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Fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock good Saturday afternoon on Madison Rogers and we start this hour. In the Middle East, President Trump ordering a new wave of attacks in Yemen. Donna Warder reports for the ap.
Iran Beckathy Rebels say a series of air strikes have hit Yemen's capital Sanat The images online show blooms of black smoke over Sanna's airport complex, which includes a military facility. President Donald Trump says he ordered the air strikes, which come a few days after the Huthis said they'd resume attacks on Israeli vessels sailing in waters off Yemen in
response to Israel's blockade of Gaza. In a social media post, Trump says no terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the waterways of the world. I'm donnah Ward.
President Trump assigned a government spending bill afternoon, officially averting a shutdown.
Bill which funds the federal government through September thirtieth, was passed in the Senate ahead of the Friday night deadline, but the White House did not announce until midday today that President Trump had signed it at mar A Lago. The bill split Senate Democrats, who decried thirteen billion dollars
in domestic funding cuts. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer drew the ire of many of his fellow Democrats for urging passage, saying a government shutdown would be worse, adding shuttered federal agencies would leave an opening for the Department of Government Efficiency to keep them closed indefinitely. Linday Kenyon, CBS News, Washington.
A monster storm sweeping across the South is killed at least seventeen people this weekend, most of them in Missouri. Maybe sees Matt Rivers has more.
Give A Missouri. They suspecting tornado barreled Durralla at least five touchdown, leaving buildings in Ruin one hundred and fifty five thousand customers without power across the state, and in Oklahoma, the sky and ear orange. Nearly one hundred and fifty fires reported. The flames fan by fast moving winds, The dangerous conditions prompting evacuations.
And those fires have damaged or destroyed nearly three hundred homes. Several people have also been killed in Arkansas and in the Texas Panhandle. This is an ongoing threat with families advised to evacuate. We will continue to follow the latest right here on WBZ News Radio. A former medical assistant at mass General is sentenced to up to twelve years
in prison for sexually assaulting patients. The forty one year old from East Boston, Damian Knighton, was found guilty of conducting unauthorized genital and rectal exams on four male patients. The assaults happened at the MGH Back Bay Health Center on Commonwealth Avenue. Knight And was first arrested more than two years ago. He is now banned for life from working in the medical field in Massachusetts. In the four day forecast, we have some unsettled weather moving in this weekend.
Tonight's some low clouds and fog rolling in a low around forty five degrees. Tomorrow becomes quite windy. It's milder, up to sixty four degrees and mostly cloudy. We should stay drive for most of the Saint Patrick's Day festivities in southeast but rain moves in into tomorrow evening and that will get heavy at times. A thunderstorm arrives in the evening hour tomorrow and then continues through much of Monday. Saint Patrick's itself is going to be very, very wet
in Boston. There is a likely potential for some flooding on the streets and in poor drainage areas. It's down to fifty five tomorrow night, then up to sixty Monday. It'll calm down into Tuesday, some sunshine returning with high from fifty to fifty four degrees. Right now, it's pretty nice out there. Fifty four in Taunton, sixty one in Worcester, sixty five in Fitchburg. Here in Boston, it's fifty nine
degrees and sunny at four oh five. In just three days, a lawsuit trying to stop the renovation of Boston's White Stadium will go to trial, and meantime, the new pro women's soccer team set to make it their home will get a new name wbcs'm A Friedman explains.
It's good riddance to Boston Nation FC Boston Long Nails. The rebranding announcement coming during a National Women's Soccer League season kickoff party at Dorchester Brewing Company.
I'm so excited to share with you all here for tonight and we are changing Power Club Lea.
As of right now, the new team name is still a mystery. On x The NWSL Boston page now says coming soon FC, while the website just says coming soon a new name for a new era. Fans were quick to criticize the name after its launch last fall and it failed too Many Balls campaign. Boston Unity Soccer Partner's controlling manager, Jennifer Epstein says the decision to rename the club comes after extensive conversations with fans, community members, and
months of research. She says the club is thankful for the honest feedback and that they aim to build a lasting legacy. NWSA SO Boston says the new name will be announced in the next few weeks. In Boston, I'm Afraidman, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
There are worries in Roxbury as a health center lays off more than twenty workers. More from CBS News Boston Samantha Cheney.
Three minutes check That's all. Laqueda Pearson says it took for her job the Demic Health Center to deliver life changing news.
Unfortunately, we have to let you go.
Thursday morning, she was laid off from her job as a financial counselor.
Ben you put security detail on us and her.
So we reached out to Dimmick to try to get a better understanding of why this all happened, and they told us that she was just one of twenty one people laid off. They say the decision it was made carefully, but ultimately came as an effort to try to address some financial challenges. A spokesperson from Dimmick explained that mission based organizations nationwide are facing severe financial strain due to
rising costs and policy changes. To ensure financial stability, Dimmick must align expenses with revenue.
Dimmick has also instituted a hiring freeze. You're now in the loop For news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Madison Rogers, WBZ Boston's News Radio