August 31, 2025 • 5 mins
A Scituate man accused of murder turns himself in to police. Boston could be next in President Trump's immigration crackdown. A deadly boating accident kills two people and leaves another in critical condition in Maine. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News, beautiful sunshine, and sixty seven degrees in Boston. It's
eleven o'clock on this Sunday, August thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
First.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I'm Sherry Small and here's what's happening. We are now
day two into the three day weekend, but Triple A
says now would be a good time to start thinking
about the trek home. Here's ABC's Melissa Adn.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Millions are expected to be traveling via car. The best
advice from Triple A is a timing right When do
you want to avoid the traffic? They say, bookend your
traffic either leading early in the morning or later in
the evening. Gas prices are lower than last year. Triple
A says. The national average for a gallon of gas
is down from three dollars thirty six cents to currently
(00:52):
three dollars twenty cents.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
And Triple A says the average price for gas here
in Massachusetts is about read dollars a gallon. An update
now to a story that we've been following. A Situate
man accused of murder turns himself into police. Last week,
a main man was found dead in a car outside
of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. The police have charged
(01:15):
forty two year old Christopher Karen with the man's murder.
Investigators believe that Karen drove twenty seven year old Declan
Perry's body to the hospital and a black Honda Civic
that belonged to Perry. He allegedly parked in front of
the emergency room before telling staff there that there was
a body in the car wrapped in blankets and duct tape.
(01:36):
Karen's neighbors also reported seeing him loading a large, heavy
blanket into the car last weekend. Willy say that Karen
knew the victim's due in Hingham District Court on Tuesday.
Boston could be next in President Trump's immigration crackdown.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
The Trump administration plans an immigration crackdown and so called
sanctuary cities. Reports say in the coming weeks, Boston could
potentially become a target or a surge of ICE agents
will arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
All these sanctuaries cities that refuse to work with lie
where we know public safety threats of being released every
day into this country, especially those cities, We're going to
address that.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
It's these actions that have forced many nonprofits that help
the immigrant community to be on edge.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
These crackdowns are making the city less safe, They're endangering
families and children, and they're harming the economy.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Alex Train is a chief operating officer of lack Coleborativa
and Chelsea. Train, says the Chelsea community is already reeling
from the immigration crackdown and a surge would be devastating
to families. In the past six months, they've seen a
forty percent increase in immigrant families asking for assistance.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
And the CBS Boston's Paul Burton reporting last week President
Trump threatened to take control of South Station with the
National Guard. A deadly voting accident kills two people and
leaves another in critical condition. This happened in Maine. There
pontoon flipped over on Mainz Flagstaff Lake. Official say seven
(03:00):
people were on the boat off the beach of Cathedral
Pines Campground. They were all thrown into the water nearly
one hundred and eighty feet off shore. Good Samaritans rushed
in to perform CPR, but two women died on the scene.
Investigators say no one was wearing a life jacket and
now the four d a WBZ achu weather forecast. Here's
(03:21):
Bill Degger.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
This afternoon, we'll be mostly Sunday one. It will be
a bit cooler, but still nice out there. Maybe a
few more clouds toward the Capan Islands. Highs seventy two
to seventy five, partly cloudy, low fifty nine Tonight, Labor Day,
Tomorrow sunshine, highs seventy four, mostly Sunday seventy three, Tuesday
warming up, a few more clouds Wednesdays seventy eight. Likely
dry on Thursday as well, chance of rain by Friday.
(03:43):
I mak you weeather mediacabologist Bill Dagger WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
In the city. Right now sixty seven degrees and sunny
at eleven oh five. All right, no big winner in
last night's big drawing. The fifth largest powerball jackpot is
up for grabs this Labor Day. Come on?
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Can anyone win this thing?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Well?
Speaker 5 (04:05):
While the powerball jackpot officially surpasses the one billion dollar mark,
a one million dollar ticket was sold in Worcester at
the Smoke and Munch a convenience store. There were nine
tickets in total that pulled off that feet, matching all
five white balls, but still no one made the big time.
