December 19, 2025 • 6 mins
The manhunt is over for the shooter of the MIT professor in Brookline, DOJ set to release entirety of Epstein files, and the White House moves to ban transgender health care for minors. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Hello Friday, It's about time, I might add, Good morning
at six o'clock on this Friday morning in Boston. And yes,
it's raining, the wind is picking up, and we've got
about one hundred delays and cancelations already at Logan Airport
(00:23):
and what is promising to be the busiest travel weekend
of the holiday season. Thank you for being with us
fifty degrees by the way, this morning in Boston. Thanks
for being with us at six o'clock. The news is
brought to us by your New England Toyota dealer, your
hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown, and here's
what's happening. A multi state manhunt is now over.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Law enforcement collectively believe that we identified the person and
that person is dead and that he was the person
responsible not only for the Brown shootings, but for the
Brookline shooting.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
That is, US Attorney Leah Foley says. The suspect, Claudio
ne Nevis Valente, found dead from a self and lick
did gunshot wound in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire,
and is now linked to two deadly attacks this week
and this morning, people from Providence, Rhode Island, to Brookline
to southern New Hampshire are breathing a lot easier. Wbz's
(01:13):
James Rojas is live in Brookline this morning where violence
met an MIT professor.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Good morning, James, Good morning, Jeffy. Investigator say, the person
who killed and injured two, killed two and injured nine
at Brown University on Saturday is the same person who
fatally shot MIT professor Nuna Lorero on Monday here in Brookline.
A motive still a mystery, but we have learned that
Lorero and the gunmen both attended the same academic program
(01:39):
in Portugal between ninety five and two thousand that are
also from that same country. Last night, the multi state
and federal manhunt led them to that storage facility in Salem,
New Hampshire, where the gun miss lifeless body was found.
This morning, a makeshift memorial sits on the steps of
the apartment building where the professor was gunned down. Reporting
live in Brookline, James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
James, Thank you. Law enforcement says forty eight year old
Claudia Nives Valente not only knew his victim at mit
but had attended Brown University as a student and was
familiar with the building where that violence took place in
the US legally on a green card. President Trump immediately
moves to suspend that lottery program following the break. In
this case, Homeland Secretary Security Secretary Christy Nomes says, nevis
(02:26):
Valente should never have been allowed in this country in
the first place, and the program that routinely grants access
to some fifty thousand visa holders every year is now
on hold. And today's the day that federal law says
the Justice Department must release its entire collection in the
Jeffrey Epstein files. Hours before, though, Democrats beat them to
the punch.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Images of Jeffrey Epstein with either women or young women
or girls with their faces redacted here with some well
known people. Yeah, you saw the philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky.
We see Bill Gates and what he allen in these images.
None of its show any rugdoing, nor is any rugdoing
ascribed to the other people. But it does reinforce the
(03:06):
powerful circles in which Effy Epstein operated for many years.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
The CBS News Scott MacFarlane, it is not clear what
specifically will be released today or if anything new will
come out of it. So we are getting off to
a shaky start on the roadways this morning, and that
is also going to include an inclement day today at
the airport as well. Already at Logan we're seeing more
than one hundred flights affected due to this inclement weather
(03:30):
and we're just getting the first slug of it now
through Boston with some rain, especially heavier and steadier on
the South Shore this morning. There will be a break
in the action, but the main event seems to be
moving through western Massachusetts right now, and this looks like
it's going to be delivering some heavy rain from time
to time some high winds as well. In fact, we
could see gusts in excess of fifty miles an hour
(03:51):
later today. Despite all that, temperatures will be right around
sixty degrees today. That's a little unusual as we all
know this time of year, and especially this December as well,
where it's been below average temperatures almost every day. So
aside from the rain and the high winds today, we're
going to move forward through this overnight tonight. As this
(04:11):
system moves out, the temperature is going to drop substantially. Tomorrow,
it's going to be at least twenty degrees cooler, in
the upper thirties to low forties. Few showers will linger
to start the day, and maybe some breaks of sunshine
later on Sunday, which by the way, is the winter solstice.
