May 15, 2025 • 5 mins
A medical examiner is cross-examined by the defense at Karen Read's murder trial. The Supreme Court hears arguments over how courts have handled President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. Honors for some local educators. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z Boston's news radio redefining local
news sixteen degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening at the Karen Reid retrial.
The jury's been hearing testimony for hours from medical examiner
doctor Irene Scordi Bellow. She determined that John O'Keefe's death
(00:23):
was caused by blunt force trauma and hypothermia, but she
did not determine a manner of death. During cross examination,
the defense asked her about injuries to O'Keefe's arm.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Is it correct that you, in your autopsy report did
not determine the cause of those wounds to mister O'Keefe's radar.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
That's correct.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
The defense argues that the injuries could have been from
a dog bite. The Supreme Court's heard arguments over the
authority of judges to block President Trump's executive order ending
birthright citizenship. The order would deny citizenship to children born
in the US to parents here illegally. ABC Steven Portnoy
has more.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
The immediate question for the justices is whether district court
judges should have the power to block the President's order nationwide,
or whether more opponents should have to file more lawsuits.
Liberal Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, So the administration appears to
be playing catch me if you can, where everybody has
to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order
for the government to stop violating people's rights. Conservative Justice
(01:25):
Brett Kavanaugh appeared to worry about the implications of a
win for the administration.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
They're going to be suits filed all over the place
seeking class wide treatment.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Stephen Portnoy ABC News Washington. There are new estimates from
the Census Bureau. The Joe, Massachusetts population grew by nearly
seventy thousand from twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four.
It's partly due to record levels of internal migration. Secretary
of State Bill Gavin says it illustrates the importance of
ensuring all residents are counted in the next federal census.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Because of the state's largest immigrant population in the city
of Revere, experience the most population gross tount that sought decreases,
mostly in western Massachusetts and Barnstable County. American consumers were
spending last month trying to beat the price hikes expected
to come from the President's tariffs on imported goods.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Retail sales last month came in a tenth of a
percent above March, according to the Census Bureau, down from
the one point four percent surge in February. Sales of
cars and trucks slew dramatically from one month to the next. Separately,
the Labor Department reports that weekly jobless claims were unchanged
last week after a substantial decline the week before.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
His ABC's Jim Ryan. A proposal in Washington to trim
food Aid could increase the Massachusetts share of the program's
costs by hundreds of millions of dollars a year, so
says Governor Morri Healey, who warned members of Congress in
a letter. The governor wrote to leaders of the House
Agriculture Committee, contending that potential changes to the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, or SNAP, would shift significant costs to states
(02:54):
that they did not plan for and cannot afford. The
Agriculture Committee this week advanced a bill that could cut
up the three hundred billion dollars in federal spending on SNAP.
We've been watching all of this rain and shower activity.
There's been a few breakaway showers that have gotten closer
to Boston, but most of the activities off to the west.
As promised. There was this cell that popped up and
ran through Boston Harbor. Well, we said it would hit
(03:16):
in the hot and lin and it is now hitting
the hot and linn and swamps good with a little
bit of rain. It's not a big cell, but nonetheless,
if you're under it, maybe the umbrella needs to come up.
It's out to the west where we're really seeing some
heavy downpours Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Ashland. Back towards Southborough and Molborough,
there's been some heavier rain. Not going to name all
the towns of course you know where you live, but
(03:36):
there is some rain, shower activity and even some heavier
stuff back toward Worcester. A lot of this is lifting
off to the north. There's still a bunch of heavier
rain out along the Turnpike and Brimfield stir Bridge out
toward the eighty four exchange, but this is pushing off
this precipitation again to the north, up toward Levenster, Fitchbury,
up along the Route two corridor. So something to watch
out for here four ninety five corridor, especially the more
(04:00):
central part of it has been under some of this rain,
so that's what we're dealing with this afternoon. Eventually we'll
stop dealing with it and just have some clouds and fog.
Tonight fifty eight for the low. Tomorrow, we're into the seventies.
There'll be some clouds and fog to start. There'll be
some clouds hanging on through the day. There may be
a stray afternoon shower as well, and then a rather
cloudy night Tomorrow night as stray shower as possible. Saturday,
(04:22):
some sunshinel breakout. We'll get in on some pretty okay
weather for a while, but still some thundershower activity that
may get in here, especially afternoon on Saturday. Temperatures near seventy,
mid seventies for some of us on Sunday, with some
sun and some clouds and still the risk of a
scattered shower. Right now, we're at sixty degrees in Boston.
A ceremony at the State House honoring some graduates of
(04:44):
the Massachusetts University System who went on to become educators.
Wz's Carl Stevens would moore.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
There are nine campuses in the state university system, and
this educator alumni Awards ceremony was to honor nine educators
who graduated from the system's teacher Preparation program. One of
those honored was Geene Wallace, a mass College of Art graduate,
has been teaching art to students of all ages for
more than twenty years. Her advice to any young would
be teachers.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
You really have to love what you're doing to be good,
because if you cannot underestimate the amount of effort and
time that goes into teaching outside of the classroom time
and so you have to be invested. You have to
really really want that.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
You have to love what you're doing, Love what you're
doing well. The eight others honored have different fields of expertise,
they all have that one thing in common, a love
for teaching. From the State House, Carl Stevens WBZ Boston's
News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
You are now in the loop her 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 w b Z Boston's news radio redefining local
news sixteen degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening at the Karen Reid retrial.
