April 17, 2025 • 6 mins
A number of people are shot at Florida State University. The Supreme Court will hear arguments over President Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship. A local 60-year-old becomes a TikTok star. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news
fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We continue to follow
developing news out of Tallahassee, Florida, where a mass shooting
took place today at Florida State.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
CBS News special report. Several people have been shot after
at least one suspect open fire at Florida State University.
Ryan Cedar Grin says everyone at the student union building
was rushing to get out.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I didn't hear any gunshots. My first instinct was something's
not right here, and we need to go shelter somewhere
because everyone immediately running is not normal.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Michael Price's daughter is a student at the university.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
We are concerned for our daughter, but at least we're
talking to our daughter and know that she is safe.
Our hearts and prayers and minds are to anyone who's
possibly had a chiwel or relative who's.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Been in At list six people have been injured. CBS's
Nana Schechter says this is still an active crime scene.
The FBI is there on scene assisting multiple agencies, multiple
ambulances lined up. CBS News special report. I'm Linda Kenya.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
We'll continue to follow developments out of Tallahassee, Florida and
bring them to you here on WBZ and always streaming
on the Guyheart Radio appe. The Supreme Courts now says
it will weigh in next month on President Trump's executive
order ending birthright citizenship. For now, the Court's keeping a
hold on that order, which aims to end automatic citizenship
for children born in the US regardless of their parents'
(01:37):
immigration status. Three district courts around the country have temporarily
blocked the order after states and immigrants' rights groups had
sued Harvard in the crosshairs. The Trump administration says it
wants to know more about the protest activities of foreign
students at the university.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
The Homeland Security Secretary accuses Harvard of bending the knee
to anti Semitism. Christy Nolmes says the Universe Steve must
now provide her with detailed records on the quote illegal
and violent activities of its student visa holders. If the
school refuses, NOME says it risks losing the government certification
that allows it to host foreign students. Earlier this week,
Harvard rejected the administration's demands for sweeping policy changes and
(02:17):
moved The White House answered by canceling more than two
billion dollars in grants.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Oh ABC. Stephen Portenoy, a Harvard spokesperson, says they are
aware of the Department of Homeland Securities letter regarding grant
cancelations and scrutiny of foreign student visas, and they say,
like the freezing of grants and also contracts reports of
the revocation of Harvard's five oh one C three tax
exempt status, Harvard will not surrender its independence or relinquish
(02:43):
its constitutional rights. A scare on Boylston Street this morning,
a Boston police officer discharges a firearm near the Public
Library and just days before the Boston Marathon. Ale say
it began with a call to remove disruptive people from
outside the library. CBS News Boston's Beth Grumano spoke with
some who saw what happened.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Gunshot rings out just as crews were laying down the
Boston Marathon finish line and Copley Square, startling onlookers.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
We weren't starting at that time, and we sort of
I kept focus on looking at the finish line, thinking
maybe that was a shop, maybe it was something that
fell off a truck.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Boston police confirm a firearm was discharged to gain control
of what they described as a vicious dog. The animal
with a man and woman outside the Boston Public Library.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
There were no reports of any injuries. We'll have a
pretty decent night, though it will be a little chilly,
thirty two and some of the coldest suburbs about forty
two downtown with clear to partly cloudy skies. Not bad Tomorrow,
some sunshine mixing with some clouds. Temperatures into the sixties
in fact, mid sixties and some of the warmest spots,
probably only the mid fifties over the Cape and Islands.
Partly the mostly cloudy Tomorrow night, then Saturday, a few
(03:49):
clouds around. There'll be some sunshine too, and it will
be much warmer. Temperatures get into the mid even upper
seventies around the area, though cooler over the Cape and Islands.
Watch out on Saturday for an afternoon or evening shower
or two. Sunday's okay, some sunshine. It'll be windy for Easter,
with highs in the low sixties. Right now fifty nine
degrees in Boston. Well, it used to be TikTok stars
(04:10):
were mostly on the younger side, but not all of them.
