1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. Seriously, 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: the bosses are gonna make us do this again. It 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: is Thursday morning in Boston and we're waking up under 4 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: clear skies and maybe a lot of frost on the 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: windshield this morning, but it is above freezing right now, 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: thirty five in Boston. The News at six o'clock is 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: brought to us. 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: By your new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us today. I'm Jeff Brown, 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: and yes, things being. 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: Looking up, mostly sunny, becoming a little mild of this 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: after in with a high of forty six. 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: That is WBZ achiwa our meteorologist Joe Lundberg. It's the 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: pick of the week kind of stuff today. Still mild, 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: but more rain expected to arrive by this weekend. Flags 16 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: will fly at half staff across Massachusetts this morning in 17 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: honor of fallen Uxbridge police officer Stephen Laporta. Governor Healy 18 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: announces the move with a visit from or with police 19 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: officers following an overnight collision on an icy high way 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: which claimed the life of officer Laporta. The governor tells 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: local law enforcement that the hearts of seven million people 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: in Massachusetts are all broken. Laporta was with Uxbridge Police 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: as an officer for just two years, and his boss 24 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: says he loved every minute of the job. The forty 25 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: three year old leaves behind a wife and a teenager. 26 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: Schools are closed in Minneapolis for the rest of this 27 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: week for safety's sake, as protesters hit the streets following 28 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: the killing of an American citizen who came into contact 29 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: with ICE agents. Dueling descriptions duke it out over what 30 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,919 Speaker 2: actually happened here. Chilling video and witness accounts differed dramatically 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: from Homeland Securities versions of events. Government officials claim the 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: agent was acting in self defense and did as he 33 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: was trained to do. Another video shows a man wanting 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: to help by doing what he was trained to do. 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: Could I go checkup? 36 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: Pull O back? Now I'm a position. 37 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: Minnesota's Governor, Tim Walls threatens to activate the National Guard, 38 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: and the mayor of Minneapolis not so nicely tells immigration 39 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 2: officials to get out of his city. It's six oh two. 40 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: Just like that, the Celtics four game winning streak comes 41 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: to an end, but not without a fight. The Nuggets 42 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: win in an all night back and forth contest at 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 2: the Garden Celtic's Raptors. Tomorrow night at home, Bruins get 44 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 2: the ice. Tonight on Causeway Street they host the Calgary Flames. 45 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: And college football's playoffs continue tonight. 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 4: It is the Fiesta Bowl, first up from Glendale, Arizona. 47 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 4: It is the U Miami first Old Miss making their 48 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 4: magical run after Old Miss coach Lane Kiffen bailed for LSU. 49 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 4: Should be a wild one tonight. Now. ESPN's Laura Rutledge 50 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 4: was doing double duty for the Old Miss quarterfinal win. 51 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 4: She did a sideline interview followed by a sprint back 52 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: to the halftime show desk, her mad dash, all captured 53 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 4: by ESPN cameras, and then later the legend himself, Chris 54 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 4: Berman delivers, as always epic commentary. 55 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 5: Now you've just done an interview you could, oh oh yeah, wait, 56 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 5: oh my god? 57 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 6: We get the band. 58 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Is this the Stanford cow game? There are the tubers, 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: there are the drums, and watch what. 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 4: Chris Berman, the Swami. He's the best, isn't he? A 61 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: nice tribute to his hardworking coworker. Enjoy the college football 62 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 4: tonight and tomorrow. Then you got the NFL all weekend 63 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 4: and the Patriots Drew maholland w BUZ Boston's news radio. 64 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: Seems like we've talked about it for quite some time, 65 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: but the long awaited January thaw begins today here in Boston. 66 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 2: It is somewhat an annual event, but we always can't 67 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: wait for it to get here, especially this year when 68 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 2: it's been so cold. So temperatures are expected to get 69 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: into the mid forties today. This, unfortunately, is going to 70 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: be the pick of the week. Mostly sunny skies and 71 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: mild air. It'll actually be a little bit more tolerable 72 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: to be outside for any length of time today. To 73 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: get things started, though this morning you might have to 74 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: scrape some ice off the windshield, but once you do, 75 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: we're on our way today. Mainly clear if you patches 76 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: of fog late overnight. Tonight lows around freezing. Tomorrow is 77 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: another decent day with highs well into the forties. However, 78 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: it looks like it's going to be mostly cloudy now. 79 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 2: We are looking at another system moving in tomorrow night 80 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: into the early stages of the weekend, which is going 81 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 2: to feature rain. This time around Saturday. Highs will be 82 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: in the low to mid forties as well, and then 83 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: on Sunday, which is also going to feature the nightcap 84 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 2: of the Patriots Chargers game at Foxborough. Looks like it's 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: going to be mostly cloudy as well. High temperatures will 86 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: be in the lower forties, but by the end of 87 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 2: the game we might actually see some snowflakes flying and 88 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 2: Foxborough on Sunday night. Right now on this Thursday morning 89 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: in Boston, clear skies in thirty five in the city 90 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 2: at six oh six, and Massachusetts is moving to the 91 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 2: head of the college class. 92 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 5: It's common knowledge that the Commonwealth is a hub of 93 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 5: higher education, and a new list looking at the top 94 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 5: twenty schools on the East Coast reinforces that thought. According 95 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 5: to data and student and alumni reviews, MIT is ranked 96 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 5: number one with high scores and academics, diversity value, and 97 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 5: even the party scene. Harvard is close behind, coming in 98 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 5: a number three with an A plus grade, and Boston 99 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 5: University cracks the top twenty lists, coming in at number twenty, 100 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 5: where BU graduates are also ranked twelve for employability in 101 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 5: the US at the MIT campus. James Rojas WBZ BOSON'SNOWS radio. 102 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: Governor mar Healey wants her money back and the state 103 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 2: is going to take its case to court to get it. 104 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 2: After officials admit an error in paying out more than 105 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: thirty thousand dollars in vacation pay to a recently fired 106 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 2: aid to the Governor, Lamar Cook faces cocaine trafficking charges. 107 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: Prosecutors say he accepted deliveries of the drugs at his 108 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: Springfield office as well as a hotel on the campus 109 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 2: of U mass AMers. The state wants the money plus 110 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: interest returns, and they're going to court to get it. 111 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: More than one hundred and fifty animals are in better 112 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 2: hands this morning after the state's MSPCA removes them from 113 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: allegations of neglect at a farm in Hadley. Exotic birds 114 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 2: and poultry, goats, cows, and horses among the animals taken 115 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: from that property. Animal activists to get an assist from 116 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: the Hadley Police Department. Official say the animals did not 117 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: have proper access to food, water, or shelter. Details about 118 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: the farm, including even its name, have not yet been released. 119 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: Your holiday gifts may have missed the mark, but now 120 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 2: looking at them is like looking through rose colored glasses. 121 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: We're then to encourage you to not return your Christmas 122 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 3: gifts that you don't want that sweater that's the wrong 123 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 3: color or the wrong size or whatever. 124 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 6: John Delmonti and Shannon Guthrie had a whole bunch of 125 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 6: flower Market in Burlington started roses for returns Help a 126 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 6: neighbor's nonprofit Help. It's instead of waiting in long return lines, 127 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 6: customers can come here and check out ready made roses. 128 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 6: Plus those unopened gift returns go to someone who really 129 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 6: needs them. 130 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 3: So if somebody gives you a set of steak knives, 131 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 3: don't put the old ones in the box. You already 132 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 3: have ones that all work and fined. Give me those 133 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 3: new ones, and I'm gonna give it to somebody that 134 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 3: doesn't have anything. 135 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 2: Some of them don't even want the flowers. They're not 136 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: really looking for anything. 137 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 5: But then you say, oh, give the flowers to somebody 138 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 5: else to while you're in the giving. 139 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 6: Mood in Burlington. J Willett WBZ Boston's News Radio. You 140 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 6: are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. 141 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 6: Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm 142 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 6: Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.