Afternoon Report: Friday, November 14, 2025

Brian Walshe's trial for the murder of his wife begins next week. Coach John Beam from Netflix's "Last Chance U" has died a day after being shot. President Trump wants the Justice Department to investigate ties between Jeffrey Epstein and prominent Democrats. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
News forty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The trial of Brian
Walsh will begin next week. Wbz's Brook McCarthy with an
update on a judge's ruling today in Norfolk Superior Court.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
Judge Diane for Neer said a doctor found that Brian
Walsh is competent after weeks of evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital,
which means he will stand trial, with jury selections set
to start on Tuesday and opening statements could begin as
soon as December first. The defense had also requested the
trial be moved out of Norfolk County because of extensive
media coverage on Walsh's case, but Judge for Neir denied

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this motion.

Speaker 4 (00:45):
The publicity in this case peaked in January twenty twenty
three when the defendant was charged in connection with the
victim's murder, and has decreased in frequency over time time,
undermining a presumption of prejudice.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
She also said there is no reason to bring in
jurors from another county because there is a large enough
pool within Norfolk County. Walsh is accused of murdering and
dismembering his wife Anna in their cohas at home on
New Year's Day twenty twenty three. Her body has never
been found. Brooke McCarthy WBZ Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
But update now out of California, where police say college
football coach John Beam has died after he was shot
on campus at Laney College yesterday. He's best known from
Netflix's Last Chance You. Police say a suspect has been arrested.
The mayor, Barbara Lee praised Beam as a mentor and
community leader. Beam was featured in the twenty twenty season

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of the docu series. According to his biography on the
college website, twenty of his players have gone on to
the NFL. President Trump's planning to call on the Justice
Department to investigate ties between Jeffrey Epstein and several Democrats,
including Bill Clinton and Larry Summers. In multiple truth Social
posts about what he called the Epstein hoax, the President
says this is another Rush Russia Russia scam, with all

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arrows pointing to the Democrats. The President says, records show
these men and many others spent large portions of their
life with Epstein and on his island. Meantime, the House
is set to vote on the release of the full
Epstein files in the coming days. The President says Epstein
is not the Republican's problem, and don't waste your time
with Trump. I have a country to run, he says.

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The Trump administrations officially withdrawn a rule proposed by the
former Biden administration that would have required airlines to provide
compensation for passengers facing significant delays.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
The Department of Transportation says it is withdrawing a Biden
era plan that would have required airlines to compensate passengers
and cover expenses if the passengers are significantly delayed due
to something in the airline's control. The Department saying not
requiring airlines to compensate for long delays allows airlines to
compete on compensation and that it would have been a

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burdensome new rule. The airline industry is celebrating the move.
The change does not impact current rules in which passers
are entitled to compensation for canceled flights. Alec Stone Ebcnews.

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In the four DA WBZ ACTU Weather forecasts some lingering
clouds as we head into the evening some clearing skies
overnight to night, temperatures will cool down thirty two in Boston,
will be in the mid to upper twenties in most
of the inland suburbs. Tomorrow, we're going to have that
at Chili breeze around again, so we'll have that real
feel in the thirties despite temperatures in the mid forties.
Some sunshine giving way eventually to clouds tomorrow and then

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tomorrow night wellus some periods of rain that'll end toward
daybreak on Sunday. Temperatures will warm overnight Tomorrow night, with
low starting near forty and then rising through the forties,
landing in the low fifties on Sunday, windy conditions, though
the clouds will break for some sunshine, and then temperatures
will fall into the forties in the afternoon. We'll have
some sun we'll have some clouds. We'll have a wind

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around on Monday with a higher forty five. Right now,
it is forty four degrees in Boston. One of the
oldest team sports in the world comes to Harvard Yard.
WBC's Jallette has details.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
Who's on my team.

Speaker 5 (04:04):
I'm playing stickball, a Native American ball game that involves
one stick or two. The goal was to slam a
ball into the opposing team's pole to score. James walking
Stick is the academic Engagement coordinator at the PVD Museum.
He says, starting Harvard stickball has been a journey.

Speaker 6 (04:18):
And beyond that, we've got players here on campus that
are students' staff that all played in the World Series,
and so this is a way for us to come together.
We were all brought here for a reason.

Speaker 5 (04:26):
Exposing the Northeast to what's played often in Cherokee and
Choctaw nations, of which Bailey Brown of Oklahoma shares his expertise.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
You have centers, defense and offense.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Just like any other game.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
You can score anywhere on the pole. It's usually about
eight to ten feet tall.

Speaker 5 (04:41):
The game was often played to settle dispute over land,
and while people would occasionally perish, it was preferred over
the mass bloodshed of war, but.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
It kind of helped not wipe out all the tribes.

Speaker 5 (04:50):
And gamebridge Jaywallett, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
Here comes some big soccer changes. Major League Soccer making
a complete season change of their schedule to aligned with
the FIFA World Soccer Calendar. Some soccer fans believe it's
another step toward kicking MLS up to the next level.

Speaker 5 (05:06):
You know, a lot of time people think MLS fans
are not as like die hard as some other clubs.

Speaker 6 (05:11):
Emilio is a soccer fan from Handover and said he's
thrilled about the new summer to spring schedule that'll go
into effect for Major League Soccer in twenty twenty seven.
He's all forgetting the top American league more respect and
hopefully shedding its minor league appearance on the world stage.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
It couldn't be further from the truth.

Speaker 6 (05:29):
So basically the schedule would align with FIFA in other
top leagues around the world. Rob is a REVS fan
from Brockton. He wants that REV Stadium, a project in Everett,
to hit the fast track.

Speaker 5 (05:39):
I don't think that anybody is really talking about how
great it's gonna be just to watch other teams come
in and play there, like we want to see our team,
you know, set the standard.

Speaker 6 (05:46):
The MLS summer to spring change will happen in mid
twenty twenty seven. Jim McKay wb Z, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
For the person who has everything and then still has money,
left over. It's sports team ownership. A share of a
team is becoming a symbol of status for the ultra wealthy.
A new study by JP Morgan Private Banks, as twenty
percent of the one hundred and eleven billionaire families office
principal surveyed reported owning controlling stakes in a sports team.

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It's six percent up from twenty twenty two. According to
the survey, sports assets have also taken over traditional trophy assets,
thirty four percent investing in teams and arenas compared to
twenty three percent who are investing in art and ten
percent in cars. You are now in the loop. For
news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio

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on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's news
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