December 3, 2025 • 7 mins
Overnight snow cancels schools in some communities, doctors issue a warning on a new flu variant as cases are on the rise, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to run for re-election. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Good morning, six o'clock in Boston on this Wednesday morning,
and we're getting started with some leftovers today as the
storm system finally pulls off. We've got some cold air
and thirty four degrees. The six o'clock News is brought
(00:23):
to us by your New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. And we start to clear on
out in the wake of our.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Storm yesterday and last night.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Things will dry out today with clouds and some sunshine
and highs the upper thirties to low forty.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
WBZ AKI weather meteorologist Joe Lumberg going to continue to
be cold for much of the rest of this week.
Some school cancelations again this morning. A normal start at
Logan Airport, though however it's touch and go for a
key roads to and from Boston.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Officials call it a wait and see scenario whether or
not to close Marcy Boulevard during the height of this
morning's commute.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Plugs every time you go down there, especially after nice
rainstorm like this.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The larger problem, according to the DCR, is the potential
of high tides, which can cause portions of the road
to flood That in turn necessitates lay enclosures, which the
agency may need to implement today when high tide arrives
around nine and through next Monday.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
No easy development to maneuver.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
I would say that it becomes a hassle for workers
and travelers.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Makes a tough community even more difficulty.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yes, it does.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Chris fom a WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Celtics beat the Knicks at the Garden, Bruins stumble in Detroit,
they lose to the Red Wings. Both are back in
action tomorrow night. Busy day at the Heights for BC basketball.
Women will go at one o'clock this afternoon versus Quinnipiac.
The men get undefeated LSU tonight at seven point fifteen.
In basketball, flu season kicks in and doctors wait with
(01:53):
baited breath after families gather in close quarters for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
This Here's flu strain variant is believed to be the
driving force find the rising number of cases in Massachusetts.
Folks who do a lot of traveling, like David, are
noticing more people sneezing and coughing.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
It seems like they are, but I don't. I guess
I'm focused on doing my thing, and I don't really.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Worry about it. The flu vaccine is recommended as the
most effective way to avoid serious illness, though not everyone
is planning to get one.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I don't take any flu shots. I don't take any
necessary precautions. I've been very fortunate. I think in the
last ten years, I might have had one day or
two days where I didn't feel well.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
The twenty twenty four flu season was also a tough one,
with four hundred and sixty five flu related deaths in
Dewey Square. James Rojas WVZ Boston's news radio, and to.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Add insult to injury, doctors at the CDC are warning
the cases of neuro virus have doubled in the past
couple of weeks. That is a nasty illness that is
expected to explode this winter.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
More shopping numbers are in this morning, and they continue
to impress. Wbz's Rumholland is here with details. Good morning, Andrew,
Morning Jeffrey.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
The National Retail Federations as a record two hundred and
three million shoppers shopped over the five day Thanksgiving kickoff
to the holiday season. That is up some five million
shoppers from last year, the top the previous all time
high set two years ago. That also means Jeff has
all of our gifts very excited about that. Retailers expect
this to be the first one trillion dollar end of
(03:23):
the year blowout, though even experts aren't sure how much
the increased costs will be to inflation and or global tariffs.
The big one here twenty one shopping days to go.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I better get started. Thanks for the warning I heard
you were done pretty impressive late fall and first winter
storm of the season, and some of the totals that
we've seen puts the Jackpot area in portions of western
Mass with as much as seven inches of snow seeing
that and slightly more in portions of southern Vermont and
New Hampshire as well. But of course, the closer we
(03:54):
did get to Boston it was mostly rain, a few
snowflakes begin the day this morning, but now it looks
like all but the final remnants are pulling away from
the outer cape at this point in time. In its
rain this morning, there right now in Boston thirty four
degrees under otherwise cloudy skies as we start to shake
the cobwebs off today, any lingering snow will be moving
on out and the cleanup is underway. For some of
(04:17):
us in interior locations. It's going to be another cold
one today. Sunshine does make an attempt to return, with
highs approaching forty degrees, partly to mostly cloudy again overnight
tonight in cold, continued cold for the balance of this week.
Tomorrow looks like we'll be in the forties, but we
may not get out of the twenties all day on Friday,
despite a lot of sunshine right now in Boston, cloudy skies.
(04:38):
Here in the city, it is thirty four degrees on
this Wednesday morning. At six oh six. A key pivot
point arrives today on Beacon Hill for would be ballot
questions to take another step closer to voters. Today, supporters
of bringing back rent control are bursting with optimism.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
For rent control advocates, it's a big step forward. They
delivered a dozen boxes filled with petition signatures calling for
rent increases in Massachusetts to be capped at five percent
per year.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
We collect at one hundred and twenty four thousand signatures
for this campaign.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
State lawmakers have twice refused to approve rent control. Mimi
Ramos is with New England Community Project.
Speaker 7 (05:18):
For far too long, we have been waiting for the
state legislature to step up to the plate and pass
our legislation. Now we're thankful for the elected officials that
did sign in support of our bill, but our communities
can't wait anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
The petition signatures now need to be certified by Secretary
of the Commonwealth William Galvin, clearing the way for rent
control to be put before the voters next November at
the State House. Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
It's a no go for Congresswoman Ayana Presley, who says
she will not primary Senator Ed Markey in next year's
mid term elections. Instead, the four term representative will run
for reelection. Presley says she did give a run for
Marquee seat some serious consideration, but now is not the time,
although she says she will not rule it out in
the future. A recent poll suggests Presley would have been
(06:09):
a formidable challenge to Senator Markey, who's now battling Congressman
Seth Moulton, but retains a large lead in recent polls.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to distance himself from a
deadly attack on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean. Many
lawmakers on Capitol Hill say that attack may have amounted
to a war crime.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
The legality of the September second attack is in question
after The Washington Post reported Defense Secretary Pte Hegseth allegedly
issued an order to kill everybody, and that Navy Admiral
Mitch Bradley apparently ordered the second strike to take out
two survivors, fulfilling Hegseth's directive, which many legal experts describe
(06:50):
as a war crime. Heg Seth said he only saw
the first.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Strike at CBS's Uija Jang. Admiral Bradley, by the way,
is expected to provide a classified briefing to Senate in
House lawmakers tomorrow. 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.
Good morning, six o'clock in Boston on this Wednesday morning,
and we're getting started with some leftovers today as the
storm system finally pulls off. We've got some cold air
and thirty four degrees. The six o'clock News is brought
(00:23):
to us by your New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. And we start to clear on
out in the wake of our.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Storm yesterday and last night.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Things will dry out today with clouds and some sunshine
and highs the upper thirties to low forty.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
WBZ AKI weather meteorologist Joe Lumberg going to continue to
be cold for much of the rest of this week.
Some school cancelations again this morning. A normal start at
Logan Airport, though however it's touch and go for a
key roads to and from Boston.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Officials call it a wait and see scenario whether or
not to close Marcy Boulevard during the height of this
morning's commute.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Plugs every time you go down there, especially after nice
rainstorm like this.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The larger problem, according to the DCR, is the potential
of high tides, which can cause portions of the road
to flood That in turn necessitates lay enclosures, which the
agency may need to implement today when high tide arrives
around nine and through next Monday.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
No easy development to maneuver.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
I would say that it becomes a hassle for workers
and travelers.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Makes a tough community even more difficulty.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yes, it does.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Chris fom a WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Celtics beat the Knicks at the Garden, Bruins stumble in Detroit,
they lose to the Red Wings. Both are back in
action tomorrow night. Busy day at the Heights for BC basketball.
Women will go at one o'clock this afternoon versus Quinnipiac.
The men get undefeated LSU tonight at seven point fifteen.
In basketball, flu season kicks in and doctors wait with
(01:53):
baited breath after families gather in close quarters for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
This Here's flu strain variant is believed to be the
driving force find the rising number of cases in Massachusetts.
