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Mid Day Report: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Oct 15, 20245 min
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The two state senate candidates take the debate stage tonight, early in-person voting in Massachusetts gets underway this weekend, and how are after affects of Hurricane Helen impacting kids. Stay in "The Loop" with  #iHeartRadio.

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This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local.

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News fifty degrees with clouds and sun in Boston at eleven am. I'm Kyle Bray. Here's what's happening. They won't be on the pitch until twenty twenty six, but we now know the name of Boston's new women's soccer team. This is our city, our new team, our new nation. We are Boss Mission Boss Nation FC. The NWSL made the announcement in a video on x just moments ago.

The team will sport the colors green and Black and will be the fifteenth team in the NWSL and bring women's soccer back to Boston after the Breakers dissolved in twenty eighteen. The ownership group for the new team is hosting an event at Dick's House of Sport at the Prudential Center this evening to celebrate the new name. Boston

may Or Michelle Woo will be on hand. We're now exactly three weeks away until November elections, and tonight Senator Lizabeth Warren And will debate her Republican challenger John Deeton. That debate gets under way at eight thirty. You can hear it here live on WBZ news radio and streaming on the iHeartRadio app. All right, well, and as the election comes in just three weeks, many people have started to cast their ballots. ABC News political director Rick Klein reports.

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More than five million Americans have actually already voted. That's across well more than half of the states. That pace is actually down from four years ago when COVID drove record early voting. And while we don't know exactly who voted for whom yet, we do know that more likely Democrats are voting early than likely Republicans. The Republicans have actually picked up their pace from four years ago. There were more Republicans voting early than last time around.

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Early in person voting starts in Massachusetts this Saturday. Coming up more details on the lawsuit around the Lewiston, mass shooting. Now it's time for the four day WBZ ACHU weather forecast from acuweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Today we're going to see some sun and clouds you can see right now. Highs will get up to around fifty seven, but there will be a breeze. Tonight will be mostly clear. That breeze will linger lows of around forty two, but the

real fiels will be down in the lower thirties. Tomorrow, we'll see pretty much the same weather we're seeing today, partly sunny with a breeze, highs around fifty seven. Thursday pretty much the same, and Friday will get a little bit more sunshine and we'll get the highs sort of into the low sixties, around mid sixties area. Looking ahead to the weekend, though, it's going to get a lot warmer. We might get the upper sixties with plenty of sun

and even close to seventy. Looking around the state, seeing a lot of fifties fifty in Gloucester, fifty in Plymouth, forty nine and bill Rica, fifty in Brockton, and fifty in Boston. Survivors and the family members of the victims of Maine's deadliest mass shooting are preparing legal action against the federal government. Lawyers representing over one hundred victims and their families say they've begun to the process of suing

the army and an army hospital. They're arguing that both ignored the warning signs about the shooter, reservist Robert Carr, despite the fact that they were aware of his mental decline in homicidal ideations. Card shot and killed eighteen people and wounded a dozen more in the Lewiston, Maine just about a year ago before taking his own life. The Army has six months to respond to the notices from

the lawyers. A man arrested for threats against FEMA workers in North Carolina is raising concerns around recovery efforts in areas hard hit by Hurricane Helene. ABC's Jim Ryant reports.

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Former President Donald Trump's claims about FEMA funds.

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We're missing a billion dollars. They gave them to the migrants that came in.

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Have been amplified on social media.

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Stuff like this. It's not good for morale for anyone on the team.

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Former Trump Administration FEMA administrator Pete Gaynor says false claims are hampering belief efforts in hurricane ravaged North Carolina. An armed man has been arrested on charges of threatening femal workers Jim Ryan ABC News.

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And As people down south deal with their own stress from the hurricanes, experts are saying that children may need special attention. Tamy Trhilla, reports.

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Psychologist Jennifer Katzin's with John Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg Florida, says kids show stress in a lot of ways.

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They can have experiences such as more anxiety or fear, or worry about the safety of others, including pets, and also potential worry about future storms or another storm that may be coming.

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She says, if your family has been affected by the hurricanes, you should maintain routines and expectations for good behavior. Parents should also reassure children that they're doing everything possible to keep them safe week soour months after the event. Watch for nightmares or other signs that your child is reliving the hurricanes. I'm Tammy trheo.

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Putting your ghoul infested home up for sale. Turns out it's no laughing matter. Bree Tennis has more.

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A new report from real estate site Zillow says only four states require people to report any kind of paranormal activity at a residence to a potential buyer. That means ghosts can be a deal breaker, but only in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. In California, you only have to tell a buyer if someone dies in the house within the past three years. But if you can prove your new home is haunted and it's affecting market value.

You can sue the seller for non disclosure. I'm Bree Tennis.

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

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