April 23, 2025 • 7 mins
The Karen Read retrial picks up again, a deadline is pushed for those facing unemployment, and details emerge on a violent crime in Allston. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Fifty eight degrees under a blue sky in Boston. It's
eleven o'clock. Good Wednesday morning. I'm Madison Rodgers, and let's
start off in debt U. Right now, Karen Reid's second
murder trial is coming back from a morning break. Carrie
Roberts still on the stand answering questions from prosecutors. She
was with Reid when they found the body of Boston
(00:29):
officer John o'keef, and Robert says she helped dig her
friend's body out of the snow and picked up his
cell phone.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
What did you do with John Pollen when you picked
it up from the ground.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
I put it in my pocket and gave it to
a first responder when they came over, All right, I
handed it off to a first responder.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Before the break. The prosecution also played police dash cam
footage from the scene. Keep it right here or stream
us on the iHeartRadio app for the very latest. Elon
Musk says he's taking a step back from his work
with the Department of Government Efficiency. ABC's Rachel Scott has
more on that.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
The World's richest Man insisting he will stay with the
Trump administration at least part time, but will focus on
his business starting.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Next month, yet allocating far more of my time to Tesla.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
His remarks coming after his company, Tesla, announced a nine
percent drop in revenue from January to March and a
staggering seventy one percent drop in profits in the first
quarter the electric car gi and blaming the growing trade
war and quote changing political sentiment which could have a
meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near term.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Tesla stocks have seen major gains this morning in the
wake of that announcement. In fact, we're seeing major gains
across the major markets right now. Will have the very
latest coming up with Bloomberg Business. A man charged with
murder in Alston is due back in court this hour.
Miss harrowing details emerge. On Monday, officials believe twenty six
year old Omar Rians attacked an elderly female family member
(01:59):
with a baseball back and a sword, killing her. After
a search, the suspect was arrested allegedly trying to steal
a car a few blocks away. Riaz yesterday was charged
with murder, armed carjacking, and resisting arrest. He's been ordered
held without bail, pending a competency hearing, which should be
starting in about a half hour in Brighton. It's an
(02:19):
active information with anyone with information strongly urged to contact
Boston Police. At the Vatican, mourners are filing through Saint
Peter's Basilica paying their final respects to the late Pope Francis.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
A solemn ceremony in Vatican City. Pope Francis brought to
Saint Peter's Basilica to lion state the Pope's simple wooden coffin,
carried by white glove paul bearers, escorted by the Papal
Swiss Guard, and there were splendent uniforms cardinals joining the
procession as it made its way from the chapel of
the Santa Marta Guesthouse just after nine am in Vatican City.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
That's ABC's Harry Moran. The Pope's funeral is set for Saturday.
There will be a period of morning before cardinals gather
to choose the Pope's successor in the coming weeks. Looking
at the four day forecast, now, it's going to stay
mostly sunny and get quite a bit warmer out there.
This afternoon. We're expecting a high year seventy in Boston,
mainly clear skies. Tonight low around forty eight in the city,
(03:19):
cooler inland spots should see a low in the low forties.
Then Thursday is another very nice one, breezy, up to
sixty four in Boston, but into the mid seventies for
some of us inland. Sixty four again Friday with partial
sun and then Saturday, again we're in the mid sixties,
but it's cloudier with a few showers around, drying out
and turning windier on Sunday, partly sunny with a high
(03:43):
near sixty. Right now it is sixty two degrees in Norwood.
It's fifty eight in Peabody, fifty eight here in Boston
too though with that sunshine feeling like the low sixties.
It's easy, breezy, and somewhat sneezy. High tree pollen levels
right now. Five one of the biggest video sharing platforms
(04:04):
on the planet, is turning twenty years old today. Wlebz's
Jim McKay has more these days.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
When you run it too some young people and ask
about their favorite social media you'll get an array of responses.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I like TikTok, Instagram, Instagram, I'm probably TikTok amidst.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
The TikTok at instagrams, I was able to find someone
who enjoys the app that's turning twenty today YouTube. Cliff
is a junior at Quincy High only knows a world
where YouTube has always been here. But lest we forget,
it was on this date in two thousand and five
the first grainy video was posted to YouTube. It's been
entertaining us ever since.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I posted videos to make my friends laugh. It's pretty
fun and it is.
