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Sixty eight degrees in Boston. Just some high clouds over the hub right now at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Nicole Davis and here's what's happening a morning break right now and the Karen Reid Reed trial. The judge Beverly Canoni considering an expert witness for the prosecutions after the defense raised concerns about her credibility. Earlier, the jury heard testimony from State Police trooper Connor Keith. He helped to process evidence from the scene outside thirty four Fairview Road,
where John O'Keeffe's body was found in the snow. I meantime, at eleven oh one, cardinals from around the world are now inside the Sistine Chapel taking their oaths as they get ready to choose a new pope.
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James Longman is at the Vatican.
Brought a few front runners, if you're to believe the bookies and Italian press. At Cardinal Parolyn, who is a former sector of here, He's one of the front runners. At Cardinal Tagli of the Philippines, he would be the first Asian pope, and a reformer in the kind of image of France's. But the truth is no one knows. And actually I've been speaking to cardinals here all week. The overwhelming sense is that you know they are not going in with an individual in mind, necessarily.
And there is no telling how long this could take. Some conclaves have lasted only hours, others have lasted years. The previous conclave had went on for about two days. We're keeping an eye on the Vatican and we'll let you know what happens here on WBZ eleven oh two. India sending a hail of missiles over the border into Pakistani territory. Pakistan saying the initial strikes in Kashmir killed at least twenty six people. Several others were killed by
artillery fire. Here's John Shay with the BBC.
Pakistan's National Security Committee says India's overnight missile strikes manifestly constitute acts of war and have ignited an inferno in the region. It said it reserved the right to respond. The Pakistani Prime Minister has told parliament that a number of Indian aircras we shut down. There's growing evidence of at least two aircraft crashes on the Indian side of the border.
Tensions have been growing between the two nuclear powers ever since last month, when a deadly attack took place in the Indian controlled portion of Kashmir. India blaming Pakistan for the attack, but Pakistan says it was not them. And before we take a look at traffic, it's been one year since Stewart Healthcare went bankrupt. Two senators from Massachusetts say they want justice. You're wbz's Jared Brosman.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey again calling for a criminal investigation into the company and its CEO, doctor Ralph Dallatori. A letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi spells it out in the aftermath of a messy breakup which left Massachusetts with two fewer hospitals and hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to prop up what's left. Dalatory is reportedly still living the good life. He refused to testify before a Senate subcommittee, and both senators claimed Dallatoria as
yet to be held accountable by the Justice Department. Jared Brosnan WBZ Boston's News Radio, it.
Is such an I stay out there right now and it's going to stay dry for the most part. For today, we have temperatures getting up to about seventy most of us right now in the sixties. And for this afternoon and evening there is a chance you could see a couple of stray showers or storms, otherwise patchy clouds overnight with a low in the mid to upper fifties. Now Tomorrow we will have afternoon showers, mostly away from the coast,
with a high close to seventy. And then Friday, things go back downhill very quickly, periods of rain, heavy at times, brisk and raw and chili high. Only about fifty real fuel temps most of the day, only in the mid to upper thirties. Sixty one degrees in Milford right now, seeing sixty two in Westford, where it's sixty four in Hingham, and in Boston right now at eleven oh five plenty of sun and where it's sixty seven degrees. Police unveiling
new technology. They say we'll make the roads in Massachusetts safer. Here's wbz's Drew moholland.
Massachusetts State Police have some new technology that will help drivers avoid, among other things, crash scenes ahead.
Last year alone, state police reported forty two incidents where driver struck a stationary cruiser. These crashes have devastating, life altering consequences.
A new system is called Safety Cloud, installed in two hundred and thirty cruisers right now delivering warnings to drivers of a hazard ahead. Your dashboard display. The navigation app's going to get that alert. If state police are up ahead of you with their lights on, you will be alerted. The effort to keep our road safe.
Through your part. Drive sober, stay focused, slow down, and move over when you see emergency lights.
The Safety Cloud funding, by the way, is paid for with a one hundred thousand dollars federal grants. Drew Mohall in WBZ Boston's news radio.
Senators on Beacon Hill are pushing for changes to the MBTA Communities Act, and now they're using debate on a spending bill to try to get that done. As one point three billion dollar bill has hundreds of amendments, and some of them could impact the law that requires many cities in towns to zone for more multifamily housing if they're by the tee. One proposed amendment would officially declare the Mattapan High Speed Line is not in fact rapid transit.
If that passed, Milton, a town that has been pushing back against the law, technically would no longer be subject to it. Another amendment, if PAST, would give cities in towns adjacent to the TEA two more years to comply. Minority Leader Bruce Tarr has introduced an amendment as well that, if PAST, would no longer make compliance a criteria for certain grant funding. To you and me, it's a patch of sand that has some junk. To some migrating birds, it is home sweet home.
Moving into an area that's littered with trash, broken car parts, and other questionable material doesn't seem like the best place to start a family. But piping plovers don't care. That's why the endangered birds picked a section of Malibu Beach off Morrissey Boulevard as their nesting site. Not even the constant sound of cars whizzing by bothers them. Their biggest concerns are humans, dogs, and other wildlife tampering with their nests.
That's why officials have fenced off this section, warning folks to stay away on Malibu Beach. James Rojas WBZ Boston some News Radio.
Disney is out with plans for a new global theme park. ABC's Rebecca Jarvis spoke with the CEO, Bob Iger.
Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates will soon become Lucky Number seven. This project has been simmering since twenty seventeen, but crystallized after Iiger's visit to the region last year, when he found there was already a lot of excitement surrounding Disney.
This is a place that has a very ambitious and very exciting vision for its future.
The vision for all of this is a brand new kind of Disney park, things that people have never experienced before.
Iger calling it a modern Disneyland, Disney saying the new park will be influenced by local culture in the UAE, but also will include all of the company's classic characters. You are now in the Loup for news updates throughout the day, and listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, WBZ and Boston's News Radio.