Afternoon Report: Saturday, December 6, 2025

Russia launches a large assault on Ukraine overnight, a local Boys and Girls Club is sick of unwanted items showing up in their parking lot, and Boston University has extended early retirement offers to some of its tenured professors. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
News thirty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock at afternoon.
N'm Suzanne Sausville. Thanks for joining us. Here's what's going on.
One week of testimony in the Brian Walsh murder trial
wrapped up yesterday. W bz's Emma Friedman has the latest.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Stirs heard about a hacks on other tools. Prosecutors say
we're found in a dumpster, while other testimonies centered on
cell phone data.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Record number one twelve. We see a thirty six minute
phone call between the phones assigned to Anna Walsh and
Brian Walsh. Correct.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
Correct prosecutor say Anna Walsh's husband killed her and dismembered
her body almost three years ago. Friday was a half
day and at the end of it, the judge said
she expects another two weeks of testimony. Yours have been
told to stay off social media and not watch the
news in a case that continues to draw national attention.
I'm a Freedman, w BZ, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Police are investigating a shooting in Medford last night. Police
say they responded to the area of Mary and Stevens
Street after multiple reports of gunshots, and as officers canvassed
the neighborhood, police learned a victim had arrived at a
local hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The
victim is expected to survive. Investigators say they found several

(01:25):
spent shell casings in the area and the victim's vehicle
also showed evidence of a shooting. Anyone with information is
asked to contact Medford police. Protesters rallied in Boston to
push back on the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug
smuggling boats from Venezuela. Wbz's Mike Macklin was there, other.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
Boddy Walker as well as I The message delivered by
the demonstrators was direct and unequivocal. They called President Trump's
claim that Venezuela is a vast drug cartel a lie.
Kiya Jana Carter of the Party for Social Liberation said
Trump is out to depose Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
It's a war for oil and it's an open move
towards regime change in Venezuela.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
The administrators have been.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Very open about the fact that they'll be happy to
replace Maduro.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
The demonstrators called on Congress to pass a war powers
resolution to block the president from going to war in Venezuela.
Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
President Trump continues to defend the strikes, saying they're necessary
to limit the flow of drugs into the US. Russia
launches a large assault on Ukraine overnight, as American and
Ukrainian officials hold peace talks in Florida.

Speaker 5 (02:47):
Ukrainian and US officials in Miami for a third day
of talks, now jointly calling on Russia to show a
serious commitment to long term peace. A statement described the
discussions in Florida as constructive, but that any real progress
depends on Russia. But following these attacks, Ukraine's from Minister
andre C Bihat saying that the attacks really show that

(03:07):
Russia continues to disregard any efforts to end the war.
Rit Kleinet Agency News Kiev Region.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
The forecast partly cloudy tonight with a low of thirty
Tomorrow turning cloudy with a high of thirty eight. A
flurry or two at night, mainly north of Boston. Mostly
sunny and Monday, but blustery and cold, with a high
near thirty on Tuesday, sum sun giving way to clouds
in the afternoon, highs near freezing. Right now in Boston,

(03:35):
it's partly sunny and thirty nine degrees. A local Boys
and Girls club is sick of people dumping unwonted stuff
in their parking lot.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
While the Watertown Boys and Girls Club is an after
school spot for hundreds of kids, one of the biggest
challenges for staff here recently mess they have nothing to.

Speaker 6 (03:55):
Do with parts of sectional coaches running machines, rolling machine
mattresses is unfortunately something that we've seen quite a bit
off lately.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
Gary Beattie is the executive director here. He says, for
months an area in their parking lot has been a
hotspot for illegal dumping.

Speaker 6 (04:10):
And we think that this is predominantly people in the
neighborhood in the area, which is even more disappointing given
they understand what we do for the community.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
Mattresses, a box, bring even a flat screen TV. To
haul this stuff off, it costs hundreds of dollars money
that should be going to the kids.

Speaker 6 (04:26):
Every penny we bring into the club we want to
keep in the club, so to have to reinvest any
of that and dealing with this trash issue as a
real sense of frustration.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
For us, especially because the signs and security cams haven't
been a deterrent. The club is working with Watertown police
to try and track down those responsible so they can
try and get back some of the thousands they've had
to spend.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
CBS News Boston's Are and Perceigon reporting Boston University has
extended early retirement officers to some of its tenured professors
as part of a cost saving measure. The Globe says
the offer is open to faculty members whose combined age
and years of experience equal eighty five or more, as

(05:06):
well as professors with appointments at Welock College before it
merged with BU in twenty eighteen. Those who take the
deal will get paid leave from July to December twenty
twenty six, followed by official retirement at the end of
that year and a lump sum payment in twenty twenty seven.

(05:26):
The suspect arrested this week in the Washington, DC pipe
bomb case made his first court appearance yesterday.

Speaker 7 (05:33):
Brian Cole's Friday court hearing was brief just minutes. Cole
has hired at an attorney and will remain in jail
Penniga hearing in about two weeks, but CBS News has
learned Cole has been speaking with investigators for hours already.
Multiple sources tell us investigators believe Cole is a Trump
supporter and is the person who placed two potentially deadly

(05:54):
pipe bombs on Capitol Hill January fifth, twenty twenty one,
the night before the US Capital Insurrection.

Speaker 2 (06:01):
That was CBS's Scott McFarland with the latest. You are
now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day,
Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Suzanne Sosville, WBZ, Boston's news radio