Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Sixteen degrees feels like nineteen in Boston. Right now at
Speaker 2: eleven o'clock, I'm Kyle Brain and here's what's happening. Mayor
Speaker 2: Wu providing a major update on the White Stadium renovation efforts.
Speaker 2: They've officially signed a shared usage agreement with the Boston
Speaker 2: Unity Soccer Partners.
Speaker 3: I am thrilled to share that, as of this morning,
Speaker 3: the City of Boston has signed a lease with Boston
Speaker 3: Unity Soccer Partners to open up the largest investment into
Speaker 3: BPS Athletics and White Stadium since it opened in nineteen
Speaker 3: forty nine.
Speaker 2: Mayor Wu also adding that this will make the stadium
Speaker 2: an anchor for youth sports in Boston. Renovation costs for
Speaker 2: the stadium have nearly doubled since the original projection of
Speaker 2: fifty million. President Biden commutes the sentences of almost every
Speaker 2: federal prisoner on death row. Thirty seven men will now
Speaker 2: serve life without the chance of parole. CBS's At O'Keefe
Speaker 2: has more.
Speaker 4: In a statement this morning about the commutations, the President
Speaker 4: says he condemns these murderers and quote grieves for the
Speaker 4: victims of their despicable acts. He added, He's quote more
Speaker 4: than more convinced than ever that we must stop the
Speaker 4: use of the death penalty at the federal level in
Speaker 4: good conscience. He adds, I cannot stand back and let
Speaker 4: a new administration resume executions that I halted. His announcement
Speaker 4: comes just four weeks before President elect Trump is said
Speaker 4: to take office now.
Speaker 2: Among those three prisoners that were non granted clemency is
Speaker 2: Boston Marathon bomber Joharsar Naiev. For now, he still faces
Speaker 2: the death penalty, but that could change. A federal appeals
Speaker 2: court launched an investigation earlier this year to see if
Speaker 2: two jurors in his trials should have been disqualified for bias.
Speaker 2: The other two people to not have their sentences commuted
Speaker 2: were Dylan Roof, who killed nine black churchgoers in a
Speaker 2: racist attack in South Carolina back in twenty fifteen, and
Speaker 2: Robert Bowers, who killed eleven people at the Tree Life
Speaker 2: Synagogue in Pittsburgh. A second arrangement for the suspect in
Speaker 2: the killing of a healthcare ceo in Manhattan. ABC's Dave
Speaker 2: Packer has more from New York.
Speaker 5: Luigi Mangioti fled not guilty today to New York charges
Speaker 5: including murder and terrorism for allegedly killing United Healthcare CEO
Speaker 5: Brian Thompson earlier this month. This after Mangioni was charged
Speaker 5: last week on federal murder and terrorism charges. The Manhattan
Speaker 5: District Attorney saying his office has primary jurisdiction and will
Speaker 5: try their case before the federal case. If convicted, Mangioni
Speaker 5: faces life without parole and state court or even the
Speaker 5: death penalty if the federal case proceeds. Dave Packer, ABC
Speaker 5: News New York.
Speaker 2: Braintree police are telling people to avoid Forbes Road due
Speaker 2: to a three alarm fire at the Hyatt Hotel that's
Speaker 2: right across the street from Braintree Plaza, which is packed
Speaker 2: with last minute holiday shoppers. Crews are reportedly still working
Speaker 2: on containment. There's no word on any injuries or what
Speaker 2: caused the fire. Coming up, local officials celebrating a milestone
Speaker 2: for the MBTA. Now, it's time for the four day
Speaker 2: wbc ACI weather forecast for meteorologist Joe Lundberg. It's gonna
Speaker 2: be a mix of sunshine and clouds today with a
Speaker 2: high of around twenty seven. Gonna be very cold, it's
Speaker 2: gonna be mainly cloudly on the cape, with some light
Speaker 2: snow and flurries lingering throughout the day. Tonight it will
Speaker 2: be turning cloudy with a bit of snow late lows
Speaker 2: between nineteen and twenty three early, but then the temperatures
Speaker 2: will slowly rise. On Christmas Eve morning, we should get
Speaker 2: a period of snow that will accumulate about a coating
Speaker 2: of about an inch. That could lead to some slow
Speaker 2: and slippery travel. Now it won't be so cold in
Speaker 2: the afternoon though, with the clouds breaking. We'll get the
Speaker 2: high up to thirty four, near forty if you're on
Speaker 2: the Capoury Islands. And on Christmas Day, of course, we'll
Speaker 2: be partly sunny with a high of thirty four. We'll
Speaker 2: have a little bit more clouds on Boxing Day, and
Speaker 2: then looking ahead we'll get some more sunshine and will
Speaker 2: be dry on Friday, highs getting into the upper thirties.
Speaker 2: Right now, it is sixteen degrees in Boston. The Tea
Speaker 2: is back up to speed in Greater Boston. Wbzs Hyle
Speaker 2: Shaffle has the details.
Speaker 6: No slow zones remain on the tracks after an intense
Speaker 6: year of shutdowns and quarterback by MBTA, General manager of
Speaker 6: phil Aangs Christmas Miracle.
Speaker 3: For the first time in twenty years, slow zones are
Speaker 3: removed from the tea.
Speaker 6: At a Victory Lap news conference at North Station, Governor
Speaker 6: more Heey ticked off the ways riders are better off
Speaker 6: now than last year.
Speaker 7: Collectively, riders are saving about two point four million minutes
Speaker 7: every weekday.
Speaker 6: That breaks down to savings of up to an hour
Speaker 6: when riding the Red Line end to end in twenty
Speaker 6: one minutes on the Orange. The governor also said that
Speaker 6: meant the state economy is saving around a million dollars daily.
Speaker 6: Phil Ang was asked what's next.
Speaker 3: Redline has some of the oldest trained cars, probably in
Speaker 3: the US.
Speaker 2: We are focused on.
Speaker 3: Delivering the Red line Orange Line signal upgrades by early
Speaker 3: twenty six before the World Cup.
Speaker 6: Kyle Shaffield WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: A geothermal energy pilot program in Framingham could be getting
Speaker 2: an expansion thanks to a federal grant. The program currently
Speaker 2: services properties on a loop formed by Normandy Road, Conquered Street,
Speaker 2: Lindberg Road, Berkshire Road, and Rose Kennedy Lane. The Metro
Speaker 2: West Daily News says Heat, a local clean energy nonprofit,
Speaker 2: has landed a seven point eight million dollar grant and
Speaker 2: is partnering with the City of Framingham, ever Source and
Speaker 2: a third party to support the program's expansion westward. The
Speaker 2: project came online in early September and uses a series
Speaker 2: of buried pipes and heat conveying fluid to circulate heat
Speaker 2: between the ground and the buildings. A holiday drone show
Speaker 2: in Orlando, Florida, is under investigation after several of the
Speaker 2: drones collided in mid air and crashed to the ground,
Speaker 2: seriously injuring a young boy. Here's ABC's Rhiannon Alley.
Speaker 7: The yearly drone show, attracting twenty five thousand spectators, was
Speaker 7: a permitted FAA event. The City of Orlando says this
Speaker 7: was the second year working with the vendor operating the drones,
Speaker 7: the drone company sky Elements, saying in a statement it
Speaker 7: wants to extend its sincere hope for a full and
Speaker 7: speedy recovery to those impacted. We are diligently working with
Speaker 7: the FAA and City of Orlando officials to determine the
Speaker 7: cause and our commit added to establishing a clear picture
Speaker 7: of what transpired.
Speaker 2: The boys mother says a drone hit him in the chest,
Speaker 2: requiring him to get open heart surgery. You are now
Speaker 2: in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen
Speaker 2: to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Kyle Bray, WBZ,
Speaker 2: Boston's news radio