October 23, 2025 • 6 mins
Two prominent former Celtics are among those arrested in alleged gambling schemes tied to Mafia families. The White House reportedly gives Ukraine the OK to fire long range missiles into Russia. Regulators consider cannabis cafes. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news sixty
one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Gambling and sports betting has
become more and more popular all across the country the
(00:21):
legal time, but illegal betting that's still illegal and Three
prominent NBA names, including some former Celtics, were among more
than thirty people arrested this morning in two separate gambling investigation.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
I'm Peter King. The indictments are for allegedly rigged poker
games partly run by organized crime. Former athletes were used
to attract starstruck but unsuspecting betters. US attorney Joseph Nocella
on the big names arrested.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Daunce Phillips, who at the time of the scheme was
a former NBA player and is currently the head coach
of the Portland Trailblazers, and also Damon Jones, a former
NBA player and coach.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Second probe involves betting out NBA games based on confidential information.
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier among those indicted. He was
arrested in Orlando this morning. Peter King CBS News Orlando.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
All three of the players mentioned in that report, Jouncey, Billups,
Damon Jones, and Rozier were all members of the Boston
Celtics at one point in their careers. Lift off for
a plan to fire missiles. The White House reportedly is
giving Ukraine to go ahead to fire some long range
missiles into Russia.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
On social media, President Trump called the Wall Street Journal
report fake news, but the journal says his administration is
allowing Ukraine to use missiles from its European allies in
hopes that will increase pressure on the Kremlin to end
the war. Trump had considered giving Ukraine US Tomahawk missiles,
but backed off from that idea.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
It'll take a.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Minimum of six months, usually a year to learn how
to use them.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
They're highly complex.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Ukraine used a British supplied missile to strike a Russian
explosives plant. Tuesday, Michael Wallace CBS News Vice President jd.
Vance criticizing a vote by Israel's parliament on West Bank annexation.
The VP calling the move and inns. The Vice President
says the vote was a political stunt. Then it is
a very stupid political stunt. The harsh words from Vance
(02:08):
at the end of his trip to Israel, coming a
day after Parliament passed a symbolic preliminary vote on support
of annexation that bills unlikely to pass the final vote
but was an embarrassment to Prime Minister Neck and Yahoo
while Vance was still in the country. After the State
Department the state's deadliest fire in decades, assisted living homes
all across the Commonwealth have now assessed their own fire
safety measures.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Wuz's Madison Rodgers with more on the findings.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
The states sent out this survey as conversations continue around
how to prevent what happened in Full River this summer
from happening again. There are two hundred and seventy two
assisted living facilities in Massachusetts. The vast majority of them
reported strong preparedness measures, but thirteen percent need to do
more on things like fire drills and emergency coordination. Those
thirty six homes now have forty five days to send
(02:53):
the state a corrective action plan. One hundred and eighty
nine of the homes, sixty nine percent have what's required
but not what's recommended for fire safety, things like fire
pumps and fire rained walls. Assisted living homes aren't licensed
healthcare facilities and aren't subject to the same requirements that
a nursing home would be. There are calls for that
to change. The states now telling local fire departments to
(03:15):
work together with homes to enhance safety. Madison Rogers WBZ,
Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
We've got a few clouds that have pushed across the
sky here this afternoon. It's been dry, but some of
the sun has been blocked out as we head closer
to sunset. As we head into the evening tonight, will
eventually clear back out the skies. Temperatures will fall into
the thirties and some of the coldest spots about forty
six downtown, sun and clouds Tomorrow, chance of an afternoon
shower in a few spots, temperatures in the upper fifties,
(03:43):
and then clear skies tomorrow night, with some chill in
the air in the mid thirties and some of the
coldest suburbs forty five downtown. Saturday and Sunday both featuring
sunshine both days, though only in the fifties. Right now,
it is sixty one degrees in Boston. Well, if you
don't want to meet someone for or coffee or cocktails,
hubbub Cannabis. Wbz's Matt Shearer has the tails.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Rubber's about to meet the road as Massachusetts plans to
bring marijuana cafes to the commonwealth. The Cannabis Control Commission
meets today to talk about social consumption sites. So three
types are on the table, offering supplemental licenses to existing
recreational pot dispensaries to expand, a hospitality license for businesses
like theaters and yoga studios, and event organizer licenses for
(04:27):
special events. If approved, Massachusetts would become the eleventh state
to allow social consumption sites. Matt Shearer WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
At the Louver. A possible break in the jewelry heist
this weekend. Investigators have found DNA traces in a helmet
and gloves. It's thought to be a big break in
the theft of one hundred and two million dollars in jewels,
but officials say it's not yet clear if that DNA
belongs to one of the suspects. It's music to everyone's ears.
