December 26, 2025 • 6 mins
President Trump announces military strikes in Nigeria, the mad dash to the mall to return unwanted items and a Christmas tradition continues in Brookline. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thirteen degrees. We've got clear skies in Boston. It is
six o'clock here on this Friday after Christmas, December twenty sixth,
twenty twenty five. This hour of news brought to you
by You're New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel
drive headquarters. I'm Jim McKay. Thanks for joining us, and
here's what's happening. Yeah, you're gonna want to grab that
(00:33):
winter jacket out there this morning. In fact, grab the gloves,
the hat and everything to keep yourself warm. Very cold.
Star to the post holiday weekend Russian. Although it's a
holiday week, we've still got a celebratory day of the
week on our hands. Oh yeah, baby, it's Friday, and
(00:55):
we're expecting a little light snow heading our way tonight
into sat morning. For a Greater Boston. Best chance of
a few inches is going to be south of Town,
New York City and western Connecticut expecting forty eight inches
potentially some spots even more. It's going to largely miss us,
but we could get around around the dusting maybe an
(01:17):
inch or two. In Greater Boston. We continue now at
six oh one, making sure you have those receipts and
you're checking them twice. Shoppers flooding back into the stores
to find out who's been naughty and nice headed back.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
To them all right after you open some unwanted gifts,
comes with some good news.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Well, the day after the holidays the great time to
get those fifty percent off bargain.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Unfortunately it comes with bad news too.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
That's the great time to wait in line with all
the other crazy people.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
You ought to know. That is consumer advocate Edgar Dwarski,
who says returner beware.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Retailers generally have tightened policies around electronic goods, for example.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
But many retailers are good about taking back their stuff.
Better if you follow this rule, don't.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Break the factory seal on the product, Christine condition, and
then hopefully you'll have many happy returns.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
And go get them. Jeff Brown WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
And it's now six to oh two. President Trump announcing
a deadly US strike against Islamic state forces in Nigeria
on social media, the President calling them terrorists scum, accusing
them of targeting primarily innocent Christians.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
US Africa, Command revealed it conducted strikes in Sikoto State,
killing what it called multiple Islamic State terrorists its head.
The attack was launched in coordination with the Nigerian authorities.
The strikes follow a pledge by President Trump last month
to send troops guns are blazing, as he put it,
if Christians continued to be killed. The Nigerian government says
(02:46):
that no religion is being explicitly targeted, and monitoring groups
say Christians and Muslims are being killed in roughly equal numbers.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
And that is BBC correspondent David Waddell. When it comes
to Ukraine and Russia, still no peace deal.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
President Zelensky says he spoke with President Trump's envoys, Steve
Whitcoff and the president's son in law Jared Kushner about
ending what he called the brutal Russian war. Posting on
social media, as Lensky thanked the envoys for what he
called their constructive approach, the intensive work, and the kind words. Earlier,
he referenced a willingness to withdraw troops from the country's
(03:22):
eastern Denesque region. If Russia did the same, that area
could possibly become a demilitarized zone. Monitored by international forces.
Lindy Kenyon, CBS News Washington.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, we're hovering around zero at the moment in terms
of our real fields in Greater Boston, and we are
at fourteen degrees. We're in the mid twenties by this afternoon.
We do have some snow that's going to be headed
our way tonight. It's not going to be doing all
that much here in Greater Boston. The best chance of
getting a few inches is going to be south of town.
Close we get towards the South Coast Cape and the Islands,
(03:56):
and then off towards Rhode Island. It's Connecticut certainly higher
amount as well as Western Mass. New York City four
to eight inches they're expecting overnight, possibly even more in
some spots. So certainly going to hit New York City
with a direct bullseye in terms of this snow event,
it's just going to miss us here in Greater Boston.
