August 31, 2025 • 7 mins
Analysts predicting this Labor Day weekend could set travel records. A very busy weekend around college campuses in Boston with "move in" weekend well underway. A new study finds almost half of adults are ordering from the kids' menu when they go out to eat. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News sixty one degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie Burger on. Here's what's happening. It's day two
of our Labor Day weekend. The great stretch of weather continues.
Another nice day in store under lots of sunshine. However,
watch for a few more clouds, possibly reaching the Cape
and especially islands by late in the day. But it's
(00:28):
days dry at you weather as Litroy Thornton has the
four day forecast coming up. Analysts predicting this Labor Day
weekend could set travel records. CBS News correspondent Leise Preston
from Los Angeles International Airport.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
The TSA says nearly seventeen and a half million flyers
are estimated to pass security checkpoints this year with shoes on.
American Airlines is expecting its largest ever Labor Day weekend operation,
flying nearly four million passengers. United numbers also expected to
set a new record. Any concern about making sure you're
(01:04):
getting to the gate on.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Time, I think a little bit.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
That's why we.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Got here early.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Just two cancelations yesterday at Logan Airport, five flights have
been canceled this morning, according to flight Aware, four of
those on Cape Air and just eight delays thus far
at logan very busy weekend around college campuses in Boston,
with move in weekend well underway. This is also move
out weekend, when thousands of leases end for residents. On
(01:32):
this final day of August, the Globe reports the annual
turnover has become known as Austin Christmas, with furniture on
street corners. New students looking to capitalize the city at
Boston will have additional parking enforcement officers all through the area.
Residents are also encouraged to use the three to one
one hotline or mobile app to report any illegal dumping
(01:55):
or any missed trash pickups, and are also encouraged to
be aware of trash collection schedules, rules on mattress disposals,
and also the many parking restrictions. Well did anybody hit
the big jackpot last night? It's wbz's jawillite.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
We're still without a top jackpot winner in the power
ball for a Labor Day evening drawing. We have a
one point one billion dollar jackpot at stake since no
winners were drawn on Saturday, someone in the Commonwealth did
win big, though, one million bucks one from a ticket
bought in Wooster at a convenience store named Smokin' Bunch.
That's one of nine tickets that won the million doursier.
As for the Big Prize, it's got an estimated cash
(02:33):
value of nearly five hundred million dollars after taxes. It's
two bucks to play, unlike the Mega Millions, which increased
its price to five bucks a ticket. Jay Willett WBZ
Boston's News Radio, a.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Forty two year old Situate man charged in the murder
of a twenty seven year old man from Portland, Maine,
Christopher Karen, turned himself into police yesterday. According to investigators,
Karen drove to the South Shore Hospital emergency room back
on Saturday, August twenty third, and fled after telling staff
at the hospital there was a body in the back
(03:04):
of the vehicle. The victim identified as Declan Perry. Police
earlier had searched a residence on the driftway in Situate
where Karen was staying. Several items of evidence were seized.
Karen will be arranged in Hingham at district Court Tuesday.
Let's check the four day wdbzy at you weather forecast
and LaTroy Thorntons has got some sunshine. It will be
(03:25):
a bit cooler, but just a great day. High seventy
two to seventy five. Might see a few more clouds
down toward the Cape and the islands later today, a
few clouds. Tonight we drop back to fifty nine for
a low, and then tomorrow for Labor Day, sun clouds
and still comfortable high just seventy four. Might be a
little more humid Tomorrow. Tuesday, still dry with sunshine, high
(03:47):
seventy three, and then some sun and some clouds on
Wednesday and high seventy eight. So we're in the midst
of a holiday weekend and in the midst of some
great weather. Sixty one degrees right now in Boston with
some clouds at six oh five. A new study finds
that almost half of adults now are ordering from the
(04:07):
kids menu when they go out to eat.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Forty four percent of the adult survey by the restaurant
technology company light Speed Commerce say kid's meals are less
expensive and offer the smaller portion sizes they're looking for.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Do you pay your rent for you by.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
A McDonald's six piece chicken McNugget happy meal with fries
and a drink costs about five dollars on the regular menu.