A strike on Broadway averted.
Speaker 7 (04:55):
The Broadway League and union representing musicians have reached a
tentative contract deal with the two sides. Hammering out an
agreement with musicians threatening to walk off the job. This morning,
the union president Bob Subman releasing a statement saying, in part,
this three year agreement provides meaningful wage and health benefit
increases that will preserve crucial access to healthcare. Broadway would
have shut twenty three musicals had there been a strike.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
That is correspondent Scott Pringle working on the railroad again,
more specifically the MBTA, and even more specifically than that,
the Green Lines D branch shutdowns begin tomorrow night on
the Riverside branch for a week. There will be shuttle
buses available between Riverside and ken Moore stations. Now this
is far out, both as in groovy cool and otherwise Needo,
(05:40):
but also far out as in far out there.
Speaker 8 (05:44):
Astronomers at Penn State say they've discovered a new super
Earth orbiting a star some twenty light years away to
Rot Mahadevon, co author of the discovery, says GJ two
fifty one C could potentially host extraterrestrial life.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
This planet kinda lies in that just stried Goldilocks, where
given the right atmosphere, you could have a liquid water
ocean on it.
Speaker 8 (06:03):
A super Earth is any planet that is a few
times the mass of the Earth. The discovery was published
in the Astronomical Journal. Jennifer Kuiper CBS News.
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 WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news sixty
one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Gambling and sports betting has
become more and more popular all across the country the
(00:21):
legal time, but illegal betting that's still illegal and Three
prominent NBA names, including some former Celtics, were among more
than thirty people arrested this morning in two separate gambling investigation.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
I'm Peter King. The indictments are for allegedly rigged poker
games partly run by organized crime. Former athletes were used
to attract starstruck but unsuspecting betters. US attorney Joseph Nocella
on the big names arrested.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Daunce Phillips, who at the time of the scheme was
a former NBA player and is currently the head coach
of the Portland Trailblazers, and also Damon Jones, a former
NBA player and coach.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Second probe involves betting out NBA games based on confidential information.
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier among those indicted. He was
arrested in Orlando this morning. Peter King CBS News Orlando.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
All three of the players mentioned in that report, Jouncey, Billups,
Damon Jones, and Rozier were all members of the Boston
Celtics at one point in their careers. Lift off for
a plan to fire missiles. The White House reportedly is
giving Ukraine to go ahead to fire some long range
missiles into Russia.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
On social media, President Trump called the Wall Street Journal
report fake news, but the journal says his administration is
allowing Ukraine to use missiles from its European allies in
hopes that will increase pressure on the Kremlin to end
the war. Trump had considered giving Ukraine US Tomahawk missiles,
but backed off from that idea.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
It'll take a.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Minimum of six months, usually a year to learn how
to use them.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
They're highly complex.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Ukraine used a British supplied missile to strike a Russian
explosives plant. Tuesday, Michael Wallace CBS News Vice President jd.
Vance criticizing a vote by Israel's parliament on West Bank annexation.
