November 1, 2025 • 5 mins
The FBI is at Harvard University after an explosion at a medical school building overnight, the US Department of Agriculture has until Monday to come up with a plan to keep snap benefits alive, and the post office will expand their services for this upcoming holiday season. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio. We defining local.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
News fifty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
I'm Suzanne Soasville. Here's what's happening. The FBI is unseen
at Harvard University after an explosion at a medical school
building overnight that police say appears to be intentional. Harvard
(00:29):
police say it happened at around two point fifty am
at the Goldenson Building on Longwood Ave in Boston. According
to police, an officer was responding to the scene for
a fire alarm and saw two people running from the building.
It's not clear what kind of device went off in
the building, but police say no other devices were found
(00:51):
and no one was hurt. Anyone with information is asked
to call Harvard University Police. It's day thirty two of
the government and shut down, close to becoming the longest
in US history. The longest on record was thirty five days.
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill remain at an impasse
(01:12):
as the impacts of the shutdown keep piling up.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
A Rhode Island judge saying without the snap federal food program,
some forty two million of the country's most vulnerable would
face a reparable harm and terror over the availability of
funding for food for their family. President Trump saying he's
instructing the government lawyers to ask the judge how we
can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible, saying, if
the court gives direction, it will be my honor to
(01:37):
provide the funding.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Anything with government or state, or anything above my head
that I don't have eyes on directly, believe it when
you see it.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Jenna Jackson, a mother of four who runs a tree
farm in Oklahoma, says without medicated SNAP, she would have
to make tough choices.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
The US Department of Agriculture has until Monday to come
up with a plan to keep SNAP benefits alive during
the shutdown. Wbz's Emma Friedman has reaction from Attorney General
Andrea Campbell.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Attorney General Andrea Campbell showing support for a federal judge
in Boston and another one in Rhode Island's ruling that
President Trump's decision to withhold SNAP benefits is unlawful.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
It's pastime for this federal government to help people rather
than to harm them. And if that takes a court order,
so be it. And I'm sure certainly here to get one.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
She says, the court has made it clear that the
Trump administration cannot choose not to spend the contingency funds
that have been set aside for this reason, and that
Congress put appropriated money into a snap reserve fund to
keep food assistants coming even during a government shutdown.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
If they choose not to fully fund this program or
don't act quick enough, the health and well being of
millions of Americans who will go hungry will be on
their hands. A. G.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Campbell co led a coalition of more than twenty states
ensuing the USDA in Boston Federal Court. Or Judge India
tel Wani ruled in their favor on Friday. The government
has argued it can't tap into contingency funds and is
likely to appeal. I'm a Friedman WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
The forecast s partly cloudy and cold overnight, with a
low of thirty eight, closer to freezing inland. Mostly sunny
with less wind tomorrow, high fifty two On Monday. We'll
start off with some sun, but then it gets cloudy.
A couple of showers possible late in the day and
in the evening. High fifty nine on Tuesday, breezy with
(03:25):
lots of sun, high fifty seven. Right now in Boston,
it's sunny and fifty seven degrees. The Post Office will
be expanding their service as the holiday season approaches. Wbz's
Charlie bergeron with details.
Speaker 6 (03:40):
According to a recent statement, the Postal Service will add
hundreds of packaged sorting machines, as well as hiring temporary
workers and adding twenty four thousand new vehicles to delivery routes.
USPS will have a two to three day turnaround for
any mail or packages which are to be delivered in
the same region as they are mailed. Office has spent
(04:00):
almost twenty billion dollars to meet the needs of customers
over the past four years, and they're offering some tips
on making sure packages make it to a destination on time,
including mailing by December seventeenth for first class mail, by
December eighteenth for priority mail, and customers should check the
website for mail dates for international shipments. Charlie Burger on
(04:23):
WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
A federal judge blocks part of President Trump's executive order
mandating voters to prove proof of citizenship, provide proof of citizenship.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Reuters is reporting the judge ruled the president is not
allowed to require voters to show their passports or other
documents before casting their ballots. The ACLU had argued Americans
who don't have up to date passports should not be
forced to purchase new documents in order to vote. In
the decision, the judge cites the US Constitution, which gives
states the authority to oversee elections, not the president. Voting
(04:59):
by nonsense remains illegal in the US. I'm Jim Roop.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Officials in Wayland are investigating what they call a racist
incident at the high school. Whalan High's principle says a
student found a yellow plastic children at Play sign figure
hanging with a belt around its neck in the locker room.
The figure was wearing a football jersey that belongs to
(05:24):
a black student. She said they've identified the students responsible
and that counselors will be available for those who need them.
