April 12, 2025 • 6 mins
A Cape Cod lawmaker is hit with federal charges, two men accused of murder plead "not guilty" in Lynn District Court, and a Raynham teacher is getting into the world of zero proof alcohol. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thirty eight degrees with plenty of clowns here in Boston
at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Kyle Bray, and here's
what's happening. A Cape Cod lawmaker is hit with federal charges.
Wbz's Mike Macklin reports.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
State Representative Christopher Flanagan stands indicted on federal charges of
stealing thirty six thousand dollars from a Cape Cod trade
group he headed up. The indictment accuses Flannagan of using
the money to pay off credit card debt, make mortgage payments,
say and pay for personal expenses, including visits to a psychic.
Flatagan's attorney, Greg Heading.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Mister Flannagan has been released on no bail, there's no detention.
He's looking forward to getting back to seeing his wife
and his three kids and to recuperate. He's been dealing
with some significant health issues. He had heart surgery last week,
so he's looking forward to getting back and seeing his family.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Governor Bori Lely calling for Flatagan to resign. House Speaker
Ron Mariano calling the charges against Flannagan extraordinarily concerning Flatagan
faces up to forty years in prison and hundreds of
thousands of dollars in fines at the Federal court House.
Mike Macklin WBZ Boxton's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Two men facing charges in a deadly shooting in Lynn
plead not guilty in Lynn District Court. Thirty six year
old Brian Rivera and thirty five year old Michael Constable
facing charges in a deadly shooting on High Street and
Lynn late Thursday night. The thirty five year old victim
was pronounced dead at Salem hospital. His name has not
been released. Rivera was rained on murder, firearms and drugs
(01:40):
charges and ordered help without bail. He's due backing court
on May ninth. Constable charged with being an accessory to
the crime. He's being held on one hundred thousand dollars
cash bail in his due back in court next Friday.
A federal judge in Maryland is now demanding daily updates
on the steps the Trump administration is doing to try
to return Kilmara Brago Garcia, the man officials admit was
(02:02):
mistakenly sent to a high security prison in El Salvador.
CBS's Comicfireland has more on what happened. During a hearing.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yesterday, Maryland federal Judge Paula Zennis pressed to know a
Brigo Garcia's condition, asking where is he and under who's authority.
The response from the Department of Justice Attorney, your honor,
I do not have that information.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
What I make of that is that it is purposeful stalling.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Dorris Meisner is former head of US Immigration Services.
Speaker 6 (02:29):
We seemingly have an agreement with El Salvador to take
these detainees. Those agreements implicitly are two way street.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
On Thursday, the judge backed or the Supreme Court backed
in order from a judge for the Trump administration to
facilitate his release. Closer to home, hearing is sent for
Monday and Vermont for Rumesa oz Turk, the Toughs doctoral
student detained by ICE in Somerville. Ostark's attorneys have asked
the judge to order her immediate release from iceed attention
(02:57):
in Louisiana. Ostrik was arrested by playing closed federal agents
in Summerville on March twenty fifth, apparently in retaliation for
an op edgy co authored in a student newspaper last spring.
Right now, the radar is showing some rain hovering over
at Boston and parts of Quinsy in the South Shore,
also a little bit up the North Shore. But a
(03:17):
lot of that rain that we were seeing south of
Boston earlier is starting to dissipate, as well as a
lot of the snow that we were seeing in at
least southern New Hampshire. If you're up in northern New Hampshire,
the radar is showing plenty of snow, so just keep
that in mind if you're heading out in that area.
We should be seeing some clouds and wind and some
cold with rain for the rest of the day. There
might be a few snowflakes as well. We'll have a
(03:38):
high not far from fifty tonight, and tomorrow it will
be cloudy and brisk and quite chilly, with occasional rain
and drizzle. We'll have a low of thirty seven tonight
and that will be up to forty six for the
high tomorrow. Now on Monday, to start off the work week,
it's going to be a complete one to eighty of
what we've been seeing for the last couple of days.
Will be pleasant and warmer with some sunshine. High of
about sixty three in Boston, but load to mid fifties
(03:59):
if you around on the Capean Islands. Tuesday will be
just about as warm. We'll have a high of sixty two,
but it will be breezy and clouds will start to
return and those will probably bring with him a shower
or two in the area. As we look ahead to
the rest of the week, Wednesday will also look breezy,
with some cooler air, riving under more clowns than sun.
