July 14, 2025 • 5 mins
A fire in Fall River leaves nine dead and dozens injured. Massachusetts is suing the Trump administration after it halts billions in grant money. New England Aquarium is celebrating Shark and Ray Awareness Day. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news eighty
one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The fire chief and Fall
River calls the fire that killed nine people at an
assisted living facility last night an unfathomable tragedy. Now, the
(00:24):
International Association of Firefighters says understaffing and limited resources gave
limited rescue efforts and cost more lives. The fire broke
out about nine to thirty last night on Oliver Street, Covina.
Borie Healy visiting the seat of the fire this morning
and says, despite the tragedy, many people were rescued.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
This is a fairly massive structure, massive facility.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It housed nearly seventy people.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
And you know, thank god, the vast, vast majority of
them were able to be taken out.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Nearly three dozen people were taken to hospitals, including five firefighters.
They have since been released. No where are the cause
of the fire, and we've reached out to the city
of Fall River for common After the Trump administration halted
billions in education grant money, Massachusetts send more than twenty
other states. Our suing.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
At the start of the month, the Trump administration froze
more than one hundred million dollars in DOE funds for Massachusetts.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Were sadly, just a few weeks away from the start
of the new school year. In this chaos and confusion
doesn't help to ensure that there's a smooth transition for everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Alongside other Democratic Attorneys General, mass A g Andre Campbell
announced their latest lawsuit, calling the freeze debilitating helping.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Our students meet our education standards here at Massachusetts, supporting
English language learners, offering after school programming and extracurricular activities.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
The White House says a review is needed to purge waste, fraud,
and abuse, while the AGS argue it's crossing constitutional lines.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Our students, our families, our schools, and our communities will
absolutely suffer.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Madison Rogers w b Z Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
President Trump says, punish Russia if that country doesn't end
the war with Ukraine within fifty days.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
I'm disappointed in President Putin.
Speaker 6 (02:06):
President Trump shared his frustration towards the Russian leader while
meeting with NATO's Secretary General Mark Ruda at the White House.
Ruda said European allies will buy US military equipment, including
Patriot missile defense batteries and transferred to Ukraine. And President
Trump made this threat of Russia continues its war.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Have a deal on fifty days. Secondary tariffs mean targeting
Russia's trading partners. The President said his actions will raise
tariffs to one hundred percent. Wenty July CBS News.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
President Trump's proposed fifty percent tariffs on Brazilian goods might
affect how many of us start our.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
Day if there is no agreement between the US and
Brazil by August, first, two staples of the American morning diet,
coffee and orange juice, could be impacted. Brazil is the
world's top coffee producer, and thirty percent of the American
market comes from there. On orange juice, it's forty percent.
Americans are already paying more at the store. The average
(03:03):
price of a pound of ground roast coffee is up
two dollars from this time last year. Matt Piper, CBS News.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
We've got the sunshining in some places and the clouds
blocking the sun in other places. As we head through
the afternoon, and into the early evening tonight, we've got
to watch for some rain and or thunder showers. They
may not make it to Boston, we'll see. We have
some to the north, not much, just a little shower activity,
maybe an embedded downpourt over toward Haveril. There is one
(03:30):
little cell pushing up toward West Newbury as well, and
that one cell near Haveral a little bit of rain
on four ninety five, if you're up in that neck
of the woods to watch out for. Then we have
the heavier stuff, a little bit of rain out along
the Root Tour Corridor out towards Fitzburg and Gardener, and
then heavier precipitation, some causing some flooding issues out into
(03:51):
the western part of the state, outward the quabbin Hardwick
where belter Town getting a bit of rain. Here another
batches pushing into Amherst as well, So that area has
gotten rain a couple of times this afternoon. And then
some more rain down towards parts of Connecticut. Keeping an
eye on these showers as we head into the evening
when it'll be sticky temperatures in the low seventies Tomorrow,
(04:13):
We're going to make a run toward ninety, may not
get there, but close, and it'll feel like it's in
the nineties with the very humid conditions. Wednesday, we may
very well hit ninety and feel like we're in the
mid nineties with sunshine and the humid conditions, and same
deal on Thursday. Right now, it is eighty one in Boston.
It's Shark and Ray Awareness Day, and the New England
Aquarium is celebrating. Wbz's Ema Friedman has more with Shark.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Week coming up. Most people think of the great whites
and the bull sharks, but there's so much more than that,
Especially in New England, we do.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Somewhort right here in Boston Harbor, like literally right off
the dock outside here, or in the Gulf of Maine
or around the sort of Nantucket area.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Emily Jones as a scientific program officer and researcher with
the New England Aquarium. She's helping kids get a glimpse
into the world of shark tagging and research using virtual
reality headsets.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
All the virtual.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
Reality experiences that they're looking at are actually like field
projects that we've done where we've taken the cameras out
with us, we leave them running so that the guests
can see exactly what we see when we're out in
the field, and it's just a way for us to
bring our research into the main building without anybody having
to get wet or get on a boat.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Researchers tag sharks and set them free to track them
and learn more. The first tagging of the season is
happening on Thursday in Boston. I'm a Freedman, WBZ Boston's
News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Grand Canyon's North Rim is on fire and flames spread
rapidly over the weekend, destroying an historic lodge and visitors center.
