September 3, 2025 • 6 mins
A shelter in place on the UMass-Lowell campus, after reports of a man with a gun. A lawsuit is filed against the government and military over Maine's deadliest mass shooting. A new campaign to make it easier to vote in Mass. 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 seventy
four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We are following some developing
news out of Lowell. A shelter in place remains in
effect on the UMass Lowell campus after reports of a
(00:23):
man with a gun. Police say they're working to find
that person. U MASS Lowell issued alerts to the community,
which referred to a search near the Riverview Swites on
the South campus. Massachusetts State Police say they're aware of
video circulating of a person who appears to be armed
walking near the apartments on Middlesex Street. State and local
police are on scene. The public's being asked to avoid
(00:43):
the area. Today is the first day of classes at
UMass Lowell. Will keep you posted. Nearly two years after
Maine's deadliest mass shooting, the government and military are facing
new negligence lawsuits of the Busy's Madison Rodgers has more.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
October twenty five, of twenty twenty three. For those of
us us who live in Maine is a day that
we will never forget.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Attorney Benjamin Gideon stood alongside many of the one hundred
clients who survived the horrors or lost loved ones as
an Army reservist opened fire on a restaurant and bowling alley.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
But what none of our clients knew that day was
that for more than five months, the Army knew that
Robert Card was suffering from severe mental health crises and
had violent idations.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Soon now filed in federal court. Electgas. The Army promised
to take his guns, but broke that promise. That they
violated procedures, ignored warning signs, and prevented an intervention, allowing
eighteen people to die. The army failed at every turn
to act. The Army says it doesn't comments on pending litigation.
Madison Rogers w b Z Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Victims of Jeffrey Epstein and lawmakers are calling on the
Trump administration to release all files in the Epstein case.
The president now pushing back.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
With Republican Congressman Thomas Manny pushing to force a vote
to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. President
Trump dismissed questions on the topic, calling the issue a
quote Democrat hoax end quote totally irrelevant.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
We're having the most successful eight months of any president ever,
and that's what I want to talk about. That's what
we should be talking about, not the Epstein hoax.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
But at the same time the president was calling it
a Democrat hoax. Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, a strong
supporter of the president, was standing with Epstein survivors on
Capitol Hill calling for greater transparency. Karen travers ABC News
the White House.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We can tell Boston voters had to the polls in
the preliminary mayoral election. Nobody busies. Mike Macklin tells us
there's a campaign now to make it easier to vote.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Twenty one states in the District of Columbia now permit
voter registration on election day, but Massachusetts isn't one of them.
So this year, a comination of voting rights advocates is
calling on the legislature to authorize same day voting registration
in Massachusetts.
Speaker 6 (02:56):
All eligible citizens who want to vote should be able
and encouraged to participate. However, barriers to the ballot keep
us from being a truly representative democracy in Massachusetts.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Outside Boston City Hall, City Council President Ruthie luisjen added
her voice to the call for same day voter registration. Currently,
in Massachusetts, there's a twenty day cutoff for voter registration
that voting rights advocates say disenfranchises thousands of voters in Massachusetts.
Mike Micklin wb Z Boston's Radio.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
A few clouds, patchy clouds as we head through the evening.
A comfortable night coming up, though, if you're doing the
outdoor thing. Fifty nine and the low in Boston about
fifty in the inland suburbs, mostly sunny. Another nice day
tomorrow as we get close to eighty, and then we'll
bring in some clouds. Tomorrow night could be a passing
shower after midnight, low sixty four. We'll have some more
(03:50):
risks of showers. On Friday. There'll be some clouds, there'll
be some sun. It will get more humid again that
shower threat. Temperatures near eighty or so within a couple degrees,
and then mid eighties on Saturday, warm and humet, some clouds,
some sun, a shower or two, and even a gusty
thunderstorm is possible. Right now, it's seventy four in Boston.
(04:11):
A store at the South Shore Plaza is seeing more
foot traffic thanks to a viral employee. WBC's Matt Shearer
has details.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
And what's your name? By the way, by day or
by night? That was the guy who helped me pick
out my new outfitted air apostle. By night he goes
by Casina Falls a last ship. That's a drag name.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
But fine, I'm rich. You'll know.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
How are you?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Bro?
