Afternoon Report: Friday, November 28, 2025

Catching up with some passengers at Logan heading off after the holiday, figuring out the best times for you to travel on the roads this weekend, and some iconic Boston symbols are being recreated using gingerbread. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z at Boston's news radio, redefining local.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
News forty one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Suzanne Sausville. Here's what's happening. Attorney General Pam bondis
there will be justice following the death of one of
the National Guard members shot in the nation's capital on Wednesday.

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ABC's Stephen Portnoy with the latest.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
For now, authorities have said they intend to charge the
suspect with first degree murder, an assault, and weapons counts
in violation of DC law. The FBI has been digging
through Ramanula la Canwell's devices and interviewing his known associates
to see if there's any evidence to support a terrorism charge.
Barring that, prosecutors are weighing whether the killing of a
National Guard member in from West Virginia can be tried

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in federal court. That would make the death penalty an option,
but if the charges are brought under DC law, the
maximum penalty would be life in prison.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
And we're hearing from the family of the National Guard
member that has since passed away. ABC's Alex Preschet has
more on that.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Twenty year old US Army specialist Sarah Beckstrom has died.
The president making that announcement. We also heard from Beckstrom's father,
who posted on social media saying, my baby girl has
passed to glory. President Trump also saying that twenty four
year old Andrew Wolf, who is a staff sergeant, is

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quote fighting for his life.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Both of the shooting victims are from West Virginia. Now
to Logan Airport. Wbz's Jay Willette is catching up with
some passengers already heading off after their Thanksgiving celebration.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Where are you coming from? Where you're going?

Speaker 5 (01:45):
New Ipswitch, New Hampshire and we are going to Albama.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
The leftovers are packed up, turkey, potatoes and stuffing stuffed
away here at Logan Airport. The relatives are going home
or back to school.

Speaker 5 (01:56):
Like her, I didn't have issues getting here. Now I'm
a little worried about getting through security, not because I
have anything on me, just in terms of.

Speaker 4 (02:04):
Timing compared to the government's shutdown days of delays. This
group heading down south where the Iron Bowl says, a
minor setback is no big deal.

Speaker 6 (02:11):
Oh, we did just get a delay, but I have
no problem with it.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
A lot of people could take a page out.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Of your book here now, I'm just a chill guy,
you know.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
This holiday weekend triple AA prediction, nearly eighty two million
Americans will travel, though most of them are by car
at termin LA J will at WBZ, Boston's.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
News radio and checking flight aware. Right now, there are
one hundred and five delays at Boston's Logan Airport and
zero cancelations, and for those hitting the roads, the best
time to travel is before ten am tomorrow and eleven
am on Sunday. For Monday drivers, the roads are expected
to be the best after eight pm. The worst time

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to go anytime in the afternoon until eight pm this
weekend and done Monday. Mainly clear skies tonight, breezy and cold,
low thirty three in the city, upper twenties for most
inland suburbs. Mostly sunny tomorrow and breezy high forty three,
turning cloudy at night. Cloudy and breezy on Sunday with

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some afternoon and evening rain. Will see a high round
fifty on Monday. Breezy and chili with a mix of
sun and clouds, high forty four. Right now in Boston,
it's partly cloudy and forty one degrees. Some iconic Boston
symbols are being recreated using gingerbread. Wbz's Emma Friedman has

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the story, Thanks very right.

Speaker 5 (03:38):
That's the sound of a model train passing by some
of Boston's most recognizable landmarks, and it's all edible minus
the train.

Speaker 7 (03:44):
So everything here is made out of gingerbread, sugar, fascilage,
and chocolate.

Speaker 5 (03:52):
That's Wheresette Cox, the pastry chef here at the Redz Carlton, Boston.
She's been working on constructing a gingerbread skyline of Boston
that guest can see next the elevators in the hotel
lobby now through the holiday season.

Speaker 7 (04:03):
I'd done some ginger house villages before. This one is
the coolest and more detail.

Speaker 5 (04:10):
There's a ginger bread state House, Old norths Church, Faniel Hall,
Boston Common Gazebo, this Acombridge with its suspension wires made
out of sugar, and the Prudential Center made entirely out
of chocolate in downtown Boston. I'm a Friedman, WBZ, Boston's
news Radio.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
According to new analysis published from UMSS Amherst Labor Department
Labor Center, one in ten workers in Massachusetts uses snap benefits.
The paper found that people who work a low wage
job and have kids are more likely to rely on
government food assistance programs. Looking closer, some cities like Springfield

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and Holy Yoke have some of the highest SNAP user rates.
This all comes as several attorneys general, including Andrea Campbell,
are suing the Trump administration over SNAP benefit eligibility for immigrants.
A special Thanksgiving message from a legendary country star.

Speaker 7 (05:07):
Well, hey, it's Dolly here and.

Speaker 6 (05:09):
There she was. The fans who cherished the seventy nine
year old songwriter and singer have been concerned over her
absences at recent high profile events and the postponement of
a series of Las Vegas concerts due to what she's
called a few health challenges, and so the Thanksgiving message
on Instagram, I am so thankful for all of you
and for the memories that we've shared through the years.

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Dressed and made up with the flare her fans love
and appearing well, Dolly finished with a nod to one
of her iconic hits.

Speaker 7 (05:36):
And just know that I will always love you.

Speaker 6 (05:40):
Michael Tuscano, CBS News.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
A main Man is recovering after a home explosion on
Thanksgiving Day. The main fire Marshall's office says the explosion
took place in Oakland, and the blast left the home
surrounded by debris. The injured man was taken to a
nearby hospital, but later flown to Maine Medical Center. You
are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day.

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Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Suzanne Sosville, WBZ, Boston's news radio