Right around ten thirty in the morning, clouds will break
for some sunshine. It will be above average temperatures with
highs around fifty to wrap up the weekend. Right now
(04:34):
in Boston it is fifty degrees. Little bit of rain
here in the city this morning at six oh six.
Following a vote in Congress this week, the White House
now moves to ban transgender healthcare for minors coast to coast.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Sweeping restrictions now proposed by health officials in Washington would
cut off Medicaid and Medicare funds for hospitals that provide
gender affirming care to patients under eighteen. Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior says it's malpractice, not medicine massachuse. Since Attorney
General Andrea Campbell says the care saves lives, she's stressing
the transgender healthcare is still legal and protected in the
(05:07):
Commonwealth and that patient's rights and health insurance responsibilities under
Medicare are unchanged. The proposals are not final. There's a
lengthy approval process ahead and legal challenges likely. We have
already seen more than one local clinics stop offering gender
affirming care to children under federal pressure. Leading medical associations
continue to back careful guidelines already in place. Madison Rogers
(05:29):
w b Z, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
It has been said one is the loneliest number, but
if a local nonprofit has its way, you'll find Zach
math is wrong.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
Boys are really lonely. They're reporting having less and less
friends every year.
Speaker 7 (05:43):
Terry McCarron is chief program officer at Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts, which matches up kids to an
adult role model to spend quality time with everything from
shooting hoops to grabbing a local slice of pizza.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
What's happening while a mentor and a mentee interact is there.
There's a real role modeling that's going on. There some authenticity.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
Across the nation, though the nonprofit says there's been a
sharp uptick and loneliness among boys and young men. One
in seven across America say they don't have a single
close friend. What's the root cause?
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Young people are consuming a lot of content and examples
about manhood or about adulthood online that's fabricated and oftentimes
a fantasy that's not true.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
Nearly three times as many boys as girls are currently
on the mentor waiting list. The nonprofit offers programs to
kids adults, regardless of gender. G Will ed WVZ, Boston's
news Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
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. We defining local news.
Hello Friday, It's about time, I might add, Good morning
at six o'clock on this Friday morning in Boston. And yes,
it's raining, the wind is picking up, and we've got
about one hundred delays and cancelations already at Logan Airport
(00:23):
and what is promising to be the busiest travel weekend
of the holiday season. Thank you for being with us
fifty degrees by the way, this morning in Boston. Thanks
for being with us at six o'clock. The news is
brought to us by your New England Toyota dealer, your
hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown, and here's
what's happening. A multi state manhunt is now over.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Law enforcement collectively believe that we identified the person and
that person is dead and that he was the person
responsible not only for the Brown shootings, but for the
Brookline shooting.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
That is, US Attorney Leah Foley says. The suspect, Claudio
ne Nevis Valente, found dead from a self and lick
did gunshot wound in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire,
and is now linked to two deadly attacks this week
and this morning, people from Providence, Rhode Island, to Brookline
to southern New Hampshire are breathing a lot easier. Wbz's
(01:13):
James Rojas is live in Brookline this morning where violence
met an MIT professor.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Good morning, James, Good morning, Jeffy. Investigator say, the person
who killed and injured two, killed two and injured nine
at Brown University on Saturday is the same person who
fatally shot MIT professor Nuna Lorero on Monday here in Brookline.
A motive still a mystery, but we have learned that
Lorero and the gunmen both attended the same academic program
(01:39):
in Portugal between ninety five and two thousand that are
also from that same country. Last night, the multi state
and federal manhunt led them to that storage facility in Salem,
New Hampshire, where the gun miss lifeless body was found.
