December 24, 2025 • 6 mins
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is out with an alert for residents about a potential exposure to measles. President Trump taking a victory lap after a new report showed the economy grew rapidly over the summer. Stoughton Deputy Police Chief Robert Devine will never work again as a police officer in the Bay State. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
All right, we're seeing snow flurries along the north shore
and some spots along the south shore as well. Hello,
and thanks for being with us in the city. It's
cloudy in thirty seven degrees at eleven o'clock on this Wednesday,
Christmas Eve. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. The Massachusetts
Department of Public Health is out with an alert for
(00:30):
residents about a potential exposure to measles. Here's wvz's Charlie bergeron.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
State health officials confirming an out of state adult visitor
who spent time in Boston and Westborough earlier this month
was diagnosed with measles and was present in a number
of locations. December eleventh, about two point forty the visitor
arrived at Logan on an American Airlines flight from Dallas
Fort Worth, Texas. The visitor stayed at the Double Tree
by Hilton Hotel in Westborough and then left the state
(00:58):
the following day, December twelfth, leaving Logan on a nine
to twenty pm flight on JetBlue to Las Vegas. The
Department of Public Health is working with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and local partners to identify and
notify those who may have been exposed to measles from
this individual. Measles very contagious. However, the risk to most
(01:18):
people in Massachusetts is low because the vaccination rate in
the state is high. Those who could have been exposed
and begin to develop symptoms of measles should call their
healthcare provider before visiting an office, clinic, or emergency department.
Charlie Burger on WBZ Boston's.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
News radio, the DOJ trying to tamp down a potential
problem after President Trump is mentioned by name in the
latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein file.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
The Department of Justice on the defense. After releasing more
of the Jeffrey Epstein files early Tuesday morning, DOJ officials
saying in a statement that some of the latest documents
in this batch contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against
President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before
the twenty two on the election. The DOJ did not
specify which documents is referring to, and.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
That's ABC's Rena Roy reporting among the files, a letter
supposedly sent from Epstein when he was in a Manhattan
jail to Larry Nasser, the former US women's gymnastics team
doctor now serving time for sexual abuse. Epstein writing that
President Trump shared a mutual interest in young girls, the
doj issuing a statement calling the letter fake now. The
(02:27):
latest files also show millions in donations by Epstein to
Harvard University. President Trump taking a victory lap after a
new report show the economy grew rapidly over the summer.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
President Trump is taking credit after a new report showed
the US economy beat expectations, growing at an annual rate
of four point three percent from July through September. But
polls show fifty seven percent of registered voters disapprove of
Trump's handling of the economy, and consumer confidence is at
the lowest it's been since the US ruled out tariffs
in April. Experts Warren, spending by wealthier Americans is offsetting
(03:01):
the reality of a four year high in unemployments.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
The fort A WBZ achu weather forecast windy and chilly today.
We'll see a mix of sun and clouds, but a
snow shower early this morning along the coast. We are
seeing that mainly on the north shore right now, a
couple spots getting eclipped, with some snow flurries on the
south shore, some rain and snow at times on the
cape in the Islands. Temperature steady or slowly falling today Tonight,
(03:27):
partly cloudy early, then the clouds really move in later.
Overnight low of twenty seven in Boston. For some of
those inland suburbs, it'll be as low as in the twenties,
all right, low twenties. Thursday, Christmas, we're going to see
clouds breaking for some sunshine, fairly mild. It will be breezy,
but high's near forty. Friday quite the turnaround, sun followed
(03:50):
by clouds and we'll only reach a high of twenty four.
Then Friday night into Saturday, it's looking like snow returning.
We could see the potential for one to three inches
of accumulation, so we'll be watching that of course. Right
now again we are seeing some snow flurries in far
western Mass and again Lynn Salem, Danvers. Let's see Gloucester,
(04:13):
Ipswich the north shore getting clipped, as well as along
the coast in New Hampshire, and then a couple spots
of snow flurries on the south Shore. It's eleven oh five.
