December 28, 2025 • 6 mins
A Maine man is charged with murdering his mother. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax yesterday following one of the heaviest Russian assaults on Kyiv in weeks. Bostonians celebrating Kwanzaa with an annual brunch in the South End. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news
twenty one degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie bercher On. Here's what's happening. Another cold day
and a warm up, then maybe more in clement weather.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Get a little bit of a break from the storms.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Between the two storms today, it's tonight that we will
have our next one approaching.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
It's well off to our west.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Right now, we are looking at clear sky's dry conditions for.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Now, not snow, though this one will be a rain maker.
CBS News Boston Meteorologist Lexi O'Connor. We have the full
four day forecast coming up. A man from Maine charged
with murdering his mother, who's wbz's Emma Friedman Mainstay.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Police say local officials responded to reports of shots fired
at a home in Corineth, Maine, around eight thirty Saturday morning.
When police arrived, they discovered forty one year old Abigail
Thomas dead with a gunshot wound. It's still early into
the investigation, but police believe Thomas got into an altercation
with her twenty two year old son, Daniel, who also
lives at the home. On Main Street. He was taken
into custody and charged with murder. Thompson's body has been
(01:07):
taken to the Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy. The
investigation is ongoing. I'm a freedman w b Z Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
And eighty three year old man crossing Washington Street in
Walpole yesterday afternoon hit by an SUV transported to an
area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A nineteen year
old woman driving the vehicle involved in the crash remained
at the scene. No charges were immediately filed. Ukrainian President
Vladimir Zelenski met yesterday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Karney
(01:38):
in Canada. That visit followed one of the heaviest Russian
assaults on Kiev in weeks. The assault hit residential buildings
and energy infrastructure in Kiev. President Zelenski is set to
meet with President Trump in Florida later today to discuss
ending the war. CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief Beth Noble
(02:00):
has been.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Leading multiple rounds of talks over the past few weeks
with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides as President Trump
tries to find the middle ground that could bring this
nearly four year war to an end. Ukrainian President Zelenski's
coming to urge President Trump to get behind a deal
that would not just give Russia everything at once, but
(02:20):
also would support some of Ukraine's key positions, like keeping
a large military and creating a demilitarized zone between the
two warring side.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
President Zolensky said, yesterday's attack by Russia really shows that
Russian President Vlardimir Putin does not want peace. Poland scrambled
fighter jets and closed airports near the border with Ukraine
for several hours during those Russian attacks, but there was
no violation of Polish airspace. Let's check the four day
(02:52):
WBZ at you weather forecast. The Troy Thornton tells us
today we'll have some sunshine followed by some increasing clouds.
It won't be as cold, temperatures to the low maybe
mid thirties, breezy overnight. Some freezing drizzle will arrive overnight
and then that will give rain, give way to rain
and some other drizzle later on, so we'll drop to
(03:14):
about thirty, but then we'll rise through the upper thirties
by dawn tomorrow. It's cloudy, breezy, warm periods of rain,
high fifty Tuesday. It's cloudy, windy, cold again, only the
mid upper twenties for highs on Tuesday and then Wednesday,
which is New Year's Eve. Perhaps a spotty shower early on.
Otherwise cloudy, breeze, not so cold and high thirty four
(03:36):
twenty one right now in Boston feels like nine above
with the wind out of the west at about ten
miles per hour at six oh five. Bostonians celebrating Kwanza
with an annual brunch in the South End yesterday. Here's
wbz's Mike Macklin.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
The beat of an African drum welcomed the crowd that
filled the Piano Crowd Gallery in the South End for
the Melking Brunch. They gathered to remember the late civil
rights activist who was a politician, professor, and poet, but
most importantly a community organizer.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
When he passed, we noticed that there was a significant
gap within the community as it relates to community engagement,
what organizing and activism really look like. And so we,
with the blessings of the King family, we put in
place and practice the continuation of the mel King Brunch.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Feather Cook founded the brunch that carries on mel King's legacy.
The Brunch honoring Harrison Clark, a twenty six year old
Mattapan man to whom mel King is a role model.
Speaker 7 (04:37):
It's hard to do any sort of organizing in Boston
and not know who mel King is. He's an inspiration
and somebody that I look up to, and I hope that,
especially after receiving this award today, I do his memory proud.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
A proud legacy is still respected in Boston in the
South End. Mike Macklin, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Let's get to some football. Playoff picture is almost said,
but there are some games today with playoff implications. CBS
Sports reporter Erica Hrskowitz other.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Games with postseason implications. The Steelers can win the AFC
North with a victory in Cleveland, and the Jags play
the Colts in Indianapolis. And while Jacksonville's already clinched a
playoff spot, the Jags can still earn the top seed
in the AFC, while the Colts still have a slim
chance of locking up the wild card. The Seahawks visit
the Panthers. Seattle controls its own destiny and can clinch
the NFC West title. With a victory and some.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Help and two games to go in the regular season
for the Patriots or one o'clock kick today in East
Rutherford and New Jersey against the Jets. Wide receiver Mac
Hollins placed on injured reserve with an abdomen injury. Also
out today, wide receiver Keyshan Bouti, linebackers Harol Landry, Robert Splane,
defensive tackle, Cairos Tonga, left guard, Jared Wilson in defensive tackle,
(05:54):
Milton Williams. A lot of people missing. Back on November thirteenth,
Pats and Jets played in foxboroughs won that one twenty
seven to fourteen one o'clock kick today for the Pats
and the Jets, and then the Patriots close out the
regular season next Sunday at Foxborough against Miami. You are
now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
(06:16):
Listen to DOUBLEBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio
This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news
twenty one degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie bercher On. Here's what's happening. Another cold day
and a warm up, then maybe more in clement weather.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Get a little bit of a break from the storms.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Between the two storms today, it's tonight that we will
have our next one approaching.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
It's well off to our west.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Right now, we are looking at clear sky's dry conditions for.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Now, not snow, though this one will be a rain maker.