The VP calling the move and inns. The Vice President
says the vote was a political stunt. Then it is
a very stupid political stunt. The harsh words from Vance
(02:08):
at the end of his trip to Israel, coming a
day after Parliament passed a symbolic preliminary vote on support
of annexation that bills unlikely to pass the final vote
but was an embarrassment to Prime Minister Neck and Yahoo
while Vance was still in the country. After the State
Department the state's deadliest fire in decades, assisted living homes
all across the Commonwealth have now assessed their own fire
safety measures.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Wuz's Madison Rodgers with more on the findings.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
The states sent out this survey as conversations continue around
how to prevent what happened in Full River this summer
from happening again. There are two hundred and seventy two
assisted living facilities in Massachusetts. The vast majority of them
reported strong preparedness measures, but thirteen percent need to do
more on things like fire drills and emergency coordination. Those
thirty six homes now have forty five days to send
(02:53):
the state a corrective action plan. One hundred and eighty
nine of the homes, sixty nine percent have what's required
but not what's recommended for fire safety, things like fire
pumps and fire rained walls. Assisted living homes aren't licensed
healthcare facilities and aren't subject to the same requirements that
a nursing home would be. There are calls for that
to change. The states now telling local fire departments to
(03:15):
work together with homes to enhance safety. Madison Rogers WBZ,
Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
We've got a few clouds that have pushed across the
sky here this afternoon. It's been dry, but some of
the sun has been blocked out as we head closer
to sunset. As we head into the evening tonight, will
eventually clear back out the skies. Temperatures will fall into
the thirties and some of the coldest spots about forty
six downtown, sun and clouds Tomorrow, chance of an afternoon
shower in a few spots, temperatures in the upper fifties,
(03:43):
and then clear skies tomorrow night, with some chill in
the air in the mid thirties and some of the
coldest suburbs forty five downtown. Saturday and Sunday both featuring
sunshine both days, though only in the fifties. Right now,
it is sixty one degrees in Boston. Well, if you
don't want to meet someone for or coffee or cocktails,
hubbub Cannabis. Wbz's Matt Shearer has the tails.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Rubber's about to meet the road as Massachusetts plans to
bring marijuana cafes to the commonwealth. The Cannabis Control Commission
meets today to talk about social consumption sites. So three
types are on the table, offering supplemental licenses to existing
recreational pot dispensaries to expand, a hospitality license for businesses
like theaters and yoga studios, and event organizer licenses for
(04:27):
special events. If approved, Massachusetts would become the eleventh state
to allow social consumption sites. Matt Shearer WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
At the Louver. A possible break in the jewelry heist
this weekend. Investigators have found DNA traces in a helmet
and gloves. It's thought to be a big break in
the theft of one hundred and two million dollars in jewels,
but officials say it's not yet clear if that DNA
belongs to one of the suspects. It's music to everyone's ears.
A strike on Broadway averted.
Speaker 7 (04:55):
The Broadway League and union representing musicians have reached a
tentative contract deal with the two sides. Hammering out an
agreement with musicians threatening to walk off the job. This morning,
the union president Bob Subman releasing a statement saying, in part,
this three year agreement provides meaningful wage and health benefit
increases that will preserve crucial access to healthcare. Broadway would
have shut twenty three musicals had there been a strike.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
That is correspondent Scott Pringle working on the railroad again,
more specifically the MBTA, and even more specifically than that,
the Green Lines D branch shutdowns begin tomorrow night on
the Riverside branch for a week. There will be shuttle
buses available between Riverside and ken Moore stations. Now this
is far out, both as in groovy cool and otherwise Needo,
(05:40):
but also far out as in far out there.
Speaker 8 (05:44):
Astronomers at Penn State say they've discovered a new super
Earth orbiting a star some twenty light years away to
Rot Mahadevon, co author of the discovery, says GJ two
fifty one C could potentially host extraterrestrial life.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
This planet kinda lies in that just stried Goldilocks, where
given the right atmosphere, you could have a liquid water
ocean on it.
Speaker 8 (06:03):
A super Earth is any planet that is a few
times the mass of the Earth. The discovery was published
in the Astronomical Journal. Jennifer Kuiper CBS News.
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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