Wayland police say they're working with the Middlesex DA's office
to review all the information and determine the facts of
the case. You are now in the loop. For news
updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on
(05:47):
the iHeartRadio APP. I'm Suzanne Sosville WBZ, Boston's news radio
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio. We defining local.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
News fifty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
I'm Suzanne Soasville. Here's what's happening. The FBI is unseen
at Harvard University after an explosion at a medical school
building overnight that police say appears to be intentional. Harvard
(00:29):
police say it happened at around two point fifty am
at the Goldenson Building on Longwood Ave in Boston. According
to police, an officer was responding to the scene for
a fire alarm and saw two people running from the building.
It's not clear what kind of device went off in
the building, but police say no other devices were found
(00:51):
and no one was hurt. Anyone with information is asked
to call Harvard University Police. It's day thirty two of
the government and shut down, close to becoming the longest
in US history. The longest on record was thirty five days.
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill remain at an impasse
(01:12):
as the impacts of the shutdown keep piling up.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
A Rhode Island judge saying without the snap federal food program,
some forty two million of the country's most vulnerable would
face a reparable harm and terror over the availability of
funding for food for their family. President Trump saying he's
instructing the government lawyers to ask the judge how we
can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible, saying, if
the court gives direction, it will be my honor to
(01:37):
provide the funding.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Anything with government or state, or anything above my head
that I don't have eyes on directly, believe it when
you see it.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Jenna Jackson, a mother of four who runs a tree
farm in Oklahoma, says without medicated SNAP, she would have
to make tough choices.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
The US Department of Agriculture has until Monday to come
up with a plan to keep SNAP benefits alive during
the shutdown. Wbz's Emma Friedman has reaction from Attorney General
Andrea Campbell.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Attorney General Andrea Campbell showing support for a federal judge
in Boston and another one in Rhode Island's ruling that
President Trump's decision to withhold SNAP benefits is unlawful.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
It's pastime for this federal government to help people rather
than to harm them. And if that takes a court order,
so be it. And I'm sure certainly here to get one.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
She says, the court has made it clear that the
Trump administration cannot choose not to spend the contingency funds
that have been set aside for this reason, and that
Congress put appropriated money into a snap reserve fund to
keep food assistants coming even during a government shutdown.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
If they choose not to fully fund this program or
don't act quick enough, the health and well being of
millions of Americans who will go hungry will be on
their hands. A. G.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Campbell co led a coalition of more than twenty states
ensuing the USDA in Boston Federal Court. Or Judge India
tel Wani ruled in their favor on Friday. The government
has argued it can't tap into contingency funds and is
likely to appeal. I'm a Friedman WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
The forecast s partly cloudy and cold overnight, with a
low of thirty eight, closer to freezing inland. Mostly sunny
with less wind tomorrow, high fifty two On Monday. We'll
start off with some sun, but then it gets cloudy.
A couple of showers possible late in the day and
in the evening. High fifty nine on Tuesday, breezy with
(03:25):
lots of sun, high fifty seven. Right now in Boston,
it's sunny and fifty seven degrees. The Post Office will
be expanding their service as the holiday season approaches. Wbz's
Charlie bergeron with details.
Speaker 6 (03:40):
According to a recent statement, the Postal Service will add
hundreds of packaged sorting machines, as well as hiring temporary
workers and adding twenty four thousand new vehicles to delivery routes.
USPS will have a two to three day turnaround for
any mail or packages which are to be delivered in
the same region as they are mailed. Office has spent
(04:00):
almost twenty billion dollars to meet the needs of customers
over the past four years, and they're offering some tips
on making sure packages make it to a destination on time,
including mailing by December seventeenth for first class mail, by
December eighteenth for priority mail, and customers should check the
website for mail dates for international shipments. Charlie Burger on
(04:23):
WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
A federal judge blocks part of President Trump's executive order
mandating voters to prove proof of citizenship, provide proof of citizenship.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Reuters is reporting the judge ruled the president is not
allowed to require voters to show their passports or other
documents before casting their ballots. The ACLU had argued Americans
who don't have up to date passports should not be
forced to purchase new documents in order to vote. In
the decision, the judge cites the US Constitution, which gives
states the authority to oversee elections, not the president. Voting
(04:59):
by nonsense remains illegal in the US. I'm Jim Roop.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Officials in Wayland are investigating what they call a racist
incident at the high school. Whalan High's principle says a
student found a yellow plastic children at Play sign figure
hanging with a belt around its neck in the locker room.
The figure was wearing a football jersey that belongs to
(05:24):
a black student. She said they've identified the students responsible
and that counselors will be available for those who need them.
Wayland police say they're working with the Middlesex DA's office
to review all the information and determine the facts of
the case. You are now in the loop. For news
updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on
(05:47):
the iHeartRadio APP. I'm Suzanne Sosville WBZ, Boston's news radio
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