April 16, 2025 • 7 mins
ICE activity in New Bedford leads to nationwide questions, the IRS lays off thousands of employees, and Joe Biden breaks his silence. 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. Well,
let's get this party started on a Wednesday morning, and
it's clear skies at sunrise in the city forty three degrees,
but extremely windy out the door. The News at six
brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer, your
(00:22):
hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us
on this Wednesday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. You might want
to hold onto your hair piece. Windy Chili day with
more clouds and sun and a high NA far from
fifty is WBZ Hacky Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Nice warm
up on the way. By Saturday will be in the
low seventies. US Post Office helps kick off the year
long celebration of America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
It's out with the new Battlefields of the American Revolution
stamp set. More than a dozen of them highlight turning
points in the colonists quest for independence from England. Among
the releases watercolor paintings depicting the Battle of Lexington and
Concered and the Battle of Bunker Hill. The ceremony when
He's at eleven at the Miniman National Historical Park and
conquered at the Historic North Bridge events in Boston, Lexington
(01:06):
and Conquered Dot the upcoming calendar for the Patriots Day
holiday weekend Jay Willett, BBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
More details emerge in the bizarre deaths of Hollywood icon
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. We get the
first glimpse inside the couple's isolated home in New Mexico
from body camera images. Investigators say rodents ran rampant in
a few buildings on that property and are likely the
source of hantavirus, which is listed as the cause of
(01:33):
death for Arakawa. Official say the sixty five year old
woman was concerned Hackman had a possible case of coronavirus,
based on web searches and calls to a doctor's office
just hours before her death. Both died in February, but
were not located until several days later. Red Sox right
their ship in Tampa. They come out swinging to beat
the Rays. Socks will wrap up the road trip tonight
(01:56):
one final time. The Bruins have wrapped up their regular season,
thankfully with an overtime loss, as usual, this time to
the Devil so It's Whale next year on Causeway Street,
and the Celtics will host the Orlando Magic in the
first round of the NBA Playoffs. Game one is coming
up Easter Sunday at the Garden. A judge in the
manslaughter and vehicular homicide trial of the man accused of
(02:16):
running down NHL star Johnny Goodreau and his brother Matthew
while on a bike ride in New Jersey last summer
says the victim's own drinking has nothing to do with
their death.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Attorneys for Shann Higgins tried to pin some of the
blame on the brothers in an effort to drop the
most serious of charges. Prosecutor say Higgins was drunk and
driving aggressively when he hit the Goudrouse. The Goodrows were
in the area to attend a family wedding. Higgins has
rejected a plea deal in faces decades in prison if convicted.
Drew moholland WBZ Boston's news.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Radio Eyes on the Road Hands at ten and two
roadway construction season is underway.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
It was just two weeks ago the three workers were
struck and killed while repairing a damaged guard rail along
Interstate ninety one in West Springfield State Highway Commissioner Jonathan Gulliver.
The past twelve months have been costly ones in terms
of crashes in construction zones on Massachusetts highways.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
We have had six hundred and fifty nine works one
related crashes reported and of those, eighty result in an injury,
four of them in fatalities. So it's something that we
take very seriously.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
The Massachusetts Highway Department, State Police, and Triple A collaborating
as the spring summer driving season gets underway to remind
drivers to stay sober, pay attention, and above all, slow
down when driving through construction zones. Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Had some rough weather moving through the area early last
evening and into the overnight hours, and it came packing
a punch of some high winds. Wind gusts in excess
of fifty miles per hour recorded in several locations, and
it's still windy this morning. Despite the clear skies. We
are going to see a mixture of sun and clouds today.
Temperatures will only get to about fifty but the wind
gusts will be between thirty and forty miles per hour
(03:56):
pretty routinely throughout the day. Today continued breezy overnight Tonight
back in the thirties. Tomorrow is back into the sunshine
and slightly milder temperatures with highs approaching sixty. Friday warmer
still into the mid sixties, and we kick off the
weekend with breezy conditions and a mix of sun and clouds.
