This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning, six o'clock as we chip away at what for many will be the final workwake of twenty twenty four. We're getting started on this Wednesday morning under mostly clear skies and thirty nine degrees. The News at six is brought to us by your new England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Welcome aboard. I'm Jeff Brown. One week to go till Christmas.
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We'll get way to increasing clout later on. It won't be as mild as yesterday.
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That is WBZ AKI weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. As Christmas does close in winter arrives this weekend with cold air moving in coldest of the season so far. Impressive comeback by the Bruins on the road in Calgary, and it took overtime to do it. Bruins will be in Edmonton tomorrow night. Celtics are off till tomorrow night. In the Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA Cup over Oklahoma City. Another change of plans for the Payriots next week's game against
the chargers at Gillette has been moved to Saturday. It is part of an NFL tripleheader. Saying They're strong and they're ready. Thousands of baristas that Starbucks vote to authorize a strike. The union says the vote was almost unanimous, but it only approves of the work stoppage but does not set a date. Both sides have been talking in hundreds of hours of negotiations over several months, but workers claim that the company has not yet brought a comprehensive
pay package to the table. Going on vacation is soon to become crystal clear.
Giftc is out with its latest rules that bands hidden or junk fees for hotels and short term rentals, even of vent tickets. These add ons are typically identified as convenience or service fees, but the new rules mean these companies have to tell you precisely what you're paying for, so it won't necessarily be any cheaper for these things, but officials say the transparency will save millions of hours and wasted time. Jay Willett WBZ Boston's news radio.
The worst kept secret inside America's central banking system will be out of the bag this afternoon. It is expected that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates once again. Experts say the pace of the rate cuts will slow substantially next year as the Fed continues to try to get its arms around a stubborn elevated inflation rates. Once again, no winner in Mega Millions. Next up is Friday Night's jackpot, worth an estimated eight hundred and twenty five million dollars.
No one has hit all the numbers in the Big Prize since September, and the last billion dollar winner was months ago. This past spring, no one's hit the power ball of late either. Tonight's jackpot is a less than impressive seventy million dollars. More pressure on Boston's mayor to pull the plug on a controversial plan for a professional soccer stadium.
City Councilor Ed Flynn is calling for the immediate cancelation of the proposal and renovation work of White Stadium. He's citing the growing cost of the project that has nearly doubled to ninety one million dollars. He says they should work together to provide the best option not only for the city and the professional women's soccer team, the one that incorporates the voice of residents and sudent athletes as well.
This comes after plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the city received a small victory of their own when a judge allowed additional time to collect more evidence at White Stadium. James rohas WBZ Boston Snooze Radio.
We're starting this Wednesday morning under mainly clear skies and thirty nine degrees here in Boston. Winds have dived down substantially as well, so we are going to see some sunshine this morning, followed by increasing clouds this afternoon, and our next round of rain is going to move in in the overnight hours and quite possibly right after midnight through the earliest stages of tomorrow's rush hour. Could be
the heaviest downpours of this system. Once it's out of the way, we'll see some sun breaking later on the day. Tomorrow highs in the mid forties as we round the corner and head for home on Friday, still looks like it's going to be cloudy and breezy with a couple of showers. Best chance for some snowflakes going to be
falling later in the day. On Friday, first day of winter arrived since Saturday morning before sunrise It's going to be cold this weekend too, with highs only in the thirties on Saturday, and it doesn't look like we're going to get out of the twenties on Sunday. Right now in Boston it's thirty nine and mainly clear, quiet degrees here in Boston. On this Wednesday morning, at six oh five, police send people in Worcester come face to face over a recently revealed controversy.
City must apologize for the abuse of prostituted women by the Worcester Police.
One by one, residents making their voices heard demanding changes in action from not only the Worcester PD, but also the city.
Allo create a shelter two Project Crisis to support homeless women, hold abusers accountable while decriminalizing women.
Worcester officers also defending their department, calling the DOJ report, which alleged everything from racism to excessive force to prostitution, a political witch hunt, but also said they're open to change.
We say this knowing that there are better ways to improve policing in Worcester that does not slow the process down, and it is by working directly with the whole community.
At Lodge Jim McKay WBZ, Boston's news radio survey says most Americans feel exactly the same way about Donald Trump as they do about Elon Musk.
The pair have been joined at the hip almost since the very moment on election day and the victory for the incoming President's new Associated Press poll finds less than half of voters have a favorable opinion of each, and about half do not. Experts aren't sure what to make about this or what it actually says about the world's richest man, his businesses, or the president elects politics heading
into the Oval office. Republicans say it's a dumpster fire, and they blame Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for cutting a bad deal to avoid this weekend's government shutdown. Some in the GOP say they won't vote for it, Others say they'll make up their mind when the time comes. The new short term funding plan, which will keep the government's lights on through March. It is a continuing resolution.
It includes more than one hundred billion dollars in disaster relief aid money to fully fund the rebuild of Baltimore's Francis Scott Keee Bridge, and extends the Farm Bill money for a full year. A spending plan will be taken up by both branches tomorrow and, if approved, must be signed by President Biden by Friday night at midnight to avoid a government shutdown. I'll take your vitamins may not
be what the doctor ordered for older Americans. WBZ s Drew moholland is here with details on a new study. Good morning, Andrew, Good morning Jeffrey.
New research reveals taking a daily dose of vitamin D and a calcium supplement for those over sixty shows no signs of preventing falls and fractures. What now. The Council for Responsible Nutrition finds there are risks associated with both in the absence of testing and diagnosis for vitamin D
deficiency or the bone disease osteoporosis. Now Falls among older Americans often do lead to death, but among those who survive in the older sixty five crowd, the CDC says falls and fractures cost the United States health system eighty billion dollars a year.
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