August 29, 2025 • 7 mins
Talks resume between Republic services and striking waste collectors, several cast members are let go at SNL, Karen Read gives first interview since being acquitted of murder charges. 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. Hello Friday,
you know what to do. Bring it in here, little fellow.
Let's hug it out. It is six o'clock on this
Friday morning in Boston and we're waking up under mixed
conditions this morning. We've got mostly cloudy skies here in
(00:23):
the city. For now, it is sixty four degrees. The
News at six brought to us by your New England
Toyota Dealer, your Hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for
being with us today. I'm Jeff Brown as Boston. It's
gonna pump the brakes.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Changeable skies today in a bit more humid than it
has been. A couple of showers in a thunderstorm will
cross area.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That is WBZ ACU weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. It is
gonna be a beautiful holiday weekend once this rain moves through,
a possible icebreaker at the bargaining table, talks resume between
Trash Haller Republic Services and some four hundred striking members
from the Teamsters Union. The work stoppage is now in
its ninth week in more than a dozen cities and
(01:01):
towns throughout Greater Boston, and it's ben zipped lips for
weeks between the two sides. The Boston Business Journal reports
Republic hopes it and the union can see eye to
eye and make some progress. Now workers want ultimately better
pay and better benefits. Red Sox bring the brooms home
from Baltimore. They open a weekend series with the Pirates
(01:23):
at Fenway Park. Tonight, Former Sox star Kyle Schwarber becomes
the twenty first player in Major League Baseball history to
hit four home runs in one game. He does it
for the Philadelphia Phillies, and rough play at the US
Open tennis tournament leads to a tense showdown on the courts.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
American Taylor Townsend clipping the top of the net, then
going on to clinch a win against Yolena Ostapenko of Latvia.
Ostapenko telling Townshend to apologize for skimming the net according
to tennis etiquette. After the match, Townshend describing it this way.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
People get upset when they lose, and you can some
people say bad things. She told me, I have no class,
I have no education.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Lostapenko says she's been accused of racism, responding on social media,
I was never racist in my life and I respect
all nations of people in the.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
World and his ABC's mac rivers. The US Open continues
play today Townsend. By the Way, We'll enter the third
round in a match tonight. Big weekend in college football,
as ESPN sends College Game Day analyst Lee Corso off
into the sunset with his final appearance between number one
Texas and number two the Ohio State University. Corso is
(02:30):
ninety and says it's time to retire as he's noticed
a little bit of slip in his performance recently. He's
been a fixture on College Game Day for almost forty years. Tomorrow,
Boston College hosts Fordham, and Monday, Bill Belichick makes his
college football head coaching debut as his North Carolina tar
Heels take on the TCU Horned Frogs in Chapel Hill. Eggs.
(02:52):
It's once for breakfast, but you may want to look
twice before breaking any yolks. The salmonella scare in your
fridge has made close to one hundred people sick and
sent dozens to the hospital in fourteen states, mainly happening
out west. The closest scotten to New England is New
York State. Shake up at SNL Live.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Saturday.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Several cast members are out with about a month to
go till the season fifty one premiere producer Lorne Michaels
delivers on long running promises to reinvent the show. He's
done this before to varying degrees of success. Cast member
Devin Walker delivers the farewell message Me and Baby Broke Up,
says the show was sometimes toxic as hell. Saturday Night
(03:37):
Live debuts on October fourth on NBC. Certainly going to
be a changeable day today as far as the weather
is concerned. We may start with some sunshine this morning,
although it's mostly cloudy at the moment, sixty four degrees
here in Boston. We're going to see a good chance
of some rain and maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon, and
they'll pack a punch with some gusty winds as well.
(03:58):
This is part of a front that is going to
deliver some good things to us over the holiday weekend.
You'll notice the humidity levels will be on the rise today.
Temperatures will ultimately make it to the load of mid seventies,
and keep in mind, we do need every drop of
rain we can get. Overnight, starting to clear out loads
in the fifties in many areas, so it might be
cool and comfortable for sleeping. And this weekend is absolutely spectacular,
(04:18):
plenty of sunshine. It begins tomorrow, it continues on Sunday
and extends into Monday as well. Daytime highs will be
routinely in the seventies Right now sixty four, mostly cloudy
in Boston at six oh five on this Friday morning.
