Afternoon Report: Thursday, November 13, 2025

Millions of Americans wait for their SNAP benefits, with the government re-opened. The country's Roman Catholic bishops criticize the Trump administration over its immigration policies. The alligator found in the Charles River has been rescued. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
News forty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The longest government shutdown
in US history may be over, but there's still are
concerns for tens millions of Americans who didn't get their
full food stamp allotments on November first.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Some recipients got partial allotments, but others got all of
their snap benefits when states stepped in to pay them.
The USDA tells CBS News recipients in most states should
see their benefits loaded onto their electronic Benefits transfer cards
within twenty four hours, but some states say it could
take up to a week for some recipients to get
their delayed aid. About two thirds of the states had

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issued only partial or no benefits before the shutdown ended
last night. Christopher Cruz, CBS News, Washington.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Thanks for coming to work. Here's a bonus, ten thousand
dollars bonuses they paid out to TSA agents who never
took a day off during the forty five three day shutdown.
ABC Stephen Portnoy has more.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
The Homeland Security Secretary says the bonus checks will go
to those TSA agents who, she says, stepped up reporting
to work each day through the shutdown and took on
extra shifts at airport checkpoints. President Trump has suggested similar
ten thousand dollars bonuses might be paid to air traffic
controllers who never called out. They work for the FAA,
which is overseen by the Transportation Secretary.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
At Logan Airport, today, forty two cancellations according to the
numbers from flight to where there have been eighty five
flight delays. More outcry over immigration reform efforts, The United
States Conference of Bishops is rebuking the Trump administration of
its mass deportation agenda. The organization approving the special message
in a vote with two hundred and sixteen ballots in

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favor of the comments, five votes against three abstentions. The
bishops expressed concerns over the conditions and detention centers and
a lack of access to pastoral care. The remarka come
after Pope Leo had directed bishops in the US to
speak out against President Trump's crackdown on illegal imation. A
former member of Governor Healey's staff facing gun and drug

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charges has been granted bail. Wvz's Madison Rogers with details.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
It's been weeks since authorities say they seized eight kilos
of cocaine at the Springfield State Office building. The deputy
director of the Governor's Western mass Office was taken into custody,
accused of trafficking drugs and illegally owning a gun. Lamar
Cook was quickly fired, and he's been held without bail since.
At a hearing on the thirty first, a judge ruled
him a danger to the community, but after a review,

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a superior court judge has now modified that determination, setting
cash bail at eighty five thousand dollars. Judge William Ritter
has also told Cook to surrender his passport, noting his
lack of criminal history and strong community ties, but also
the strong evidence of a sophisticated drug operation. Madison Rogers
w b Z Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
State officials releasing changes representing the first comprehensive update to
the Department of Early Education and Cares licensing regulations that
govern residential programs for children first Thomson's Night, eighteen ninety five.
The changes promote a stronger workforce through improved requirements on
staff professional development. Among the changes targeting trauma informed in

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responsive care, working with LGBTQ populations, sexual abuse and grooming,
and cultural responsiveness, among other things. Residential programs that will
be required to share more information with their boards, such
as licensing reviews and investigations. It looks like weather will
be improving for the game tonight. In Foxborough. We have

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had some scattered showers about the area. Not everybody's got wet,
but there have been a few scattered showers. It's also
been a little chilly with the breeze around and tonight
that will be probably the bigger deal at the game.
We'll get some clearing as we head later into the
evening and then bundle up. Thirty six in Boston, closer
to thirty in the Inland suburbs. Eventually probably Foxboro will

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get close to thirty and we'll be in the twenties
and some of the distant suburbs sunclouds. Tomorrow, it'll be breezy.
It will be Chile forty five with real feels in
the thirties. Mainly clear Tomorrow night, low thirty two in Boston,
upper twenties in the Inland suburbs, some sun on Saturday,
but then some clouds and then some rain. By Saturday night.
Will be in the mid forties Saturday, but we're gonna
warm up on Sunday and the rain's going to end

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and the skies are going to start to throw out
some sunshine. Temperatures on Sunday in the low fifties right
now forty nine degrees in Boston. An updates of the
story we brought you yesterday as the Charles River gator
has been found. The DC's Brook McCarthy explains.

Speaker 5 (04:28):
Joe Kenny with Joe's Crazy Critters has seen his share
of exotic animals. When he was informed by another local
news station about a small alligator in the Charles River,
he knew he wanted to help. Armed with flashlights, he
found a little gator in about fifteen minutes.

Speaker 6 (04:43):
It was pretty much in downtown Boston right there back day,
and it was fortunately in a smaller kind of like
gooon type fond as opposed to any actual river.

Speaker 5 (04:57):
Joe took the gator to get checked out and says
he's around a year year old. Whoever, his days and
the cold Charles are over, with the little guy joining
Joe's team for now the wild.

Speaker 6 (05:05):
He's small like he is right now that we're staying
with me, and it'll be far of our outreach programs.

Speaker 5 (05:12):
He wants to remind people not to just leave exotic
or legal pets out in the wild. Brooke McCarthy WBZ,
Boston's news Radio.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
We told you this football going on tonight in Foxborough,
the Patriots and the Jets. Later on wbzy's Dremal Holland
tells us fans are pretty pumped up.

Speaker 7 (05:29):
The tailgates should be a lively one, So pack up
the coolers and get ready to fire up the grill.

Speaker 4 (05:34):
Be Hamburg chicken and stay cut dogs whatever.

Speaker 7 (05:38):
Now we're talking. Richie Eating of Newburyport will be in
full voice tonight. A season ticket holder since nineteen sixty eight,
he thinks maybe the best Patriots game he's ever seen
is that Tuck Rule game two thousand and one playoffs,
first le Raiders, the snowy comeback from Tom Brady, Adam
Vinettieri and the boys. Would you believe it, Richie and Crewe,
they almost left early.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, when it happened here Wensday Pub, it look like left.
So me and the boys got upsided, thinking about three
steps to the left officide. It plays out in review,
three steps that right, and we sat back down again
and we stay for the whole game.

Speaker 4 (06:07):
It's a good finish, No sue us.

Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, we don't use in the abilly kick off.

Speaker 7 (06:11):
Tonight Pats and Jets eight fifteen Front Fox Burrow, Drew
maholl and w b Z, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
Literally look a little different on the field tonight, something
new and something blue. No, there's not going to be
a wedding, just the football game. The Patriots will feature
their new uniforms, the Northeast Northeastern Rivalry jerseys. This will
be the only game they'll wear them at this year.
The helmets are white instead of silver, the blue Patriots
logos on the side, and the white is said to

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represent snow, hence Northeaster. The jerseys are a different shade
of blue called storm blue, with NE on the sleeves.
I think that stands for New England. Six stars on
the uniform represent the six states in the region, and
the stripes on the shoulders and pants have a netting
pattern to represent those who work at the harbors in
the region. You are now in the loop for news

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updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ News Radio on
the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio