1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news thirty 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm 3 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. A Boston police officer faces 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: a judge and today pleaded not guilty demandslaughter. This comes 5 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: after the officer shot and killed the carjacking suspect in 6 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: Roxbury last week. Some of the vize's Madison Rodgers failed. 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: Assistant da laying out events that started with a woman 8 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 2: reporting she'd been forcibly carjacked and ended with thirty three 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 2: year old Stevenson King dead. Last Wednesday night, Nicholas O'Malley 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: and one other officer came upon the stolen car with 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: King and the driver's seat. The officers got out of 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 2: their cruiser, drew their guns and shouted a series. 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 3: Of orders the defendant. Immediately before, or while he holstered 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 3: his own gun and took out a taser instead, shouted 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 3: at mister King, bro I'm gonna have him shoot you. 16 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: Immediately after the defendant made that statement, mister King put 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 3: the car and reverse and he backed up into the 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 3: unoccupied cruiser behind him. 19 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,639 Speaker 2: He then maneuver to escape and just as King started 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: to pull forward, the officer redrew his gun and shot 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: him three times. O'Malley then reported King had tried to 22 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: run them over. 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: The investigation, including body camera footage from both officers, established 24 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: that this statement was not true. 25 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 2: O'Malley's lawyer declined to argue the facts of the case, 26 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: but suggested prosecutors might be politically motivated. The judge ordering 27 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: the thirty three year old released on conditions. Madison Rogers WBZ, 28 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: Boston's news radio Good is new. 29 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: Well sort of repairs have been completed on the water 30 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: main that broke in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood on Tuesday. 31 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: Boston Water and Sewer says water has been restored, road 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: restoration will follow. The White House is standing by its 33 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: word that the US is doing what they need to 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: do in the Iran War. The Loran's attacks in return 35 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: have led to a massive jump in oil and gas 36 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: prices around the world. 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 4: President Trump says his administration is being quote very judicious 38 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 4: with its request for two hundred billion dollars new funding 39 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 4: for the war in Iran, telling reporters Tuesday in the 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 4: Oval Office, that's a. 41 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 5: Small price to pay to make sure that we. 42 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: Stay tippy top. 43 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 4: But the President also suggested some of that money would 44 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 4: go toward replenishing stockpiles that have been used to give 45 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 4: weapons to Ukraine in recent years. 46 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 5: We're asking for a lot of reasons beyond even what 47 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 5: we're talking about in Iran. 48 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 4: But he later said the US has quote tremendous unlimited 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 4: supply and that he's simply building the military. Karen Travers's 50 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 4: ABC News the White House. 51 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: A vote moves forward for President Trump's pick to head 52 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: up DHS. He was grilled by a committee yesterday. 53 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 2: Center Blumenthal, Center Fetterman. 54 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 6: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted favorably 55 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 6: for Senator Mark Wayne Mullen to lead the Department of 56 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 6: Homeland Security. 57 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: This vote the YASER eight, the NASER seven, and the 58 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,399 Speaker 2: motion to report the nominee is agreed to. 59 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 6: The vote comes after a testing here in yesterday where 60 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 6: some lawmakers raise concerns about Mullen's temperament and experience. A 61 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 6: full Senate vote will likely come next week. Stacey Lynn, 62 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 6: CBS News. 63 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: Washington, though the investigation continues in Weymouth after a police 64 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: involved shooting at a local park. Norfolk DA's office has 65 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: identified the man who was killed as twenty five year 66 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: old Shawn Berry of Weymouth. Police officers went to web 67 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: Memorial State Park off River Street about four yesterday afternoon 68 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: after receiving a nine to one to one call. The 69 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: DA's office says. Once there, police encountered Berry with a knife, 70 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: who appeared to be in distress. There aren't any details 71 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: just yet about what happened next. Mostly cloudy Tonight. Temperatures 