This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Forty eight degrees say in Boston at four o'clock, good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. A federal jadge ordering Tufts of student Ramesa oz Turk to be released from ICE detention immediately. More from ABC's Stephen Portnoyd.
The Tufts University student was swept off the streets by masked ICE agents in March as neighbors nervously looked on. Trump administration officials say Romesa oz Turk lost her right to remain in the US when she co wrote an op ed in her student newspaper urging Tufts to divest from firms with ties to Israel. A federal judge in Vermont is now ruled she must be released on bond from detention in Louisiana while her immigration case proceeds, saying
her jailing amounted to an egregious First Amendment violation. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News, Washington.
Massachusetts Senator Red Markey says the ruling is a victory for Romesa, for justice, and for our democracy. Congress Minting out of Presley writes she is so relieved Ostrk is headed home and that she should have never been detained in the first place. The thirteenth day of testimony in the Karent Reed murder trial had Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Jury Buchanic on the stand for hours being grilled by
the defense. As WBZ Suzanne Sasville tells us, he admitted to some things that could create reasonable doubt.
Defense attorney Alan Jackson questioned Buchanic about the initial stages of the investigation when evidence was recovered from where John O'Keeffe's body was found in the snow. He admitted that pieces of Reed's tail light weren't found initially.
No tail of material was found until after that, as should be was in Massachusetts State Poe's customy.
I believe the first tail life piece was found after it was in our custody.
Buchanic said he later bagged pieces of plastic and glass, but admitted to not filling out the label on the evidence bag and not remembering who he handed it off to. He also said the exact coordinates of where the evidence was found were not documented.
You didn't do any plotting of cross coordinates.
I don't know how to do that.
Readers pleaded not guilty to killing O'Keeffe, and her attorneys say she was framed. Suzanne Soolsville WBZ, Boston's news radio.
The Pentagon's ordered all military leaders to pull and review all of their library books that addressed DEI. This is the most detailed directive so far of Defense Secretary Pete Hegsas's Mission against Diversity in equity programs and policies. The memos specifies books related to diversity, anti racism, or gender
issues must be reviewed. The new Pope celebrating his first Mass as pontiff inside the Sistine Chapel and Vatican City, the newly elected Pope Leo the fourteenth addressed the Congregation of cardinals before is homily, giving remarks in English to bless the congregation.
Peed not just with me, but with all of us, my brother cardinals, as we celebrate this morning, I invite you to recognize the marvels that the Lord has done, the blessings that the Lord continues to pour out upon all of us.
Hopefully, Oh the fourteenth first public Mass will be on May eighteenth. Well, perhaps you've noticed we've had a lot of rain lately, all that water helping to improve drought conditions in Massachusetts. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper has declared the Central region downgraded from level one mild
drought to a level zero normal conditions. The Northeastern Islands regions also lowered to a level one, bringing them in line with the Connecticut River Valley, Southeast, and Western regions. The worst part of the state Cape Region, which still is at a level two significant drought. And even with the improvements, it doesn't mean you can leave the Spickett open.
Secretary Tepper says, with the growing season underway and several regions still facing long term dry conditions, let's continue, she says, to do our part by following local water restrictions. We do have some pretty heavy downpours that have been hanging on Connecticut and Rhode Island specifically, but some of this has been wrapping up and around, so we've got some heavier rains down toward the south, sure, Boston call it
moderate rain. Same deal off to the west out to about one twenty eight, little bit heavier stuff out into central Massachusetts. And this is the deal we're going to be under for the next twelve fourteen, fifteen hours, where various degrees of rain, some of it heavy at times, and some of it could cause some ponding on area roadways and flooding. In fact, the floodwatches up for areas west of four ninety five until eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
It's after that period we'll start to see the rain taper off and we'll start to think about sunshine, and by afternoon we may very well be seeing some sunshine. Tomorrow sixty two for the high, partly cloudy tomorrow night, low fifty three, and then on Mother's Day Sunday, some sunshine. Temperatures near seventy. We are right now at forty eight degrees. Stuck at forty eight degrees in Boston, a central Massachusetts golf course has gone viral for shaking up the golf world.
Of thebc's Jared Brosnan has more from Harvard.
Just regular golfers coming by, filming it, posted it, and the thing just goes crazy with organic legs.
That's Fred Curtis, the owner of Shaker Hills Country Club. At heart, the only place where you can find a golf cart drive through.
Really just set up for the thirsty golfer. We have over twenty different types of Beers over here, soft drinks on this side, Hamburg's and huck Dogs. Next level, Baby, you.
Just pull right in, grab your stuff, and drive through to the next hole where you tee off from a roof.
All the grass teaser intact, or you can choose to mix it up with the inspiration of roofshot, which plays to a double t box at two Downhill Part threes.
Since buying the course about a decade ago, Curtis tells me he's always looking for ways to excite golfers.
I saw a lot of meat that was on the table that the original architect had missed, and I thought I could do something with it.
From Harvard, I'm Jared Brosnan WBZ, Boston's news radio.
They call him the Truth, and former Celtics star Paul Pierce told the truth and stuck with his word. After his former team lost again to the Knicks this week, the.
Fox Sports one analyst said he would walk twenty miles to work in his bathrobe if his former team lost to the Knicks in Game two of their playoff series winsday night. They lost, so Pierce got up before dawn, fired up his Instagram Live and started hooking.
It Okay, I got a long after day.
After seven hours, he jokingly arrived on the Senate Fox in a wheelchair. Hobody, that's gonna aspire my Celtics and we can get back in this series, man Pow.
This series out.
Michael Wallace, CBS News.
Mother's Day is Sunday, and a popular scam is targeting those trying to celebrate the day. Boston scam trackers say they've received several reports from shoppers who paid for grand floral arrangements online to receive nothing in return. They say the last minute orders do show up sometimes, but are
often damaged or look nothing like the picture. To avoid getting scammed, research the seller, they say, and see if they have an accreditation, and read customer reviews and review the seller's photos and dads, well, you can get mom nothing for Mother's Day. Sure that'd go over big. You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio