October 22, 2025 • 6 mins
Government shutdown heads into week four, the Powerball jackpot grows after no winner on Friday's drawing, and Boston workers prefer working from home. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning,
it is six o'clock and here we go again. It's
raining in Boston. It is quite mild though, at fifty
six degrees. The News at six brought to us by
You're a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel
(00:21):
drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us on this Wednesday morning.
I'm Jeff Brown. Split decision. It will be cloudy for
a while this morning, with srain, then becoming partly sunny
from midday on. At is WBZ hacky weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg.
His today will be very close to seventy degrees. An
emotional return for Brad Marshand, but in the end, the
(00:42):
Bruins lose their fifth straight game, this time in the
Garden in heartbreaking fashion to the Florida Panthers. Tonight's Tonight
the Celtics Chris In the NBA's regular season, they open
at the Garden. They'll take on the seventy six ers.
Tip is at seven thirty tonight. Government shutdown day number
twenty two day actually, and also begins the fourth week
(01:03):
of what is already the nation's third longest shutdown in
US history. The President takes his top Senate Republicans out
to lunch at the White House and takes Democrats to
the woodshed. The new reports suggests some new lasting effects
from the shutdown could cost the United States economy as
much as fifteen billion dollars a week in productivity and
could shave up to two tenths of one percent off
(01:25):
potential growth. According to Oxford Economics, Democrats still maintain healthcare
as a hill they're willing to die on. As millions
on snap benefits are next to feel the pain of
this shutdown, The President apparently wants the Justice Department to
cut him a chest.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Source is telling ABC News president Trump pressuring his own
Department of Justice to pay him two hundred and thirty
million dollars as a settlement for two previous federal investigations
into him. They probably will a lot of money, As
first reported by The New York Times, those negotiations stemming
from two prosecutions is Trump faced. The first twenty sixteen
(02:02):
investigation surrounding potential ties Trump and his campaign had to Russia.
The second over Trump's handling of classified documents, which led
to his Mara Alogo home being searched.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
It is six oh two survey says most Americans think
the country is headed in the wrong direction. The sixteenth
Annual American Values Survey finds two thirds believe that our
moral compass is wrong and on President Trump's impact on
the economy, immigration, and race relations, which puts are standing
in the world on shaky ground. Recent competing polls from
(02:35):
both the Associated Press and Gallop have come up with
similar results. Well, here we go again. No winner in
last night's Mega Million's jackpot, now worth an estimated six
hundred and eighty million. In Friday night's drawing, no one
has hit the mother load in three months. Tonight's Powerball
is not too shabby itself, coming in at three hundred
and twenty million dollars. Rain has started to fall in
(02:57):
Boston in a day that is starting out very similar
to just a couple of days ago. But this again
is a quick hitting storm and it will be in
the Boston area much earlier than Monday's storm. We've got
the pockets of very heavy rain falling down through central
Massachusetts and er the Metro West region right now. This
will be gone later this morning and we'll actually see
(03:18):
clearing skies this afternoon with some sunshine, and it's a
mild day, breezy conditions. High temperatures will get very close
to seventy later on today. Back and forth we go
though mostly clear overnight to night. Lows will be in
the thirties and forties. Tomorrow is much more like October.
We'll see breezy conditions, a mix of sun and clouds,
high temperatures in the lower sixties, and we start to
(03:40):
tail off and we'll be peeking in the fifties coming
up on Friday, into the weekend as well. But it
looks like dry weather is going to persist from tomorrow
or from this afternoon rather right into the weekend as well.
Right now, on this Wednesday morning in Boston, we've got
some rain here in the city. It is fifty four
degrees in Boston at six oh five on this Wednesday
mon The themed work life balance balances out better in Boston.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Working from home never an option for this cubicle cowboy.
I have to go in every day to all COVID.
This fella also has to be on site every day.
Suits them just fine. I can't sit still look at
a computer for eight hours and what is it that
you do for electrician.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Some people can do it, but I'm not built for that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Whether constructed for an office or not. More people nationwide
have headed back to common workspaces in the last three months,
according to new research, though Boston's on site recovery is
below the national average, up less than ten percent over
the same time period. No complaints here. During COVID, the
commute was easy.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
It's gotten worse.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
So Boston's lagging behind getting people back into the office.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I think they're doing just fine. I think they need
to knock it off.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Chris fam a WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Small businesses in Cambridge are about to feel the pinch again.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Commercial property owners in Cambridge will soon be facing a
higher tax bill in the coming year and increase property
tax rate of twenty two percent. City council this week
voting on the large property tax rate boost. The reason well,
they say they need to increase it to help the
city cover it's nearly one billion dollar operating budget. Critics
say this will be punishing to small businesses and an
(05:15):
already tough economic climate, and it's not like residential property
owners are getting away unscathed. They will see a property
tax increase of five percent. Jim McKay wb Z Boston's
News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
The Massachusetts man tickles the ivories and fills his pockets
in the process. WBZ S Drew moholland is here with
the story. Good morning, Andrew, Morning Jeffrey.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
Twenty seven year old Eric lu takes on the top
prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland in
what insiders called the Olympics of the piano world.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
That's a nice way to start today, isn't that lovely? Yes?
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Already well established in his career, Lou beats out nearly
two hundred others for the top prize and that is
the equivalent of about seventy thousand dollars in cash.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Here we go and a gold medal.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
By the way, Another American, New York's William Yang finished sixth.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Nice appearance there. He played the piano. You play any interestrument, guitar, guitar? Well?
I was once asked by Bradley j if I played
an instrument? I said no. He said, if you could
play any instrument that you would like, what would it be?
