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News thirty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Well, wasn't that fun? Snow more than half a foot in some places in central and western Massachusetts. Now we get the cold and the wind.
The Colt Run is going to be developing and moving into the region within the next twelve to twenty four hours, and plenty of cold and wind will also be moving in as well. And obviously I've been talking about the Great Lakes. They're still fairly warm, so some of the flakes that's gonna be coming off of the Great Lakes may try to move into western areas of the Commonwealth.
That is CBS News Boston meteorologist Jason Michael. We do have a wind advisory in effect, and we could have some wind gusts in the central part of the state, especially up to forty forty five miles an hour. We'll break it all down for you with the forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. No arrests, but more is being learned about the shooting at of the United Healthcare CEO in New York City yesterday morning.
A law enforcement official says a masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest US health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk used ammunitions that had the words denied, defend, and depose emblazoned on them. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss the details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The words on the ammunition may have been in reference to strategies insurance companies use
to try to avoid paying claims. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson died in a dawn ambush as he walked to the company's annual investor conference. I'm Heyepunjwani.
Today police released photos new photos of that suspect in the shooting. An update this morning for Congress from Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe. His agency is investigating the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania back in July.
The quality of the advanced work and preparation for the Butler Farm Show.
Visit absolutely did not meet the expected standards of this agency.
Let me be clear, there will.
Be accountability and that accountability is occurring.
The Task Forces review is one of a series of investigations and reports into the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting that have faulted the agency and planning for the communication failures. That day, Boston lights up at holiday centerpiece tonight. Wz's Madison Rodgers is on the Common.
Things are bustling on Boston Common with skaters on the frog pond tents and a big stage setup and a festive spirit in the air. Our holiday gift from Halifax, a towering Spruce will be lit up with thousands of twinkling lights tonight, just before eight before Mayor Wu welcomes a couple visitors from the North Pole. The festivities started six with live music headlined by American authors and hot Cocoa flowing good tidings to all. I'm Boston Common, I'm Madison Rogers WBZY, Boston's News Radio.
Boston Mayor michewoh In the Office of Blackmail Advancement launching the third annual Community Empowerment Grant program. Applications are open now for organizations to apply for grants that total half a million dollars to build capacity and increase programming and support for men and boys across Boston neighborhoods. Organizations applying may request financial support up to twenty thousand dollars. The
applications are do by Monday, January sixth. Hats, scars, jackets, and maybe put two layers on Tonight for three it's going to be chili, certainly going to feel chilli. Temperatures are going to fall back into the twenties as we
go through the evening with mostly clear skies developing. It's the wind gusting to forty forty five miles an hour, especially across parts of central Massachusetts, and that is going to make our temperatures plunge, at least in the fields like Department Actually whether the real field temperatures by dawn tomorrow in some spots could be into the single digits. Tomorrow,
we don't warm up much. It's low thirties for a high, with some sunshine around, and the wind again with gus forty to forty five miles an hour, it'll feel like it's in the teens Tomorrow night partially clouding, temperatures in the mid twenties, and then on Saturday, not as harsh, the wind dies back a bit thirty eighth for the high with some sunshine around and then Sunday, some clouds will have a snow shower or a rain shower, especially early in the day. That could make for some slippery
early travel. Otherwise we get into the forties as the day progresses. Send a warm up as we get into next week too, thirty nine degrees right now in Boston. A viral prank on Route one in Saugus has the town talking about true crime, but their facts were a bit out of line, as we hear from w bz's Matt Shearer.
Since June, North Shore folks have been wondering who got the protest sign on the abandoned Carla's Shoes building.
I mean, like, I think you have to get in a little bit of trouble to like have a little bit of fun.
That guy did Jason Rogers, along with fellow artist Matt Nutter, but their little joke has been met with both laughs and tears. The latter is because of a widespread mix up with the building's backstory. Many Sagas residents believe that Carla's Shoes was owned by Valerie Forenza, who has found editor abusive boyfriend's home in nineteen ninety three. However, I know that's not true because Hello, I called her mom, Linda Fiorenza. She told me that Valerie owned a consignment
shop in Reading, not Saugus. The real owner of the Carlist Shoes building is listed as Isabelle Smith, who is not available for comment until she is It looks like the Prota sign is here to stay.
So hopefully someone's sitting over there and drinking their coffee on their way to work and they look over and just smile.
Nashsheer WDZ, Boston's News Radio no more of Matt's story.
You can check out the full thing on our TikTok and Instagram at WBZ News Radio. Boeing's not getting off easy. A federal judge in Texas tossing a plea deal between the airline and the Department of Justice in a case over the deadly crashes of two Boeing seven thirty seven Maxes.
Judge Rit O'Connor is rejecting Boeing's deal with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government and pay a two hundred and forty three million dollars fine because a plea agreement requires the parties to consider race when hiring an independent monitor to watch over Boeing and He found the deal marginalizes the courts role in selecting and watching that monitor. The judge world those provisions are
inappropriate and against the public interest. The government's diversity, Equality and Inclusion program was a deciding factor in the judges ruling. Elex Stone eb sins.
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