September 6, 2025 • 6 mins
A shooting in Taunton leaves one person with life-threatening injuries, the Israeli Military has issued evacuation orders to all residents of Gaza City, and President Trump has rebranded the Department of Defense. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Eighty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock, Good afternoon, night,
Suzanne Sawsville. Here's what's happening. The death of a man
who became unresponsive while being restrained by Haverol police is
ruled a homicide. CBS News Boston's Christina Rex has more.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I wasn't surprised at all. It was something I've been
waiting to hear.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Oh On.
Speaker 5 (00:31):
Michelle Rooney reacts to the news that the medical examiner
determined her fiance's death was a homicide. Dramatic video captured
the moment seven officers took down forty three year old
Francis Gigliotti outside a block of stores in Haverol on
July eleventh. His death sparked protests throughout the city and
(00:52):
calls for change. All seven officers were placed on leave
from Haverol Police.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I mean, I was there along with many other people
and saw what they did to him, so and it
was disgusting.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
On Friday afternoon, the Essex County DA revealed that Jigliatti's
autopsy is complete. His cause of death cardiac is rhma,
and a person with acute intoxication due to the combined
effects of cocaine and ethanol while being restrained prone by
police the manner homicide.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
This does not necessarily mean the officers will be charged
with a crime. Essex DA Paul Tucker says he remains
committed to transparency in the investigation. A shooting on Granite
Street and Taunton leaves one person with life threatening injuries.
Police say a twenty four year old man arrived at
(01:40):
Morton Hospital Thursday evening with a gunshot wound. He was
stabilized and flown to a local trauma center. Police say
the incident was not random. The Israeli military has issued
evacuation orders to all residents of Gaza City, directing them
to move south to an area they're describing as a
(02:01):
humanitarian zone. The BBC's where A Davies has more.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
They say that they will be enhanced food supplies, medical
supplies and water supplies in Amawasi. So that's part of
Israel's policy of trying to move people from Gaza City
and other areas towards Amawasi. The problem, of course, as
we've heard for several months now, is that, according to
the UN and other agency is the best way of
getting aid and food to people is not to move
(02:26):
tens of thousands of people to the south of the
Gaza Strip, is to allow the UN under the agencies
to distribute aid where people are in northern and central Gaza.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
The evacuation orders come as Israeli forces target high rise
buildings in Gaza City that they say are being used
by Hamas. A Connecticut family that's been stuck in Israel
for more than three weeks is finally allowed to come home.
A mother and son from Meriden were supposed to return
on August fourteenth, but they were stopped at the airport
(02:59):
because of a secure party ban that was placed on
the mother's documents. The family claims it's a case of
prejudice because they're Palestinian. A couple of showers and thunderstorms
late in the day into the early evening. They could
come with damaging wind gus, especially west of Boston. Mostly
cloudy with a leftover shower or two over night low
(03:21):
sixty two. Tomorrow, clouds and summ rain in the early afternoon,
much cooler and less humid. The sun could peek out
later in the day a high of just sixty seven,
a mix of sun and clouds on Monday with a
high of seventy four, and on Tuesday mostly sunny with
a high near seventy. Right now in Boston, it's partly
(03:42):
cloudy and eighty four degrees. Two relatives of Robert F.
Kennedy Junior are calling on him to resign from his
position as the head of Health and Human Services. WBZ
Shirley Burge run with the story.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Kennedy's sister, Kerry Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy's nephew Joseph P.
Kennedy the third publicly calling on Kennedy Junior to step aside.
Kerry Kennedy stating enough is enough. Secretary Kennedy must resign now.
In a social media post, Joseph Kennedy states, quoting here,
none of us will be spared the pain he is
inflicting end quote. RFK Junior spent three hours in front
(04:22):
of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, several senators accusing
Kennedy of limiting access to COVID vaccines. Governor more Heely
issued an order earlier this week to ensure that COVID
vaccines remain available in Massachusetts. Joe and Carrie Kennedy not
the only family members to challenge RFK Junior after Thursday's hearing.
(04:43):
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, on social media,
says that his cousin gave a poor performance. Charlie Birdger
on WBZ Boston's.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
News radio, President Trump has rebranded the Department of Defense
as the Department of War. CBS's Wendy Gillette has.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
That President Trump signed an executive order that jump starts
the process of renaming the Department of Defense as the
Department of War, its former name until nineteen forty nine,
Congress has to formally authorize any name change.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
I think it sends a message of victory.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
I think it sends a miss really a message of strength.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
We're very strong, or much stronger than anyone would really understand.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
The changes include signs that now call Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth the nation's Secretary of War.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yesterday, President Trump surpassed two hundred executive orders since taking office.