I would say guitar. He said, don't do that. It's
the hardest instrument ever. Oh yes, well you asked there
you go to each his own exactly. You are now
(06:28):
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, redefining local news. Good morning,
it is six o'clock and here we go again. It's
raining in Boston. It is quite mild though, at fifty
six degrees. The News at six brought to us by
You're a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel
(00:21):
drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us on this Wednesday morning.
I'm Jeff Brown. Split decision. It will be cloudy for
a while this morning, with srain, then becoming partly sunny
from midday on. At is WBZ hacky weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg.
His today will be very close to seventy degrees. An
emotional return for Brad Marshand, but in the end, the
(00:42):
Bruins lose their fifth straight game, this time in the
Garden in heartbreaking fashion to the Florida Panthers. Tonight's Tonight
the Celtics Chris In the NBA's regular season, they open
at the Garden. They'll take on the seventy six ers.
Tip is at seven thirty tonight. Government shutdown day number
twenty two day actually, and also begins the fourth week
(01:03):
of what is already the nation's third longest shutdown in
US history. The President takes his top Senate Republicans out
to lunch at the White House and takes Democrats to
the woodshed. The new reports suggests some new lasting effects
from the shutdown could cost the United States economy as
much as fifteen billion dollars a week in productivity and
could shave up to two tenths of one percent off
(01:25):
potential growth. According to Oxford Economics, Democrats still maintain healthcare
as a hill they're willing to die on. As millions
on snap benefits are next to feel the pain of
this shutdown, The President apparently wants the Justice Department to
cut him a chest.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Source is telling ABC News president Trump pressuring his own
Department of Justice to pay him two hundred and thirty
million dollars as a settlement for two previous federal investigations
into him. They probably will a lot of money, As
first reported by The New York Times, those negotiations stemming
from two prosecutions is Trump faced. The first twenty sixteen
(02:02):
investigation surrounding potential ties Trump and his campaign had to Russia.
The second over Trump's handling of classified documents, which led
to his Mara Alogo home being searched.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
It is six oh two survey says most Americans think
the country is headed in the wrong direction. The sixteenth
Annual American Values Survey finds two thirds believe that our
moral compass is wrong and on President Trump's impact on
the economy, immigration, and race relations, which puts are standing
in the world on shaky ground. Recent competing polls from
(02:35):
both the Associated Press and Gallop have come up with
similar results. Well, here we go again. No winner in
last night's Mega Million's jackpot, now worth an estimated six
hundred and eighty million. In Friday night's drawing, no one
has hit the mother load in three months. Tonight's Powerball
is not too shabby itself, coming in at three hundred
and twenty million dollars. Rain has started to fall in
(02:57):
Boston in a day that is starting out very similar
to just a couple of days ago. But this again
is a quick hitting storm and it will be in
the Boston area much earlier than Monday's storm. We've got
the pockets of very heavy rain falling down through central
Massachusetts and er the Metro West region right now. This
will be gone later this morning and we'll actually see
(03:18):
clearing skies this afternoon with some sunshine, and it's a
mild day, breezy conditions. High temperatures will get very close
to seventy later on today. Back and forth we go
though mostly clear overnight to night. Lows will be in
the thirties and forties. Tomorrow is much more like October.
We'll see breezy conditions, a mix of sun and clouds,
high temperatures in the lower sixties, and we start to
(03:40):
tail off and we'll be peeking in the fifties coming
up on Friday, into the weekend as well. But it
looks like dry weather is going to persist from tomorrow
or from this afternoon rather right into the weekend as well.
Right now, on this Wednesday morning in Boston, we've got
some rain here in the city. It is fifty four
degrees in Boston at six oh five on this Wednesday
mon The themed work life balance balances out better in Boston.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Working from home never an option for this cubicle cowboy.
I have to go in every day to all COVID.
This fella also has to be on site every day.
Suits them just fine. I can't sit still look at
a computer for eight hours and what is it that
you do for electrician.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Some people can do it, but I'm not built for that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Whether constructed for an office or not. More people nationwide
have headed back to common workspaces in the last three months,
according to new research, though Boston's on site recovery is
below the national average, up less than ten percent over
the same time period. No complaints here. During COVID, the
commute was easy.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
It's gotten worse.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
So Boston's lagging behind getting people back into the office.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I think they're doing just fine. I think they need
to knock it off.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Chris fam a WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Small businesses in Cambridge are about to feel the pinch again.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Commercial property owners in Cambridge will soon be facing a
higher tax bill in the coming year and increase property
tax rate of twenty two percent. City council this week
voting on the large property tax rate boost. The reason well,
they say they need to increase it to help the
city cover it's nearly one billion dollar operating budget. Critics
say this will be punishing to small businesses and an
(05:15):
already tough economic climate, and it's not like residential property
owners are getting away unscathed. They will see a property
tax increase of five percent. Jim McKay wb Z Boston's
News Radio.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
The Massachusetts man tickles the ivories and fills his pockets
in the process. WBZ S Drew moholland is here with
the story. Good morning, Andrew, Morning Jeffrey.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
Twenty seven year old Eric lu takes on the top
prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland in
what insiders called the Olympics of the piano world.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
That's a nice way to start today, isn't that lovely? Yes?
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Already well established in his career, Lou beats out nearly
two hundred others for the top prize and that is
the equivalent of about seventy thousand dollars in cash.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Here we go and a gold medal.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
By the way, Another American, New York's William Yang finished sixth.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Nice appearance there. He played the piano. You play any interestrument, guitar, guitar? Well?
I was once asked by Bradley j if I played
an instrument? I said no. He said, if you could
play any instrument that you would like, what would it be?
I would say guitar. He said, don't do that. It's
the hardest instrument ever. Oh yes, well you asked there
you go to each his own exactly. You are now
(06:28):
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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