Speaker 7 (04:31):
After I posted that video of the comments section blew
up with people wanting to learn more about Maria Christina
Falls eyelashes.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Nevinkisvin touch but totally destroyed.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
The problem is he had to put all that behind
him so he could work three jobs to put his
nieces and nephews through school. So I gave up my
own happiness gets to help my family name. That is
when I decided he needed a night out. What you
were doing is so commendable and so beautiful. That's is
he ready a drag performer at Jaques Cabaret who invited
Richard to perform there in the near future. It's time
(05:01):
that you stop being so kind and put a little
bit of that into being there for yourself more and
for on that to come that.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Year WDZ Boston's news radio, and you can see more
on our TikTok and Instagram at WBZ News Radio. So
you want a house with views and maybe a backstory
or two, New Fairfield, Connecticut's got something for you. It's
called Starcastle or the Mushroom House if you prefer, and
it's got more than five thousand square feet of space.
(05:28):
Speaking of space, its design has some spaceship like qualities
and according to lux Reality Listing, the property's got twenty
three and a half acres. It's per tigh above the landscape,
nestled between a couple of state parks built in nineteen
eighty five, The four bedroom, five bath architectural gem as
wooded seclusion, sculpted gardens and panoramic vistas. So how's that
(05:48):
holiday shopping coming along? Just past Labor Day or nearly
two months till Halloween, and I'm already concerned about how
much we're going to drop in December, a new survey
finding most of us will be pulling back on buying
gifts this year. The PwC twenty twenty five Holiday Outlook
has just been released, finding we plan to spend five
percent less this year than last. It's the first slump
(06:10):
in holiday spending since the first year of the pandemic.
Tariffs and rising costs are putting a weight on our wallets.
More than eighty percent say they'll keep the moths in
their wallets over the next six months. Still, with all
the uncertainty, it's anticipated the average spend will be more
than fifteen hundred dollars on gifts this year. Jim McKay,
WBZ Boston's News Radio. You are now in the loop
(06:35):
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Tarker, WBZ Boston's
News Radio.
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news seventy
four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We are following some developing
news out of Lowell. A shelter in place remains in
effect on the UMass Lowell campus after reports of a
(00:23):
man with a gun. Police say they're working to find
that person. U MASS Lowell issued alerts to the community,
which referred to a search near the Riverview Swites on
the South campus. Massachusetts State Police say they're aware of
video circulating of a person who appears to be armed
walking near the apartments on Middlesex Street. State and local
police are on scene. The public's being asked to avoid
(00:43):
the area. Today is the first day of classes at
UMass Lowell. Will keep you posted. Nearly two years after
Maine's deadliest mass shooting, the government and military are facing
new negligence lawsuits of the Busy's Madison Rodgers has more.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
October twenty five, of twenty twenty three. For those of
us us who live in Maine is a day that
we will never forget.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Attorney Benjamin Gideon stood alongside many of the one hundred
clients who survived the horrors or lost loved ones as
an Army reservist opened fire on a restaurant and bowling alley.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
But what none of our clients knew that day was
that for more than five months, the Army knew that
Robert Card was suffering from severe mental health crises and
had violent idations.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Soon now filed in federal court. Electgas. The Army promised
to take his guns, but broke that promise. That they
violated procedures, ignored warning signs, and prevented an intervention, allowing
eighteen people to die. The army failed at every turn
to act. The Army says it doesn't comments on pending litigation.
Madison Rogers w b Z Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Victims of Jeffrey Epstein and lawmakers are calling on the
Trump administration to release all files in the Epstein case.
The president now pushing back.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
With Republican Congressman Thomas Manny pushing to force a vote
to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. President
Trump dismissed questions on the topic, calling the issue a
quote Democrat hoax end quote totally irrelevant.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
We're having the most successful eight months of any president ever,
and that's what I want to talk about. That's what
we should be talking about, not the Epstein hoax.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
But at the same time the president was calling it
a Democrat hoax. Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, a strong
supporter of the president, was standing with Epstein survivors on
Capitol Hill calling for greater transparency. Karen travers ABC News
the White House.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We can tell Boston voters had to the polls in
the preliminary mayoral election. Nobody busies. Mike Macklin tells us
there's a campaign now to make it easier to vote.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Twenty one states in the District of Columbia now permit
voter registration on election day, but Massachusetts isn't one of them.
