December 15, 2025 • 6 mins
Nick Reiner was arrested following the death of parents Rob and Michelle Reiner, search for Brown University shooter continues after suspect was released by police, and Mayor Wu holds safety press conference. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Mostly sunny, nineteen degrees but real field tense, remaining in
the single digits in Boston right now. Hello, and thanks
for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. It's December fifteenth.
Here's what's happening. We start this hour off in Los Angeles, California,
where the legendary film director Rob Reiner and his wife,
photographer Michelle Singer Reiner, were found dead inside their home yesterday.
(00:36):
Jail records show that their son, Nick Reiner, has been
arrested and is being held on four million dollars bail. Meanwhile,
reaction is pouring in, including from President Trump posting.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
On truth social President Trump calls the deaths of Rob
Reiner and his wife quote very sad, but suggests the
deaths were quote reportedly due to the anger he caused
others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a
mind crippling disease known as Trump Derangement syndrome, adding, may
Robin Michelle rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
CBS's Vicki Barker reporting Reiner was an outspoken supporter of
liberal causes Democratic leaders, including former President Barack Obama and
California Governor Gavin Newsom are among those who have offered
their sympathies. All right now to Providence, Rhode Island, where
a suspect is still on the loose at Brown End
and Brown University that is is gripped in mourning and
(01:33):
fear after the deadly mass shooting on campus this Saturday.
Yesterday morning, police said they had taken a person of
interest into custody. Wbz's James Rojas says the situation has changed.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
The initial person of interest is no longer in custody,
though Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says nothing is off the table.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
We're not making a further comment right now about final
status until such time as we have a person that
we've believed to be responsible, that we can charge and
that we will prosecute.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
He says, evidence dictated the release of the original suspect,
So as of right now, the search continues for the
person responsible for fatally shooting two and injuring nine others
here inside the university's engineering building, and.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
We continue to work tirelessly, and detectives are now starting
day three and will be redoubling their efforts.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Though all classes have been canceled at Brown University. The
mayor says they don't believe there are specific or credible
threats to the community in Providence, Rhode Island. James Rojas
WBZ Boston's News Radio and.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Happening now at Norfolk Superior Court in Denham. Jury deliberations
just got back underway in the Brian Walsh murder trial.
Now we heard closing arguments on Friday. The jury then
deliberated for a few hours before being sent home for
the weekend. Walsh accused of murdering and dismembering his wife
Anna on New Year's Day in twenty twenty three. His
(02:58):
argument is that he found her day and disposed of
her body in a state of panic. We're keeping a
close eye on these deliberations and we'll bring you all
the latest throughout the day right here on WBC News
Radio and also streaming on the iHeartRadio app and now
the FORTYWBZ ACU weather forecasts. Hang in there just a
little bit longer. There is some relief on the way,
(03:18):
but today is going to be frigid coal to hive
twenty eight, but those real field temps will mainly be
in the single digits tonight partly cloudy. Twenty three is
the low in the city, teens in most suburbs. Overnight Tuesday,
more sun than clouds will start a slight warm up
to thirty four degrees Wednesday. To listen to this, we
have highs near forty five in the city, near fifty
(03:40):
for the Cape and the Islands Thursday. A little bit
of rain likely late Thursday night, but the high forty
six degrees. Looking ahead Friday, it looks like we'll see
hi's in the fifties. Right now in Boston, it's a
chilly nineteen degrees, but feels like it's seven degrees out there.
In Boston, it's eleven o five. After a pair of
(04:03):
high profile mass shootings, Mayor Michelle Who says Boston isn't
taking its eye off the ball. Here's WBC's Kennel Bule
with more as.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
She began a plan press conference focusing on public safety
in Boston. Mayor Who noted the mass shootings in the
past day in Australia and at Brown University.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It is unthinkable that we live in a world where
you don't even have time to process one major horrific
incident of violence before the next takes place.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
At the event with who was Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox,
who says the VPD is taking measures here at home
in response to the Australian shooting targeting Honakah celebrants.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
We've increased our certainly visibility around the Jewish institutions around
our city. We will continue to do that as the
circumstances dictate.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Both the mayor and the police Commissioner stressed good news
regarding violence here in Boston, Cox noting that while homicides
in the city are up from last year, twenty twenty
four and twenty five are seeing the lowest number of
murders in nearly six decades. Kendel Bule toll You're busy
Boston Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
New research is casting doubt on the benefits of medical cannabis.
Speaker 7 (05:05):
The study, published this month in the journal JAMMA found
that some FDA approved drugs containing marijuana's active ingredient THHC
do provide benefits for things like chemotherapy, induce nausea and
boosting weight and HIV patients. Use of cannabis for pain management, however,
didn't have any solid clinical evidence of effectiveness. The researchers
say there are real dangers, citing up at ins at
(05:25):
Adolescents using high potency cannabis have a higher chance of
developing psychotic symptoms. I'm Tammy Tricho.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
A Quincy man is said to be arranged on murder
charges today. Late Saturday night, police were called to a
Quincy apartment complex on Falls Boulevard. Once on seeing Police
say they found a man and woman seriously injured. The
woman pronounced dead at the scene. The man, thirty four
year old Giovanni Garcia, suffered stab wounds himself, but is
(05:52):
being charged with the woman's murder. Her name has not
yet been released. A dirty word is headlines. Merriam Webster's
word of the Year is slop. But it's not the
stuff pigs gobble up for dinner. It's the creepy, zany
fake videos, ads, and propaganda that's blown up online courtesy
(06:13):
of artificial intelligence. The dictionary people call slop an illustrative
word that's part of the transformative technology people are finding fascinating, annoying,
and a.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Little bit ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Slop was first used in the seventeen hundreds to mean
soft mud that caked pigs around a dirty trough. Deborah
Rodriguez CBS News. You are now in the loop for
news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio
on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's
news radio
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Mostly sunny, nineteen degrees but real field tense, remaining in
the single digits in Boston right now. Hello, and thanks
for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. It's December fifteenth.
