Afternoon Report: Monday, December 8, 2025

More witness testimony in the Brian Walshe murder trial.  President Trump's former personal lawyer resigns as Acting US Attorney for New Jersey. Ukraine's president meets in London with European allies. Stay in "The Loop" with iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio. We defining
local news twenty five degrees in Boston at four o'clock.
Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening with BacT
to work today in Norfolk Superior Court. Jurors at Brian
Walsh's murder trial. Here, in testimony about pieces of evidence

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discovered in a dumpster, doctor Richard Atkinson from the Stief
Medical Examiner's Office was shown pictures of evidence found in
dumpsters behind Walsh's mother's woman swampskit. They included carpets, a hacksaw,
as well as cleaning supplies. On cross examination, defense attorney
Larry Tipton questioned Atkinson about what investigators did not find
on a Walsh's body. Is it fair to say.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Doctor without a physical body, the.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Office of Chief Medical Examiner cannot make a finding of
either manner of death or cause of.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Death without what sorry with a body with a physical body,
Generally we don't do that.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Juror has also heard from a coworker of Ronad Walsh's
at the Rossington d C. Real estate firm where they worked.
President Trump's former personal lawyer, stepping down from her role
as acting US Attorney for New Jersey. ABC Stephen Portnoys
tells US this follows a recent loss in appellate court.

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He's stepping down. Alina Hobba says she aims to protect
the stability and integrity of the US Attorney's Office in
New Jersey. A panel of the Third Circuit Appeals Court
ruled against her interim appointment. Attorney General Pam Bondi says
Habba will continue on in the Justice Department as a
senior advisor, and Bondi says the department will keep challenging
the ruling against Hobba's appointment, saying that she would return

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to lead the US Attorney's Office if the administration's argument
prevails in court.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
For now, Hobba's former duties will be split between three
lawyers in the Jersey US Attorney's Office. Ukraine's president holding
talks in London with European allies on the US Peace
Plan and security. President Vladimir Zelensky met with French, German
and British leaders in discussions aimed at strengthening Ukraine's position
in negotiations on a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Zelenski has said discussions were focused on security, air defense,
and long term funding. A major issue in the talks
is the proposal for Ukraine to seed control of the
Dambas region in eastern Ukraine to Russia, which Kiev and
its allies are opposed to. Airlines are being put on
notice they could be in trouble over what they did
more of than they should have been doing during the

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recent government shutdown.

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The FAA has warned airlines that they could face fines
up to seventy five thousand dollars for each flight over
the mandated reductions, which varied between three and six percent.
The forty three day federal government shutdown that began October
first led to long delays as unpaid air traffic controllers
missed work.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
That is correspondent Jim Krsula. More than ten thousand flights
were canceled during the government shutdown. Less wind as we
head through the evening, which will certainly make it feel
less harsh. However, the temperatures are going to make it
feel a little more harsh because they're going to tumble
down to near zero in some of the coldest inland suburbs.
We will be about sixteen in Boston under clear skies.

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Tomorrow not quite as harsh. There will be some sun
giving way to clouds. Low thirties in Boston, probably upper
twenties in the suburbs, and then tomorrow night we're going
to eventually see those temperatures start to rise. We'll start
with a bit of snow or rain in the evening
and then mostly cloudy temperatures rise through the thirties, landing
in the mid forties on Wednesday, some clouds and maybe
a little bit of rain in the afternoon or evening.

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Low forties with clouds and sun on Thursday. Right now,
twenty five degrees in Boston. Today is a big day
in nerd history. WBC's Matt Shearer explains one.

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Of the first computer shops in the country opened on
this day forty years ago in Mission Valley, California. The
Bite Shop was one of the only places in nineteen
eighty five to buy an Apple one computer, which could
have been yours, for the ominous price of six hundred
and sixty six dollars and sixty six cents. Collectors now
routinely pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for these relics
of the past, one of which sold at auction last

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year for close to one million dollars. Matt Shearer WVZ,
Boston's news Radio.

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They're out LA nominees. Wbz's Brian Antonelli will a look
at who's on the list for those up for Golden Globes.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
One Battle after Another leads the way with nine nominations,
including Best Comedy, Your Musical, Screenplay, Original Score Director with
Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio for Lead Actor, Lead Actress
with Chase and Finnity, Supporting Actress Tana Taylor, and then
two supporting actors Sean Penn and Beniciol Del Toro.

Speaker 4 (04:36):
I Bet of You a Few What.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
Artie Supreme was also nominated in the category for Best
Comedy Your Musical, with Timothy Shalomy getting a nod for
Lead Actor. Cynthia Ribo became the first black woman in
Golden Globe's history to be nominated twice for Best Actress
in a Comedy Your Musical for playing Alphabet in the
Wicked Movies. Arianna Grande also got an for Supporting Actress

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in the movie, and speaking of Best Supporting this time,
actor Adam Sandler has been nominated for his role in
Jay Kelly Brian Antonelli wb Z, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
And then there's Live Theater. The Heally Administration announcing twenty
eight inaugural awards through the state's newly established Live Theater
Tax Credit program. The initiatives design to expand Massachusetts live
performance sector, support local venues, and boost the state's visitor economy.
The Live Theater Tax Credit, one of several initiatives launched
under the mass Leads Act seven million dollars, is the

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tax credit to provide financial incentives to professional theater companies
that develop, produce, and or present live stage performances in Massachusetts. Well,
you could go hide a cave forever, but there's probably
an easier way. To try to avoid holiday scams.

Speaker 6 (05:49):
Scams and frauds are on the rhymes. We're in the holidays.

Speaker 3 (05:52):
Tanika Ricard is with Chase Bank, which is holding free
education events across the country on how to avoid becoming
a victim by recognizing phishing emails and texts about missdeliveries
and fraudsters who pressure you to make payments using gift cards.

Speaker 6 (06:06):
It's our responsibility to make sure that the communities that
we serve are protected.

Speaker 3 (06:10):
At an event in Philadelphia. Luela Williams explain how a
scammer called her pretending he was her grandson.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
We need to get the message out more to sing.

Speaker 3 (06:18):
It, Michael Wallace, CBS News.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
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I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio.