May 17, 2025 • 7 mins
It's graduation season in Boston, dozens of people are reported dead after severe weather hits the Midwest, and the New Jersey transit-strike continues into the weekend. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Seventy two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
I'm Suzanne Soasville. Here's what's happening. It's a sea of caps, tassels,
and gowns for graduation season in Boston. Wbz's Jay will
Lett checks in from Chestnut Hill.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Lush for four years, flew by but excited, tight hugs
and plenty of photo ops as Boston College seniors say
their goodbyes ahead of their commencement on Monday.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
So we have some exciting dinners packing because I can't pack.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
It's my crypt tonight this weekend, Boston University tops Leslie
and Suffolk students also walk the stage. They're both pre
med students. He's planning to be on ski patrol in
Utah while studying for the MCAT.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
The campus is really beautiful. I mean we're going around
to finding all the spots to take pictures. There's so
many opportunities.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
The age old question finally sinks in as I ask
outgoing grads what advice they would give to an incoming freshmen.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It's a tough one.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
It's a tough one.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
There's a lot I do differently.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
If I could go.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
Back, soak up every minute I.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Get involved, and everything's such a cliche thing, but that's
how I found my best friends right away.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Bittersweek advis congratulations to all the grads out there. Jawill
at WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
In Washington, the House Budget Committee will reconvene tomorrow night
for another vote on President Trump's spending bill. CBS's Willie
james Inman reports.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
On Friday, the Republicans spending bill stalled after a key vote.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Mister Chair on the vote, there were sixteen eyes and
twenty one knows.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the House Budget Committee
in a vote against the bill. Some Conservatives argue the
legislation doesn't go far enough with spending cuts.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Some GOP members want steeper cuts to Medicaid and substantial
reforms to food assistance programs. Boston Police are asking for
the public's help and identifying a suspect in a sexual assault.
It happened Wednesday night on Margaret Street in the North End.
Police say a woman had entered the front door of
her apartment building when a man walked in behind her.
(02:09):
According to witnesses the man grabbed the woman's leg and
started licking her feet, then ran off after she screamed
and said she'd call nine to one one. You can
see photos of the suspect on our website wbznewsradio dot com.
Dozens of people are reported dead after several severe weather
(02:29):
hits the Midwest. The death toll includes at least twenty
people in Kentucky and seven in Missouri. We get more
from CBS's Stacy Lynn. Southern Kentucky was hit hard.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
Rooster gone, windows are gone, people are outside.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
That's Judge Marshall Todd in Pulaski County, acknowledging the devastation nearby.
Somerset Mayor Allen Kech says.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
And just knowing what of the communities have been through
with devastating tornadoes and flooding. Convincepite of the challenge, it's
hard not to be grateful.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Another twister tour through Saint Louis It's Missouri, causing death
and widespread destruction.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Two of them to my houseball it dropped to my.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Feet, Stacy Lynn, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Partly cloudy overnight, lower round sixty tomorrow, breezy and less humid,
with a mix of sun and clouds, an afternoon shower
or two possible high near seventy on Monday, a slight
chance of a morning shower than windy and mostly cloudy
high sixty seven on Tuesday. Breezy, cloudy, and much cooler,
(03:28):
with a high of just fifty seven. Right now in Boston,
it's partly sunny and seventy two degrees. Many pop songs
these days have people singing about getting their hearts broken
in Boston. Wbz's Kyle Bray went to find out why.
Speaker 7 (03:45):
I can't see who in Boston would break Grazy Abram's
heart or te McGray. I don't think anyone here could date.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
One of them.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Those are just a few of the pop stars that
are pouring their hearts out about love lost here in Boston.
Others like Chapel Roan Renee, but even Zach Bryan haven't
fared much better. But what is it about Boston that
leaves many people so heartbroken?
Speaker 7 (04:06):
I think it's a city of people that don't want
to be in relationships, they don't want to mingle.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
It's a little clickie, but it's not all rain clouds.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I've had a girlfriend almost two years now and I'm
super happy. Love her to death. So I how'd you
guys meet? I actually I dmd her on Instagram. She's
a content creator and I just I followed her. I
liked their content and I thought she was cute, and
I just hit her up and I was like, can
I take you on a date?
Speaker 5 (04:31):
Holding out hope Kyle Bray WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
You can see more of Kyle's story on our TikTok
at WBZ News Radio. Well, speaking of heartbreak, that's what
happened to the Celtics last night. The team ended their
season with a huge loss to the Knicks in New York.
Wbz's Emma Friedman has reaction from fans.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
Disappointed, sad, defeated, heartbreaking. Celtics nation is going through the
five stages of grief today after devastating lost to the
Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Jescos, Jason Tatum's injury, that's it, Jessica's Jastam's injury, It's heartbreaking.
Speaker 7 (05:06):
CBS Boston's Tammy Mutasa talked with fans outside TD Garden
after the game, some trying to keep their heads high.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
I'm feeling upset. I mean, at the end of the day.
We got Banner eighteen. Last year, we got to think
about the positives at the end of the day. No,
we got big things coming.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
The next dominated the game, beating the Celtics one nineteen
to eighty one. Now New York advances to the Eastern
Conference Finals for the first time in twenty five years
to take on the Indiana Pacers. I'm a Friedman WBZ,
Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
The New Jersey transit strike continues into the weekend. After
rail engineers walked off the job at midnight yesterday. All
trains have been stopped for hundreds of thousands of commuters.
New Jersey Trains CEO Chris colorI says negotiations are happening
this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
We want a fair deal that will.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Not break the bank.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Striking engineers are calling for higher wages. The FAA says
plans to cut back the number of flights at Newark Airport.
The troubled airport has been struggling with an air traffic
controller shortage, equipment outages, and an ongoing construction for weeks,
leading to many delays and cancelations. ABC's Sam Sweeney says
(06:17):
the agency has proposed reducing the number of takeoffs and
landings per hour from forty to twenty eight.
Speaker 8 (06:24):
The major US airlines have been meeting with the FAA
over the last three days to come up with some
sort of a temporary fix for Newark Airport, and the
only thing they can really do is cut back the
number of flights. That will help reduce some of the
congestion and free up some of the airspace availability on
the one runway that is operating there while the other
(06:45):
is under construction until June fifteenth.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
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
This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Seventy two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
I'm Suzanne Soasville. Here's what's happening. It's a sea of caps, tassels,
and gowns for graduation season in Boston. Wbz's Jay will
Lett checks in from Chestnut Hill.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Lush for four years, flew by but excited, tight hugs
and plenty of photo ops as Boston College seniors say
their goodbyes ahead of their commencement on Monday.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
So we have some exciting dinners packing because I can't pack.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
It's my crypt tonight this weekend, Boston University tops Leslie
and Suffolk students also walk the stage. They're both pre
med students. He's planning to be on ski patrol in
Utah while studying for the MCAT.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
The campus is really beautiful. I mean we're going around
to finding all the spots to take pictures. There's so
many opportunities.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
The age old question finally sinks in as I ask
outgoing grads what advice they would give to an incoming freshmen.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It's a tough one.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
It's a tough one.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
There's a lot I do differently.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
If I could go.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
Back, soak up every minute I.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Get involved, and everything's such a cliche thing, but that's
how I found my best friends right away.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Bittersweek advis congratulations to all the grads out there. Jawill
at WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
In Washington, the House Budget Committee will reconvene tomorrow night
for another vote on President Trump's spending bill. CBS's Willie
james Inman reports.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
On Friday, the Republicans spending bill stalled after a key vote.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Mister Chair on the vote, there were sixteen eyes and
twenty one knows.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the House Budget Committee
in a vote against the bill. Some Conservatives argue the
legislation doesn't go far enough with spending cuts.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Some GOP members want steeper cuts to Medicaid and substantial
reforms to food assistance programs. Boston Police are asking for
the public's help and identifying a suspect in a sexual assault.
It happened Wednesday night on Margaret Street in the North End.
Police say a woman had entered the front door of
her apartment building when a man walked in behind her.
(02:09):
According to witnesses the man grabbed the woman's leg and
started licking her feet, then ran off after she screamed
and said she'd call nine to one one. You can
see photos of the suspect on our website wbznewsradio dot com.
