Afternoon Report: Monday, June 9, 2025

Hundreds rally in Boston against the response to the Los Angeles ICE protests. California announces plans to sue the Trump administration. A Plymouth family rents out goats for walks. Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

Episode Transcript

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This is wb Z Boston's new twdio, redefining local news
fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. I think rally today
in Boston at City Hall Plaza. WBC Sherry Small tells

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us people upset about the Trump administration's response to the
la Ice protests gathering.

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Hundreds gathered in Boston City Hall Plaza protesting Ice. Dave
Foley is president of the Service Employees International Union Local
five h nine. He says the SEIU is standing in solidarity.

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To demand an into the Ice raid, bring in David Waita,
and to free all neighbors and siblings who've been born
from their homes.

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This rally was organized following Friday's Los Angeles arrest of
Southern California SIU president David Werta.

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Bodies in the streets and on the line is not
a violent mob. It represents workers standing up for our rights.

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In Boston. Sherry Small w BZ Boston's.

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News radio in California Mean Time, announcing plans to sue
the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los
Angeles without the governor's consent to the Attorney General. Rob
Monta says the state's sovereignty was trampled by President Trump
when he ordered the troops in response to mass protests
against those ice raids. Governor Gavin Newsom calling the president's
actions immoral and illegal. The President cited a legal provision

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allowing him to mobilize federal troops due to a rebellion
or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the
government of the United States. We are following some developing
news this afternoon. A funk Rock pioneer has died. In

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a statement, the family of sly Stone says he died
he fully surrounded by his children after a long battle
with COPD. His real name was Sylvester Stewart and he
fronted the group sly and the Family Stone, who had
listenians like Family, Affair and Everyday People, among others. The
Statesman says that they mourn the absence and take solace

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in knowing his musical legacy will continue to inspire for
generations to come. Slidestone with CD two, the Jury's Excuse
to the day. At the Karen Reid murder trial, doctor
Elizabeth Laposta was the last witness on the stand today,
formerly Rhode Island's chief medical examiner. During testimony, she told
the jury that she concluded after analyzing John O'Keeffe's injuries,

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so that tells.

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Me that mister O'Keeffe went backwards onto something.

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That had a little ridge, but it.

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Also had some irregularity to it to cause the different
scrapes before you get to the tearing of the scalp.

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Earlier, after a hearing without the jury, President Judge Beverly
Canoni ruled that doctor Lapisada could not testify about dog
bite wounds, but she can testify and whether John O'Keefe's
injuries were caused by pieces of plastic. Stay away from
the US. That's the message to those in a dozen countries.
With a presidential travel band now in effect, nationals.

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Of twelve countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East,
are now barred from entering the United States. Will seven
countries face significant visa restrictions. President Trump says the ban
is necessary to preserve national security and prevent terrorism. The
order does not cancel visas that have already been issued. However,
unless an applicant meets narrow criteria for an exemption. Their

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application will now be rejected. Stacy Lynn, CBS News.

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We have for the risk of some scattered showers as
we head into and through the evening tonight, not terribly
much of the radar right now, and there really won't
be even as we head through the evening, just some
scattered showers. Not everyone will see one, and certainly not
all at once. Temperatures in the mid fifties. Tomorrow, a
little greater chance of some widespread rain and showers, at

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least for a while. They'll be drizzled to start in
the morning, then some showers and temperatures in the mid
sixties in Boston about seventy or so as you head
out into the end of the suburbs. A lingering evening
shower tomorrow, otherwise clearing skies Tomorrow night temperatures in the
low sixties, and then Wednesday and Thursday will feature some
sunshine and a bit of a breeze and temperatures in
the low eighties. Right now, we're at fifty nine degrees

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in Boston. How about taking a different type of animal
out for a walk. The dinosaur walk would be kind
of fun, albeit dangerous. We're not talking about dinosaurs though,
not even close. These particular creatures are getting people's goat
wbz's Hyle Shaffle taking a walk on the wildish side.

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Amber Telford of Plymouth could be talking about her dogs.

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Crowded times near the street, we will use leashes, but
they've yet to really book it away from us.

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But she's not nibbling on my mic court as one
of four Nigerian dwarf goats that her daughter bigged, lead
it and strategized for.

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After a few years of my daughter making like a
couple PowerPoint presentations like at the age of nine, my
husband actually disclosed that he always wanted goats as a
kid too.

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The four leged for some of the stars of Goat
Walks Plymouth, a side hustle run by the family. Like
the name suggests, they let people rent the animals out
and go on walks out in nature or even downtown,
and they're off time. It's her daughter's responsibility to care
for the goats. Ambers's reaction from the locals has been uniformly.

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Positive, and we've had people start crying when they see
the goats, like they can't believe what they're seeing. They're
still pretty exotic to some people.

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I think Kyle Shaffle to be busy Boston's ands radio
another potential picnic problem. And then some their ants and
in this case Asian needle ants. They hurt your father's
ants or your uncles either. These actually can be dangerous.
They sting and have been spreading in around a dozen
and a half states. In Georgia, where they were first
found in the nineteen thirties, they were spotted last year

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and caused at least three cases of anaphylactic shock reactions.
The University of Georgia says the insects spread throughout the Southeast,
marking a significant danger for those who are allergic to
insects like wasps or yellow jackets. They'll stop me if
you've heard this before. Not everything you see online is
true or even good for you. A new study evaluating
the safety of skincare regimens for children popular on TikTok.

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The Northwestern University study published in Pediatrics found the twenty
five most viewed videos on TikTok created by those under
eighteen while the research was conducted, included an average of
eleven potentially irritating active ingredients and regiments for young girls.
Study co author dermatologists doctor molly Hales.

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Even among the youngest creators, who were down to age seven,
These people were using multiple potentially irritating ingredients and products
on their skin at once.

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The study says the regiments are pricey, often don't include sunscreen,
and offer a little to no benefit. Wendy Gilet, CBS News.

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