Speaker 6 (04:39):
Always so good about never taking itself too seriously. Hence
their twentieth birthday video they posted on the official YouTube
channel a rick Roll to celebrate YouTube's twentieth and here's
to twenty more and Quincy Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's news radio and.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
You can find us on at WBZ News Radio Boston.
Today would have been a very special birthday for the
great playwright from Stratford upon Avon. Oh that this.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Two solid fast.
Speaker 7 (05:13):
This would have been Shakespeare's four hundred and sixty first birthday.
In his honors. Sotheby's has just announced the sale of
the first four editions of his collected works.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
How's the Winter of our Discom attendance.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
It'll be the first time since nineteen eighty nine that
a set of the first, second, third, and fourthfolios are
offered at auction as a single lot. It's expected to
sell or up to six million dollars on May twenty third.
By the way, today is also the anniversary of Shakespeare's
death in sixteen sixteen. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Massachusett's residence filing for jobless benefits can now count on
assistance for a little while longer. Unemployment recipients can now
receive benefits for a maximum of thirty weeks. That's up
from a max twenty six weeks. This extension is triggered
by rising unemployment rates, specifically when one of the state's
metro areas tops five point one percent across a twelve
(06:06):
month average. New federal data show the Springfield area just
hit five point two percent for their unemployment rate. A
business lobbying organization, the n FIB, is calling for reform,
arguing the state's current system is putting too much strain
on local businesses. Another streaming service is about to crack
down on password.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Sharing subscribers to max, We'll start getting subtled and not
so subtle warnings if multiple users are sharing account passwords
outside the home.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
And then as we go through twenty five, you're going
to see the filters get tighter and tighter. We think
that's a meaningful growth driver, likely more and so begins
to kick in in the back half of twenty five
and into twenty six.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
JB. Perett is head of Streaming at Warner Brothers Discovery
and discuss the strategy at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit.
Disney Plus and Hulu are also conducting a crackdown on
password sharing. Rory O'Neil WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
You're now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Fifty eight degrees under a blue sky in Boston. It's
eleven o'clock. Good Wednesday morning. I'm Madison Rodgers, and let's
start off in debt U. Right now, Karen Reid's second
murder trial is coming back from a morning break. Carrie
Roberts still on the stand answering questions from prosecutors. She
was with Reid when they found the body of Boston
(00:29):
officer John o'keef, and Robert says she helped dig her
friend's body out of the snow and picked up his
cell phone.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
What did you do with John Pollen when you picked
it up from the ground.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
I put it in my pocket and gave it to
a first responder when they came over, All right, I
handed it off to a first responder.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Before the break. The prosecution also played police dash cam
footage from the scene. Keep it right here or stream
us on the iHeartRadio app for the very latest. Elon
Musk says he's taking a step back from his work
with the Department of Government Efficiency. ABC's Rachel Scott has
more on that.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
The World's richest Man insisting he will stay with the
Trump administration at least part time, but will focus on
his business starting.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Next month, yet allocating far more of my time to Tesla.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
His remarks coming after his company, Tesla, announced a nine
percent drop in revenue from January to March and a
staggering seventy one percent drop in profits in the first
quarter the electric car gi and blaming the growing trade
war and quote changing political sentiment which could have a
meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near term.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Tesla stocks have seen major gains this morning in the
wake of that announcement. In fact, we're seeing major gains
across the major markets right now. Will have the very
latest coming up with Bloomberg Business. A man charged with
murder in Alston is due back in court this hour.
