This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news fifty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The Karen Reid retrial is over for the day at Norfolk Superior Court in Denham. Today, the jury heard from a number of witnesses, including multiple police officers. Massachusetts State Police trooper Kevin O'Hara the last to testify. His team searched for evidence at the scene
where John o'keef's body was found during redirect. He told the prosecution there were concerns because of the weather.
How much of your focus is near the street area?
Only ninety nine percent of it, sir. As soon as we got to the grass and realized we couldn't.
Clear it properly, my main focus was on that street, just again because I was concerned about the plow coming through it a later time.
You're worried that if you.
Didn't finish the street there could be some impact from plowing.
Ah, yes, sir. Meantime, during cross examination, the defense asked why the scene was not secured or taped off off. O'Hara said they would be able to tell if the scene was disturbed, because fresh snow at the scene would have also been disturbed. Developments this afternoon as the US Supreme Courts as a ban on transgender service members can begin at the Pentagon.
The decision for now sets aside a lower court's order that blocked the transgender ban from taking effect. It means the military can begin discharging transgender service members while the case plays out. The Trump administration argues it is owed substantial deference when it comes to how it runs the military. The court's three liberals said they would have left in place the order of a federal judge and Tacoma, Washington, who said the ban was unsupported, dramatic, and unfairly exclusionary.
That is ABC Stephen Portnoy no immediate decision today after attorneys for the federal government and Tuff's grad student Ramesa Ozturk, went before the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals this morning in New York. Os Turk was arrested by ice agents in Somerville in March. First, she went to Vermont, then to Louisiana. After a federal judge in Vermont ordered her returned there, The government appeace Ill then the case
hit the three judge panel in Manhattan today. President Trump meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House today, discussing what the President calls some tough points.
Trade is one of those tough points, especially since President Trump imposed twenty five percent tariffs on cars made in Canada.
We want to make our own cars.
We don't really want cars from Canada. The other tough point the President's comments about making Canada the fifty first state.
There are tremendous benefits to the Canadian citizens, tremendously lower taxes, free military.
Trump pushed the issue even further.
Never say never, Never say never.
Well, Canadian Prime Minister Carney did seem to say never.
As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale.
Linda Kenyon, CBS News the White House.
A year after Stewart health Care is bankruptcy filing, Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are writing the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission calling for accountability for Ralph Delatoria and other Stewart and Medical Properties Trust executives. The senators say the ex engaged in years of unusual deals.
Stewart declared bankruptcy. May sixth of last year, two hospitals in Massachusetts closed in the Senators in a letter to Attorney General, Pambondi wrote, as evidenced to buy the unanimous contempt to referral, the Senate believes this matter is serious, meriting a criminal investigation by the Department. And they go on to say we urged DOJ to give appropriate weight and consideration to the bipartisan and unanimous nature of the referral.
In Lea Cloudy Skies, as we head through the remainder of the afternoon, a couple of showers could get into the Boston area early on. What we're watching right now is some heavier rain that is pushing into southern Worcester County. A lot of this has come up through Connecticut, skirted over to Rhode Island, and now it's lifting off to the north, so getting close to Worcester. Now we've got some more rain out toward the Quabbin Reservoir area, Belcher
Town and where getting a little bit of rain. And there's more rain pushing up through southern Rhode Island and southern Connecticut, and that may have enough for Umpho off to the east to get into the Boston area later on, so rain around at least through the evening, temperatures mid fifties, areas of fog, and then tomorrow some clouds with breaks of sunshine, a little breezy in an afternoon thunder shower. Temperatures near seventy. Thursday, some showers possible, also some sun possible.
Temperatures near seventy. Doesn't look like much of a day. On Friday. We'll have clouds, it'll be breezy, it'll be chilly in the low fifties. It'll feel with the real fields and that breeze like it's in the mid thirties to near forty. Right now fifty four degrees in Boston. It's been twenty plus years since the nationwide real ID idea was born. Now just a day to implementation.
Because the paperwork for the so called real ID must be completed in person.
It's been real busy. I've never seen it busy like this before.
State driver's license offices have been crowded with applicants. But what's the rush? Matthew Boudreau of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles says, if.
You're not gonna fly between now and let's say the fall, they have plenty of time to come in.
And you can still travel without the real ID card as long as you have a valid passport or military identification. Jim Ryan, ABC News.
By the way, Homeland Security is telling travelers who aren't real ID compliant they will still be able to fly, but should be prepared for extra scrutiny. Christy Noome telling a congressional panel eighty one percent of travelers already have
IDs that comply with real ID. She says security checkpoints will be accepting those passports along with tribal identification when the deadline hits tomorrow, but says those who still lack identification that complies with real ID may be diverted to different lines to have extra steps, but they'll still be allowed to fly. This is not a test, in fact, it's the real thing, all right. It's a real test.
SAT season is here, and the College Board says nearly two million graduating high schoolers took on the exam last year. He use, He's Jeremy Russ. This year set out to see what it's like.
The last time I took the SATs, I was seventeen years old, and my score got me into Boston University. Since then, six years of on by, I've earned a college degree and I even landed a job in my field. So I took a practice sat to see if I'm still as smart as I was all those years ago. Long story short, I didn't do as well as I did when I was seventeen, and the college board says my score might not even be good enough for my alma mater.
So what are the.
Keys to success? I asked around and kept getting a similar answer. I think a lot of it is less about your intrinsic capability and more about what you're willing to put into the preparation aspect of of it. And don't forget a fully charged testing device. It's all online now, after all. Good luck to everyone taking the SATs. Jeremy Ross WBZ Boston's News Radio.
You found out mostly the full story. Checkout our TikTok at WBZ News Radio. Boston may Or Michelle Willis says the beer gardens back of the Common for the summer. The beer garden and performance venue open Friday, located at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets. The city continuing its partnership with Harpoon Brewery in Emerson College's Uncommon Corner, which also features daily entertainment, live music, food vendors. The L Jeffa's Tucker Rhea will be the vendor this year
for the first time. The mayor says she's excited to see the return of Uncommon Corner and the joy and vibrancy it brings to downtown Boston. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WDZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio