May 15, 2025 • 7 mins
The Boston Celtics advance to game 6 in the NBA playoffs, day 16 testimony in the Karen Read murder trial continues, and Uber expanding with more seats. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
We're gonna need you to go another inning or two
here on a Thursday morning. We're getting started at six
o'clock under cloudy skies and some rain out in portions
of central Massachusetts.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
This morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
It is fifty six degrees here in Boston. The News
at six brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer,
your Hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being here.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I'm Jeff Brown.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
We are off to a shaky start.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
We'll start today with some rain in a thunderstorm in places.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It'll be clouding the rest of the day with a
leftover shower or thunderstorm.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
It spawn.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
That is w BZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Mainly
in the sixties today, warm and very humid. On the
way tomorrow with Jason Tatum watching from a hospital bed.
The Celtics live to see another day.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
It's off to holiday.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
What big night comes forty and it contains that way
I sle on TNT This time. Boston holds on to
a big lead. They force a Game six with the Knicks.
That's coming up tomorrow night in New York City. Another day,
another walk off loss for the Red Sox in Detroit.
They're off today, back at Fenway to open a series
(01:15):
with the Braves this weekend, and golf's second major of
the year gets underway this morning. Round one of the
PGA Championship happens at Quail Hollow in Florida. New research
this morning suggests Alzheimer's disease as a ticking time bomb
that can be detected long before full symptoms typically arrive.
In fact, scientists say hints there are there decades ahead
(01:37):
of the full onset of the disease. The report comes
in a version of this week's British medical journal The Lancet,
and it shows the earliest signs can begin to emerge
in patients as young as their mid twenties. It's an
entirely new look that has even experts taking a second glance.
Doctors say the best medicine is still living a healthy lifestyle,
stay active, and keep the mind sharp to keep these
(02:00):
at bay. A State Police crime lab expert will return
to the stand today to talk evidence at the Karen
Reid trial. This morning, CBS News Boston's Christina Rack says
the jury learns more about a relationship on the rocks
between Reed and John O'Keefe.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
O'Keefe became a primary caretaker for his niece and nephew
after their mother his sister died in twenty thirteen. The
niece testified about Reid and O'Keefe's relationship in January twenty
twenty two, saying quote, I could tell that there was tension.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
They were cold towards each other.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
And she referenced the alleged cheating incident in Aruba that
Karen Reid had texted Brian Higgins.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
About he hooked up with another girl on vacation. I
am very close to his niece. It is a very
up situation.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
O'keef's niece said, quote, Karen Reid started yelling about like
how he had kissed someone else and she had witnessed it.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
It was really loud. She was very upset.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
The morning O'Keeffe died, his niece said she heard Karen
Reid on the phone say could I have done something?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Could he have been hit by a plow?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
The teenager also testifies read thought she was living in
a nightmare. Uber's got something upsit sleeve that's new and
it comes with more.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Seats imagine a bus with predetermined pickup and drop off
locations on a specific route during weekday commuting hours. Now
replace that with an Uber shuttle. That's the service that
the right share company is offering, named Uber root Share.
Some see the benefits.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I think it probably could work well. Personally, I probably don't.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Think I take advantage of it, but I can see
how it would work for a lot of people to
fill in the gaps.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
But not everyone is on board esse yet. I take
the tea back and forth to work, and I jump
a ride.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
It puts later in the day. So I never took Uber,
so I would never take it Live ticket.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
The new right share option launched Wednesday in selects cities,
including Boston. James Rojas w b Z Boston some news
radio blowny skuys in Boston this morning. It's fifty six degrees.
We are seeing a line of showers and potentially heavy downpours.
May be embedded with some thunderstorms as well. Not far
from the city, pretty much surrounding the city out in
(04:04):
portions of Metro West and on the south Shore, a
heavy band of rain is moving through the area. Otherwise
we're gonna see mostly cloudy skies today, with a couple
of leftover showers throughout the rest of the day. Daytime
highs will be in the sixties. Overnight tonight rather cloudy.
Some fog will develop along the shoreline later on. Low's
in the fifties, and it looks like any fog will
be left over to greet us tomorrow morning. It looks
(04:26):
like we're gonna start off on a cloudy note tomorrow,
but there are some chances of sunshine in the afternoon.