Possibility of an afternoon shower on Saturday, but that will
(04:16):
all be overshadowed with temperatures in the mid seventies. Right
now in Boston, it's forty three degrees, clear, skies, quite
windy out the door on this Wednesday morning at six
oh five, A Guatemalan immigrant is now in custody and
at an undisclosed location after agents are caught on videos
smashing the car window during a stop in New Bedford. Nationwide,
(04:36):
questions continue about ICE agent tactics.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
The tactics used by some immigration officials are being called
into question after several dramatic arrests, including a Guatemalan man
in Massachusetts. ICE agent smashing the window of a car
to take one Mendez into custody. As lawyer says, Mendes
has no criminal record and was waiting to be approved
for asylum. And in New Hampshire, a Venezuelan man appears
(05:00):
to run was tackled by agents who also knock down
a man with a cape. Officials say the Venezuela man
in the US illegally was facing a dui charge.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Just before the stroke of midnight on tax Day, the
IRS's coach turns into a pumpkin, and official say some
twenty two thousand employees have accepted the government's offer of
a buyout package that will further thin the ranks at
the agency by this fall. The IRS once boasted a
workforce of about one hundred thousand, but thousands more have resigned,
thousands of probationary workers have been fired, and now this
(05:31):
and when the dust settles, it is expected the IRS
will have just about seventy thousand employees on the payroll.
A federal court's antitrust trial against Meta continues after star
witness CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up two days of testimony. Zuckerberg,
back on the witness stand and Federal court in Washington,
is grilled by prosecutors about the billion dollar buyouts of
(05:52):
WhatsApp and Instagram and defends the company's position as business
as usual for a tech company. The FTC would disagree
on claims the deals were part of a buyer bury
strategy that created a monopoly. Now, if Meta loses, the
government is likely to force a breakup of the company.
Meta's former COO, Sheryl Sandberg, is expected to testify later
(06:13):
this week. New research shows the autism rate in the
United States is up. The CDC says the condition is
being diagnosed in one in thirty one eight year olds today.
That's up substantially since the last report came out two
years ago and reflects a dramatic increase over the past
two decades as well. Health officials say improvements in detection
and awareness get most of the credit. A cause of autism,
(06:35):
which is diagnosed most often by the time a child's eight,
is inconclusive, but many experts believe it's connected to genetics.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is
long maintained that vaccines are the main culprits Former presidents
Joe Biden breaks his silence in an address in Chicago.
He says President Trump is breaking things and jeopardizing the
(06:56):
future of Social Security payments to tens of millions of Americans.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
It's fewer than one hundred days. This stew administration has
made done so much damage and so much destruction.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Social security is expected to be a major issue for
both parties during next year's midterm elections. 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. Well,
let's get this party started on a Wednesday morning, and
it's clear skies at sunrise in the city forty three degrees,
but extremely windy out the door. The News at six
brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer, your
(00:22):
hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us
on this Wednesday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. You might want
to hold onto your hair piece. Windy Chili day with
more clouds and sun and a high NA far from
fifty is WBZ Hacky Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Nice warm
up on the way. By Saturday will be in the
low seventies. US Post Office helps kick off the year
long celebration of America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
It's out with the new Battlefields of the American Revolution
stamp set. More than a dozen of them highlight turning
points in the colonists quest for independence from England. Among
the releases watercolor paintings depicting the Battle of Lexington and
Concered and the Battle of Bunker Hill. The ceremony when
He's at eleven at the Miniman National Historical Park and
conquered at the Historic North Bridge events in Boston, Lexington
(01:06):
and Conquered Dot the upcoming calendar for the Patriots Day
holiday weekend Jay Willett, BBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
More details emerge in the bizarre deaths of Hollywood icon
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. We get the
first glimpse inside the couple's isolated home in New Mexico
from body camera images. Investigators say rodents ran rampant in
a few buildings on that property and are likely the
source of hantavirus, which is listed as the cause of
(01:33):
death for Arakawa. Official say the sixty five year old
woman was concerned Hackman had a possible case of coronavirus,
based on web searches and calls to a doctor's office
just hours before her death. Both died in February, but
were not located until several days later. Red Sox right
their ship in Tampa. They come out swinging to beat
the Rays. Socks will wrap up the road trip tonight
(01:56):
one final time. The Bruins have wrapped up their regular season,
thankfully with an overtime loss, as usual, this time to
the Devil so It's Whale next year on Causeway Street,
and the Celtics will host the Orlando Magic in the
first round of the NBA Playoffs. Game one is coming
up Easter Sunday at the Garden. A judge in the
manslaughter and vehicular homicide trial of the man accused of
(02:16):
running down NHL star Johnny Goodreau and his brother Matthew
while on a bike ride in New Jersey last summer
says the victim's own drinking has nothing to do with
their death.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Attorneys for Shann Higgins tried to pin some of the
blame on the brothers in an effort to drop the
most serious of charges. Prosecutor say Higgins was drunk and
driving aggressively when he hit the Goudrouse. The Goodrows were
in the area to attend a family wedding. Higgins has
rejected a plea deal in faces decades in prison if convicted.
