll get to that, but first, the latest on the man he wants to serve as his attorney general, which
is Matt Gates, the former Florida congressman. Some members of his own party are raising questions and they want to see that report by the House Ethics Committee, which looked into accusations of drug use and sexual misconduct.
ABC News previously reported a woman told the committee Gates had sex with her in twenty seventeen when she was seventeen years old. Now, another woman's lawyer tells ABC News, my client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gates having sex with a minor. Gates has denied the allegations.
And we're learning who the incoming administration was to head the FCC, Brendan Carr. Brendan Carr, who vowed to take on censorship by all the big tech companies like Facebook and the like. He just got tapped for that key post. Quincy's Granite Links is beautiful. It's considering, though, a huge expansion, and it would transform the local golf course into something much bigger than what you already see. I believe he's he's Jim McKay checked in with the neighbors.
Some people who live near Granted Links aren't exactly too excited to hear about the potential of more expansion and more construction, putting.
A bit a large business on the other end of the property.
Like that.
Bob objecting to the plans for a new hotel and expanded residential units at Granted Links. This city owns the property. It's leased out to Quarry Hills Associates. They're looking to re up their long term lease so they can get a project started. Residents who are concerned about local walking trails.
Here and unfortunately I think they're just doing it for the.
Money, are worried they may be left behind, despite assurances they won't be.
The state it's to approve the move.
It's up for discussion this week at Quincy City Council. For Bob, we know how he.
Feels negative for the just the whole thing in Quincy.
Jimmickada WLYBZ, Boston's news radio.
Carrot they're supposed to be good for us, right, Well, here we go. One person has died and dozens of others are ill after eating carrots linked to an E. Coli out break, And we have one case in Massachusetts at this point in time, and the CDC is issuing a recall of organic carrots and organic baby carrots from supplier grim Way Farms. There have been nearly forty cases of E. Coli reported in eighteen States linked to those organic carrots, and they've been sold at stores like Walmart,
Tarje Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's. If you have a bag of carrots you bought anytime from August to mid October, health officials say to check that bag. President Biden authorizes Ukraine to use a Marria ar and made long range weapons in its war with Russia on Russian soil.
This is something that the United States needed to do to help Ukraine defend itself.
Former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan justified President Biden's decision and warned that there will likely be a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He's got to do something, but I believe it will be a response that the United States and its allies can manage.
The authorization came after thousands of North Korean troops joined the Russian side, expected to fight in Ukraine within weeks. Wendy July CBS News.
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