Former President Joe Biden has chosen Delaware as the site
to build his presidential library. Multiple reports say that Joe
and Jill Biden the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation approved
a thirteen person governance board this past week that is
(05:57):
charged with steering the project. Iden's team has also started
a fundraising push for the project. The exact location of
the library has not yet been decided. 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,
(06:19):
Boston's news radio
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Eighty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock, Good afternoon, night,
Suzanne Sawsville. Here's what's happening. The death of a man
who became unresponsive while being restrained by Haverol police is
ruled a homicide. CBS News Boston's Christina Rex has more.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I wasn't surprised at all. It was something I've been
waiting to hear.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Oh On.
Speaker 5 (00:31):
Michelle Rooney reacts to the news that the medical examiner
determined her fiance's death was a homicide. Dramatic video captured
the moment seven officers took down forty three year old
Francis Gigliotti outside a block of stores in Haverol on
July eleventh. His death sparked protests throughout the city and
(00:52):
calls for change. All seven officers were placed on leave
from Haverol Police.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I mean, I was there along with many other people
and saw what they did to him, so and it
was disgusting.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
On Friday afternoon, the Essex County DA revealed that Jigliatti's
autopsy is complete. His cause of death cardiac is rhma,
and a person with acute intoxication due to the combined
effects of cocaine and ethanol while being restrained prone by
police the manner homicide.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
This does not necessarily mean the officers will be charged
with a crime. Essex DA Paul Tucker says he remains
committed to transparency in the investigation. A shooting on Granite
Street and Taunton leaves one person with life threatening injuries.
Police say a twenty four year old man arrived at
(01:40):
Morton Hospital Thursday evening with a gunshot wound. He was
stabilized and flown to a local trauma center. Police say
the incident was not random. The Israeli military has issued
evacuation orders to all residents of Gaza City, directing them
to move south to an area they're describing as a
(02:01):
humanitarian zone. The BBC's where A Davies has more.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
They say that they will be enhanced food supplies, medical
supplies and water supplies in Amawasi. So that's part of
Israel's policy of trying to move people from Gaza City
and other areas towards Amawasi. The problem, of course, as
we've heard for several months now, is that, according to
the UN and other agency is the best way of
getting aid and food to people is not to move
(02:26):
tens of thousands of people to the south of the
Gaza Strip, is to allow the UN under the agencies
to distribute aid where people are in northern and central Gaza.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
The evacuation orders come as Israeli forces target high rise
buildings in Gaza City that they say are being used
by Hamas. A Connecticut family that's been stuck in Israel
for more than three weeks is finally allowed to come home.
A mother and son from Meriden were supposed to return
on August fourteenth, but they were stopped at the airport
(02:59):
because of a secure party ban that was placed on
the mother's documents. The family claims it's a case of
prejudice because they're Palestinian. A couple of showers and thunderstorms
late in the day into the early evening. They could
come with damaging wind gus, especially west of Boston. Mostly
cloudy with a leftover shower or two over night low
(03:21):
sixty two. Tomorrow, clouds and summ rain in the early afternoon,
much cooler and less humid. The sun could peek out
later in the day a high of just sixty seven,
a mix of sun and clouds on Monday with a
high of seventy four, and on Tuesday mostly sunny with
a high near seventy. Right now in Boston, it's partly
(03:42):
cloudy and eighty four degrees. Two relatives of Robert F.
Kennedy Junior are calling on him to resign from his
position as the head of Health and Human Services. WBZ
Shirley Burge run with the story.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Kennedy's sister, Kerry Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy's nephew Joseph P.
Kennedy the third publicly calling on Kennedy Junior to step aside.
Kerry Kennedy stating enough is enough. Secretary Kennedy must resign now.
In a social media post, Joseph Kennedy states, quoting here,
none of us will be spared the pain he is
inflicting end quote. RFK Junior spent three hours in front
(04:22):
of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, several senators accusing
Kennedy of limiting access to COVID vaccines. Governor more Heely
issued an order earlier this week to ensure that COVID
vaccines remain available in Massachusetts. Joe and Carrie Kennedy not
the only family members to challenge RFK Junior after Thursday's hearing.
(04:43):
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, on social media,
says that his cousin gave a poor performance. Charlie Birdger
on WBZ Boston's.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
News radio, President Trump has rebranded the Department of Defense
as the Department of War. CBS's Wendy Gillette has.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
That President Trump signed an executive order that jump starts
the process of renaming the Department of Defense as the
Department of War, its former name until nineteen forty nine,
Congress has to formally authorize any name change.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
I think it sends a message of victory.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
I think it sends a miss really a message of strength.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
We're very strong, or much stronger than anyone would really understand.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
The changes include signs that now call Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth the nation's Secretary of War.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yesterday, President Trump surpassed two hundred executive orders since taking office.
Former President Joe Biden has chosen Delaware as the site
to build his presidential library. Multiple reports say that Joe
and Jill Biden the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation approved
a thirteen person governance board this past week that is
(05:57):
charged with steering the project. Iden's team has also started
a fundraising push for the project. The exact location of
the library has not yet been decided. 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,
(06:19):
Boston's news radio
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