December 27, 2025 • 6 mins
A $400,000 shipment of lobsters has disappeared, an annual brunch in Boston's South End celebrates Kwanzaa, and a new study shows teens who use marijuana are more likely to engage in bad habits. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We defining local news twenty six degrees in Boston at
four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Suzanne Softville. Here is what's happening.
The post holiday travel rush is underway. WBZ. Shay Vilette
is at Logan Airport where travelers are battling this weekend's
(00:27):
weather to get back before New Year's We're going back
to Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yet, going back to Los Angeles, do you enjoy the
little bit of snowfall you had here? It was very
nice white Christmas.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
You know it's cold for us, but it was very nice.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Didn't make any delays for it.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
Not yet.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
There's fresh snow on the ground here at Terminal A,
slowing the roll of passengers that are heading out for
home or a new vacation destination. Like them, We'll going
on vacation.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
They're relaxing. After we get to New Orleans.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
TSA expects to break records with more than forty four
million passengers screen this holiday season, which we're now smack
dab in the middle of. In fact, the agency says
December twenty seventh was their busiest day last year, checking
the bags of just under three million travelers. He's got
advice with the stress heads that do nothing but complain
at the airport.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
You know, you just got to kind of roll with
it and take your time and it is what it is,
and get through it, you know.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
A terminal aj Willet WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
And right now at Logan Airport, according to flight Aware,
there are three hundred and fifty three delays and sixty
two cancelations. A four hundred thousand dollars shipment of lobsters
has disappeared. CBS's Michael Wallace has the story.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Police say a truck picked up the live lobsters in Taunton, Massachusetts,
and was supposed to take them to Costco locations in
Illinois and Minnesota, but never arrived. The same Massachusetts facility
had another lobster shipment stolen earlier this month. The Federal
Department of Transportation as warren law enforcement agencies and freight
carriers nationwide about the crimes. It says cargo theft cost
(01:55):
the economy billions of dollars a year. Michael Wallace CBS News.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
An annual brunch celebrates Kwanza in Boston's Southend. Wbz's Mike
Macklin has details.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
The atmosphere in the Piano Craft Gallery was celebratory as
the community gathered to honor the legacy of Mel King,
the late civil rights activist who held a Klonsa brunch
in his home for more than fifty years.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Chance to just get together, gather to break bread and
really get a fail of what community's really about.
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Us being there for one another, us being able to
support one another.
Speaker 6 (02:34):
Bless Robinson is one of the organizers of the King
Brunch Club that carries on King's legacy. The DJ for
the event Mel's son, Jobo.
Speaker 8 (02:43):
King, right now today seeing all the young people the
held is here, and that's one of the things that
we wanted to make sure that the younger people are
being included. People have been praising my dad for so long,
it's like, Okay, well who's next.
Speaker 7 (02:59):
Now?
Speaker 8 (02:59):
Who's next next?
Speaker 6 (03:00):
To carry on a proud legacy of love and concern
for the community that Mel King served in the South End.
Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
The forecast mainly clear skies tonight and cold, with a
low of seventeen in Boston closer to ten in some
Inland suburbs. It starts off sunny Tomorrow, then gets cloudier
as the day goes on, not quite as cold, with
a high of thirty five. On Monday, cloudy and much
warmer with periods of rain. We'll see a high near
(03:33):
fifty On Tuesday, gets cold again. It'll be mostly cloudy
and windy, with a high of twenty eight, but real
field tempts in the teens. Right now in Boston, we
have mostly clear skies and twenty six degrees. One local
farm is giving Christmas trees a new life. Wbz's Emma
(03:53):
Friedman explains.
Speaker 6 (03:55):
Hy, you're beautiful.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Oh my god.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
I'm hanging out with Bonnie the pig while the goats
are busy munching on a Christmas tree.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Furs are top their favorite among all of the animals here.
Spruces are a little bit too prickly. They're hard to handle,
even for the humans.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I'm a Unity Farm sanctuary and sherborn talking with the
farm's executive director and co founder, Kathy Halamka. Instead of
throwing out your Christmas trees if they're free of any
preservatives and fire retardant sprays, she says her goats and
other animals would be happy to accept them as a
post holiday snap.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
It is a healthy snack if again, it doesn't have
any sprays on it, because it has a lot of vitamins,
things like vitamins see in there.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
It is an.
Speaker 7 (04:37):
Actual natural dewarmer. Believe it or not.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
They've already gotten some trees donated from the City of Boston,
and soon the whole meadow you see driving into the
animal Sanctuary will be covered in trees. They're expecting over
a thousand, which will keep the four legged friends content.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
So our favorite are these trees that will come really quickly,
like they haven't been in people's houses that long.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
That's when the trees are still green and not too dry.
In Sherborn Emma Friedman WDAS Boston to news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Check your Junk Drawer, a Massachusetts lottery winner has less
than a month to come forward and claim their one
hundred thousand dollars prize. Mass Live says the prize was
from a mass cash drawing held on January twentieth. The
winning numbers were ten, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and thirty one.
(05:27):
A winning ticket matching all five numbers was sold at
West Main Gas and Diesel in Hyannas. The final day
for the winner to claim their prize is January twenty first,
twenty twenty six. A new study show's teens who use
marijuana are more likely to engage in bad habits.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Researchers report in the journal Pediatrics that they talked to
more than one hundred and sixty thousand eight through twelfth
graders from twenty eighteen through twenty twenty two. They found
that those who said they use weed monthly or more
than twice as likely to skip classes and have bad
grades compared to those who don't use it at all.
They are also twice as likely to get into fights.