The fire started July fourth from a lightning strike. Firefighters
are working to slow it down. The area is less
popular than others, hosting only about ten percent of the
park's millions of visitors. You are now in the loop
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
(05:45):
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's
news Radio.
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news eighty
one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The fire chief and Fall
River calls the fire that killed nine people at an
assisted living facility last night an unfathomable tragedy. Now, the
(00:24):
International Association of Firefighters says understaffing and limited resources gave
limited rescue efforts and cost more lives. The fire broke
out about nine to thirty last night on Oliver Street, Covina.
Borie Healy visiting the seat of the fire this morning
and says, despite the tragedy, many people were rescued.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
This is a fairly massive structure, massive facility.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It housed nearly seventy people.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
And you know, thank god, the vast, vast majority of
them were able to be taken out.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Nearly three dozen people were taken to hospitals, including five firefighters.
They have since been released. No where are the cause
of the fire, and we've reached out to the city
of Fall River for common After the Trump administration halted
billions in education grant money, Massachusetts send more than twenty
other states. Our suing.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
At the start of the month, the Trump administration froze
more than one hundred million dollars in DOE funds for Massachusetts.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Were sadly, just a few weeks away from the start
of the new school year. In this chaos and confusion
doesn't help to ensure that there's a smooth transition for everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Alongside other Democratic Attorneys General, mass A g Andre Campbell
announced their latest lawsuit, calling the freeze debilitating helping.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Our students meet our education standards here at Massachusetts, supporting
English language learners, offering after school programming and extracurricular activities.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
The White House says a review is needed to purge waste, fraud,
and abuse, while the AGS argue it's crossing constitutional lines.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Our students, our families, our schools, and our communities will
absolutely suffer.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Madison Rogers w b Z Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
President Trump says, punish Russia if that country doesn't end
the war with Ukraine within fifty days.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
I'm disappointed in President Putin.
Speaker 6 (02:06):
President Trump shared his frustration towards the Russian leader while
meeting with NATO's Secretary General Mark Ruda at the White House.
Ruda said European allies will buy US military equipment, including
Patriot missile defense batteries and transferred to Ukraine. And President
Trump made this threat of Russia continues its war.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Have a deal on fifty days. Secondary tariffs mean targeting
Russia's trading partners. The President said his actions will raise
tariffs to one hundred percent. Wenty July CBS News.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
President Trump's proposed fifty percent tariffs on Brazilian goods might
affect how many of us start our.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
Day if there is no agreement between the US and
Brazil by August, first, two staples of the American morning diet,
coffee and orange juice, could be impacted. Brazil is the
world's top coffee producer, and thirty percent of the American
market comes from there. On orange juice, it's forty percent.
Americans are already paying more at the store. The average
(03:03):
price of a pound of ground roast coffee is up
two dollars from this time last year. Matt Piper, CBS News.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
We've got the sunshining in some places and the clouds
blocking the sun in other places. As we head through
the afternoon, and into the early evening tonight, we've got
to watch for some rain and or thunder showers. They
may not make it to Boston, we'll see. We have
some to the north, not much, just a little shower activity,
maybe an embedded downpourt over toward Haveril. There is one
(03:30):
little cell pushing up toward West Newbury as well, and
that one cell near Haveral a little bit of rain
on four ninety five, if you're up in that neck
of the woods to watch out for. Then we have
the heavier stuff, a little bit of rain out along
the Root Tour Corridor out towards Fitzburg and Gardener, and
then heavier precipitation, some causing some flooding issues out into
(03:51):
the western part of the state, outward the quabbin Hardwick
where belter Town getting a bit of rain. Here another
batches pushing into Amherst as well, So that area has
gotten rain a couple of times this afternoon. And then
some more rain down towards parts of Connecticut. Keeping an
eye on these showers as we head into the evening
when it'll be sticky temperatures in the low seventies Tomorrow,
(04:13):
We're going to make a run toward ninety, may not
get there, but close, and it'll feel like it's in
the nineties with the very humid conditions. Wednesday, we may
very well hit ninety and feel like we're in the
mid nineties with sunshine and the humid conditions, and same
deal on Thursday. Right now, it is eighty one in Boston.
It's Shark and Ray Awareness Day, and the New England
Aquarium is celebrating. Wbz's Ema Friedman has more with Shark.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Week coming up. Most people think of the great whites
and the bull sharks, but there's so much more than that,
Especially in New England, we do.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Somewhort right here in Boston Harbor, like literally right off
the dock outside here, or in the Gulf of Maine
or around the sort of Nantucket area.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Emily Jones as a scientific program officer and researcher with
the New England Aquarium. She's helping kids get a glimpse
into the world of shark tagging and research using virtual
reality headsets.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
All the virtual.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
Reality experiences that they're looking at are actually like field
projects that we've done where we've taken the cameras out
with us, we leave them running so that the guests
can see exactly what we see when we're out in
the field, and it's just a way for us to
bring our research into the main building without anybody having
to get wet or get on a boat.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Researchers tag sharks and set them free to track them
and learn more. The first tagging of the season is
happening on Thursday in Boston. I'm a Freedman, WBZ Boston's
News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Grand Canyon's North Rim is on fire and flames spread
rapidly over the weekend, destroying an historic lodge and visitors center.
The fire started July fourth from a lightning strike. Firefighters
are working to slow it down. The area is less
popular than others, hosting only about ten percent of the
park's millions of visitors. You are now in the loop
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
(05:45):
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's
news Radio.
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