Folks who do a lot of traveling, like David, are
noticing more people sneezing and coughing.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
It seems like they are, but I don't. I guess
I'm focused on doing my thing, and I don't really.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Worry about it. The flu vaccine is recommended as the
most effective way to avoid serious illness, though not everyone
is planning to get one.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I don't take any flu shots. I don't take any
necessary precautions. I've been very fortunate. I think in the
last ten years, I might have had one day or
two days where I didn't feel well.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
The twenty twenty four flu season was also a tough one,
with four hundred and sixty five flu related deaths in
Dewey Square. James Rojas WVZ Boston's news radio, and to.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Add insult to injury, doctors at the CDC are warning
the cases of neuro virus have doubled in the past
couple of weeks. That is a nasty illness that is
expected to explode this winter.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
More shopping numbers are in this morning, and they continue
to impress. Wbz's Rumholland is here with details. Good morning, Andrew,
Morning Jeffrey.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
The National Retail Federations as a record two hundred and
three million shoppers shopped over the five day Thanksgiving kickoff
to the holiday season. That is up some five million
shoppers from last year, the top the previous all time
high set two years ago. That also means Jeff has
all of our gifts very excited about that. Retailers expect
this to be the first one trillion dollar end of
(03:23):
the year blowout, though even experts aren't sure how much
the increased costs will be to inflation and or global tariffs.
The big one here twenty one shopping days to go.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I better get started. Thanks for the warning I heard
you were done pretty impressive late fall and first winter
storm of the season, and some of the totals that
we've seen puts the Jackpot area in portions of western
Mass with as much as seven inches of snow seeing
that and slightly more in portions of southern Vermont and
New Hampshire as well. But of course, the closer we
(03:54):
did get to Boston it was mostly rain, a few
snowflakes begin the day this morning, but now it looks
like all but the final remnants are pulling away from
the outer cape at this point in time. In its
rain this morning, there right now in Boston thirty four
degrees under otherwise cloudy skies as we start to shake
the cobwebs off today, any lingering snow will be moving
on out and the cleanup is underway. For some of
(04:17):
us in interior locations. It's going to be another cold
one today. Sunshine does make an attempt to return, with
highs approaching forty degrees, partly to mostly cloudy again overnight
tonight in cold, continued cold for the balance of this week.
Tomorrow looks like we'll be in the forties, but we
may not get out of the twenties all day on Friday,
despite a lot of sunshine right now in Boston, cloudy skies.
(04:38):
Here in the city, it is thirty four degrees on
this Wednesday morning. At six oh six. A key pivot
point arrives today on Beacon Hill for would be ballot
questions to take another step closer to voters. Today, supporters
of bringing back rent control are bursting with optimism.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
For rent control advocates, it's a big step forward. They
delivered a dozen boxes filled with petition signatures calling for
rent increases in Massachusetts to be capped at five percent
per year.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
We collect at one hundred and twenty four thousand signatures
for this campaign.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
State lawmakers have twice refused to approve rent control. Mimi
Ramos is with New England Community Project.
Speaker 7 (05:18):
For far too long, we have been waiting for the
state legislature to step up to the plate and pass
our legislation. Now we're thankful for the elected officials that
did sign in support of our bill, but our communities
can't wait anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
The petition signatures now need to be certified by Secretary
of the Commonwealth William Galvin, clearing the way for rent
control to be put before the voters next November at
the State House. Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
It's a no go for Congresswoman Ayana Presley, who says
she will not primary Senator Ed Markey in next year's
mid term elections. Instead, the four term representative will run
for reelection. Presley says she did give a run for
Marquee seat some serious consideration, but now is not the time,
although she says she will not rule it out in
the future. A recent poll suggests Presley would have been
(06:09):
a formidable challenge to Senator Markey, who's now battling Congressman
Seth Moulton, but retains a large lead in recent polls.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to distance himself from a
deadly attack on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean. Many
lawmakers on Capitol Hill say that attack may have amounted
to a war crime.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
The legality of the September second attack is in question
after The Washington Post reported Defense Secretary Pte Hegseth allegedly
issued an order to kill everybody, and that Navy Admiral
Mitch Bradley apparently ordered the second strike to take out
two survivors, fulfilling Hegseth's directive, which many legal experts describe
(06:50):
as a war crime. Heg Seth said he only saw
the first.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Strike at CBS's Uija Jang. Admiral Bradley, by the way,
is expected to provide a classified briefing to Senate in
House lawmakers tomorrow. 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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