72 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: will be within a few degrees of thirty, so a 73 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,119 Speaker 1: chill in the air fitting I guess for the last 74 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: day of winter. Try to hang on to some of 75 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: that colder weather. We'll get to fifty tomorrow. That's not bad, 76 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: sunshine around, followed by some clouds laid the day and 77 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: perhaps a shower or two as we get deeper into 78 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: the day and tomorrow night, specifically with temperatures close to 79 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: forty under cloudy skies, with that rain around, intervals of 80 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: clouds and sunshine. On Saturday will be in the low fifties, 81 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: cooler over the Cape and Islands, and then Sunday it 82 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: will be only in the forties on the Cape Islands, 83 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: but inland spots warming up into the mid fifties. Or 84 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: so with a little bit of cloudiness, a little bit 85 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: of a breeze, and a shower or two in the afternoon. 86 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: Right now, thirty seven degrees in Boston. Whether you are 87 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: making a desk, score painting portraits, there's a space for 88 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: you in Allston. It's called Artisan's Asylum. Carl Stevens checked 89 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: it out. 90 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 5: Artisan's Asylum, founded in twenty ten, is a fifty two 91 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 5: thousand square foot nonprofit community makers space, a space where 92 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 5: all sorts of stuff gets made. This is executive director 93 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 5: Carol Ward. 94 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 7: We have an amazing community of artists, makers and entrepreneurs here. 95 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 7: So community is like one of our main pillars of 96 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 7: our mission statement. 97 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 5: And it's a big community, more than five hundred members. 98 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 5: They've got more than one hundred artist studios, fifteen shops 99 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 5: where you can engage in everything from woodworking to jewelry making. 100 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 7: You can sign up for something as easy as a 101 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 7: forty dollars day pass, all the way up to two 102 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 7: hundred and forty dollars twenty four seven membership, whatever fits 103 00:04:59,360 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 7: your needs. 104 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 5: Carl Stevens WBG, Boston's News Radio. 105 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: Well, they say you can't buy happiness, but can you 106 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: buy property that would make a big impact. 107 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 8: It might be a nice song, but it's not really 108 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 8: a true sentiment, at least for English speaking countries. The 109 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 8: University of Oxford's annual World Happiness Report shows Nordic countries Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, 110 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 8: and Norway are the happiest worldwide, as they have been 111 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 8: for the past decade. English speaking countries, however, including the US, 112 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 8: Canada and Australia, have dropped significantly in the rankings, and 113 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 8: those surveyed say heavy social media use is one of 114 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 8: the primary reasons why Sherry preston ABC. 115 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: News and you Gotta Go, you Gotta go even at 116 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: porch Fest. Now, the City of Summerville's out with some 117 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: new plans for the event this year to help make 118 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: the experience better for everyone, whether you have to go on. 119 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 9: Somerville's port Fest or aws thillions of people to the 120 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 9: city streets. And for people white Cassidy, it's a highlight 121 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 9: of the year. 122 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 10: It's just so fun to be out about the community 123 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 10: and getting to explore a different neighborhood and having hopefully 124 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 10: a really nice Spring day. 125 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 9: But that doesn't mean it doesn't come with its own issues. 126 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 10: I think a lot of issues with bathrooms and trash. 127 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 10: There's always tons of letter everywhere and overflowing receptacles. 128 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 9: The city is looking to help with that though. This year, 129 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 9: Mayor Jake Wilson says they'll be doubling the number of 130 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 9: porta potties available to reduce lines and make sure that 131 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 9: people have a place to go. Kelly doesn't go to Porchfest, 132 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 9: but lives in the area and sees people go well 133 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 9: wherever they want. She hopes the changes can help keep 134 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 9: the events safe and fun for the future. 135 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 2: I think they're a step in the right direction, and 136 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 2: I wouldn't want to see it eradicated or eliminated in 137 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: any way, so I hope that I. 138 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 9: Hope it helps. From Somerville Kyle Bray, WBZ Boston's News Radio. 139 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 140 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 141 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio.