August 27, 2025 • 6 mins
The FBI says the deadly school shooting in Minneapolis is being investigated as domestic terrorism and a hate crime against Catholics. Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins steps away from his job during his federal extortion case. A Massachusetts native will portray Karen Read. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news sixty
nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The FBI says today's deadly
school shooting in Minneapolis is being investigated as domestic terrorism
(00:24):
and a hate crime against Catholics. This happened at Annunciation
Church while students at a Catholic school were attending mass
or the second day of classes. Two children were killed,
more than two dozen other people were hurt. Minnesota Governor
Tim Walls delivered an emotional update on the shooting the
short time ago.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
And it's my strongest desire that no state, no community,
no school ever experiences a day like this. So I
asked the rest of folks around the country who are watching,
keep us in your thoughts and prayers, but also keep
us in the thoughts for action.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Following the shooting. This morning, President Trump spoke with Governor Walls.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Flags at the White House have been lowered to half
staff after President Trump signed a proclamation to honor the
victims of the shooting in Minneapolis Wednesday. The proclamation orders
flags on public buildings in the US and around the
world to fly it half staff through Sunday at sunset.
President Trump called Minnesota Governor Tim Walls following this morning
shooting at an Annunciation Catholic church. The President called to
offer his condolences to the people of Minnesota, and Governor
(01:22):
Walls thanked him for the support. Karen Traver's ABC News,
the White House.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Ran officials are doing an update on that shooting in
Minneapolis as we speak. We will have details on what
they had to say and where the investigation goes from here.
Coming up on WBZ Stepping aside, but not quitting, Suffolk
County Sheriff Stephen Tomkins has agreed to step away from
his job until a federal extortion case against him resolve
come in a more healing. In a statement announcing Tompkins's decision,
(01:48):
says the allegations against Sheriff Tompkins are serious, and she
says the people of Massachusetts need to be able to
trust in the integrity of the criminal justice system and
that their elected officials are fully engaged in the work
of serving the public. A Maryland matt at the center
of an immigration and deportation battle, has made a new request.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia told the judge today he
wants to seek asylum in the US. Ice Age has
detained him in Baltimore Monday after he left the Tennessee
jail Friday. The Trump administration claims he's a member of
the MS thirteen gang, responsible for numerous murders in the US.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
He denies that the.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Administration wants to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda, but as
lawyers say, he fears persecution and torture there. If he
has to be deported, he would prefer Costa Rico.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
That is, CBS, as Michael Wallace. Abrego Garcia was denied
asylum in twenty nineteen because he applied for it more
than a year after he had fled El Salvador. For
the US Attorney General Andrea Campbell has reached a more
than twelve million dollars settlement deal with CVS over prescription
drug prices. Campbell accused the pharmacy chain of charging Mass
Health higher prices than the general public for the same drugs.
(02:52):
CBS has also agreed to conduct a yearly review of
drug prices from Mass Health members. Campbell says the settlement
will prevent future in careate price reporting and ensure the
mass hell has the resources it needs to continue serving
Massachusetts residents. We've got some clouds around. We've had peaks
of sunshine today, some of us have, at least some
of us have also been getting pretty wet and giving
(03:13):
the umbrella quite the workout. We're still dealing with a
line of some heavier rain, could be some embedded thunder
in this as well up to the north. This is
on a line from about north reading over toward just
about Ipswich I ninety five around Boxford and Georgetown getting wet,
and then further up toward Newbury and Salisbury and eventually
(03:33):
into and across the New Hampshire border. We're picking up
some of this rain and shower activity, and some of
it is a little heavier than other spots where we're
just seeing some drizzle or spritzes or sprinkles. We have
a little bit more down toward the Cave, which we've
had for a while now, and then we've got a
little bit of activity going on out in central Massachusetts,
very widely scattered. The biggest blob is over Hudson right now,
(03:56):
and Northborough's getting a little wet out along the two
ninety of connector there, so something to watch out for
if you're out about this afternoon. These showers and even
some heavier downpours as we head into the evening will
clear out. It'll become a beautiful day tomorrow. Temperatures overnight
in the fifties, Tomorrow in the upper seventies, with a
mix of sun and clouds. We'll have some sunshine, we'll
have some clouds, and why not, we'll bring back a
(04:16):
shower or maybe a thunderstorm on Friday seventy one. The
weekend's looking pretty good. Saturday, maybe a shower lingering over
the Capean Islands. Otherwise we break out some sunshine and
then the Labor Day holiday weekend look a nice seventy
seven Saturday. We'll keep the decent weather flowing Sunday into
Monday as well. It is sixty nine right now in Boston.
There's another Karen Reid series in the works. W b
(04:38):
z's Brook McCarthy tells us so local, we'll play her.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Elizabeth Banks is a Pittsfield native and was named Hasty
Putting Theatrical Woman of the Year at Harvard back in
twenty twenty. I love coming back. It's one of the
reasons why I'm here.
Speaker 6 (04:52):
I have so much family here in Massachusetts.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
I love being in Massachusetts. And now Deadline reports Banks
will play Karen Reid in the limited seri is being
developed by Prime Video and Warner Brothers. She'll also be
the executive director for the project. Reid has become a
household name after two trials for the murder of her
Boston police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
There is no case against me. It's smoke and mirrors
and it's going through my private life and trying to
contrive a motive that was never there.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Reid was acquitted of the most serious charges against her
earlier this summer and just found guilty of OUI Brooke
McCarthy WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Any perrot will tell you musical instruments can cost a
whole bunch of money. String instruments are getting pricey with
kids as well, and one local nonprofits not letting that
get in the way of their teaching. Wz' Schyles Schaffel
has more.
Speaker 7 (05:43):
The warm hum of strings rolls around the second floor
of a retail building in rawson Dale. It's the headquarters
of Music Connects, and nonprofit that teaches kids to play instruments.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
When I'm on my free time, I like to make
stuff up.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
Thomas O'Toole is a fourth grader part of the summer
program here. The organization says it's trying to teach more
kids and for that it needs more.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
Instruments, and sometimes for budget restrictions, we can't offer all
the instruments and music lessons to all the kids in
our community.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Elizabeth Cook is the artistic director.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
They're asking for donated violins, violas, and cellos from people
who don't need them anymore.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
Adults in our community who used to play an instrument
when they were younger, or it was like a hobby
that they had when they were younger.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
The nonprofit would normally read the violins he uses from
a local company, but that's begun to cost too much
and it's preventing them from teaching more kids. They especially
need the instruments before the busy school season. Kyle Shaffele
WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
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, redefining local news sixty
nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The FBI says today's deadly
school shooting in Minneapolis is being investigated as domestic terrorism
(00:24):
and a hate crime against Catholics. This happened at Annunciation
Church while students at a Catholic school were attending mass
or the second day of classes. Two children were killed,
more than two dozen other people were hurt. Minnesota Governor
Tim Walls delivered an emotional update on the shooting the
short time ago.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
And it's my strongest desire that no state, no community,
no school ever experiences a day like this. So I
asked the rest of folks around the country who are watching,
keep us in your thoughts and prayers, but also keep
us in the thoughts for action.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Following the shooting. This morning, President Trump spoke with Governor Walls.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Flags at the White House have been lowered to half
staff after President Trump signed a proclamation to honor the
victims of the shooting in Minneapolis Wednesday. The proclamation orders
flags on public buildings in the US and around the
world to fly it half staff through Sunday at sunset.
President Trump called Minnesota Governor Tim Walls following this morning
shooting at an Annunciation Catholic church. The President called to
offer his condolences to the people of Minnesota, and Governor
(01:22):
Walls thanked him for the support. Karen Traver's ABC News,
the White House.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Ran officials are doing an update on that shooting in
Minneapolis as we speak. We will have details on what
they had to say and where the investigation goes from here.
Coming up on WBZ Stepping aside, but not quitting, Suffolk
County Sheriff Stephen Tomkins has agreed to step away from
his job until a federal extortion case against him resolve
come in a more healing. In a statement announcing Tompkins's decision,
(01:48):
says the allegations against Sheriff Tompkins are serious, and she
says the people of Massachusetts need to be able to
trust in the integrity of the criminal justice system and
that their elected officials are fully engaged in the work
of serving the public. A Maryland matt at the center
of an immigration and deportation battle, has made a new request.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia told the judge today he
wants to seek asylum in the US. Ice Age has
detained him in Baltimore Monday after he left the Tennessee
jail Friday. The Trump administration claims he's a member of
the MS thirteen gang, responsible for numerous murders in the US.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
He denies that the.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Administration wants to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda, but as
lawyers say, he fears persecution and torture there. If he
has to be deported, he would prefer Costa Rico.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
That is, CBS, as Michael Wallace. Abrego Garcia was denied
asylum in twenty nineteen because he applied for it more
than a year after he had fled El Salvador. For
the US Attorney General Andrea Campbell has reached a more
than twelve million dollars settlement deal with CVS over prescription
drug prices. Campbell accused the pharmacy chain of charging Mass
Health higher prices than the general public for the same drugs.