You'll pay that much for the McNuggets alone. The cost
of dining out is a four percent from a year ago,
and we've all seen the sticker shock at the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
My budget has become double for which shopping.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
Michael Wallace, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Today is the final day of St Anthony's Feast in
the North End. The Grand Procession of St Anthony begins
later this morning at eleven thirty on Endicott Street. This
is the one hundred and sixth feast of all feasts
honoring patron Saints Anthony and Saint Lucy. So one final
(05:00):
day today to enjoy the parades, the strolling singers, the
live entertainment and certainly the world's best Italian food you'll
ever find. The latest weight loss drug changing the way
that the food industry is working.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
DLP One's helped Me lose thirty one.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Pounds Jennis Great, Serena Williams Tout's weight loss Drugs. Restaurants
are building what have been called ozempic menus.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
At first, they were very shy about saying they were
on ozempic. Now they're like, I'm on ozempic.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Can I have one people instead of three?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Max Tucciese, New York City restaurant is catering to the
new trend.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
What we're seeing is that people are eating differently.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Erry Fry with the consumer research firm Nielsen IQ says
GLP one users have a big seat at the table.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
They're definitely driving a lot of the trends we're seeing
around muscle health in particular, and.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
At Tucciese, it's a win win.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
We're not throwing food out.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Our client is happy.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Steve Kathan CBS New the City at Boston honoring New Edition,
where the band up their start. Here's wbz's Mike Macklin.
Speaker 6 (06:02):
In the eighties, the a music catapult to them from
the Orchard Park Project, where they grew up to the
top of the R and B music charts. Fifty years
after fame found them here, New Edition came home to
witness a street be named New Edition Way in their honor.
Eh Hee Jenna Thomas remembers them as little boys in
(06:24):
her neighborhood after school program.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
I lived on twenty six Ambrose Street, so the name
for the name to go to New Editions.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
I think it's wonderful.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
I'm eighty one years old and I think it's a
positive thing.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Bobby brown is like my nephew.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Brook Payne's son is the group's manager.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
The community is what we do, this is why and
he does what they do.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
So it's just amazing to be here.
Speaker 6 (06:47):
Part of the fellas in the group feel today.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Everyone is blessed. It's blessed to have this opportunity and
bless him been able to provide for so many years
something that people can connect to the city of Boston.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
The city they will always call home in Roxbury. Mike
Macklin WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Pretty neat that a band that started back in the
late seventies is still being recognized. Kudos to New Edition,
Bobby Browning. 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 WDBZ, Boston's News
(07:33):
Radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News sixty one degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie Burger on. Here's what's happening. It's day two
of our Labor Day weekend. The great stretch of weather continues.
Another nice day in store under lots of sunshine. However,
watch for a few more clouds, possibly reaching the Cape
and especially islands by late in the day. But it's
(00:28):
days dry at you weather as Litroy Thornton has the
four day forecast coming up. Analysts predicting this Labor Day
weekend could set travel records. CBS News correspondent Leise Preston
from Los Angeles International Airport.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
The TSA says nearly seventeen and a half million flyers
are estimated to pass security checkpoints this year with shoes on.
American Airlines is expecting its largest ever Labor Day weekend operation,
flying nearly four million passengers. United numbers also expected to
set a new record. Any concern about making sure you're
(01:04):
getting to the gate on.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Time, I think a little bit.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
That's why we.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Got here early.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Just two cancelations yesterday at Logan Airport, five flights have
been canceled this morning, according to flight Aware, four of
those on Cape Air and just eight delays thus far
at logan very busy weekend around college campuses in Boston,
with move in weekend well underway. This is also move
out weekend, when thousands of leases end for residents. On
(01:32):
this final day of August, the Globe reports the annual
turnover has become known as Austin Christmas, with furniture on
street corners. New students looking to capitalize the city at
Boston will have additional parking enforcement officers all through the area.
Residents are also encouraged to use the three to one
one hotline or mobile app to report any illegal dumping
(01:55):
or any missed trash pickups, and are also encouraged to
be aware of trash collection schedules, rules on mattress disposals,
and also the many parking restrictions. Well did anybody hit
the big jackpot last night? It's wbz's jawillite.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
We're still without a top jackpot winner in the power
ball for a Labor Day evening drawing. We have a
one point one billion dollar jackpot at stake since no
winners were drawn on Saturday, someone in the Commonwealth did
win big, though, one million bucks one from a ticket
bought in Wooster at a convenience store named Smokin' Bunch.
That's one of nine tickets that won the million doursier.
