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Mid Day Report: Sunday, January 12, 2025

Jan 12, 20256 min
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MASS DOT warning about a new scam. Authorities in New Bedford investigating a deadly triple shooting. Massachusetts less than two years away from elections for Governor and the U.S. Senate with the GOP wondering who will be in the running. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

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Sunny sky's thirty degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock. Hello and thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. A slight break in the weather.

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After it will end up mostly sunny with highs of thirty six to forty.

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That's Echweather Meteorologist Bill Digger will have the full ACU weather forecast coming up in three. Now to news. The New England Patriots usher in a new era of leadership, just now announcing that it's hired Mike Brabile as head coach. As WBC's Charlie Bergeron tells us more about his history with the.

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Team, the forty nine year old came to Foxborough as a free agent in two thousand and one and was a three time Super Bowl champion with the Patriots. After his retirement from the field, Rabel was a linebackers and defensive line coach at Ohio State for three seasons. From there, back into the NFL as a linebackers coach and defensive coordinator with the Houston Texans before taking over head coaching duties with the Tennessee Titans between twenty eighteen and twenty

twenty three. Rabel worked as a consultant with the Cleveland Browns this past season. Charlie Burger on WBZ Boston's news radio.

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A triple shooting at a New Bedford restaurant kills one person and injures two others. Police were called to the Morner Lounge and Grill on a Cushnit Avenue just before one thirty am yesterday morning. Three people were taken to Saint Luke's Hospital with gunshot wounds. Twenty seven year old Christiana Mercedo of New Bedford pronounced dead. Two women in their twenties remain hospitalized. Mass dot is warning that a new scam could be making an appearance on your phone.

Here's WBC Susanne Sauspil to explain.

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It's called smishing.

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Because it's smmss and it's fishing. Say combine the tone and it's smishing.

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Scams via text messages. This one claims you have an unpaid toll with a link to the website easy drive Mama with two eyes in drive. Kathy knew right away something off.

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Because I have so much training and from my job looking at suspicious emails and phishing and all those kinds of things.

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The spelling would definitely tip me off. It only asks for six ninety nine. But what they're really after is your credit card information.

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Now they're into your credit card and they're into your personal credit line, and that's how they scam you.

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Never click on any links and text messages.

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This guy, who didn't want to be named, takes that advice even further.

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Say after your phones.

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Not bloody likely. In Sharon Suzanne Soosville, WBZ Boston's news.

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Radio sant Anna Wins are expected to pick up and once again fan the southern California wildfires that have destroyed thousands homes and businesses. CBS New Chicago reporter Charlie Dumar has more from LA.

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Airtakers dropped retarding and other aircraft unleashed water on the Palisades fire, still burning after it ignited Tuesday, new evacuation orders were issued in the Brentwood and Encino neighborhoods as it keeps spreading.

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At least sixteen people are now confirmed dead and now the four day WBZ ac you weather forecast. Here's meteorologist Bill deggars.

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Z afternon one end up mostly Sunday with highs of thirty six to forty clear to start tonight, then some clouds arriving late low twenty four to twenty eight. Back to work Tomorrow, partly Sunday near forty again, a breezy Tuesday. Partly Sunday, could be a snowshower later in the day. Highs in the mid thirties and a bit colder still Wednesday, sunshine, highs twenty nine to thirty three. Don't get out of

the twenties region wide on Thursday. I'm ac youweather mediagarologist Bill Dagger, WBZ Boston's news radio, and.

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A quick check at the region. Here, we're seeing along the cape anywhere from thirty two to thirty five degrees. It's thirty in Sandwich, thirty in Plymouth as well up on the north Shore, thirty one degrees in Gloucester, thirty two in Framingham, twenty nine in Worcester, thirty two in Fitchburg, thirty three in Springfield. In the city right now, sunny

and thirty degrees. It's eleven oh five. With less than two years away from Massachusetts elections for governor and the US Senate, the big question looming is what names could appear on the GOP ticket.

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Re Elected to his second term as chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, Amy Cartervale, now looks to recruit candidates to represent the GOP. There are races for governor and the US Senate in twenty twenty six, and right now Republicans have no announced candidates to run in either race. The party no doubt missing former Governor Charlie Baker, now heading up college sports as president of the NCAA.

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I think Governor Baker said that he had not ruled out any future run, but that being said, I have not heard from him that he's interested to run for Senate, so we'll have to wait.

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And see it.

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Would you like to hear from him?

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Any Republican who had the approval ratings of a candidate or elected official like Charlie Baker, I certainly would have a future here in Massachusetts if they chose to run.

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Governor Baker's Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Mike Kanneely said to be muddling a run for governor, but at the GOP State Committee gathering in Debtnham kanneedi noncommittal when asked if he's a candidate in Debnam. Mike macaelm WBZ Boston's news radio.

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You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's news radio

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