(02:52):
CBS has also agreed to conduct a yearly review of
drug prices from Mass Health members. Campbell says the settlement
will prevent future in careate price reporting and ensure the
mass hell has the resources it needs to continue serving
Massachusetts residents. We've got some clouds around. We've had peaks
of sunshine today, some of us have, at least some
of us have also been getting pretty wet and giving
(03:13):
the umbrella quite the workout. We're still dealing with a
line of some heavier rain, could be some embedded thunder
in this as well up to the north. This is
on a line from about north reading over toward just
about Ipswich I ninety five around Boxford and Georgetown getting wet,
and then further up toward Newbury and Salisbury and eventually
(03:33):
into and across the New Hampshire border. We're picking up
some of this rain and shower activity, and some of
it is a little heavier than other spots where we're
just seeing some drizzle or spritzes or sprinkles. We have
a little bit more down toward the Cave, which we've
had for a while now, and then we've got a
little bit of activity going on out in central Massachusetts,
very widely scattered. The biggest blob is over Hudson right now,
(03:56):
and Northborough's getting a little wet out along the two
ninety of connector there, so something to watch out for
if you're out about this afternoon. These showers and even
some heavier downpours as we head into the evening will
clear out. It'll become a beautiful day tomorrow. Temperatures overnight
in the fifties, Tomorrow in the upper seventies, with a
mix of sun and clouds. We'll have some sunshine, we'll
have some clouds, and why not, we'll bring back a
(04:16):
shower or maybe a thunderstorm on Friday seventy one. The
weekend's looking pretty good. Saturday, maybe a shower lingering over
the Capean Islands. Otherwise we break out some sunshine and
then the Labor Day holiday weekend look a nice seventy
seven Saturday. We'll keep the decent weather flowing Sunday into
Monday as well. It is sixty nine right now in Boston.
There's another Karen Reid series in the works. W b
(04:38):
z's Brook McCarthy tells us so local, we'll play her.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Elizabeth Banks is a Pittsfield native and was named Hasty
Putting Theatrical Woman of the Year at Harvard back in
twenty twenty. I love coming back. It's one of the
reasons why I'm here.
Speaker 6 (04:52):
I have so much family here in Massachusetts.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
I love being in Massachusetts. And now Deadline reports Banks
will play Karen Reid in the limited seri is being
developed by Prime Video and Warner Brothers. She'll also be
the executive director for the project. Reid has become a
household name after two trials for the murder of her
Boston police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
There is no case against me. It's smoke and mirrors
and it's going through my private life and trying to
contrive a motive that was never there.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Reid was acquitted of the most serious charges against her
earlier this summer and just found guilty of OUI Brooke
McCarthy WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Any perrot will tell you musical instruments can cost a
whole bunch of money. String instruments are getting pricey with
kids as well, and one local nonprofits not letting that
get in the way of their teaching. Wz' Schyles Schaffel
has more.
Speaker 7 (05:43):
The warm hum of strings rolls around the second floor
of a retail building in rawson Dale. It's the headquarters
of Music Connects, and nonprofit that teaches kids to play instruments.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
When I'm on my free time, I like to make
stuff up.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
Thomas O'Toole is a fourth grader part of the summer
program here. The organization says it's trying to teach more
kids and for that it needs more.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
Instruments, and sometimes for budget restrictions, we can't offer all
the instruments and music lessons to all the kids in
our community.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Elizabeth Cook is the artistic director.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
They're asking for donated violins, violas, and cellos from people
who don't need them anymore.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
Adults in our community who used to play an instrument
when they were younger, or it was like a hobby
that they had when they were younger.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
The nonprofit would normally read the violins he uses from
a local company, but that's begun to cost too much
and it's preventing them from teaching more kids. They especially
need the instruments before the busy school season. Kyle Shaffele
WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
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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