As for the Big Prize, it's got an estimated cash
(02:33):
value of nearly five hundred million dollars after taxes. It's
two bucks to play, unlike the Mega Millions, which increased
its price to five bucks a ticket. Jay Willett WBZ
Boston's News Radio, a.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Forty two year old Situate man charged in the murder
of a twenty seven year old man from Portland, Maine,
Christopher Karen, turned himself into police yesterday. According to investigators,
Karen drove to the South Shore Hospital emergency room back
on Saturday, August twenty third, and fled after telling staff
at the hospital there was a body in the back
(03:04):
of the vehicle. The victim identified as Declan Perry. Police
earlier had searched a residence on the driftway in Situate
where Karen was staying. Several items of evidence were seized.
Karen will be arranged in Hingham at district Court Tuesday.
Let's check the four day wdbzy at you weather forecast
and LaTroy Thorntons has got some sunshine. It will be
(03:25):
a bit cooler, but just a great day. High seventy
two to seventy five. Might see a few more clouds
down toward the Cape and the islands later today, a
few clouds. Tonight we drop back to fifty nine for
a low, and then tomorrow for Labor Day, sun clouds
and still comfortable high just seventy four. Might be a
little more humid Tomorrow. Tuesday, still dry with sunshine, high
(03:47):
seventy three, and then some sun and some clouds on
Wednesday and high seventy eight. So we're in the midst
of a holiday weekend and in the midst of some
great weather. Sixty one degrees right now in Boston with
some clouds at six oh five. A new study finds
that almost half of adults now are ordering from the
(04:07):
kids menu when they go out to eat.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Forty four percent of the adult survey by the restaurant
technology company light Speed Commerce say kid's meals are less
expensive and offer the smaller portion sizes they're looking for.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Do you pay your rent for you by.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
A McDonald's six piece chicken McNugget happy meal with fries
and a drink costs about five dollars on the regular menu.
You'll pay that much for the McNuggets alone. The cost
of dining out is a four percent from a year ago,
and we've all seen the sticker shock at the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
My budget has become double for which shopping.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
Michael Wallace, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Today is the final day of St Anthony's Feast in
the North End. The Grand Procession of St Anthony begins
later this morning at eleven thirty on Endicott Street. This
is the one hundred and sixth feast of all feasts
honoring patron Saints Anthony and Saint Lucy. So one final
(05:00):
day today to enjoy the parades, the strolling singers, the
live entertainment and certainly the world's best Italian food you'll
ever find. The latest weight loss drug changing the way
that the food industry is working.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
DLP One's helped Me lose thirty one.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Pounds Jennis Great, Serena Williams Tout's weight loss Drugs. Restaurants
are building what have been called ozempic menus.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
At first, they were very shy about saying they were
on ozempic. Now they're like, I'm on ozempic.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Can I have one people instead of three?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Max Tucciese, New York City restaurant is catering to the
new trend.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
What we're seeing is that people are eating differently.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Erry Fry with the consumer research firm Nielsen IQ says
GLP one users have a big seat at the table.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
They're definitely driving a lot of the trends we're seeing
around muscle health in particular, and.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
At Tucciese, it's a win win.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
We're not throwing food out.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Our client is happy.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Steve Kathan CBS New the City at Boston honoring New Edition,
where the band up their start. Here's wbz's Mike Macklin.
Speaker 6 (06:02):
In the eighties, the a music catapult to them from
the Orchard Park Project, where they grew up to the
top of the R and B music charts. Fifty years
after fame found them here, New Edition came home to
witness a street be named New Edition Way in their honor.
Eh Hee Jenna Thomas remembers them as little boys in
(06:24):
her neighborhood after school program.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
I lived on twenty six Ambrose Street, so the name
for the name to go to New Editions.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
I think it's wonderful.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
I'm eighty one years old and I think it's a
positive thing.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Bobby brown is like my nephew.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Brook Payne's son is the group's manager.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
The community is what we do, this is why and
he does what they do.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
So it's just amazing to be here.
Speaker 6 (06:47):
Part of the fellas in the group feel today.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Everyone is blessed. It's blessed to have this opportunity and
bless him been able to provide for so many years
something that people can connect to the city of Boston.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
The city they will always call home in Roxbury. Mike
Macklin WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Pretty neat that a band that started back in the
late seventies is still being recognized. Kudos to New Edition,
Bobby Browning. 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 WDBZ, Boston's News
(07:33):
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