In her first interview since being acquitted on murder charges,
Karen Reid let's loose on Our Sisters Station read.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Sat down on the Howie car Show on WRKO radio
along with attorney Alan Jackson.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
You realize when you have to sacrifice to make something happen,
to fight for your life, you pull every lever you can.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
She says she's lost everything in the case they believe
was a frame job. Reid is facing a wrongful death
lawsuits as the family of Boston officer John O'Keefe looks
to hold her accountable.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Very obviously the jury has spoken.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Jackson says they may file a civil suit of their
own against local authorities. Both Jackson and Reid also don't
sound too happy about the newly reported series in the
works starring Elizabeth Banks, saying this is the first they've
heard of it too. Madison Rogers w b Z, Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
The White House tariff policy starts hitting where it hurts Today,
small product products those worth less than eight hundred dollars
are no longer exempt from US import taxes, which will
make shopping online harder and more expensive to do. More
expensive due to the increases, and harder because a lot
of foreign countries are banning shipments to the United States
(05:38):
due to the rising costs. Mexico among the latest who
protests the Deminimus rule. Several European companies have already announced
a pause and shipments as well, which could pose additional
problems for holiday shopping season. Fallout continues to pick up
speed at the CDC. Right after the termination of Susan
Monarrez just two weeks into the job, Health Secretary Robert F.
(06:00):
Kennedy Junior says it's time to move on and appoints
his number two at Health and Human Services, Jim O'Neill,
to take over on an interim basis. O'Neil, a one
time investment banker, previously worked in the George W. Bush administration,
but has zero medical experience. The firing of Monares is
followed by the resignation of four top executives who say
(06:21):
they can no longer work for an agency whose own
work is becoming a political weapon. Survey says President Trump's
approval rating hits a new low. The latest pull from
Quinnipiac University shows thirty seven percent approve of his job performance.
More than half do not, some say they can't decide.
It's the lowest rating for the president since bottoming out
in January of twenty twenty one during his first term.
(06:44):
An educational stroll through Boston after dark. It sounds like
it might be exciting, but it could also be maybe
a little bit dangerous.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Maybe sure, spooky.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Spooky there's the word I'm looking for. WBCs Drew moholland
with detail else.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Good morning, Good morning, Jeffy. It's kind of like a
post Labor Day staple now right. The Freedom Trail Lantern
Turns returns next weekend a chance to experience the history
and mystery of the city and the lead up to Halloween.
The ninety minute toural walking through the locations, including the
site of the Boston Massacre and the King's Chapel burial
grounds does sound interesting. Freedom trail lantern turns, Let's go.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It does sound something that any historic history history buff
nailed it. You know what, the alarm never went off
for me this morning.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Might I be the first to wish you a happy
Labor Day?
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Rehear, oh man, I can't get here fast enough. We're
still going strong. You are now in the loop. For
news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ News Radio
on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Hello Friday,
you know what to do. Bring it in here, little fellow.
Let's hug it out. It is six o'clock on this
Friday morning in Boston and we're waking up under mixed
conditions this morning. We've got mostly cloudy skies here in
(00:23):
the city. For now, it is sixty four degrees. The
News at six brought to us by your New England
Toyota Dealer, your Hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for
being with us today. I'm Jeff Brown as Boston. It's
gonna pump the brakes.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Changeable skies today in a bit more humid than it
has been. A couple of showers in a thunderstorm will
cross area.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That is WBZ ACU weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. It is
gonna be a beautiful holiday weekend once this rain moves through,
a possible icebreaker at the bargaining table, talks resume between
Trash Haller Republic Services and some four hundred striking members
from the Teamsters Union. The work stoppage is now in
its ninth week in more than a dozen cities and
(01:01):
towns throughout Greater Boston, and it's ben zipped lips for
weeks between the two sides. The Boston Business Journal reports
Republic hopes it and the union can see eye to
eye and make some progress. Now workers want ultimately better
pay and better benefits. Red Sox bring the brooms home
from Baltimore. They open a weekend series with the Pirates
(01:23):
at Fenway Park. Tonight, Former Sox star Kyle Schwarber becomes
the twenty first player in Major League Baseball history to
hit four home runs in one game. He does it
for the Philadelphia Phillies, and rough play at the US
Open tennis tournament leads to a tense showdown on the courts.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
American Taylor Townsend clipping the top of the net, then
going on to clinch a win against Yolena Ostapenko of Latvia.
Ostapenko telling Townshend to apologize for skimming the net according
to tennis etiquette. After the match, Townshend describing it this way.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
People get upset when they lose, and you can some
people say bad things. She told me, I have no class,
I have no education.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Lostapenko says she's been accused of racism, responding on social media,
I was never racist in my life and I respect
all nations of people in the.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
World and his ABC's mac rivers. The US Open continues
play today Townsend. By the Way, We'll enter the third
round in a match tonight. Big weekend in college football,
as ESPN sends College Game Day analyst Lee Corso off
into the sunset with his final appearance between number one
Texas and number two the Ohio State University. Corso is
(02:30):
ninety and says it's time to retire as he's noticed
a little bit of slip in his performance recently. He's
been a fixture on College Game Day for almost forty years. Tomorrow,
Boston College hosts Fordham, and Monday, Bill Belichick makes his
college football head coaching debut as his North Carolina tar
Heels take on the TCU Horned Frogs in Chapel Hill. Eggs.