Drew moholland WBZ Boston's news.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Radio Eyes on the Road Hands at ten and two
roadway construction season is underway.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
It was just two weeks ago the three workers were
struck and killed while repairing a damaged guard rail along
Interstate ninety one in West Springfield State Highway Commissioner Jonathan Gulliver.
The past twelve months have been costly ones in terms
of crashes in construction zones on Massachusetts highways.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
We have had six hundred and fifty nine works one
related crashes reported and of those, eighty result in an injury,
four of them in fatalities. So it's something that we
take very seriously.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
The Massachusetts Highway Department, State Police, and Triple A collaborating
as the spring summer driving season gets underway to remind
drivers to stay sober, pay attention, and above all, slow
down when driving through construction zones. Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Had some rough weather moving through the area early last
evening and into the overnight hours, and it came packing
a punch of some high winds. Wind gusts in excess
of fifty miles per hour recorded in several locations, and
it's still windy this morning. Despite the clear skies. We
are going to see a mixture of sun and clouds today.
Temperatures will only get to about fifty but the wind
gusts will be between thirty and forty miles per hour
(03:56):
pretty routinely throughout the day. Today continued breezy overnight Tonight
back in the thirties. Tomorrow is back into the sunshine
and slightly milder temperatures with highs approaching sixty. Friday warmer
still into the mid sixties, and we kick off the
weekend with breezy conditions and a mix of sun and clouds.
Possibility of an afternoon shower on Saturday, but that will
(04:16):
all be overshadowed with temperatures in the mid seventies. Right
now in Boston, it's forty three degrees, clear, skies, quite
windy out the door on this Wednesday morning at six
oh five, A Guatemalan immigrant is now in custody and
at an undisclosed location after agents are caught on videos
smashing the car window during a stop in New Bedford. Nationwide,
(04:36):
questions continue about ICE agent tactics.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
The tactics used by some immigration officials are being called
into question after several dramatic arrests, including a Guatemalan man
in Massachusetts. ICE agent smashing the window of a car
to take one Mendez into custody. As lawyer says, Mendes
has no criminal record and was waiting to be approved
for asylum. And in New Hampshire, a Venezuelan man appears
(05:00):
to run was tackled by agents who also knock down
a man with a cape. Officials say the Venezuela man
in the US illegally was facing a dui charge.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Just before the stroke of midnight on tax Day, the
IRS's coach turns into a pumpkin, and official say some
twenty two thousand employees have accepted the government's offer of
a buyout package that will further thin the ranks at
the agency by this fall. The IRS once boasted a
workforce of about one hundred thousand, but thousands more have resigned,
thousands of probationary workers have been fired, and now this
(05:31):
and when the dust settles, it is expected the IRS
will have just about seventy thousand employees on the payroll.
A federal court's antitrust trial against Meta continues after star
witness CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up two days of testimony. Zuckerberg,
back on the witness stand and Federal court in Washington,
is grilled by prosecutors about the billion dollar buyouts of
(05:52):
WhatsApp and Instagram and defends the company's position as business
as usual for a tech company. The FTC would disagree
on claims the deals were part of a buyer bury
strategy that created a monopoly. Now, if Meta loses, the
government is likely to force a breakup of the company.
Meta's former COO, Sheryl Sandberg, is expected to testify later
(06:13):
this week. New research shows the autism rate in the
United States is up. The CDC says the condition is
being diagnosed in one in thirty one eight year olds today.
That's up substantially since the last report came out two
years ago and reflects a dramatic increase over the past
two decades as well. Health officials say improvements in detection
and awareness get most of the credit. A cause of autism,
(06:35):
which is diagnosed most often by the time a child's eight,
is inconclusive, but many experts believe it's connected to genetics.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is
long maintained that vaccines are the main culprits Former presidents
Joe Biden breaks his silence in an address in Chicago.
He says President Trump is breaking things and jeopardizing the
(06:56):
future of Social Security payments to tens of millions of Americans.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
It's fewer than one hundred days. This stew administration has
made done so much damage and so much destruction.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Social security is expected to be a major issue for
both parties during next year's midterm elections. 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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