Back to news. A popular theater in Addleborough is post
poised for comeback. That is wbc' s Hyles Shaffel has
(04:34):
that for us.
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Sitting next to a train station at a barbecue spot,
the Union Theater in Addleborough is lying in wait for
its curtain call.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
I've lived here for twenty three years now and it's
been a mystery. Everybody drives by this building. They don't
know what's in it.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
Jennifer Keating runs Illuminate Arts, the organization spearheading the revival campaign.
The massive space started out as a vaudeville theater about
one hundred years ago, before being converted into a movie
cinema and finally lying vacant for twenty years. Keating says
this was a gathering spot for generations.
Speaker 7 (05:03):
This building wasn't just a movie theater. It was a
place where people came. They just wanted to be here.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
They've raised close to eight hundred thousand dollars, more than
half of what they need to reopen thanks to the
efforts of the longtime current owners. There's actually not that
much work to do. Just as once they have the money,
the theater could reopen in four months.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Right away.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
As soon as we open the doors, we will already
have They're lining up groups that want to use the space.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
Kyle Schaffle to be busy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
After more than seventy years in business, furniture retailer Circle
Furniture has closed. The Globe reporting the company, based in Acton,
employed sixty five workers and operated eight stores and a
warehouse outlet in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The company informing
their employees is past Friday that stores were being closed
(05:51):
until further notice than On Tuesday, workers were informed that
they were being laid off. All right, if you're going
to dream, dream big. Tonight's Christmas Eve powerball drawing worth
one point seven billion rids.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Of winning the Big Powerball jackpod one in two hundred
and ninety two million, But people still playing.
Speaker 8 (06:09):
Once the lottery tops a billion dollars, people come out
of the woodwork to start buying those tickets.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Math professor Tim Chartier with Davidson College. So could we
improve the odds by buying more tickets like one hundred?
Speaker 8 (06:20):
Buying one hundred tickets is like having just one hundred
guesses to guess that one second in a nine year span,
so it's still not terribly likely.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
But even the math professor admits, in the end, it's
not about the odds, It's about the dream. Dave Packer
ADC needs.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
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 WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
All right, we're seeing snow flurries along the north shore
and some spots along the south shore as well. Hello,
and thanks for being with us in the city. It's
cloudy in thirty seven degrees at eleven o'clock on this Wednesday,
Christmas Eve. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. The Massachusetts
Department of Public Health is out with an alert for
(00:30):
residents about a potential exposure to measles. Here's wvz's Charlie bergeron.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
State health officials confirming an out of state adult visitor
who spent time in Boston and Westborough earlier this month
was diagnosed with measles and was present in a number
of locations. December eleventh, about two point forty the visitor
arrived at Logan on an American Airlines flight from Dallas
Fort Worth, Texas. The visitor stayed at the Double Tree
by Hilton Hotel in Westborough and then left the state
(00:58):
the following day, December twelfth, leaving Logan on a nine
to twenty pm flight on JetBlue to Las Vegas. The
Department of Public Health is working with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and local partners to identify and
notify those who may have been exposed to measles from
this individual. Measles very contagious. However, the risk to most
(01:18):
people in Massachusetts is low because the vaccination rate in
the state is high. Those who could have been exposed
and begin to develop symptoms of measles should call their
healthcare provider before visiting an office, clinic, or emergency department.