Here's what's happening. We start this hour off in Los Angeles, California,
where the legendary film director Rob Reiner and his wife,
photographer Michelle Singer Reiner, were found dead inside their home yesterday.
(00:36):
Jail records show that their son, Nick Reiner, has been
arrested and is being held on four million dollars bail. Meanwhile,
reaction is pouring in, including from President Trump posting.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
On truth social President Trump calls the deaths of Rob
Reiner and his wife quote very sad, but suggests the
deaths were quote reportedly due to the anger he caused
others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a
mind crippling disease known as Trump Derangement syndrome, adding, may
Robin Michelle rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
CBS's Vicki Barker reporting Reiner was an outspoken supporter of
liberal causes Democratic leaders, including former President Barack Obama and
California Governor Gavin Newsom are among those who have offered
their sympathies. All right now to Providence, Rhode Island, where
a suspect is still on the loose at Brown End
and Brown University that is is gripped in mourning and
(01:33):
fear after the deadly mass shooting on campus this Saturday.
Yesterday morning, police said they had taken a person of
interest into custody. Wbz's James Rojas says the situation has changed.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
The initial person of interest is no longer in custody,
though Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says nothing is off the table.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
We're not making a further comment right now about final
status until such time as we have a person that
we've believed to be responsible, that we can charge and
that we will prosecute.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
He says, evidence dictated the release of the original suspect,
So as of right now, the search continues for the
person responsible for fatally shooting two and injuring nine others
here inside the university's engineering building, and.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
We continue to work tirelessly, and detectives are now starting
day three and will be redoubling their efforts.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Though all classes have been canceled at Brown University. The
mayor says they don't believe there are specific or credible
threats to the community in Providence, Rhode Island. James Rojas
WBZ Boston's News Radio and.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Happening now at Norfolk Superior Court in Denham. Jury deliberations
just got back underway in the Brian Walsh murder trial.
Now we heard closing arguments on Friday. The jury then
deliberated for a few hours before being sent home for
the weekend. Walsh accused of murdering and dismembering his wife
Anna on New Year's Day in twenty twenty three. His
(02:58):
argument is that he found her day and disposed of
her body in a state of panic. We're keeping a
close eye on these deliberations and we'll bring you all
the latest throughout the day right here on WBC News
Radio and also streaming on the iHeartRadio app and now
the FORTYWBZ ACU weather forecasts. Hang in there just a
little bit longer. There is some relief on the way,
(03:18):
but today is going to be frigid coal to hive
twenty eight, but those real field temps will mainly be
in the single digits tonight partly cloudy. Twenty three is
the low in the city, teens in most suburbs. Overnight Tuesday,
more sun than clouds will start a slight warm up
to thirty four degrees Wednesday. To listen to this, we
have highs near forty five in the city, near fifty
(03:40):
for the Cape and the Islands Thursday. A little bit
of rain likely late Thursday night, but the high forty
six degrees. Looking ahead Friday, it looks like we'll see
hi's in the fifties. Right now in Boston, it's a
chilly nineteen degrees, but feels like it's seven degrees out there.
In Boston, it's eleven o five. After a pair of
(04:03):
high profile mass shootings, Mayor Michelle Who says Boston isn't
taking its eye off the ball. Here's WBC's Kennel Bule
with more as.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
She began a plan press conference focusing on public safety
in Boston. Mayor Who noted the mass shootings in the
past day in Australia and at Brown University.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It is unthinkable that we live in a world where
you don't even have time to process one major horrific
incident of violence before the next takes place.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
At the event with who was Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox,
who says the VPD is taking measures here at home
in response to the Australian shooting targeting Honakah celebrants.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
We've increased our certainly visibility around the Jewish institutions around
our city. We will continue to do that as the
circumstances dictate.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Both the mayor and the police Commissioner stressed good news
regarding violence here in Boston, Cox noting that while homicides
in the city are up from last year, twenty twenty
four and twenty five are seeing the lowest number of
murders in nearly six decades. Kendel Bule toll You're busy
Boston Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
New research is casting doubt on the benefits of medical cannabis.
Speaker 7 (05:05):
The study, published this month in the journal JAMMA found
that some FDA approved drugs containing marijuana's active ingredient THHC
do provide benefits for things like chemotherapy, induce nausea and
boosting weight and HIV patients. Use of cannabis for pain management, however,
didn't have any solid clinical evidence of effectiveness. The researchers
say there are real dangers, citing up at ins at
(05:25):
Adolescents using high potency cannabis have a higher chance of
developing psychotic symptoms. I'm Tammy Tricho.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
A Quincy man is said to be arranged on murder
charges today. Late Saturday night, police were called to a
Quincy apartment complex on Falls Boulevard. Once on seeing Police
say they found a man and woman seriously injured. The
woman pronounced dead at the scene. The man, thirty four
year old Giovanni Garcia, suffered stab wounds himself, but is
(05:52):
being charged with the woman's murder. Her name has not
yet been released. A dirty word is headlines. Merriam Webster's
word of the Year is slop. But it's not the
stuff pigs gobble up for dinner. It's the creepy, zany
fake videos, ads, and propaganda that's blown up online courtesy
(06:13):
of artificial intelligence. The dictionary people call slop an illustrative
word that's part of the transformative technology people are finding fascinating, annoying,
and a.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Little bit ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Slop was first used in the seventeen hundreds to mean
soft mud that caked pigs around a dirty trough. Deborah
Rodriguez CBS News. You are now in the loop for
news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio
on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's
news radio
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