Speaker 1: This is w BZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2: News seventy two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Testimony is over and
Speaker 2: the jury's gone home, but work continues in Norfolk Superior
Speaker 2: Court at the Karen Reid retrial. The lawyers and the
Speaker 2: judge Shark questioning witnesses expected to testify before the jury
Speaker 2: next week. All day today, the jury heard testimony from
Speaker 2: crash expert Matthew the Sogra. The defense brought him in
Speaker 2: to critique reports put together by the prosecution's expert crash witnesses.
Speaker 2: Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan pushing the Sogra on what information
Speaker 2: he knows and what he doesn't know.
Speaker 3: Did you know at twelve thirty two sixteen that John
Speaker 3: o'keef's cell phone moved the last time?
Speaker 2: Did you know that? No? And between twelve thirty two twelve,
Speaker 2: which is in the ten second window and twelve thirty
Speaker 2: two sixteen, do you know.
Speaker 4: What Joonald Keaton was doing in that four second period? No?
Speaker 2: You know if he was walking, No, you know, if
Speaker 2: he was crown No, you know if he was falling
Speaker 2: now the jury's back is. Court resumes on Monday. WBZ
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Speaker 2: always streaming for you on the iHeartRadio app. The Trump
Speaker 2: administration gets a victory and its efforts to roll back
Speaker 2: legal status granted hundreds of thousands of immigrants by the
Speaker 2: Biden administration.
Speaker 4: The court's move allows the government to move forward with
Speaker 4: its plans to end parole protections granted by the Biden
Speaker 4: administration to some half a million migrants who fled Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua,
Speaker 4: and Venezuela. Two of the court's liberals dissented, with Justice
Speaker 4: Katanji Brown Jackson writing that the majority threatens to unleash devastation,
Speaker 4: upending the lives of more than five hundred thousand people.
Speaker 4: It follows a similar action by the High Court earlier
Speaker 4: this month that affected more than three hundred thousand Venezuelans
Speaker 4: here on temporary protected status. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington.
Speaker 2: The president of the class of twenty twenty five at MIT,
Speaker 2: gets banned from commencement. The Globe reports the carvers he
Speaker 2: started after a decision by MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles after class,
Speaker 2: President mega Ver Murray veered from prepared remarks Thursday and
Speaker 2: used the stage to express support for Palestinians in Gaza,
Speaker 2: calling for the school to cut ties with Israel and
Speaker 2: accused MIT administrators of being directly complicit in the ongoing
Speaker 2: genocide of the Palestinian people. Today, a speech from the
Speaker 2: chancellor was briefly derailed by chance from students in the
Speaker 2: Middle East. Thamas is currently reviewing the latest peace deal
Speaker 2: from the US at Israel. However, there are concerns and
Speaker 2: the deal may not be enough for them to accept
Speaker 2: it in its current form. However, the humanitarian crisis in
Speaker 2: Gaza is also a growing concern.
Speaker 5: The concerns that HAMAS has raised have to do with
Speaker 5: two of its main demands, one that there be a
Speaker 5: permanent end to the war in Gaza and the other
Speaker 5: that there be the full withdrawal of Israeli troops. A
Speaker 5: statement put out by Hamas this morning said that the
Speaker 5: situation was so grave in Gaza that Hamas was very
Speaker 5: seriously considering this because it would mean a sixty day
Speaker 5: ceasefire and it would mean less restricted flow of aid
Speaker 5: into the Gaza strip, which is so necessary for the population.
Speaker 2: There at the moment. That is CBS's Hailey Ought Holy
Speaker 2: Family Hospital in Haveril says it's scaling back some services.
Speaker 2: State House News reports the hospital, formerly owned by Stewart Healthcare,
Speaker 2: is shutting down its emergency department and getting rid of
Speaker 2: several dozen impatient medical and surgical beds. Hospital plans to
Speaker 2: operate a satellite emergency department in Mathuin. The hospital says
Speaker 2: it's working to rearrange care in a more thoughtful, integrated
Speaker 2: manner that better meets the needs of the communities. Hey,
Speaker 2: checking the four d A WBZ ACTU weather forecasts now,
Speaker 2: haven't seen this in a while. Some rain for the weekend. Weird.