A Wooster area man proving it's never too late to
let your star shine.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Picture this someone is dancing to Chapel Roone on TikTok.
The video has five million views and the dancer is
sixty years old. The doctor's telling me I need a
hip replacement ten years ago. Kevin full Janeti is his name,
but to his half million followers, he's unbothered. keV.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
No one thought I was gonna make it, and I
made it.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
He was born and raised just outside of Worcester and Paston,
mass but his life hasn't always been this glamorous.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
I had spent ten years living a life of debauchery.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
I was Patty it so to help him stay sober,
he needed a new creative outlet.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I was the guy at the wedding that was over dancing.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
It looked like it.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Sorry about that. Now every day he posts a fifteen
second video of himself dancing, either in his kitchen, on
the side of the road, really anywhere. In the movie
strikes and gen Z is eating it up. I'm here
to tell you that I've made it. Hell Yeah, I'm
with TikTok stuff. His new goal is to be the
commencement speaker at UMass. Matt Sheer WBZ, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
See more of this on our TikTok at WZ News Radio.
One of the most divisive household arguments are found right
next to the trash can. Yeah. Wz's Kyle Shaffle get
into the bottom of it.
Speaker 7 (05:24):
It's a source of fierce disputes, finger pointing, and marital turbulence.
That's right, they're recycling. I set out for the gigantic
Casella plant in Charles Hown to do some paper, plastic
and metal myth busting. One of the biggest questions how
clean does everything really need to be? We ask people,
rinse it, let it dry, and then throw it in
with your mixed recycle balls. Jeff Wills is the VP
(05:46):
of communications here. They only chuck a tiny percentage of
the hundreds of tons of recycling they get for being
too dirty. Other things they see often pose a way
bigger problem.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
One of the biggest issue that we face our lithium
ion batteries.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
That's because the machines here crush everything. The batteries can explode.
Can seller goes through two hundred and fifty thousand tons
of junk here a year of telling it off as
useful commodities. Kyle Shaffle, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news
fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We continue to follow
developing news out of Tallahassee, Florida, where a mass shooting
took place today at Florida State.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
CBS News special report. Several people have been shot after
at least one suspect open fire at Florida State University.
Ryan Cedar Grin says everyone at the student union building
was rushing to get out.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I didn't hear any gunshots. My first instinct was something's
not right here, and we need to go shelter somewhere
because everyone immediately running is not normal.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Michael Price's daughter is a student at the university.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
We are concerned for our daughter, but at least we're
talking to our daughter and know that she is safe.
Our hearts and prayers and minds are to anyone who's
possibly had a chiwel or relative who's.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Been in At list six people have been injured. CBS's
Nana Schechter says this is still an active crime scene.