But we're clear for Saturday, outside of that light snowfall
(04:18):
that we're going to get mid twenties, very cold, bit
warmer on Sunday with sunshine into the thirties. We're going
to see some rain showers.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
On Monday.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
We kick things off before the new year. Pretty warm
mid forties as we head into next week at the moment,
fourteen degrees feeling like zero in Boston at six oh five. Well,
many of us dug deep into our wallets for the
holiday season. Wbz's James Rojas is seeing how everyone's keeping
track of those budgets post Christmas. As he reports from.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Dewey Square, tariff's and inflation did a stop many people
from spending this year.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I didn't notice many tariff prices and anything really, Honestly,
it's all been a bunch of smoking mirrors.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Dominic from Medford may not have noticed higher prices, but
it is something others took into account when budgeting Christmas gifts.
Speaker 7 (05:01):
They planned ahead and I knew who I was going
to give gifts to, so that's exactly what I did.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
You can just like go easily exceed your budget, like overbuying,
like stuff that.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
May be never been used.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Is it really necessary?
Speaker 6 (05:17):
Is that person like could use this? And yeah, I'm
just like thinking all this stuff. MasterCard says folks spend
nearly four percent more during this year's holiday shopping period
compared to last In Dewey Square, James Rojas WBZ Boston
Snooze Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And for some who don't sell lebrate Christmas, there's another
tradition at play that keeps one restaurant live and well.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
Each year.
Speaker 7 (05:42):
At the Kosher Walk in Brookline, it's a revolving door
of takeout orders on Christmas Day, and this year it's
no different. He's a very crazy easy we knew, owns
the place and tells me busy is good for business,
of course, but in years past it's gotten so busy
on Christmas Day that he had to make some changes.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
So that's why year I Gi Sai Katan the dining
and Deniberi.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
You can only dine in during certain hours because at
dinner time the orders start piling up and the people
looking for tables is overwhelming. A reason for that is
the longtime tradition for Jewish people to eat Chinese food
on Christmas, and this place has the only kosher Chinese
food around. Dolly and her family drove here from Newton.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Well it's like fifteen minutes, but yeah, yes, every year, yeah,
and we came for lunch because it was so crowded
at dinner time.
Speaker 7 (06:27):
They come back year after year to enjoy a nice
kosher meal when most places are closed. In Brookline, I'm
a Friedman, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Jim McKay, WBZ Boston's News Radio,
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thirteen degrees. We've got clear skies in Boston. It is
six o'clock here on this Friday after Christmas, December twenty sixth,
twenty twenty five. This hour of news brought to you
by You're New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel
drive headquarters. I'm Jim McKay. Thanks for joining us, and
here's what's happening. Yeah, you're gonna want to grab that
(00:33):
winter jacket out there this morning. In fact, grab the gloves,
the hat and everything to keep yourself warm. Very cold.
Star to the post holiday weekend Russian. Although it's a
holiday week, we've still got a celebratory day of the
week on our hands. Oh yeah, baby, it's Friday, and
(00:55):
we're expecting a little light snow heading our way tonight
into sat morning. For a Greater Boston. Best chance of
a few inches is going to be south of Town,
New York City and western Connecticut expecting forty eight inches
potentially some spots even more. It's going to largely miss us,
but we could get around around the dusting maybe an
(01:17):
inch or two. In Greater Boston. We continue now at
six oh one, making sure you have those receipts and
you're checking them twice. Shoppers flooding back into the stores
to find out who's been naughty and nice headed back.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
To them all right after you open some unwanted gifts,
comes with some good news.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Well, the day after the holidays the great time to
get those fifty percent off bargain.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Unfortunately it comes with bad news too.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
That's the great time to wait in line with all
the other crazy people.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
You ought to know. That is consumer advocate Edgar Dwarski,
who says returner beware.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Retailers generally have tightened policies around electronic goods, for example.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
But many retailers are good about taking back their stuff.
Better if you follow this rule, don't.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Break the factory seal on the product, Christine condition, and
then hopefully you'll have many happy returns.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
And go get them. Jeff Brown WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
And it's now six to oh two. President Trump announcing
a deadly US strike against Islamic state forces in Nigeria
on social media, the President calling them terrorists scum, accusing
them of targeting primarily innocent Christians.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
US Africa, Command revealed it conducted strikes in Sikoto State,
killing what it called multiple Islamic State terrorists its head.