(02:52):
It's once for breakfast, but you may want to look
twice before breaking any yolks. The salmonella scare in your
fridge has made close to one hundred people sick and
sent dozens to the hospital in fourteen states, mainly happening
out west. The closest scotten to New England is New
York State. Shake up at SNL Live.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Saturday.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Several cast members are out with about a month to
go till the season fifty one premiere producer Lorne Michaels
delivers on long running promises to reinvent the show. He's
done this before to varying degrees of success. Cast member
Devin Walker delivers the farewell message Me and Baby Broke Up,
says the show was sometimes toxic as hell. Saturday Night
(03:37):
Live debuts on October fourth on NBC. Certainly going to
be a changeable day today as far as the weather
is concerned. We may start with some sunshine this morning,
although it's mostly cloudy at the moment, sixty four degrees
here in Boston. We're going to see a good chance
of some rain and maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon, and
they'll pack a punch with some gusty winds as well.
(03:58):
This is part of a front that is going to
deliver some good things to us over the holiday weekend.
You'll notice the humidity levels will be on the rise today.
Temperatures will ultimately make it to the load of mid seventies,
and keep in mind, we do need every drop of
rain we can get. Overnight, starting to clear out loads
in the fifties in many areas, so it might be
cool and comfortable for sleeping. And this weekend is absolutely spectacular,
(04:18):
plenty of sunshine. It begins tomorrow, it continues on Sunday
and extends into Monday as well. Daytime highs will be
routinely in the seventies Right now sixty four, mostly cloudy
in Boston at six oh five on this Friday morning.
In her first interview since being acquitted on murder charges,
Karen Reid let's loose on Our Sisters Station read.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Sat down on the Howie car Show on WRKO radio
along with attorney Alan Jackson.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
You realize when you have to sacrifice to make something happen,
to fight for your life, you pull every lever you can.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
She says she's lost everything in the case they believe
was a frame job. Reid is facing a wrongful death
lawsuits as the family of Boston officer John O'Keefe looks
to hold her accountable.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Very obviously the jury has spoken.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Jackson says they may file a civil suit of their
own against local authorities. Both Jackson and Reid also don't
sound too happy about the newly reported series in the
works starring Elizabeth Banks, saying this is the first they've
heard of it too. Madison Rogers w b Z, Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
The White House tariff policy starts hitting where it hurts Today,
small product products those worth less than eight hundred dollars
are no longer exempt from US import taxes, which will
make shopping online harder and more expensive to do. More
expensive due to the increases, and harder because a lot
of foreign countries are banning shipments to the United States
(05:38):
due to the rising costs. Mexico among the latest who
protests the Deminimus rule. Several European companies have already announced
a pause and shipments as well, which could pose additional
problems for holiday shopping season. Fallout continues to pick up
speed at the CDC. Right after the termination of Susan
Monarrez just two weeks into the job, Health Secretary Robert F.
(06:00):
Kennedy Junior says it's time to move on and appoints
his number two at Health and Human Services, Jim O'Neill,
to take over on an interim basis. O'Neil, a one
time investment banker, previously worked in the George W. Bush administration,
but has zero medical experience. The firing of Monares is
followed by the resignation of four top executives who say
(06:21):
they can no longer work for an agency whose own
work is becoming a political weapon. Survey says President Trump's
approval rating hits a new low. The latest pull from
Quinnipiac University shows thirty seven percent approve of his job performance.
More than half do not, some say they can't decide.
It's the lowest rating for the president since bottoming out
in January of twenty twenty one during his first term.
(06:44):
An educational stroll through Boston after dark. It sounds like
it might be exciting, but it could also be maybe
a little bit dangerous.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Maybe sure, spooky.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Spooky there's the word I'm looking for. WBCs Drew moholland
with detail else.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Good morning, Good morning, Jeffy. It's kind of like a
post Labor Day staple now right. The Freedom Trail Lantern
Turns returns next weekend a chance to experience the history
and mystery of the city and the lead up to Halloween.
The ninety minute toural walking through the locations, including the
site of the Boston Massacre and the King's Chapel burial
grounds does sound interesting. Freedom trail lantern turns, Let's go.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It does sound something that any historic history history buff
nailed it. You know what, the alarm never went off
for me this morning.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Might I be the first to wish you a happy
Labor Day?
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Rehear, oh man, I can't get here fast enough. We're
still going strong. You are now in the loop. For
news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ News Radio
on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
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