Mid Day Report: Sunday, September 7, 2025

The South Korean government says it has negotiated the release of South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai car battery plant in Georgia. Two winning tickets in last night's Powerball drawing. It's dreadful conditions for today's season opening game for The Patriots. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Sixty one degree is rain coming down in Boston, in fact,
widespread rain through central and eastern mass right now. Hello,
and thanks for being with us on this Sunday morning.
It's September seventh. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. Ice
is back in Boston conducting a new immigration operation dubbed
Patriot two point zero, Homeland Security claiming the effort is

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aimed at what it calls the worst of the worst
illegal immigrants. The New York Times reporting the operation began
last week and is expected to go on for several weeks,
extending beyond Boston into some suburbs. This coming on the
heels of the Justice Department suing Boston last week over
the city's Trust Act, which limits local police cooperation with

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federal immigration agents. Boston mayormachew Wu singled out by Homeland Security,
accused of harboring criminals with sanctuary policies. Back in March,
Ice arrested three hundred and seventy immigrants here in Massachusetts.
In May, it arrested nearly fifteen hundred more statewide. The
South Korean government says it has negotiated the release of

(01:15):
South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia, and.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Officials that a plane would be sent to the US
to bring them back once administrative procedures were completed. More
than three hundred Koreans were taken into custody on Thursday.
US officials say many of those arrested had entered the
country on visas that didn't give them the right.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
To work, and that's the BBC's Danielle Yallo Vietzka reporting.
The South Korean government releasing a statement saying it was
regrettable that photos of the handcuffed workers were made public.
Two winning tickets in last night's Big Powerball drawing sold
in Missouri and Texas.

Speaker 4 (01:54):
Ninety nine days, forty two drawings, and a new game
record for the longest.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Jackpot run ever.

Speaker 4 (02:00):
Two winners are now set to split that estimated one
point eight billion dollar prize, the second largest lottery jackpot
ever won in US history. One of the winning tickets
was sold in Missouri, the other in Texas, both matching
all six numbers.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Dropped, and the one time payoff for the one point
eight billion dollars jackpot is eight hundred and twenty six
point four million. The winning numbers. They were eleven, twenty three,
forty four, sixty one, and sixty two the powerball number seventeen.
Texas Lottery officials confirming that the state's winning ticket was
sold at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Texas. A Louisiana

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family barely miss their chance at winning the one point
one billion dollar powerball jackpot, but still one big. John
Stokes purchased a powerball ticket for the September first drawing.
After the numbers were called, he realized that he had
matched four of the white ball numbers and the red
powerball number. Stokes had also added the Powerball Play option

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on his ticket, which tripled his winning and it wasn't
the jackpot, but Stokes did walk away with one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and now the four dawbz ACU
weather forecast. Here's meteorologist Bill Dagger.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
A cold front moved through overnight. It's turned much cooler.
This afternoon will stay cloudy with off and on rain
with a high near sixty five. Some rain will linger
this evening toward the South coast Cape and islands, otherwise
turning out, partly cloudy, low fifty seven for tonight Tomorrow
party sunny, lower humidity as we've warmed to seventy four
Tuesday and Wednesdays from sunshine and cooler seventy Tuesday, just

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sixty seven on Wednesday. I'm acuweather MEDEAA relogist Bill Dagger
at WBZ Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Right now, it's rain and sixty one degrees in the city.
Widespread rain all across central and eastern mass right now
at eleven oh four. It's a dreadful day weather wise
for today's season opener for the Pats. But that's not
slowing New England down WBC. He's Jay Willlette checking in
from Foxborough.

Speaker 5 (04:02):
They don't know, they don't even know what rain is really,
So yeah, between a switch of coaching staff, a dozen rookies,
and Drake May all on the mines for the start
of the past season.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Seems we got really great weather here. You love rain.
This is gray weather.

Speaker 3 (04:19):
The commander on defense number fourteen, linebacker Bobby Splane.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Undertail getting tents, getting pounded with rain. It's better not
to bring up last season. You forget them last year
like you forget your old girlfriend.

Speaker 5 (04:31):
Think it's gonna be a love last season. I'm excited
about Brabel.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
You step up here, Step up here this year.

Speaker 5 (04:36):
And some guys didn't check the forecast, showing up to
Foxborough without a translucent pauncho.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
These poor gentlemen didn't have a tent. We're taking them in.
That's the way we are, Hi, new Angler. You guys
didn't bring a tent. You didn't check the weather.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
We checked.

Speaker 5 (04:52):
My friends didn't wake up on time.

Speaker 1 (04:55):
Story ever Foxborough.

Speaker 5 (04:56):
Jabell at w EZ, Boston's news Radio.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
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I'm Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.