Charlie Burger on WBZ Boston's.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
News radio, the DOJ trying to tamp down a potential
problem after President Trump is mentioned by name in the
latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein file.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
The Department of Justice on the defense. After releasing more
of the Jeffrey Epstein files early Tuesday morning, DOJ officials
saying in a statement that some of the latest documents
in this batch contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against
President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before
the twenty two on the election. The DOJ did not
specify which documents is referring to, and.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
That's ABC's Rena Roy reporting among the files, a letter
supposedly sent from Epstein when he was in a Manhattan
jail to Larry Nasser, the former US women's gymnastics team
doctor now serving time for sexual abuse. Epstein writing that
President Trump shared a mutual interest in young girls, the
doj issuing a statement calling the letter fake now. The
(02:27):
latest files also show millions in donations by Epstein to
Harvard University. President Trump taking a victory lap after a
new report show the economy grew rapidly over the summer.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
President Trump is taking credit after a new report showed
the US economy beat expectations, growing at an annual rate
of four point three percent from July through September. But
polls show fifty seven percent of registered voters disapprove of
Trump's handling of the economy, and consumer confidence is at
the lowest it's been since the US ruled out tariffs
in April. Experts Warren, spending by wealthier Americans is offsetting
(03:01):
the reality of a four year high in unemployments.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
The fort A WBZ achu weather forecast windy and chilly today.
We'll see a mix of sun and clouds, but a
snow shower early this morning along the coast. We are
seeing that mainly on the north shore right now, a
couple spots getting eclipped, with some snow flurries on the
south shore, some rain and snow at times on the
cape in the Islands. Temperature steady or slowly falling today Tonight,
(03:27):
partly cloudy early, then the clouds really move in later.
Overnight low of twenty seven in Boston. For some of
those inland suburbs, it'll be as low as in the twenties,
all right, low twenties. Thursday, Christmas, we're going to see
clouds breaking for some sunshine, fairly mild. It will be breezy,
but high's near forty. Friday quite the turnaround, sun followed
(03:50):
by clouds and we'll only reach a high of twenty four.
Then Friday night into Saturday, it's looking like snow returning.
We could see the potential for one to three inches
of accumulation, so we'll be watching that of course. Right
now again we are seeing some snow flurries in far
western Mass and again Lynn Salem, Danvers. Let's see Gloucester,
(04:13):
Ipswich the north shore getting clipped, as well as along
the coast in New Hampshire, and then a couple spots
of snow flurries on the south Shore. It's eleven oh five.
Back to news. A popular theater in Addleborough is post
poised for comeback. That is wbc' s Hyles Shaffel has
(04:34):
that for us.
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Sitting next to a train station at a barbecue spot,
the Union Theater in Addleborough is lying in wait for
its curtain call.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
I've lived here for twenty three years now and it's
been a mystery. Everybody drives by this building. They don't
know what's in it.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
Jennifer Keating runs Illuminate Arts, the organization spearheading the revival campaign.
The massive space started out as a vaudeville theater about
one hundred years ago, before being converted into a movie
cinema and finally lying vacant for twenty years. Keating says
this was a gathering spot for generations.
Speaker 7 (05:03):
This building wasn't just a movie theater. It was a
place where people came. They just wanted to be here.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
They've raised close to eight hundred thousand dollars, more than
half of what they need to reopen thanks to the
efforts of the longtime current owners. There's actually not that
much work to do. Just as once they have the money,
the theater could reopen in four months.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Right away.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
As soon as we open the doors, we will already
have They're lining up groups that want to use the space.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
Kyle Schaffle to be busy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
After more than seventy years in business, furniture retailer Circle
Furniture has closed. The Globe reporting the company, based in Acton,
employed sixty five workers and operated eight stores and a
warehouse outlet in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The company informing
their employees is past Friday that stores were being closed
(05:51):
until further notice than On Tuesday, workers were informed that
they were being laid off. All right, if you're going
to dream, dream big. Tonight's Christmas Eve powerball drawing worth
one point seven billion rids.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Of winning the Big Powerball jackpod one in two hundred
and ninety two million, But people still playing.
Speaker 8 (06:09):
Once the lottery tops a billion dollars, people come out
of the woodwork to start buying those tickets.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Math professor Tim Chartier with Davidson College. So could we
improve the odds by buying more tickets like one hundred?
Speaker 8 (06:20):
Buying one hundred tickets is like having just one hundred
guesses to guess that one second in a nine year span,
so it's still not terribly likely.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
But even the math professor admits, in the end, it's
not about the odds, It's about the dream. Dave Packer
ADC needs.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
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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