The FBI is there on scene assisting multiple agencies, multiple
ambulances lined up. CBS News special report. I'm Linda Kenya.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
We'll continue to follow developments out of Tallahassee, Florida and
bring them to you here on WBZ and always streaming
on the Guyheart Radio appe. The Supreme Courts now says
it will weigh in next month on President Trump's executive
order ending birthright citizenship. For now, the Court's keeping a
hold on that order, which aims to end automatic citizenship
for children born in the US regardless of their parents'
(01:37):
immigration status. Three district courts around the country have temporarily
blocked the order after states and immigrants' rights groups had
sued Harvard in the crosshairs. The Trump administration says it
wants to know more about the protest activities of foreign
students at the university.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
The Homeland Security Secretary accuses Harvard of bending the knee
to anti Semitism. Christy Nolmes says the Universe Steve must
now provide her with detailed records on the quote illegal
and violent activities of its student visa holders. If the
school refuses, NOME says it risks losing the government certification
that allows it to host foreign students. Earlier this week,
Harvard rejected the administration's demands for sweeping policy changes and
(02:17):
moved The White House answered by canceling more than two
billion dollars in grants.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Oh ABC. Stephen Portenoy, a Harvard spokesperson, says they are
aware of the Department of Homeland Securities letter regarding grant
cancelations and scrutiny of foreign student visas, and they say,
like the freezing of grants and also contracts reports of
the revocation of Harvard's five oh one C three tax
exempt status, Harvard will not surrender its independence or relinquish
(02:43):
its constitutional rights. A scare on Boylston Street this morning,
a Boston police officer discharges a firearm near the Public
Library and just days before the Boston Marathon. Ale say
it began with a call to remove disruptive people from
outside the library. CBS News Boston's Beth Grumano spoke with
some who saw what happened.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Gunshot rings out just as crews were laying down the
Boston Marathon finish line and Copley Square, startling onlookers.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
We weren't starting at that time, and we sort of
I kept focus on looking at the finish line, thinking
maybe that was a shop, maybe it was something that
fell off a truck.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Boston police confirm a firearm was discharged to gain control
of what they described as a vicious dog. The animal
with a man and woman outside the Boston Public Library.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
There were no reports of any injuries. We'll have a
pretty decent night, though it will be a little chilly,
thirty two and some of the coldest suburbs about forty
two downtown with clear to partly cloudy skies. Not bad Tomorrow,
some sunshine mixing with some clouds. Temperatures into the sixties
in fact, mid sixties and some of the warmest spots,
probably only the mid fifties over the Cape and Islands.
Partly the mostly cloudy Tomorrow night, then Saturday, a few
(03:49):
clouds around. There'll be some sunshine too, and it will
be much warmer. Temperatures get into the mid even upper
seventies around the area, though cooler over the Cape and Islands.
Watch out on Saturday for an afternoon or evening shower
or two. Sunday's okay, some sunshine. It'll be windy for Easter,
with highs in the low sixties. Right now fifty nine
degrees in Boston. Well, it used to be TikTok stars
(04:10):
were mostly on the younger side, but not all of them.
A Wooster area man proving it's never too late to
let your star shine.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Picture this someone is dancing to Chapel Roone on TikTok.
The video has five million views and the dancer is
sixty years old. The doctor's telling me I need a
hip replacement ten years ago. Kevin full Janeti is his name,
but to his half million followers, he's unbothered. keV.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
No one thought I was gonna make it, and I
made it.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
He was born and raised just outside of Worcester and Paston,
mass but his life hasn't always been this glamorous.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
I had spent ten years living a life of debauchery.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
I was Patty it so to help him stay sober,
he needed a new creative outlet.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I was the guy at the wedding that was over dancing.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
It looked like it.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Sorry about that. Now every day he posts a fifteen
second video of himself dancing, either in his kitchen, on
the side of the road, really anywhere. In the movie
strikes and gen Z is eating it up. I'm here
to tell you that I've made it. Hell Yeah, I'm
with TikTok stuff. His new goal is to be the
commencement speaker at UMass. Matt Sheer WBZ, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
See more of this on our TikTok at WZ News Radio.
One of the most divisive household arguments are found right
next to the trash can. Yeah. Wz's Kyle Shaffle get
into the bottom of it.
Speaker 7 (05:24):
It's a source of fierce disputes, finger pointing, and marital turbulence.
That's right, they're recycling. I set out for the gigantic
Casella plant in Charles Hown to do some paper, plastic
and metal myth busting. One of the biggest questions how
clean does everything really need to be? We ask people,
rinse it, let it dry, and then throw it in
with your mixed recycle balls. Jeff Wills is the VP
(05:46):
of communications here. They only chuck a tiny percentage of
the hundreds of tons of recycling they get for being
too dirty. Other things they see often pose a way
bigger problem.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
One of the biggest issue that we face our lithium
ion batteries.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
That's because the machines here crush everything. The batteries can explode.
Can seller goes through two hundred and fifty thousand tons
of junk here a year of telling it off as
useful commodities. Kyle Shaffle, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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