The jackpot is sitting at one point one billion with
a bee for a Labor Day drawing. That's an estimated
(04:26):
cash value after taxes of nearly five hundred million. Jobi
l EDWBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
All Right, tis a season for Alston Christmas and Boston
City officials have been trying to keep things running smoothly
with students moving in jamming the streets with a wide
array of hidden treasures along with trash. There are more
sanitation crews, inspectors, and parking enforcement officers out on the
streets this year, and officers remind residents to make sure
(04:53):
you're getting rid of everything the right way and that
sidewalks should stay clear in order to avoid citations. Since
his unofficial holiday coincides with Labor Day, trash pickup is
delayed a day, but that is knop case in Fenway,
the North End and Roxbury. You are now in the
(05:14):
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 WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News, beautiful sunshine, and sixty seven degrees in Boston. It's
eleven o'clock on this Sunday, August thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
First.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I'm Sherry Small and here's what's happening. We are now
day two into the three day weekend, but Triple A
says now would be a good time to start thinking
about the trek home. Here's ABC's Melissa Adn.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Millions are expected to be traveling via car. The best
advice from Triple A is a timing right When do
you want to avoid the traffic? They say, bookend your
traffic either leading early in the morning or later in
the evening. Gas prices are lower than last year. Triple
A says. The national average for a gallon of gas
is down from three dollars thirty six cents to currently
(00:52):
three dollars twenty cents.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
And Triple A says the average price for gas here
in Massachusetts is about read dollars a gallon. An update
now to a story that we've been following. A Situate
man accused of murder turns himself into police. Last week,
a main man was found dead in a car outside
of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. The police have charged
(01:15):
forty two year old Christopher Karen with the man's murder.
Investigators believe that Karen drove twenty seven year old Declan
Perry's body to the hospital and a black Honda Civic
that belonged to Perry. He allegedly parked in front of
the emergency room before telling staff there that there was
a body in the car wrapped in blankets and duct tape.
(01:36):
Karen's neighbors also reported seeing him loading a large, heavy
blanket into the car last weekend. Willy say that Karen
knew the victim's due in Hingham District Court on Tuesday.
Boston could be next in President Trump's immigration crackdown.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
The Trump administration plans an immigration crackdown and so called
sanctuary cities. Reports say in the coming weeks, Boston could
potentially become a target or a surge of ICE agents
will arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
All these sanctuaries cities that refuse to work with lie
where we know public safety threats of being released every
day into this country, especially those cities, We're going to
address that.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
It's these actions that have forced many nonprofits that help
the immigrant community to be on edge.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
These crackdowns are making the city less safe, They're endangering
families and children, and they're harming the economy.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Alex Train is a chief operating officer of lack Coleborativa
and Chelsea. Train, says the Chelsea community is already reeling
from the immigration crackdown and a surge would be devastating
to families. In the past six months, they've seen a
forty percent increase in immigrant families asking for assistance.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
And the CBS Boston's Paul Burton reporting last week President
Trump threatened to take control of South Station with the
National Guard. A deadly voting accident kills two people and
leaves another in critical condition. This happened in Maine. There
pontoon flipped over on Mainz Flagstaff Lake. Official say seven
(03:00):
people were on the boat off the beach of Cathedral
Pines Campground. They were all thrown into the water nearly
one hundred and eighty feet off shore. Good Samaritans rushed
in to perform CPR, but two women died on the scene.
Investigators say no one was wearing a life jacket and
now the four d a WBZ achu weather forecast. Here's
(03:21):
Bill Degger.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
This afternoon, we'll be mostly Sunday one. It will be
a bit cooler, but still nice out there. Maybe a
few more clouds toward the Capan Islands. Highs seventy two
to seventy five, partly cloudy, low fifty nine Tonight, Labor Day,
Tomorrow sunshine, highs seventy four, mostly Sunday seventy three, Tuesday
warming up, a few more clouds Wednesdays seventy eight. Likely
dry on Thursday as well, chance of rain by Friday.
(03:43):
I mak you weeather mediacabologist Bill Dagger WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
In the city. Right now sixty seven degrees and sunny
at eleven oh five. All right, no big winner in
last night's big drawing. The fifth largest powerball jackpot is
up for grabs this Labor Day. Come on?
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Can anyone win this thing?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Well?
Speaker 5 (04:05):
While the powerball jackpot officially surpasses the one billion dollar mark,
a one million dollar ticket was sold in Worcester at
the Smoke and Munch a convenience store. There were nine
tickets in total that pulled off that feet, matching all
five white balls, but still no one made the big time.
The jackpot is sitting at one point one billion with
a bee for a Labor Day drawing. That's an estimated
(04:26):
cash value after taxes of nearly five hundred million. Jobi
l EDWBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
All Right, tis a season for Alston Christmas and Boston
City officials have been trying to keep things running smoothly
with students moving in jamming the streets with a wide
array of hidden treasures along with trash. There are more
sanitation crews, inspectors, and parking enforcement officers out on the
streets this year, and officers remind residents to make sure
(04:53):
you're getting rid of everything the right way and that
sidewalks should stay clear in order to avoid citations. Since
his unofficial holiday coincides with Labor Day, trash pickup is
delayed a day, but that is knop case in Fenway,
the North End and Roxbury. You are now in the
(05:14):
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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