So this year, a comination of voting rights advocates is
calling on the legislature to authorize same day voting registration
in Massachusetts.
Speaker 6 (02:56):
All eligible citizens who want to vote should be able
and encouraged to participate. However, barriers to the ballot keep
us from being a truly representative democracy in Massachusetts.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Outside Boston City Hall, City Council President Ruthie luisjen added
her voice to the call for same day voter registration. Currently,
in Massachusetts, there's a twenty day cutoff for voter registration
that voting rights advocates say disenfranchises thousands of voters in Massachusetts.
Mike Micklin wb Z Boston's Radio.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
A few clouds, patchy clouds as we head through the evening.
A comfortable night coming up, though, if you're doing the
outdoor thing. Fifty nine and the low in Boston about
fifty in the inland suburbs, mostly sunny. Another nice day
tomorrow as we get close to eighty, and then we'll
bring in some clouds. Tomorrow night could be a passing
shower after midnight, low sixty four. We'll have some more
(03:50):
risks of showers. On Friday. There'll be some clouds, there'll
be some sun. It will get more humid again that
shower threat. Temperatures near eighty or so within a couple degrees,
and then mid eighties on Saturday, warm and humet, some clouds,
some sun, a shower or two, and even a gusty
thunderstorm is possible. Right now, it's seventy four in Boston.
(04:11):
A store at the South Shore Plaza is seeing more
foot traffic thanks to a viral employee. WBC's Matt Shearer
has details.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
And what's your name? By the way, by day or
by night? That was the guy who helped me pick
out my new outfitted air apostle. By night he goes
by Casina Falls a last ship. That's a drag name.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
But fine, I'm rich. You'll know.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
How are you?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Bro?
Speaker 7 (04:31):
After I posted that video of the comments section blew
up with people wanting to learn more about Maria Christina
Falls eyelashes.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Nevinkisvin touch but totally destroyed.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
The problem is he had to put all that behind
him so he could work three jobs to put his
nieces and nephews through school. So I gave up my
own happiness gets to help my family name. That is
when I decided he needed a night out. What you
were doing is so commendable and so beautiful. That's is
he ready a drag performer at Jaques Cabaret who invited
Richard to perform there in the near future. It's time
(05:01):
that you stop being so kind and put a little
bit of that into being there for yourself more and
for on that to come that.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Year WDZ Boston's news radio, and you can see more
on our TikTok and Instagram at WBZ News Radio. So
you want a house with views and maybe a backstory
or two, New Fairfield, Connecticut's got something for you. It's
called Starcastle or the Mushroom House if you prefer, and
it's got more than five thousand square feet of space.
(05:28):
Speaking of space, its design has some spaceship like qualities
and according to lux Reality Listing, the property's got twenty
three and a half acres. It's per tigh above the landscape,
nestled between a couple of state parks built in nineteen
eighty five, The four bedroom, five bath architectural gem as
wooded seclusion, sculpted gardens and panoramic vistas. So how's that
(05:48):
holiday shopping coming along? Just past Labor Day or nearly
two months till Halloween, and I'm already concerned about how
much we're going to drop in December, a new survey
finding most of us will be pulling back on buying
gifts this year. The PwC twenty twenty five Holiday Outlook
has just been released, finding we plan to spend five
percent less this year than last. It's the first slump
(06:10):
in holiday spending since the first year of the pandemic.
Tariffs and rising costs are putting a weight on our wallets.
More than eighty percent say they'll keep the moths in
their wallets over the next six months. Still, with all
the uncertainty, it's anticipated the average spend will be more
than fifteen hundred dollars on gifts this year. Jim McKay,
WBZ Boston's News Radio. You are now in the loop
(06:35):
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Tarker, WBZ Boston's
News Radio.
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