About twenty percent of those surveyed say they use marijuana,
(06:11):
and about six percent of high school seniors say they
use it daily. I'm Rob Bart here.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ, Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We defining local news twenty six degrees in Boston at
four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Suzanne Softville. Here is what's happening.
The post holiday travel rush is underway. WBZ. Shay Vilette
is at Logan Airport where travelers are battling this weekend's
(00:27):
weather to get back before New Year's We're going back
to Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yet, going back to Los Angeles, do you enjoy the
little bit of snowfall you had here? It was very
nice white Christmas.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
You know it's cold for us, but it was very nice.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Didn't make any delays for it.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
Not yet.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
There's fresh snow on the ground here at Terminal A,
slowing the roll of passengers that are heading out for
home or a new vacation destination. Like them, We'll going
on vacation.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
They're relaxing. After we get to New Orleans.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
TSA expects to break records with more than forty four
million passengers screen this holiday season, which we're now smack
dab in the middle of. In fact, the agency says
December twenty seventh was their busiest day last year, checking
the bags of just under three million travelers. He's got
advice with the stress heads that do nothing but complain
at the airport.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
You know, you just got to kind of roll with
it and take your time and it is what it is,
and get through it, you know.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
A terminal aj Willet WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
And right now at Logan Airport, according to flight Aware,
there are three hundred and fifty three delays and sixty
two cancelations. A four hundred thousand dollars shipment of lobsters
has disappeared. CBS's Michael Wallace has the story.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Police say a truck picked up the live lobsters in Taunton, Massachusetts,
and was supposed to take them to Costco locations in
Illinois and Minnesota, but never arrived. The same Massachusetts facility
had another lobster shipment stolen earlier this month. The Federal
Department of Transportation as warren law enforcement agencies and freight
carriers nationwide about the crimes. It says cargo theft cost
(01:55):
the economy billions of dollars a year. Michael Wallace CBS News.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
An annual brunch celebrates Kwanza in Boston's Southend. Wbz's Mike
Macklin has details.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
The atmosphere in the Piano Craft Gallery was celebratory as
the community gathered to honor the legacy of Mel King,
the late civil rights activist who held a Klonsa brunch
in his home for more than fifty years.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Chance to just get together, gather to break bread and
really get a fail of what community's really about.
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Us being there for one another, us being able to
support one another.
Speaker 6 (02:34):
Bless Robinson is one of the organizers of the King
Brunch Club that carries on King's legacy. The DJ for
the event Mel's son, Jobo.
Speaker 8 (02:43):
King, right now today seeing all the young people the
held is here, and that's one of the things that
we wanted to make sure that the younger people are
being included. People have been praising my dad for so long,
it's like, Okay, well who's next.
Speaker 7 (02:59):
Now?
Speaker 8 (02:59):
Who's next next?
Speaker 6 (03:00):
To carry on a proud legacy of love and concern
for the community that Mel King served in the South End.
Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
The forecast mainly clear skies tonight and cold, with a
low of seventeen in Boston closer to ten in some
Inland suburbs. It starts off sunny Tomorrow, then gets cloudier
as the day goes on, not quite as cold, with
a high of thirty five. On Monday, cloudy and much
warmer with periods of rain. We'll see a high near
(03:33):
fifty On Tuesday, gets cold again. It'll be mostly cloudy
and windy, with a high of twenty eight, but real
field tempts in the teens. Right now in Boston, we
have mostly clear skies and twenty six degrees. One local
farm is giving Christmas trees a new life. Wbz's Emma
(03:53):
Friedman explains.
Speaker 6 (03:55):
Hy, you're beautiful.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Oh my god.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
I'm hanging out with Bonnie the pig while the goats
are busy munching on a Christmas tree.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Furs are top their favorite among all of the animals here.
Spruces are a little bit too prickly. They're hard to handle,
even for the humans.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I'm a Unity Farm sanctuary and sherborn talking with the
farm's executive director and co founder, Kathy Halamka. Instead of
throwing out your Christmas trees if they're free of any
preservatives and fire retardant sprays, she says her goats and
other animals would be happy to accept them as a
post holiday snap.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
It is a healthy snack if again, it doesn't have
any sprays on it, because it has a lot of vitamins,
things like vitamins see in there.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
It is an.
Speaker 7 (04:37):
Actual natural dewarmer. Believe it or not.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
They've already gotten some trees donated from the City of Boston,
and soon the whole meadow you see driving into the
animal Sanctuary will be covered in trees. They're expecting over
a thousand, which will keep the four legged friends content.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
So our favorite are these trees that will come really quickly,
like they haven't been in people's houses that long.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
That's when the trees are still green and not too dry.
In Sherborn Emma Friedman WDAS Boston to news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Check your Junk Drawer, a Massachusetts lottery winner has less
than a month to come forward and claim their one
hundred thousand dollars prize. Mass Live says the prize was
from a mass cash drawing held on January twentieth. The
winning numbers were ten, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and thirty one.
(05:27):
A winning ticket matching all five numbers was sold at
West Main Gas and Diesel in Hyannas. The final day
for the winner to claim their prize is January twenty first,
twenty twenty six. A new study show's teens who use
marijuana are more likely to engage in bad habits.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Researchers report in the journal Pediatrics that they talked to
more than one hundred and sixty thousand eight through twelfth
graders from twenty eighteen through twenty twenty two. They found
that those who said they use weed monthly or more
than twice as likely to skip classes and have bad
grades compared to those who don't use it at all.
They are also twice as likely to get into fights.
About twenty percent of those surveyed say they use marijuana,
(06:11):
and about six percent of high school seniors say they
use it daily. I'm Rob Bart here.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ, Boston's news radio
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