It's going to be very warm and very humid tomorrow,
with highs at least in the low to mid seventies.
Looks like we might be in for a little bit
of an ify weekend once again, for the ninth consecutive time.
We're expecting some showers and possibly some thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.
(04:46):
It certainly will not be a washout, but it doesn't
look like we're going to get away with it scott
free this weekend. Right now in Boston fifty six, it's cloudy,
we've got some rain on the way six oh six
on this Thursday morning, and a former mayor is returning
Massachusetts today. We find out more from wbz's Drew mo'holland,
good morning.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
And good morning jeff Marty Walsh, who could forget him.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Work even harder to achieve more for the city that.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
We all love.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Yeah, he's currently the head of the NHL Players Union,
and this morning he's going to address the class at
twenty twenty five at Western New England University in Springfield.
Since leaving Boston City Hall four years ago, Walsh has
been at the White House, former President Biden's labor secretary.
Probably remember that before being lured to the NHL Players Association.
This kicks off peak graduation season two. Jeffrey, you know
(05:32):
that in greater Boston and all across Massachusetts, tons of
graduating classes get their degrees in the next seventy two hours.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Now.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Certainly looks like this is going to be the busiest
weekend for graduation, which is in some cases we'll extend
right into next month. Yeah, all right, true, Thank you.
President Trump makes his final stop on his multi day
tour of the Middle East and the United Arab Emirates today,
but not before visiting US troops stationed in cutter The
President faces a whirlwind back home over his recent decision
(06:01):
to accept a four hundred million dollar boeing seven forty
seven from the Katari royal family to be used as
Air Force one. Senator Elizabeth Warren, for one, is among
the Capitol Hill officials demanding an investigation into the Pentagon
for the way this deal is being constructed, which would
be a gift to the Defense Department, but decommissioned and
given to President Trump after he leaves office for the
(06:24):
first time. As Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F.
Kennedy Junior testifies in front of a Senate committee. It
is a tense day on Capitol Hill as Kennedy is
pressed about his thoughts on vaccines and whether he'd let
his own kids get a measle shot. He says he would,
while Kennedy also testifies that no one should take medical
advice from him. Protesters gather outside the building, and Ben
(06:45):
and Jerry's co founder Ben Cohen is among seven demonstrators arrested.
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.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
We're gonna need you to go another inning or two
here on a Thursday morning. We're getting started at six
o'clock under cloudy skies and some rain out in portions
of central Massachusetts.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
This morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
It is fifty six degrees here in Boston. The News
at six brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer,
your Hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being here.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I'm Jeff Brown.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
We are off to a shaky start.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
We'll start today with some rain in a thunderstorm in places.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It'll be clouding the rest of the day with a
leftover shower or thunderstorm.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
It spawn.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
That is w BZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Mainly
in the sixties today, warm and very humid. On the
way tomorrow with Jason Tatum watching from a hospital bed.
The Celtics live to see another day.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
It's off to holiday.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
What big night comes forty and it contains that way
I sle on TNT This time. Boston holds on to
a big lead. They force a Game six with the Knicks.
That's coming up tomorrow night in New York City. Another day,
another walk off loss for the Red Sox in Detroit.
They're off today, back at Fenway to open a series
(01:15):
with the Braves this weekend, and golf's second major of
the year gets underway this morning. Round one of the
PGA Championship happens at Quail Hollow in Florida. New research
this morning suggests Alzheimer's disease as a ticking time bomb
that can be detected long before full symptoms typically arrive.
In fact, scientists say hints there are there decades ahead
(01:37):
of the full onset of the disease. The report comes
in a version of this week's British medical journal The Lancet,
and it shows the earliest signs can begin to emerge
in patients as young as their mid twenties. It's an
entirely new look that has even experts taking a second glance.
