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Forty one degrees. We have clear skies in Boston. It at six o'clock here on this Thursday morning. It is October seventeenth, twenty twenty four. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Jim McKay and here's what's happening. Well, we've got another brisk morning out there. In fact, this morning a lot colder than it was yesterday. Chilly out the front door, and don't be surprised if you need that tofroster either.
A good deal of sunshine today but remaining cool.
A warming friends starts tomorrow. That is WBZ ACU weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Much of our listening audience waking up in the thirties this morning. We're back to sunshine in the fifties today, into the sixties, possibly seventy by Saturday. We're to the sixties tomorrow meantime at six to oh one, Karen Reid is getting the backing of a major civil rights group and they're getting involved in her appeal to the state's High Court before her retrial.
The ACLU has filed an amicus brief with the SJC. In the case of Karen Reid, they argue the constitution protects a person from being retried a second time on the scene charges. After a mistrial was declared over the summer, jurors reached out to both the prosecution and offense, saying they were unanimous to acquit her on leaving the scene
and second degree murder, but were hung on manslaughter. Her legal team is appealing with the state's highest court to get those who charges dismiss on the grounds of double jeopardy, which the ACLU sites in their filing. They also say Judge Beverly Canoni should have pulled the jury before the mistrial was declared, but since that was not the case, the ACL used as a post verdictearing needs to happen to see if the jury was unanimous on charges. One
in three oral arguments are set for November six. Burke McCarthy WBZ Boston's news radio Well.
At six o two. Still working to recover previous gains made and closing the gender pay gap that were lost during the pandemic.
A US Census br report finds that while women have returned to work after the pandemic, the gender gap widened in twenty twenty three, for the first time in twenty years.
People lost a lot.
Of ground during COVID, and a lot of people had to pick up second jobs.
The Census Bureau says women working full time earned eighty three cents on the dollar compared to men, down from an historic high of eighty four cents and twenty twenty two, calling it the first significant widening of the ratio since two thousand and three. Alison Keys CBS News.
And America is taking downsizing to a whole new level. The story from wbz's Chris Fauma.
Getting less but spending the same, if not more, a newish reality and consumerism known as strikflation, a product of the pandemic, which he notices every time he goes for the snacks.
Bag of chips is all A yeah, is hardly anything in it. You know, they've given you a half of what you used to get.
And it's not just chips or crackers or cookies. About one third of commonly purchased products of shrunken size, according to a new survey, Everything from breakfast items to cleaning products, sports drinks to the worst offender of the mall household paper products.
But stuff like paper towels, toilet paper you gotta buy. So what are you gonna do? Complain about it? Yeah, but these companies know what they're doing. They're not stupid and making them money.
Chris Vama WBZ, Boston's news Radio.
And coming up here in just a few moments. They thought it was going to be a clever marketing campaign for the new national women's soccer team in Boston, but they've already pulled it. We'll explain why in this hour of news is brought to you by your New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. As we take a look at the four DA WBZ ACI weather forecast, we are certainly very cool this morning. In fact, we
are below freezing. If you're listening from the Merrimack Valley, different parts of the North Shore, its like it looks like the Cellshore were spared from the under freezing temperatures. But we're at twenty nine right now in bill Ricca. In points west you're under the freezing mark as well, so certainly very cold. Your Hertztruff mentioned scraping off the windshield, that is absolutely a reality this morning. Now as we climb throughout the day we'll be back into the fifties
with plenty of sunshine. Tonight pretty chilly once again, but we do have a warm up in store. It begins tomorrow as we'll be back into the mid sixties, and then by Saturday, we're up around seventy degrees Sunday into the seventies, and we have beautiful sunshine tomorrow and then all the way through the weekend. So we're looking outstanding as we head towards middle of October, heading towards late October. For this weekend. Right now in Boston, we are at
forty one degrees. We have clear skies at six oh six. Fans in mourning Investigators in Argentina looking into the death of thirty one year old Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, who died this week after jumping from a balcony.
Distraught fans remembering One Direction star Liam Payne gathering at the Buenos Audis hotel where he was found dead.
I can't explain how often right now I'm shaking.
I'm really nervous.
I can't believe to what's happened going on.
Pain was a Argentina after attending a former bandmate's concert. Authorities say he jumped from his third floor balcony. Police had responded to the hotel for reports of a man acting erradically. His body later found in the courtyard.
That is ABC's Andrea FUJII reporting Liam Payne was just thirty one years old. Let's six oh seven. The video quickly went viral online. This week Patriots defensive tackle Christian Barmore and an altercation with police after being pulled over for a traffic stop with tinted windows in Rhode Island. Barmore took the social media with accusations of racism. Now the police union in Rhode Island is looking for an apology.
Providence Police put out a statement saying the officer acted in full compliance with department protocols and state regulations. The department added, if there are any concerns or questions about this incident, we encourage mister Barmore to reach out to the Providence Police Department so we can address them in a constructive manner. Barmore deleted a social media post about race. At its finest, The Patriots' only comment came from coach to Ron Male.
We're ware the situation. I had a conversation with him this morning but you know, like I said, at least for this time here with you guys, I just want to kind of focus on Jacksonville.
Barmore was cited for traffic violations.
The police report did say they found what appeared to be a blunt inside an ash cup, along with vials of what looked like marijuana.
Wdbztv's Julie McDonald's reporting Barmore is out for the season after getting diagnosed with blood clots back in July, and it was supposed to be their brand new marketing campaign, but it is over just as quickly as it started. The National Women's Soccer League's new team in Boston saying they're sorry for its too Many Balls ad campaign. Some of the transgender community called it transphobic, while other women's
sports teams in Boston felt didn't recognize their existence. In a statement on social media, the team wrote, we fully acknowledged that the content of the campaign did not reflect the safe and welcoming environment that we strive to create for all. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jim McKay. WBZ Boston's news radio