September 20, 2025 • 7 mins
A trash strike in a number of cities and towns in the area is over. Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks out against the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Russian athletes must continue to compete as "Neutral" at next year's Winter Olympics. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Fifty six degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie bergeron Here's what's happening. A trash strike in
a number of cities and towns in the area is
finally over. The teamsters and republic Services and the joint
statements say the workers will be back on the job Monday.
CBS News Boston's Mike Sullivan says the news is a
(00:30):
major a leaf for many communities.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Imagine this day and night, good afternoon, public Works, how
can we help you? Bob Knox is tired of picking
up his phone. It's been an ongoing saga from Malden's
director of public Works.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Since you're like.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
First Bob and the public works, you know, I joked
around saying all I talk is trash workers for public
services have been on strike this whole time, impacting the
work cities and towns for months.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Malden even had trash backing up in the school district
of the challenge. And Knox's a thirty two year career,
he says.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
And this certainly is number one in my books. All
said and done, this we'll get the first chapter in
the longest chapter.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Governor more he Ly, along with Boston Mayor Michelle Will,
grateful to see the end of this strike. Republican Texas
Senator Ted Cruz speaking out against the indefinite suspension of
Jimmy Kimmel after Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commissions,
that action should be taken against the late night host,
CBS snows Chief White House correspondent Nancy Cortus, You've got
(01:31):
a lot.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Of Republicans in Congress saying, well, I regret the way
that Carr went about this, but didn't like what Jimmy
Kimmel had to say about supporters of Charlie Kirk. I
didn't like what he has said about President Trump for years.
And essentially it was Disney's decision at the end of
the day. Nobody forced them to pull Kimmel off the air,
(01:52):
so they made the case that it's still Disney in
control at the end of the day of Kimmel's fate.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Kimmel has been off the year Wednesday and is yet
to comment on the suspension. A panel that advises the
Centers for Disease Control did not make recommendations yesterday regarding
the COVID vaccine and is leaving the decision whether or
not to get a vaccine up to the individual. CBS
News medical contributed doctor Seline Gownder with more on this development.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
They agreed that for everybody six months in older, they
should have access to the COVID vaccine. It will not
be strongly recommended, so your provider may not recommend it
to you unless you have an underlying condition, but anybody
has access and this is through what's called shared decision making,
so basically a conversation with your healthcare provider.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Any members of the panel question the benefit of the vaccine,
but ultimately voted that most Americans still should have access.
Forty six million dollars in approximately two hundred research grants
from the National Institute of Health have been received by Harvard,
the Harvard Crimson reporting this is the first grant money
to get to the university since US District Judge Allison
(03:03):
Burrows struck down the Trump administration's suspension of federal research funding.
Judge Borrow's calling the research freeze unconstitutional. The White House
says they'll appeal the ruling, but to now, no appeal
has been filed. In Fiscal year twenty twenty four, the
National Institutes of Health gave Harvard four hundred and eighty
eight million dollars. Flet's check the four day wdbz ACU
(03:26):
weather forecast. De Troy Thornton tells us Today sunshine, low
humidity and cooler high sixty four to sixty eight, clear
fifties overnight Tonight in Boston, mid forties some of the
inland suburbs. Tomorrow it's still cool but nice though, suncloud's
high sixty six to seventy. Monday, sunshine sixty eight, and
then Tuesday a little bit warmer, clouds and sun, maybe
(03:49):
a thunderstorm, high to about eighty on Tuesday. Chile in
many of the suburbs, just forty five this morning in
Methuen in Westborough it is forty seven. Down in taunt
In forty six. A little better here in Boston fifty
six degrees at six five. So it's that time of
year again that so many look forward to. And no, no,
(04:12):
not apple picking. It's the Greek festival at the Annunciation
Greek Orthodox Church in Brockton.
Speaker 7 (04:21):
Thousands of people will be here this weekend, stuffing their
faces with delicious Greek food, bring a great day. It's
living msias, eating food happy. There's everything from pastizio, musaka
and spanakopita to all kinds of desserts, many of them
dripping with honey.
Speaker 8 (04:40):
We have Luku mavis, which are kind of like the
fried dough with the honey syrup, baclava, galecto burigo, we
have Milfe. We have Gatti Dapita, which is a walnut
cake organizer.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
Stefania loves the food and live music, but for her
it's the dancing.
