Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Cloudy in fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock.
Speaker 2: Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. I'm Suzanne Salsville.
Speaker 2: Here's what's happening. We start this hour in Dorchester, where
Speaker 2: a man was shot and killed late last night. Police
Speaker 2: say officers responded to the area of Bluehill Ave and
Speaker 2: Georgia Street at around eleven and found the victims suffering
Speaker 2: from a gunshot wound. They were later pronounced dead at
Speaker 2: Boston Medical Center. The victim's name has not been identified.
Speaker 2: Boston Police are encouraging anyone with information to contact them.
Speaker 2: In the Middle East, Israel fails to intercept a Hoofy
Speaker 2: rebel missile targeting the airport in Tel Aviv. The BBC's
Speaker 2: Mike Thompson has more.
Speaker 3: Israel has long prided itself on its highly effective air
Speaker 3: defense systems, which have successful intercepted numerous Houthi missiles, but
Speaker 3: the failure this time has sparked alarm and will be
Speaker 3: discussed by the country's security cabinet later. The injuries were few,
Speaker 3: and the missile fire from Yemen hit the outer edge
Speaker 3: of the airport. It's now fully operational, but a number
Speaker 3: of major airlines have temporarily canceled flights.
Speaker 2: Israeli officials vowed to respond to the attack. Meanwhile, Israel
Speaker 2: says it's calling up reservists to expand its military operation
Speaker 2: in Gaza. The BBC's Hugo Bichiga has.
Speaker 4: More thousands of reservists have been called up. Israel says
Speaker 4: its military pressure that will lead to the release of
Speaker 4: hostages who remaining captivity, a strategy that has also included
Speaker 4: a ban on the entry of humanitarian supplies into the territory.
Speaker 4: Aid agencies say this could be a war crime, an
Speaker 4: accusation Israel rejects. For critics this is a failed policy.
Speaker 4: No captive has been freed since Israel ended the cease
Speaker 4: fire and resumed its attacks.
Speaker 2: Amotch, a group se Gaza, is in dire need of food, water,
Speaker 2: and other supplies. A former vice president is being honored
Speaker 2: in Boston today. ABC's Dave Packer has that.
Speaker 5: Former Vice president Mike pens and Boston to receive the
Speaker 5: twenty twenty five John F. Kennedy Profile and Courage Award
Speaker 5: for his actions. On January sixth, twenty twenty one, when
Speaker 5: a violent mob stormed the US capital. Caroline Kennedy and
Speaker 5: Jack Schlossberg will present the award at the John F.
Speaker 5: Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The library says
Speaker 5: Pence was chosen for putting his life and career on
Speaker 5: the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power.
Speaker 5: On January sixth, twenty twenty one, Dave Packer ABC News.
Speaker 2: A local automation company announces hundreds of layoffs after a merger.
Speaker 2: The Globe reports Wilmington based Symbodic will lay off four
Speaker 2: hundred workers next month. The announcement comes a few months
Speaker 2: after the company acquired Walmart's robotic unit, which uses robots
Speaker 2: to assemble individual grocery orders at stores. As part of
Speaker 2: the acquisition, Walmart agreed to install the order packing system
Speaker 2: into four hundred of its stores and pay Symbodic up
Speaker 2: to five hundred twenty million dollars. Cloudy tonight with some
Speaker 2: rain at times, load near fifty. Tomorrow, cloudy, breezy and
Speaker 2: much cooler, with more rain and drizzle. Highs in the
Speaker 2: load to mid fifties on Tuesday. Cloudy with periods of
Speaker 2: rain that could be heavy at times. High sixty one
Speaker 2: on Wednesday, mostly cloudy with sun here and there, some
Speaker 2: showers still possible, high sixty seven. Right now in Boston,
Speaker 2: it's cloudy and fifty seven degrees. The NHL Draft lottery
Speaker 2: is being held tomorrow night, and as wbz's Charlie Bergeron
Speaker 2: tells us, the Bruins could score big.
Speaker 6: The lottery will determine the order of selection for the
Speaker 6: first sixteen picks in the first round. Now, to go
Speaker 6: into how the draft or will be determined, let's just
Speaker 6: say it's ping pong balls tossed into a machine. They're
Speaker 6: pulled out. There are one thousand, four digit combinations for
Speaker 6: each team. As each ball is drawn, odds changed teams
Speaker 6: are eliminated. So the Bruins have an eight and a
Speaker 6: half percent chance of securing the number one selection. Last
Speaker 6: time the Black and Gold had the number one pick
Speaker 6: was nineteen ninety seven. And who did they select? Saint Thomas,
Speaker 6: Ontario's Joe Thornton, who played with the Bruins from ninety
Speaker 6: seven until he was traded to San Jose in two
Speaker 6: thousand and five. Charlie Burger On WBZ, Boston's news.
Speaker 2: Radio champion swimmer Katie Ledeci does it again. She breaks
Speaker 2: her own record. CBS's Matt Piper has details.
Speaker 1: Swimming superstar Katie Ledeci added to her long list of
Speaker 1: accomplishments Saturday when she broke her own world record in
Speaker 1: the eight hundred meter free style. It was at the
Speaker 1: TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale. The twenty eight
Speaker 1: year old set a new mark of eight minutes four
Speaker 1: point one to two seconds, breaking the previous marks she's
Speaker 1: set nearly nine years ago at the Rio Olympics by
Speaker 1: zero point sixty seven seconds. According to USA Swimming, Ladecki
Speaker 1: now has the top ten performances all time in the event.
Speaker 1: At last year's Paris Olympics, she became the most decorated
Speaker 1: female American Olympian of all time, with fourteen medals. Matt Piper,
Speaker 1: CBS News.
Speaker 2: The federal government will resume collections on paused federal student
Speaker 2: loans tomorrow. The payments were put on hold during the
Speaker 2: COVID pandemic. Jillian Berman is the assistant managing editor for Marketwaunch.
Speaker 2: She says, if you're not sure what the status of
Speaker 2: your loan is, you better find out the.
Speaker 7: Best thing to do is to check your account at
Speaker 7: studentad dot gov. Sign in there, and you know, it
Speaker 7: should be pretty clear to you whether or not you're
Speaker 7: in default. If you find out that that's the case
Speaker 7: for most people, the best thing to do is going
Speaker 7: to be to contact something something called the Default Resolution Group,
Speaker 7: and they will, you know, sort of give you your
Speaker 7: options to help you get out of default.
Speaker 2: The Trump administration says starting tomorrow, borrow in default risk
Speaker 2: having their benefits and wages garnished. Mother's Day is one
Speaker 2: week from today.
Speaker 8: We're in the flower season, so you can't really go
Speaker 8: wrong with the flowers you're choosing.
Speaker 9: Kalin Garco is head of floral design at The Books Company,
Speaker 9: which offers online flower delivery. She says starting with your
Speaker 9: mom's favorite flower or colors can spark ideas. Lily's, tulips
Speaker 9: and roses are also popular choices, and give them a
Speaker 9: fresh cut before they go into a vase.
Speaker 8: Specifically a forty five degree angle, and make sure you're
Speaker 8: putting them in nice cream water.
Speaker 9: The water should be cool with no leaves touching it.
Speaker 9: Wendy ji Lett CBS News.
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Speaker 2: I'm Suzanne Soasville WBZ, Boston's news radio