This morning, a makeshift memorial sits on the steps of
the apartment building where the professor was gunned down. Reporting
live in Brookline, James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
James, Thank you. Law enforcement says forty eight year old
Claudia Nives Valente not only knew his victim at mit
but had attended Brown University as a student and was
familiar with the building where that violence took place in
the US legally on a green card. President Trump immediately
moves to suspend that lottery program following the break. In
this case, Homeland Secretary Security Secretary Christy Nomes says, nevis
(02:26):
Valente should never have been allowed in this country in
the first place, and the program that routinely grants access
to some fifty thousand visa holders every year is now
on hold. And today's the day that federal law says
the Justice Department must release its entire collection in the
Jeffrey Epstein files. Hours before, though, Democrats beat them to
the punch.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Images of Jeffrey Epstein with either women or young women
or girls with their faces redacted here with some well
known people. Yeah, you saw the philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky.
We see Bill Gates and what he allen in these images.
None of its show any rugdoing, nor is any rugdoing
ascribed to the other people. But it does reinforce the
(03:06):
powerful circles in which Effy Epstein operated for many years.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
The CBS News Scott MacFarlane, it is not clear what
specifically will be released today or if anything new will
come out of it. So we are getting off to
a shaky start on the roadways this morning, and that
is also going to include an inclement day today at
the airport as well. Already at Logan we're seeing more
than one hundred flights affected due to this inclement weather
(03:30):
and we're just getting the first slug of it now
through Boston with some rain, especially heavier and steadier on
the South Shore this morning. There will be a break
in the action, but the main event seems to be
moving through western Massachusetts right now, and this looks like
it's going to be delivering some heavy rain from time
to time some high winds as well. In fact, we
could see gusts in excess of fifty miles an hour
(03:51):
later today. Despite all that, temperatures will be right around
sixty degrees today. That's a little unusual as we all
know this time of year, and especially this December as well,
where it's been below average temperatures almost every day. So
aside from the rain and the high winds today, we're
going to move forward through this overnight tonight. As this
(04:11):
system moves out, the temperature is going to drop substantially. Tomorrow,
it's going to be at least twenty degrees cooler, in
the upper thirties to low forties. Few showers will linger
to start the day, and maybe some breaks of sunshine
later on Sunday, which by the way, is the winter solstice.
Right around ten thirty in the morning, clouds will break
for some sunshine. It will be above average temperatures with
highs around fifty to wrap up the weekend. Right now
(04:34):
in Boston it is fifty degrees. Little bit of rain
here in the city this morning at six oh six.
Following a vote in Congress this week, the White House
now moves to ban transgender healthcare for minors coast to coast.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Sweeping restrictions now proposed by health officials in Washington would
cut off Medicaid and Medicare funds for hospitals that provide
gender affirming care to patients under eighteen. Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior says it's malpractice, not medicine massachuse. Since Attorney
General Andrea Campbell says the care saves lives, she's stressing
the transgender healthcare is still legal and protected in the
(05:07):
Commonwealth and that patient's rights and health insurance responsibilities under
Medicare are unchanged. The proposals are not final. There's a
lengthy approval process ahead and legal challenges likely. We have
already seen more than one local clinics stop offering gender
affirming care to children under federal pressure. Leading medical associations
continue to back careful guidelines already in place. Madison Rogers
(05:29):
w b Z, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
It has been said one is the loneliest number, but
if a local nonprofit has its way, you'll find Zach
math is wrong.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
Boys are really lonely. They're reporting having less and less
friends every year.
Speaker 7 (05:43):
Terry McCarron is chief program officer at Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts, which matches up kids to an
adult role model to spend quality time with everything from
shooting hoops to grabbing a local slice of pizza.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
What's happening while a mentor and a mentee interact is there.
There's a real role modeling that's going on. There some authenticity.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
Across the nation, though the nonprofit says there's been a
sharp uptick and loneliness among boys and young men. One
in seven across America say they don't have a single
close friend. What's the root cause?
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Young people are consuming a lot of content and examples
about manhood or about adulthood online that's fabricated and oftentimes
a fantasy that's not true.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
Nearly three times as many boys as girls are currently
on the mentor waiting list. The nonprofit offers programs to
kids adults, regardless of gender. G Will ed WVZ, Boston's
news Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
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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