Speaker 1: This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock good Saturday
Speaker 2: afternoon on Madison Rogers and we start this hour. In
Speaker 2: the Middle East, President Trump ordering a new wave of
Speaker 2: attacks in Yemen. Donna Warder reports for the ap.
Speaker 3: Iran Beckathy Rebels say a series of air strikes have
Speaker 3: hit Yemen's capital Sanat The images online show blooms of
Speaker 3: black smoke over Sanna's airport complex, which includes a military facility.
Speaker 3: President Donald Trump says he ordered the air strikes, which
Speaker 3: come a few days after the Huthis said they'd resume
Speaker 3: attacks on Israeli vessels sailing in waters off Yemen in
Speaker 3: response to Israel's blockade of Gaza. In a social media post,
Speaker 3: Trump says no terrorist force will stop American commercial and
Speaker 3: naval vessels from freely sailing the waterways of the world.
Speaker 3: I'm donnah Ward.
Speaker 2: President Trump assigned a government spending bill afternoon, officially averting
Speaker 2: a shutdown.
Speaker 4: Bill which funds the federal government through September thirtieth, was
Speaker 4: passed in the Senate ahead of the Friday night deadline,
Speaker 4: but the White House did not announce until midday today
Speaker 4: that President Trump had signed it at mar A Lago.
Speaker 4: The bill split Senate Democrats, who decried thirteen billion dollars
Speaker 4: in domestic funding cuts. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer drew
Speaker 4: the ire of many of his fellow Democrats for urging passage,
Speaker 4: saying a government shutdown would be worse, adding shuttered federal
Speaker 4: agencies would leave an opening for the Department of Government
Speaker 4: Efficiency to keep them closed indefinitely. Linday Kenyon, CBS News, Washington.
Speaker 2: A monster storm sweeping across the South is killed at
Speaker 2: least seventeen people this weekend, most of them in Missouri.
Speaker 2: Maybe sees Matt Rivers has more.
Speaker 1: Give A Missouri. They suspecting tornado barreled Durralla at least
Speaker 1: five touchdown, leaving buildings in Ruin one hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: five thousand customers without power across the state, and in Oklahoma,
Speaker 1: the sky and ear orange. Nearly one hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: fires reported. The flames fan by fast moving winds, The
Speaker 1: dangerous conditions prompting evacuations.
Speaker 2: And those fires have damaged or destroyed nearly three hundred homes.
Speaker 2: Several people have also been killed in Arkansas and in
Speaker 2: the Texas Panhandle. This is an ongoing threat with families
Speaker 2: advised to evacuate. We will continue to follow the latest
Speaker 2: right here on WBZ News Radio. A former medical assistant
Speaker 2: at mass General is sentenced to up to twelve years
Speaker 2: in prison for sexually assaulting patients. The forty one year
Speaker 2: old from East Boston, Damian Knighton, was found guilty of
Speaker 2: conducting unauthorized genital and rectal exams on four male patients.
Speaker 2: The assaults happened at the MGH Back Bay Health Center
Speaker 2: on Commonwealth Avenue. Knight And was first arrested more than
Speaker 2: two years ago. He is now banned for life from
Speaker 2: working in the medical field in Massachusetts. In the four
Speaker 2: day forecast, we have some unsettled weather moving in this weekend.
Speaker 2: Tonight's some low clouds and fog rolling in a low
Speaker 2: around forty five degrees. Tomorrow becomes quite windy. It's milder,
Speaker 2: up to sixty four degrees and mostly cloudy. We should
Speaker 2: stay drive for most of the Saint Patrick's Day festivities
Speaker 2: in southeast but rain moves in into tomorrow evening and
Speaker 2: that will get heavy at times. A thunderstorm arrives in
Speaker 2: the evening hour tomorrow and then continues through much of Monday.
Speaker 2: Saint Patrick's itself is going to be very, very wet
Speaker 2: in Boston. There is a likely potential for some flooding
Speaker 2: on the streets and in poor drainage areas. It's down
Speaker 2: to fifty five tomorrow night, then up to sixty Monday.
Speaker 2: It'll calm down into Tuesday, some sunshine returning with high
Speaker 2: from fifty to fifty four degrees. Right now, it's pretty
Speaker 2: nice out there. Fifty four in Taunton, sixty one in Worcester,
Speaker 2: sixty five in Fitchburg. Here in Boston, it's fifty nine
Speaker 2: degrees and sunny at four oh five. In just three days,
Speaker 2: a lawsuit trying to stop the renovation of Boston's White
Speaker 2: Stadium will go to trial, and meantime, the new pro
Speaker 2: women's soccer team set to make it their home will
Speaker 2: get a new name wbcs'm A Friedman explains.
Speaker 5: It's good riddance to Boston Nation FC Boston Long Nails.
Speaker 5: The rebranding announcement coming during a National Women's Soccer League
Speaker 5: season kickoff party at Dorchester Brewing Company.
Speaker 2: I'm so excited to share with you all here for
Speaker 2: tonight and we are changing Power Club Lea.
Speaker 5: As of right now, the new team name is still
Speaker 5: a mystery. On x The NWSL Boston page now says
Speaker 5: coming soon FC, while the website just says coming soon
Speaker 5: a new name for a new era. Fans were quick
Speaker 5: to criticize the name after its launch last fall and
Speaker 5: it failed too Many Balls campaign. Boston Unity Soccer Partner's
Speaker 5: controlling manager, Jennifer Epstein says the decision to rename the
Speaker 5: club comes after extensive conversations with fans, community members, and
Speaker 5: months of research. She says the club is thankful for
Speaker 5: the honest feedback and that they aim to build a
Speaker 5: lasting legacy. NWSA SO Boston says the new name will
Speaker 5: be announced in the next few weeks. In Boston, I'm Afraidman, WBZ,
Speaker 5: Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: There are worries in Roxbury as a health center lays
Speaker 2: off more than twenty workers. More from CBS News Boston
Speaker 2: Samantha Cheney.
Speaker 6: Three minutes check That's all. Laqueda Pearson says it took
Speaker 6: for her job the Demic Health Center to deliver life
Speaker 6: changing news.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately, we have to let you go.
Speaker 6: Thursday morning, she was laid off from her job as
Speaker 6: a financial counselor.
Speaker 2: Ben you put security detail on us and her.
Speaker 6: So we reached out to Dimmick to try to get
Speaker 6: a better understanding of why this all happened, and they
Speaker 6: told us that she was just one of twenty one
Speaker 6: people laid off. They say the decision it was made carefully,
Speaker 6: but ultimately came as an effort to try to address
Speaker 6: some financial challenges. A spokesperson from Dimmick explained that mission
Speaker 6: based organizations nationwide are facing severe financial strain due to
Speaker 6: rising costs and policy changes. To ensure financial stability, Dimmick
Speaker 6: must align expenses with revenue.
Speaker 2: Dimmick has also instituted a hiring freeze. You're now in
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