The attack was launched in coordination with the Nigerian authorities.
The strikes follow a pledge by President Trump last month
to send troops guns are blazing, as he put it,
if Christians continued to be killed. The Nigerian government says
(02:46):
that no religion is being explicitly targeted, and monitoring groups
say Christians and Muslims are being killed in roughly equal numbers.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
And that is BBC correspondent David Waddell. When it comes
to Ukraine and Russia, still no peace deal.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
President Zelensky says he spoke with President Trump's envoys, Steve
Whitcoff and the president's son in law Jared Kushner about
ending what he called the brutal Russian war. Posting on
social media, as Lensky thanked the envoys for what he
called their constructive approach, the intensive work, and the kind words. Earlier,
he referenced a willingness to withdraw troops from the country's
(03:22):
eastern Denesque region. If Russia did the same, that area
could possibly become a demilitarized zone. Monitored by international forces.
Lindy Kenyon, CBS News Washington.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, we're hovering around zero at the moment in terms
of our real fields in Greater Boston, and we are
at fourteen degrees. We're in the mid twenties by this afternoon.
We do have some snow that's going to be headed
our way tonight. It's not going to be doing all
that much here in Greater Boston. The best chance of
getting a few inches is going to be south of town.
Close we get towards the South Coast Cape and the Islands,
(03:56):
and then off towards Rhode Island. It's Connecticut certainly higher
amount as well as Western Mass. New York City four
to eight inches they're expecting overnight, possibly even more in
some spots. So certainly going to hit New York City
with a direct bullseye in terms of this snow event,
it's just going to miss us here in Greater Boston.
But we're clear for Saturday, outside of that light snowfall
(04:18):
that we're going to get mid twenties, very cold, bit
warmer on Sunday with sunshine into the thirties. We're going
to see some rain showers.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
On Monday.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
We kick things off before the new year. Pretty warm
mid forties as we head into next week at the moment,
fourteen degrees feeling like zero in Boston at six oh five. Well,
many of us dug deep into our wallets for the
holiday season. Wbz's James Rojas is seeing how everyone's keeping
track of those budgets post Christmas. As he reports from.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Dewey Square, tariff's and inflation did a stop many people
from spending this year.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I didn't notice many tariff prices and anything really, Honestly,
it's all been a bunch of smoking mirrors.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Dominic from Medford may not have noticed higher prices, but
it is something others took into account when budgeting Christmas gifts.
Speaker 7 (05:01):
They planned ahead and I knew who I was going
to give gifts to, so that's exactly what I did.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
You can just like go easily exceed your budget, like overbuying,
like stuff that.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
May be never been used.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Is it really necessary?
Speaker 6 (05:17):
Is that person like could use this? And yeah, I'm
just like thinking all this stuff. MasterCard says folks spend
nearly four percent more during this year's holiday shopping period
compared to last In Dewey Square, James Rojas WBZ Boston
Snooze Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And for some who don't sell lebrate Christmas, there's another
tradition at play that keeps one restaurant live and well.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
Each year.
Speaker 7 (05:42):
At the Kosher Walk in Brookline, it's a revolving door
of takeout orders on Christmas Day, and this year it's
no different. He's a very crazy easy we knew, owns
the place and tells me busy is good for business,
of course, but in years past it's gotten so busy
on Christmas Day that he had to make some changes.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
So that's why year I Gi Sai Katan the dining
and Deniberi.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
You can only dine in during certain hours because at
dinner time the orders start piling up and the people
looking for tables is overwhelming. A reason for that is
the longtime tradition for Jewish people to eat Chinese food
on Christmas, and this place has the only kosher Chinese
food around. Dolly and her family drove here from Newton.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Well it's like fifteen minutes, but yeah, yes, every year, yeah,
and we came for lunch because it was so crowded
at dinner time.
Speaker 7 (06:27):
They come back year after year to enjoy a nice
kosher meal when most places are closed. In Brookline, I'm
a Friedman, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Jim McKay, WBZ Boston's News Radio,
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