The jury's been hearing testimony for hours from medical examiner
doctor Irene Scordi Bellow. She determined that John O'Keefe's death
(00:23):
was caused by blunt force trauma and hypothermia, but she
did not determine a manner of death. During cross examination,
the defense asked her about injuries to O'Keefe's arm.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Is it correct that you, in your autopsy report did
not determine the cause of those wounds to mister O'Keefe's radar.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
That's correct.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
The defense argues that the injuries could have been from
a dog bite. The Supreme Court's heard arguments over the
authority of judges to block President Trump's executive order ending
birthright citizenship. The order would deny citizenship to children born
in the US to parents here illegally. ABC Steven Portnoy
has more.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
The immediate question for the justices is whether district court
judges should have the power to block the President's order nationwide,
or whether more opponents should have to file more lawsuits.
Liberal Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, So the administration appears to
be playing catch me if you can, where everybody has
to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order
for the government to stop violating people's rights. Conservative Justice
(01:25):
Brett Kavanaugh appeared to worry about the implications of a
win for the administration.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
They're going to be suits filed all over the place
seeking class wide treatment.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Stephen Portnoy ABC News Washington. There are new estimates from
the Census Bureau. The Joe, Massachusetts population grew by nearly
seventy thousand from twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four.
It's partly due to record levels of internal migration. Secretary
of State Bill Gavin says it illustrates the importance of
ensuring all residents are counted in the next federal census.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Because of the state's largest immigrant population in the city
of Revere, experience the most population gross tount that sought decreases,
mostly in western Massachusetts and Barnstable County. American consumers were
spending last month trying to beat the price hikes expected
to come from the President's tariffs on imported goods.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Retail sales last month came in a tenth of a
percent above March, according to the Census Bureau, down from
the one point four percent surge in February. Sales of
cars and trucks slew dramatically from one month to the next. Separately,
the Labor Department reports that weekly jobless claims were unchanged
last week after a substantial decline the week before.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
His ABC's Jim Ryan. A proposal in Washington to trim
food Aid could increase the Massachusetts share of the program's
costs by hundreds of millions of dollars a year, so
says Governor Morri Healey, who warned members of Congress in
a letter. The governor wrote to leaders of the House
Agriculture Committee, contending that potential changes to the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, or SNAP, would shift significant costs to states
(02:54):
that they did not plan for and cannot afford. The
Agriculture Committee this week advanced a bill that could cut
up the three hundred billion dollars in federal spending on SNAP.
We've been watching all of this rain and shower activity.
There's been a few breakaway showers that have gotten closer
to Boston, but most of the activities off to the west.
As promised. There was this cell that popped up and
ran through Boston Harbor. Well, we said it would hit
(03:16):
in the hot and lin and it is now hitting
the hot and linn and swamps good with a little
bit of rain. It's not a big cell, but nonetheless,
if you're under it, maybe the umbrella needs to come up.
It's out to the west where we're really seeing some
heavy downpours Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Ashland. Back towards Southborough and Molborough,
there's been some heavier rain. Not going to name all
the towns of course you know where you live, but
(03:36):
there is some rain, shower activity and even some heavier
stuff back toward Worcester. A lot of this is lifting
off to the north. There's still a bunch of heavier
rain out along the Turnpike and Brimfield stir Bridge out
toward the eighty four exchange, but this is pushing off
this precipitation again to the north, up toward Levenster, Fitchbury,
up along the Route two corridor. So something to watch
out for here four ninety five corridor, especially the more
(04:00):
central part of it has been under some of this rain,
so that's what we're dealing with this afternoon. Eventually we'll
stop dealing with it and just have some clouds and fog.
Tonight fifty eight for the low. Tomorrow, we're into the seventies.
There'll be some clouds and fog to start. There'll be
some clouds hanging on through the day. There may be
a stray afternoon shower as well, and then a rather
cloudy night Tomorrow night as stray shower as possible. Saturday,
(04:22):
some sunshinel breakout. We'll get in on some pretty okay
weather for a while, but still some thundershower activity that
may get in here, especially afternoon on Saturday. Temperatures near seventy,
mid seventies for some of us on Sunday, with some
sun and some clouds and still the risk of a
scattered shower. Right now, we're at sixty degrees in Boston.
A ceremony at the State House honoring some graduates of
(04:44):
the Massachusetts University System who went on to become educators.
Wz's Carl Stevens would moore.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
There are nine campuses in the state university system, and
this educator alumni Awards ceremony was to honor nine educators
who graduated from the system's teacher Preparation program. One of
those honored was Geene Wallace, a mass College of Art graduate,
has been teaching art to students of all ages for
more than twenty years. Her advice to any young would
be teachers.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
You really have to love what you're doing to be good,
because if you cannot underestimate the amount of effort and
time that goes into teaching outside of the classroom time
and so you have to be invested. You have to
really really want that.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
You have to love what you're doing, Love what you're
doing well. The eight others honored have different fields of expertise,
they all have that one thing in common, a love
for teaching. From the State House, Carl Stevens WBZ Boston's
News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
You are now in the loop her 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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