This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news forty six degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Another busy day in the Karen Reid case.
The Commonwealth has added three of Reed's attorneys, Alan Jackson, Lies a Little and David Gyannetti to their witness list. And today it was supposed to be the final pre trial hearing, but the prosecution filed the number of new motions and that puts another hearing on the calendar for next Tuesday. Of the Busiest Book, McCarthy with more on what happened today.
Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan in defense attorney Alan Jackson arguing over whether the jury should be able to hear that John O'Keefe planned to break up with Karen Reid.
If anything mister Brennan just said was true, he might have an argument.
My goodness, it's important to get some of the facts right.
Judge Barbary Kenoni, saying they need to keep things civil.
I suggest that we take the personal attacks completely out of this hold on hold on both sides.
The defense also argued that they should be able to tell the jury that ARCA crash free construction experts were hired by the Department of Justice, because otherwise it leads to speculation, but the Commonwealth says the jury would need the entire truth. Judge Canoni took this under advisement and denied a motion by the defense to push back the start of the trial by a few weeks, so jury selection is still set for April first. Brooke McCarthy WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Pasport signs off on fee increases for Ruber and Lyft rides to and from Logan Airport. The agency's board unanimously approving a two dollars and twenty five cent hike. Fees will also go up this summer and again in fiscal twenty twenty eight for limo and taxi pickups, employee parking, as well as terminal and economy parking. President Trump shortly we'll sign an executive order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education.
Teachers in Warren, Michigan, have held a protest to draw attention to they say the impact dismantling the Department of Education would have on students and the communitysident, and Trump will sign an executive order to begin the process, but he can only go so far without Congress. Bob Callender, president of the Warren Michigan Teachers Union, tel CBS News.
About fifteen million dollars in federal funding comes into our school district alone.
That's easily one hundred and fifty to two hundred staff positions that could be impacted.
Several Republican governors are expected to join President Trump at the White House, signing Jonnifer Kuiper CBS.
News at the Federal Judge as block Delon Musk's DOGE team from accessing Social Security Administration personal information at least for now. European leaders signed a joint statement backing Ukraine during an emergency summit today.
The French Finance Minister didn't mince words, addressing this the second emergency EU sum at this month. The world that we've known since the fall of the Berlin Wall is no more, he said the message. With the US backing away from its post war commitments to the defense of Europe, only Europe can defend itself from new incursions by an emboldened Russia. Finally, relatedly, America's NATO allies are ramping up their defense spending and there's a growing sense in European
capitals that this has become a race against time. Vicky Barker, CBS News, London.
As we head into the evening tonight, we will have clouds filling back in. We did break out some sunshine west of the city. Out in the central Massachusetts. It turned out to be a pretty decent sunny day, at least for many places. Forty three will be our low tonight. We'll bring in some drizzle and some fog as we go through the evening, and then a steadier rain gets in here late tonight. There is a big band of rain off into New York State and Pennsylvania and that's
coming our way. Rain will start us off tomorrow. There could be a snowflake or two mixed in as we head through the morning out in some of the higher elevations, pretty distant suburbs, so we're talking outside of four ninety five and up into some of that hilly or terrain. And then even then it's just going to be some flakes and such, and then we'll get some sunshine tomorrow afternoon.
How about that forty nine for the high temperature with the wind whipping around mainly clear Tomorrow night breezy seven Saturday, It'll be a pretty decent day. There'll be a breeze, but temperatures with some sunshine will be near sixty degrees in the warmest spots, only in the forties, though sunshine prevails on Sunday right now, where it's forty six degrees in Boston. It's the start of a new ownership error for the Boston Celtics. Wdz's Hileschaffle getting reaction from fans at the Garden.
The Boston Celtics are very nearly under new ownership.
I'm optimistic for the future.
Fans are reacting to that news today as we all learn a little bit about the lead guy in the group that's agreed to plunk down a cool six point one billion dollars.
To buy the team. I'm excited to learn more about them.
Bill Chisham hails from Georgetown, mass and calls himself a lifelong Seas fan. Fans I talked to will relieved that the next owner is a local. Some found the price staggering.
Now six point.
One billion dollars, there is a lot of money to spend on a sports team. I don't think that it's worth that much.
But most found that kind of spending understandable.
We have an amazing team.
It's an expensive team, but they're great players, and I'm excited for everything that's coming, at.
Least this season, and we'll see what happens. Owner Wick Grossbeck will still be CEO through twenty twenty eight. A board of governors still needs to approve the sale, but it looks like the seas will be in new hands this summer. Kyle Shaffele w Bus Boston's News Radio.
New England potanical gardens getting some national attention. USA Today ranking the Coastal Main Potanical Gardens as the tenth best in the country. It's in Booth Bay. It's the largest potanical garden in New England at three hundred and twenty five acres. Don't want the potanical gardens, how about some cherry blossoms. The National Cherry Blossom Festivals underway in the nation's capital.
There will be throngs of people crowding into the title basin area, with the monuments to Presidents Washington and Jefferson providing a backdrop to the pink and white spectacle. The colorful trees were established here in nineteen twelve, with the gift of three thousand of them from the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington. A National Park Service projects the trees will likely look their best from March
twenty eight to thirty one. Peak bloom is considered when seventy percent of the Yoshino cherry blossoms are open, and it normally lasts about a week. As of late yesterday, the blooms were about halfway there. Michael Toscano, CBS News Washington.
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