Highs will be on either side of fifty and now
(04:20):
in Boston it is thirty eight degrees with plenty of clouds.
A Rainham teacher is getting into the world of zero
proof alcohol, launching her own online business called Sober SIPs Society.
WBZ Suzanne Sasville reports.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Yeah, so, we definitely need to get more space. We
are outgrowing our closet here.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
Jess Berry opens the closet door off her kitchen and
it's filled with non alcoholic beverages and not just beer.
Speaker 7 (04:46):
Rose white wines, sparkling wines, Cabernese, non ooclolck tequila, non
alocholic gin, and non alcoholic boarbon.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
She was inspired in part by your father's entrepreneurial spirit
and by her husband, Russell's sobriety, using alcohol to deal
with the stresses of being a cop.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Then I got to the point where my wife and I,
Jesse said you know what, like I can't do this anymore,
and I went to the Leader program.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
Where I learned to cope without Booze just says it's
a wide clientele.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
People who are sober, people who just want to cut
back the sober curious, because that movement's growing.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
In Raynham Suzanne Sausville. WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Officials say we can expect King Richard's Fair to be
bigger and better than ever after a move down the
road in Cranberry Country from Carver to Edaville. Now, park
operators say they plan to continue its holiday tradition and
expand it in Edaville and expand its Fest of Holiday marketplace.
The fair general manager says a new generation will come
to not just enjoy the Renaissance Fair, but Edaville as well.
(05:52):
Toymaker Has Burrell puts relocating from Rhode Island to Boston
on hold for now. The Boston Business Journal reports plans
to move its headquarters have been pushed back until the summer.
Officials letting employees know that relocation plans will become clearer
in the coming months. China's president speaks up about the
escalating trade war with the United States.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
President Trump has imposed a staggering one hundred and forty
five percent tariff on all Chinese goods coming into the US,
but the Chinese leader declaring China has never been afraid
of any unreasonable suppression. China then raising its own tariffs
on American products to a massive one hundred twenty five percent,
essentially saying that products made in America are no longer welcome.
(06:34):
She's message to the US there is no winner in
the tariff war, and standing against the world, you will
only isolate yourself.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
That's ABC's Mary Bruce reporting. You are now in the loop.
For news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Kyle Bray, WBZ, Boston's
news Radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thirty eight degrees with plenty of clowns here in Boston
at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Kyle Bray, and here's
what's happening. A Cape Cod lawmaker is hit with federal charges.
Wbz's Mike Macklin reports.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
State Representative Christopher Flanagan stands indicted on federal charges of
stealing thirty six thousand dollars from a Cape Cod trade
group he headed up. The indictment accuses Flannagan of using
the money to pay off credit card debt, make mortgage payments,
say and pay for personal expenses, including visits to a psychic.
Flatagan's attorney, Greg Heading.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Mister Flannagan has been released on no bail, there's no detention.
He's looking forward to getting back to seeing his wife
and his three kids and to recuperate. He's been dealing
with some significant health issues. He had heart surgery last week,
so he's looking forward to getting back and seeing his family.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Governor Bori Lely calling for Flatagan to resign. House Speaker
Ron Mariano calling the charges against Flannagan extraordinarily concerning Flatagan
faces up to forty years in prison and hundreds of
thousands of dollars in fines at the Federal court House.
Mike Macklin WBZ Boxton's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Two men facing charges in a deadly shooting in Lynn
plead not guilty in Lynn District Court. Thirty six year
old Brian Rivera and thirty five year old Michael Constable
facing charges in a deadly shooting on High Street and
Lynn late Thursday night. The thirty five year old victim
was pronounced dead at Salem hospital. His name has not
been released. Rivera was rained on murder, firearms and drugs
(01:40):
charges and ordered help without bail. He's due backing court
on May ninth. Constable charged with being an accessory to
the crime. He's being held on one hundred thousand dollars
cash bail in his due back in court next Friday.
A federal judge in Maryland is now demanding daily updates
on the steps the Trump administration is doing to try
to return Kilmara Brago Garcia, the man officials admit was
(02:02):
mistakenly sent to a high security prison in El Salvador.
CBS's Comicfireland has more on what happened. During a hearing.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yesterday, Maryland federal Judge Paula Zennis pressed to know a
Brigo Garcia's condition, asking where is he and under who's authority.