Speaker 2: We've had some showers this afternoon, and we'll have some
Speaker 2: more showers tonight, and then here comes the rain, some
Speaker 2: of that heavy a thunderstorm late tonight and into tomorrow morning. Fact,
Speaker 2: about half of your day tomorrow will feature some rain,
Speaker 2: and then we'll break out some sunshine for the latter
Speaker 2: half of your Saturday, with a shower or two still
Speaker 2: possible later on in the day. Temperatures around seventy tomorrow,
Speaker 2: a couple of showers tomorrow evening, then some clearing and
Speaker 2: by Sunday, which is by the way, the first of
Speaker 2: June will pick up some sun and some clouds. Could
Speaker 2: be a shower north and west of four ninety five
Speaker 2: before we bring in some sunshine Monday, with temperatures near
Speaker 2: seventy seventy two right now in Boston. The worst place
Speaker 2: for a rocket to end up after being launched is
Speaker 2: back on Earth in pieces.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 2: The FAA is requiring SpaceX to conduct what they call
Speaker 2: a mishap investigation after the company's Starship Mega rocket tumbled
Speaker 2: out of control after launch this week.
Speaker 1: The Starship Flight nine mission launched Tuesday night from Starbase, Texas.
Speaker 1: After back to back explosions in earlier launches. SpaceX had
Speaker 1: hoped to release a series of mock satellites, but a
Speaker 1: door failed to open all the way, The spacecraft began spinning,
Speaker 1: and the first stage booster ended up in the Gulf
Speaker 1: of Mexico in pieces. The FAA says it will oversee
Speaker 1: the SpaceX led investigation and will approve any final report.
Speaker 2: The Gulf of Mexico was changed by Presidential Exis Executive
Speaker 2: Order this year to the Gulf of America, and speaking
Speaker 2: of renaming bodies of water, what started as a joke
Speaker 2: on the South Shores turned into thousands of dollars that's
Speaker 2: helping to fund a new veterans memorial. It's the Golf
Speaker 2: of Weymouth and wbz's Jim McKay has the tails. We
Speaker 2: sold all the seven hundred shirts.
Speaker 3: Ray Jennings is one of the co owners of the
Speaker 3: Union Brew House in Weymouth. They have been selling Golf
Speaker 3: of Weymouth shirts at that pub and it all started
Speaker 3: with a joke during the winter when someone online renamed
Speaker 3: a map of the Gulf of Hingham to the Gulf
Speaker 3: of Weymouth, the play on President Trump's Golf of America,
Speaker 3: and the T shirt proceeds have been going to a
Speaker 3: great cause.
Speaker 2: We have two veterans from Weymouth's name Fitzgibbons, a father
Speaker 2: and a son, and they both died.
Speaker 3: When the town was low on funds for part of
Speaker 3: a plan memorial in stepped the Gulf of Weymouth and.
Speaker 2: So the T shirts paid for it.
Speaker 1: So that was great, and.
Speaker 3: Now they've got no signs of slowing down.
Speaker 2: It keeps going and we'll just keep riding it and
Speaker 2: raising money for charity. Jim McKay WBZ Boston's News Radio. Well,
Speaker 2: here we go, the end of one month the start
Speaker 2: of another. This weekend bridging the gap the Woolburn Greek Festival.
Speaker 2: It's running today through Sunday with Greek music, dance, food
Speaker 2: and shopping at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on Montvale Avenue.
Speaker 2: More fun on Sunday, June first at the twenty twenty
Speaker 2: five Carnival in Summerville. It kicks off the Summer Streets season,
Speaker 2: and also on Sunday and Makers Market in Norwood, dozens
Speaker 2: of vendors at Castle Island Brewing starting at one o'clock
Speaker 2: in the afternoon, shop and sip and snack local pizza, sandwiches, drinks,
Speaker 2: end more. You are now in the loop for news
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