Speaker 8 (04:56):
I just love sharing that. Putting the costumes on, you
put them again and they'll always see me.
Speaker 7 (05:01):
Dan thing in Brompton, Suzanne Slausville w GZ, Boston Snows Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
All right, it's only two months away and it's time
to start planning the family gathering for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
This year's Thanksgiving Outlook report is out from Butterball, and
it chose that planned holiday celebrations will be larger than ever,
nearly double pre pandemic levels.
Speaker 9 (05:22):
This year, they're.
Speaker 10 (05:23):
Expecting to have about nine people at that celebration.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Butterball Insights Director Dennis Trafor says concerns about inflation decrease
nearly fifty percent from last year.
Speaker 10 (05:33):
Only about twenty eight percent of consumers expected inflation to
cause them to celebrate differently this year.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Cost will be controlled in other ways.
Speaker 10 (05:42):
They might ask guests to bring a part of the meal,
or they might make some changes to the SIME dishes.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Stephan Kaufman CBS News.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Athletes from Russia must continue to compete as neutral at
next year's Winter Olympics.
Speaker 9 (05:56):
See International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Russia athletes will
compete as individual neutral athletes at next year's Milan Courtina
Winter Games. This decision follows the same approach used at
the Paris Games. Restrictions remain for Russian athletes in the
military or those supporting the invasion of Ukraine. The IOC
clarified that it has never discussed banning Israel from the Games.
(06:20):
The Milan Courtina Games will take place in northern Italy
from February sixth through twenty second. Security concerns are heightened
due to recent pro Palestinian protests. I'm geffen cool ball.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Red Sox got to win on the road last night.
That's coming up in sports in just a few minutes.
LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw pitching his final regular season
home game for the Dodgers last night, a day after
he announced his retirement, effective at the end of the season.
The thirty seven year old allowed just a couple runs,
pitching into the fifth in and get a big ovation
(06:52):
when his night was complete. His career resume includes three
Psy Young Awards, two World Series titles, Dodgers winners life
last night over San Francisco to clinch a Playoffs BOT
Finals six y three. You are now in the loop
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WDBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Charlie Berger on WVZ,
(07:14):
Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Fifty six degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie bergeron Here's what's happening. A trash strike in
a number of cities and towns in the area is
finally over. The teamsters and republic Services and the joint
statements say the workers will be back on the job Monday.
CBS News Boston's Mike Sullivan says the news is a
(00:30):
major a leaf for many communities.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Imagine this day and night, good afternoon, public Works, how
can we help you? Bob Knox is tired of picking
up his phone. It's been an ongoing saga from Malden's
director of public Works.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Since you're like.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
First Bob and the public works, you know, I joked
around saying all I talk is trash workers for public
services have been on strike this whole time, impacting the
work cities and towns for months.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Malden even had trash backing up in the school district
of the challenge. And Knox's a thirty two year career,
he says.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
And this certainly is number one in my books. All
said and done, this we'll get the first chapter in
the longest chapter.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Governor more he Ly, along with Boston Mayor Michelle Will,
grateful to see the end of this strike. Republican Texas
Senator Ted Cruz speaking out against the indefinite suspension of
Jimmy Kimmel after Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commissions,
that action should be taken against the late night host,
CBS snows Chief White House correspondent Nancy Cortus, You've got
(01:31):
a lot.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Of Republicans in Congress saying, well, I regret the way
that Carr went about this, but didn't like what Jimmy
Kimmel had to say about supporters of Charlie Kirk. I
didn't like what he has said about President Trump for years.
And essentially it was Disney's decision at the end of
the day. Nobody forced them to pull Kimmel off the air,
(01:52):
so they made the case that it's still Disney in
control at the end of the day of Kimmel's fate.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Kimmel has been off the year Wednesday and is yet
to comment on the suspension. A panel that advises the
Centers for Disease Control did not make recommendations yesterday regarding
the COVID vaccine and is leaving the decision whether or
not to get a vaccine up to the individual. CBS
News medical contributed doctor Seline Gownder with more on this development.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
They agreed that for everybody six months in older, they
should have access to the COVID vaccine. It will not
be strongly recommended, so your provider may not recommend it
to you unless you have an underlying condition, but anybody
has access and this is through what's called shared decision making,
so basically a conversation with your healthcare provider.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Any members of the panel question the benefit of the vaccine,
but ultimately voted that most Americans still should have access.