The response from the Department of Justice Attorney, your honor,
I do not have that information.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
What I make of that is that it is purposeful stalling.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Dorris Meisner is former head of US Immigration Services.
Speaker 6 (02:29):
We seemingly have an agreement with El Salvador to take
these detainees. Those agreements implicitly are two way street.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
On Thursday, the judge backed or the Supreme Court backed
in order from a judge for the Trump administration to
facilitate his release. Closer to home, hearing is sent for
Monday and Vermont for Rumesa oz Turk, the Toughs doctoral
student detained by ICE in Somerville. Ostark's attorneys have asked
the judge to order her immediate release from iceed attention
(02:57):
in Louisiana. Ostrik was arrested by playing closed federal agents
in Summerville on March twenty fifth, apparently in retaliation for
an op edgy co authored in a student newspaper last spring.
Right now, the radar is showing some rain hovering over
at Boston and parts of Quinsy in the South Shore,
also a little bit up the North Shore. But a
(03:17):
lot of that rain that we were seeing south of
Boston earlier is starting to dissipate, as well as a
lot of the snow that we were seeing in at
least southern New Hampshire. If you're up in northern New Hampshire,
the radar is showing plenty of snow, so just keep
that in mind if you're heading out in that area.
We should be seeing some clouds and wind and some
cold with rain for the rest of the day. There
might be a few snowflakes as well. We'll have a
(03:38):
high not far from fifty tonight, and tomorrow it will
be cloudy and brisk and quite chilly, with occasional rain
and drizzle. We'll have a low of thirty seven tonight
and that will be up to forty six for the
high tomorrow. Now on Monday, to start off the work week,
it's going to be a complete one to eighty of
what we've been seeing for the last couple of days.
Will be pleasant and warmer with some sunshine. High of
about sixty three in Boston, but load to mid fifties
(03:59):
if you around on the Capean Islands. Tuesday will be
just about as warm. We'll have a high of sixty two,
but it will be breezy and clouds will start to
return and those will probably bring with him a shower
or two in the area. As we look ahead to
the rest of the week, Wednesday will also look breezy,
with some cooler air, riving under more clowns than sun.
Highs will be on either side of fifty and now
(04:20):
in Boston it is thirty eight degrees with plenty of clouds.
A Rainham teacher is getting into the world of zero
proof alcohol, launching her own online business called Sober SIPs Society.
WBZ Suzanne Sasville reports.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Yeah, so, we definitely need to get more space. We
are outgrowing our closet here.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
Jess Berry opens the closet door off her kitchen and
it's filled with non alcoholic beverages and not just beer.
Speaker 7 (04:46):
Rose white wines, sparkling wines, Cabernese, non ooclolck tequila, non
alocholic gin, and non alcoholic boarbon.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
She was inspired in part by your father's entrepreneurial spirit
and by her husband, Russell's sobriety, using alcohol to deal
with the stresses of being a cop.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Then I got to the point where my wife and I,
Jesse said you know what, like I can't do this anymore,
and I went to the Leader program.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
Where I learned to cope without Booze just says it's
a wide clientele.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
People who are sober, people who just want to cut
back the sober curious, because that movement's growing.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
In Raynham Suzanne Sausville. WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Officials say we can expect King Richard's Fair to be
bigger and better than ever after a move down the
road in Cranberry Country from Carver to Edaville. Now, park
operators say they plan to continue its holiday tradition and
expand it in Edaville and expand its Fest of Holiday marketplace.
The fair general manager says a new generation will come
to not just enjoy the Renaissance Fair, but Edaville as well.
(05:52):
Toymaker Has Burrell puts relocating from Rhode Island to Boston
on hold for now. The Boston Business Journal reports plans
to move its headquarters have been pushed back until the summer.
Officials letting employees know that relocation plans will become clearer
in the coming months. China's president speaks up about the
escalating trade war with the United States.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
President Trump has imposed a staggering one hundred and forty
five percent tariff on all Chinese goods coming into the US,
but the Chinese leader declaring China has never been afraid
of any unreasonable suppression. China then raising its own tariffs
on American products to a massive one hundred twenty five percent,
essentially saying that products made in America are no longer welcome.
(06:34):
She's message to the US there is no winner in
the tariff war, and standing against the world, you will
only isolate yourself.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
That's ABC's Mary Bruce reporting. You are now in the loop.
For news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Kyle Bray, WBZ, Boston's
news Radio
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