Miss harrowing details emerge. On Monday, officials believe twenty six
year old Omar Rians attacked an elderly female family member
(01:59):
with a baseball back and a sword, killing her. After
a search, the suspect was arrested allegedly trying to steal
a car a few blocks away. Riaz yesterday was charged
with murder, armed carjacking, and resisting arrest. He's been ordered
held without bail, pending a competency hearing, which should be
starting in about a half hour in Brighton. It's an
(02:19):
active information with anyone with information strongly urged to contact
Boston Police. At the Vatican, mourners are filing through Saint
Peter's Basilica paying their final respects to the late Pope Francis.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
A solemn ceremony in Vatican City. Pope Francis brought to
Saint Peter's Basilica to lion state the Pope's simple wooden coffin,
carried by white glove paul bearers, escorted by the Papal
Swiss Guard, and there were splendent uniforms cardinals joining the
procession as it made its way from the chapel of
the Santa Marta Guesthouse just after nine am in Vatican City.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
That's ABC's Harry Moran. The Pope's funeral is set for Saturday.
There will be a period of morning before cardinals gather
to choose the Pope's successor in the coming weeks. Looking
at the four day forecast, now, it's going to stay
mostly sunny and get quite a bit warmer out there.
This afternoon. We're expecting a high year seventy in Boston,
mainly clear skies. Tonight low around forty eight in the city,
(03:19):
cooler inland spots should see a low in the low forties.
Then Thursday is another very nice one, breezy, up to
sixty four in Boston, but into the mid seventies for
some of us inland. Sixty four again Friday with partial
sun and then Saturday, again we're in the mid sixties,
but it's cloudier with a few showers around, drying out
and turning windier on Sunday, partly sunny with a high
(03:43):
near sixty. Right now it is sixty two degrees in Norwood.
It's fifty eight in Peabody, fifty eight here in Boston
too though with that sunshine feeling like the low sixties.
It's easy, breezy, and somewhat sneezy. High tree pollen levels
right now. Five one of the biggest video sharing platforms
(04:04):
on the planet, is turning twenty years old today. Wlebz's
Jim McKay has more these days.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
When you run it too some young people and ask
about their favorite social media you'll get an array of responses.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I like TikTok, Instagram, Instagram, I'm probably TikTok amidst.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
The TikTok at instagrams, I was able to find someone
who enjoys the app that's turning twenty today YouTube. Cliff
is a junior at Quincy High only knows a world
where YouTube has always been here. But lest we forget,
it was on this date in two thousand and five
the first grainy video was posted to YouTube. It's been
entertaining us ever since.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I posted videos to make my friends laugh. It's pretty
fun and it is.
Speaker 6 (04:39):
Always so good about never taking itself too seriously. Hence
their twentieth birthday video they posted on the official YouTube
channel a rick Roll to celebrate YouTube's twentieth and here's
to twenty more and Quincy Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's news radio and.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
You can find us on at WBZ News Radio Boston.
Today would have been a very special birthday for the
great playwright from Stratford upon Avon. Oh that this.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Two solid fast.
Speaker 7 (05:13):
This would have been Shakespeare's four hundred and sixty first birthday.
In his honors. Sotheby's has just announced the sale of
the first four editions of his collected works.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
How's the Winter of our Discom attendance.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
It'll be the first time since nineteen eighty nine that
a set of the first, second, third, and fourthfolios are
offered at auction as a single lot. It's expected to
sell or up to six million dollars on May twenty third.
By the way, today is also the anniversary of Shakespeare's
death in sixteen sixteen. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Massachusett's residence filing for jobless benefits can now count on
assistance for a little while longer. Unemployment recipients can now
receive benefits for a maximum of thirty weeks. That's up
from a max twenty six weeks. This extension is triggered
by rising unemployment rates, specifically when one of the state's
metro areas tops five point one percent across a twelve
(06:06):
month average. New federal data show the Springfield area just
hit five point two percent for their unemployment rate. A
business lobbying organization, the n FIB, is calling for reform,
arguing the state's current system is putting too much strain
on local businesses. Another streaming service is about to crack
down on password.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Sharing subscribers to max, We'll start getting subtled and not
so subtle warnings if multiple users are sharing account passwords
outside the home.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
And then as we go through twenty five, you're going
to see the filters get tighter and tighter. We think
that's a meaningful growth driver, likely more and so begins
to kick in in the back half of twenty five
and into twenty six.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
JB. Perett is head of Streaming at Warner Brothers Discovery
and discuss the strategy at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit.
Disney Plus and Hulu are also conducting a crackdown on
password sharing. Rory O'Neil WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
You're now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio
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