CBS News Boston Meteorologist Lexi O'Connor. We have the full
four day forecast coming up. A man from Maine charged
with murdering his mother, who's wbz's Emma Friedman Mainstay.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Police say local officials responded to reports of shots fired
at a home in Corineth, Maine, around eight thirty Saturday morning.
When police arrived, they discovered forty one year old Abigail
Thomas dead with a gunshot wound. It's still early into
the investigation, but police believe Thomas got into an altercation
with her twenty two year old son, Daniel, who also
lives at the home. On Main Street. He was taken
into custody and charged with murder. Thompson's body has been
(01:07):
taken to the Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy. The
investigation is ongoing. I'm a freedman w b Z Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
And eighty three year old man crossing Washington Street in
Walpole yesterday afternoon hit by an SUV transported to an
area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A nineteen year
old woman driving the vehicle involved in the crash remained
at the scene. No charges were immediately filed. Ukrainian President
Vladimir Zelenski met yesterday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Karney
(01:38):
in Canada. That visit followed one of the heaviest Russian
assaults on Kiev in weeks. The assault hit residential buildings
and energy infrastructure in Kiev. President Zelenski is set to
meet with President Trump in Florida later today to discuss
ending the war. CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief Beth Noble
(02:00):
has been.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Leading multiple rounds of talks over the past few weeks
with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides as President Trump
tries to find the middle ground that could bring this
nearly four year war to an end. Ukrainian President Zelenski's
coming to urge President Trump to get behind a deal
that would not just give Russia everything at once, but
(02:20):
also would support some of Ukraine's key positions, like keeping
a large military and creating a demilitarized zone between the
two warring side.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
President Zolensky said, yesterday's attack by Russia really shows that
Russian President Vlardimir Putin does not want peace. Poland scrambled
fighter jets and closed airports near the border with Ukraine
for several hours during those Russian attacks, but there was
no violation of Polish airspace. Let's check the four day
(02:52):
WBZ at you weather forecast. The Troy Thornton tells us
today we'll have some sunshine followed by some increasing clouds.
It won't be as cold, temperatures to the low maybe
mid thirties, breezy overnight. Some freezing drizzle will arrive overnight
and then that will give rain, give way to rain
and some other drizzle later on, so we'll drop to
(03:14):
about thirty, but then we'll rise through the upper thirties
by dawn tomorrow. It's cloudy, breezy, warm periods of rain,
high fifty Tuesday. It's cloudy, windy, cold again, only the
mid upper twenties for highs on Tuesday and then Wednesday,
which is New Year's Eve. Perhaps a spotty shower early on.
Otherwise cloudy, breeze, not so cold and high thirty four
(03:36):
twenty one right now in Boston feels like nine above
with the wind out of the west at about ten
miles per hour at six oh five. Bostonians celebrating Kwanza
with an annual brunch in the South End yesterday. Here's
wbz's Mike Macklin.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
The beat of an African drum welcomed the crowd that
filled the Piano Crowd Gallery in the South End for
the Melking Brunch. They gathered to remember the late civil
rights activist who was a politician, professor, and poet, but
most importantly a community organizer.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
When he passed, we noticed that there was a significant
gap within the community as it relates to community engagement,
what organizing and activism really look like. And so we,
with the blessings of the King family, we put in
place and practice the continuation of the mel King Brunch.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Feather Cook founded the brunch that carries on mel King's legacy.
The Brunch honoring Harrison Clark, a twenty six year old
Mattapan man to whom mel King is a role model.
Speaker 7 (04:37):
It's hard to do any sort of organizing in Boston
and not know who mel King is. He's an inspiration
and somebody that I look up to, and I hope that,
especially after receiving this award today, I do his memory proud.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
A proud legacy is still respected in Boston in the
South End. Mike Macklin, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Let's get to some football. Playoff picture is almost said,
but there are some games today with playoff implications. CBS
Sports reporter Erica Hrskowitz other.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Games with postseason implications. The Steelers can win the AFC
North with a victory in Cleveland, and the Jags play
the Colts in Indianapolis. And while Jacksonville's already clinched a
playoff spot, the Jags can still earn the top seed
in the AFC, while the Colts still have a slim
chance of locking up the wild card. The Seahawks visit
the Panthers. Seattle controls its own destiny and can clinch
the NFC West title. With a victory and some.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Help and two games to go in the regular season
for the Patriots or one o'clock kick today in East
Rutherford and New Jersey against the Jets. Wide receiver Mac
Hollins placed on injured reserve with an abdomen injury. Also
out today, wide receiver Keyshan Bouti, linebackers Harol Landry, Robert Splane,
defensive tackle, Cairos Tonga, left guard, Jared Wilson in defensive tackle,
(05:54):
Milton Williams. A lot of people missing. Back on November thirteenth,
Pats and Jets played in foxboroughs won that one twenty
seven to fourteen one o'clock kick today for the Pats
and the Jets, and then the Patriots close out the
regular season next Sunday at Foxborough against Miami. You are
now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
(06:16):
Listen to DOUBLEBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio
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