Forty six million dollars in approximately two hundred research grants
from the National Institute of Health have been received by Harvard,
the Harvard Crimson reporting this is the first grant money
to get to the university since US District Judge Allison
(03:03):
Burrows struck down the Trump administration's suspension of federal research funding.
Judge Borrow's calling the research freeze unconstitutional. The White House
says they'll appeal the ruling, but to now, no appeal
has been filed. In Fiscal year twenty twenty four, the
National Institutes of Health gave Harvard four hundred and eighty
eight million dollars. Flet's check the four day wdbz ACU
(03:26):
weather forecast. De Troy Thornton tells us Today sunshine, low
humidity and cooler high sixty four to sixty eight, clear
fifties overnight Tonight in Boston, mid forties some of the
inland suburbs. Tomorrow it's still cool but nice though, suncloud's
high sixty six to seventy. Monday, sunshine sixty eight, and
then Tuesday a little bit warmer, clouds and sun, maybe
(03:49):
a thunderstorm, high to about eighty on Tuesday. Chile in
many of the suburbs, just forty five this morning in
Methuen in Westborough it is forty seven. Down in taunt
In forty six. A little better here in Boston fifty
six degrees at six five. So it's that time of
year again that so many look forward to. And no, no,
(04:12):
not apple picking. It's the Greek festival at the Annunciation
Greek Orthodox Church in Brockton.
Speaker 7 (04:21):
Thousands of people will be here this weekend, stuffing their
faces with delicious Greek food, bring a great day. It's
living msias, eating food happy. There's everything from pastizio, musaka
and spanakopita to all kinds of desserts, many of them
dripping with honey.
Speaker 8 (04:40):
We have Luku mavis, which are kind of like the
fried dough with the honey syrup, baclava, galecto burigo, we
have Milfe. We have Gatti Dapita, which is a walnut
cake organizer.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
Stefania loves the food and live music, but for her
it's the dancing.
Speaker 8 (04:56):
I just love sharing that. Putting the costumes on, you
put them again and they'll always see me.
Speaker 7 (05:01):
Dan thing in Brompton, Suzanne Slausville w GZ, Boston Snows Radio.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
All right, it's only two months away and it's time
to start planning the family gathering for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
This year's Thanksgiving Outlook report is out from Butterball, and
it chose that planned holiday celebrations will be larger than ever,
nearly double pre pandemic levels.
Speaker 9 (05:22):
This year, they're.
Speaker 10 (05:23):
Expecting to have about nine people at that celebration.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Butterball Insights Director Dennis Trafor says concerns about inflation decrease
nearly fifty percent from last year.
Speaker 10 (05:33):
Only about twenty eight percent of consumers expected inflation to
cause them to celebrate differently this year.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Cost will be controlled in other ways.
Speaker 10 (05:42):
They might ask guests to bring a part of the meal,
or they might make some changes to the SIME dishes.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Stephan Kaufman CBS News.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Athletes from Russia must continue to compete as neutral at
next year's Winter Olympics.
Speaker 9 (05:56):
See International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Russia athletes will
compete as individual neutral athletes at next year's Milan Courtina
Winter Games. This decision follows the same approach used at
the Paris Games. Restrictions remain for Russian athletes in the
military or those supporting the invasion of Ukraine. The IOC
clarified that it has never discussed banning Israel from the Games.
(06:20):
The Milan Courtina Games will take place in northern Italy
from February sixth through twenty second. Security concerns are heightened
due to recent pro Palestinian protests. I'm geffen cool ball.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Red Sox got to win on the road last night.
That's coming up in sports in just a few minutes.
LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw pitching his final regular season
home game for the Dodgers last night, a day after
he announced his retirement, effective at the end of the season.
The thirty seven year old allowed just a couple runs,
pitching into the fifth in and get a big ovation
(06:52):
when his night was complete. His career resume includes three
Psy Young Awards, two World Series titles, Dodgers winners life
last night over San Francisco to clinch a Playoffs BOT
Finals six y three. You are now in the loop
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WDBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Charlie Berger on WVZ,
(07:14):
Boston's news radio
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