Doctors say the best medicine is still living a healthy lifestyle,
stay active, and keep the mind sharp to keep these
(02:00):
at bay. A State Police crime lab expert will return
to the stand today to talk evidence at the Karen
Reid trial. This morning, CBS News Boston's Christina Rack says
the jury learns more about a relationship on the rocks
between Reed and John O'Keefe.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
O'Keefe became a primary caretaker for his niece and nephew
after their mother his sister died in twenty thirteen. The
niece testified about Reid and O'Keefe's relationship in January twenty
twenty two, saying quote, I could tell that there was tension.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
They were cold towards each other.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
And she referenced the alleged cheating incident in Aruba that
Karen Reid had texted Brian Higgins.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
About he hooked up with another girl on vacation. I
am very close to his niece. It is a very
up situation.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
O'keef's niece said, quote, Karen Reid started yelling about like
how he had kissed someone else and she had witnessed it.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
It was really loud. She was very upset.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
The morning O'Keeffe died, his niece said she heard Karen
Reid on the phone say could I have done something?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Could he have been hit by a plow?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
The teenager also testifies read thought she was living in
a nightmare. Uber's got something upsit sleeve that's new and
it comes with more.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Seats imagine a bus with predetermined pickup and drop off
locations on a specific route during weekday commuting hours. Now
replace that with an Uber shuttle. That's the service that
the right share company is offering, named Uber root Share.
Some see the benefits.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I think it probably could work well. Personally, I probably don't.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Think I take advantage of it, but I can see
how it would work for a lot of people to
fill in the gaps.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
But not everyone is on board esse yet. I take
the tea back and forth to work, and I jump
a ride.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
It puts later in the day. So I never took Uber,
so I would never take it Live ticket.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
The new right share option launched Wednesday in selects cities,
including Boston. James Rojas w b Z Boston some news
radio blowny skuys in Boston this morning. It's fifty six degrees.
We are seeing a line of showers and potentially heavy downpours.
May be embedded with some thunderstorms as well. Not far
from the city, pretty much surrounding the city out in
(04:04):
portions of Metro West and on the south Shore, a
heavy band of rain is moving through the area. Otherwise
we're gonna see mostly cloudy skies today, with a couple
of leftover showers throughout the rest of the day. Daytime
highs will be in the sixties. Overnight tonight rather cloudy.
Some fog will develop along the shoreline later on. Low's
in the fifties, and it looks like any fog will
be left over to greet us tomorrow morning. It looks
(04:26):
like we're gonna start off on a cloudy note tomorrow,
but there are some chances of sunshine in the afternoon.
It's going to be very warm and very humid tomorrow,
with highs at least in the low to mid seventies.
Looks like we might be in for a little bit
of an ify weekend once again, for the ninth consecutive time.
We're expecting some showers and possibly some thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.
(04:46):
It certainly will not be a washout, but it doesn't
look like we're going to get away with it scott
free this weekend. Right now in Boston fifty six, it's cloudy,
we've got some rain on the way six oh six
on this Thursday morning, and a former mayor is returning
Massachusetts today. We find out more from wbz's Drew mo'holland,
good morning.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
And good morning jeff Marty Walsh, who could forget him.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Work even harder to achieve more for the city that.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
We all love.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Yeah, he's currently the head of the NHL Players Union,
and this morning he's going to address the class at
twenty twenty five at Western New England University in Springfield.
Since leaving Boston City Hall four years ago, Walsh has
been at the White House, former President Biden's labor secretary.
Probably remember that before being lured to the NHL Players Association.
This kicks off peak graduation season two. Jeffrey, you know
(05:32):
that in greater Boston and all across Massachusetts, tons of
graduating classes get their degrees in the next seventy two hours.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Now.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Certainly looks like this is going to be the busiest
weekend for graduation, which is in some cases we'll extend
right into next month. Yeah, all right, true, Thank you.
President Trump makes his final stop on his multi day
tour of the Middle East and the United Arab Emirates today,
but not before visiting US troops stationed in cutter The
President faces a whirlwind back home over his recent decision
(06:01):
to accept a four hundred million dollar boeing seven forty
seven from the Katari royal family to be used as
Air Force one. Senator Elizabeth Warren, for one, is among
the Capitol Hill officials demanding an investigation into the Pentagon
for the way this deal is being constructed, which would
be a gift to the Defense Department, but decommissioned and
given to President Trump after he leaves office for the
(06:24):
first time. As Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F.
Kennedy Junior testifies in front of a Senate committee. It
is a tense day on Capitol Hill as Kennedy is
pressed about his thoughts on vaccines and whether he'd let
his own kids get a measle shot. He says he would,
while Kennedy also testifies that no one should take medical
advice from him. Protesters gather outside the building, and Ben
(06:45):
and Jerry's co founder Ben Cohen is among seven demonstrators arrested.
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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