Dozens of people are reported dead after several severe weather
(02:29):
hits the Midwest. The death toll includes at least twenty
people in Kentucky and seven in Missouri. We get more
from CBS's Stacy Lynn. Southern Kentucky was hit hard.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
Rooster gone, windows are gone, people are outside.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
That's Judge Marshall Todd in Pulaski County, acknowledging the devastation nearby.
Somerset Mayor Allen Kech says.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
And just knowing what of the communities have been through
with devastating tornadoes and flooding. Convincepite of the challenge, it's
hard not to be grateful.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Another twister tour through Saint Louis It's Missouri, causing death
and widespread destruction.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Two of them to my houseball it dropped to my.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Feet, Stacy Lynn, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Partly cloudy overnight, lower round sixty tomorrow, breezy and less humid,
with a mix of sun and clouds, an afternoon shower
or two possible high near seventy on Monday, a slight
chance of a morning shower than windy and mostly cloudy
high sixty seven on Tuesday. Breezy, cloudy, and much cooler,
(03:28):
with a high of just fifty seven. Right now in Boston,
it's partly sunny and seventy two degrees. Many pop songs
these days have people singing about getting their hearts broken
in Boston. Wbz's Kyle Bray went to find out why.
Speaker 7 (03:45):
I can't see who in Boston would break Grazy Abram's
heart or te McGray. I don't think anyone here could date.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
One of them.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Those are just a few of the pop stars that
are pouring their hearts out about love lost here in Boston.
Others like Chapel Roan Renee, but even Zach Bryan haven't
fared much better. But what is it about Boston that
leaves many people so heartbroken?
Speaker 7 (04:06):
I think it's a city of people that don't want
to be in relationships, they don't want to mingle.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
It's a little clickie, but it's not all rain clouds.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I've had a girlfriend almost two years now and I'm
super happy. Love her to death. So I how'd you
guys meet? I actually I dmd her on Instagram. She's
a content creator and I just I followed her. I
liked their content and I thought she was cute, and
I just hit her up and I was like, can
I take you on a date?
Speaker 5 (04:31):
Holding out hope Kyle Bray WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
You can see more of Kyle's story on our TikTok
at WBZ News Radio. Well, speaking of heartbreak, that's what
happened to the Celtics last night. The team ended their
season with a huge loss to the Knicks in New York.
Wbz's Emma Friedman has reaction from fans.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
Disappointed, sad, defeated, heartbreaking. Celtics nation is going through the
five stages of grief today after devastating lost to the
Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Jescos, Jason Tatum's injury, that's it, Jessica's Jastam's injury, It's heartbreaking.
Speaker 7 (05:06):
CBS Boston's Tammy Mutasa talked with fans outside TD Garden
after the game, some trying to keep their heads high.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
I'm feeling upset. I mean, at the end of the day.
We got Banner eighteen. Last year, we got to think
about the positives at the end of the day. No,
we got big things coming.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
The next dominated the game, beating the Celtics one nineteen
to eighty one. Now New York advances to the Eastern
Conference Finals for the first time in twenty five years
to take on the Indiana Pacers. I'm a Friedman WBZ,
Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
The New Jersey transit strike continues into the weekend. After
rail engineers walked off the job at midnight yesterday. All
trains have been stopped for hundreds of thousands of commuters.
New Jersey Trains CEO Chris colorI says negotiations are happening
this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
We want a fair deal that will.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Not break the bank.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Striking engineers are calling for higher wages. The FAA says
plans to cut back the number of flights at Newark Airport.
The troubled airport has been struggling with an air traffic
controller shortage, equipment outages, and an ongoing construction for weeks,
leading to many delays and cancelations. ABC's Sam Sweeney says
(06:17):
the agency has proposed reducing the number of takeoffs and
landings per hour from forty to twenty eight.
Speaker 8 (06:24):
The major US airlines have been meeting with the FAA
over the last three days to come up with some
sort of a temporary fix for Newark Airport, and the
only thing they can really do is cut back the
number of flights. That will help reduce some of the
congestion and free up some of the airspace availability on
the one runway that is operating there while the other
(06:45):
is under construction until June fifteenth.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
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
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