This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news forty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. A change of plan sends the market skyward. Today. Stock surged after President Trump announced the ninety day pause on tariffs except for China. Tracy Junky said Bloomberg, watching numbers climb this high, we haven't done that in a while, have we traced?
I mean, we've never really seen some of this, and then now up at twenty nine hundred and sixty two points as we wait for the final numbers to come in. The Nasdaq up eighteen hundred and fifty seven, the SMP up four seventy four. Never have we seen larger point gains on these and the percentage changes a better way to compare performance are also exceptional, with the Nasdaq rising the most in a quarter century, and all it took
was a partial walk back of the Trump tariffs. President Trump said he is pausing most of his most aggressive tariffs on many nations.
Ben all right, mark this date, April ninth, Big day on Wall Street. Will continue to follow the numbers and developments as we continue here with the tariffs and tariff talk, keep it tune to WBZ News Radio, and of course listen to us on the iHeartRadio app. You can make us your number one preset, which you should. Goviny Hilly says, the administration is going to help navigate the choppy see of tariffs.
Businesses in Massachusetts. This administration we have your back no matter what is coming from Washington, the chaos and uncertainty. I will do everything in my power as governor and our administration will to help you as a business succeed in this time.
The governor's say, situation's President Trump would stop playing roundwid tariffs and come up with a sensible plan that businesses and families could plan for the city of Boston trying to play a little defense as it looks forward to the future. W bz's Hiles Shaffle has more from city Hall here, talk through next fiscal year's budget proposal with a sense of caution.
Her plan is about a four percent increase over this year's at four point eight billion dollars, but she says the city is trying to scale back. That means no new jobs created on the city payroll.
Preparing for the worst case scenarios given federal uncertainty, while not jumping ahead to slash city services that we know are more critical than ever.
Most of the city's money draws heavily from property taxes that can annoy residents, but Wu says it also insulates the city from market shops. But she couldn't rule out the possibility of the economy getting bad enough to cause drastic workforce cuts.
It may very well get to the point where we will need to be considering layoffs and hiring freezes.
Kyle Schaffel to BBZ Boston's news.
Radio troubles this afternoon on the Commuter rail line and Canton a commuter rail train colliding with a tractor trailer for police say nobody was hurt. The crash shut down Pine Straight and has been causing major delays. The MBTA has canceled trains on the Stoton line, and shuttle buses are running between Stoughton and Kenton Center until further notice.
Court's done for the day in the Karen Reid case in Norfolk Superior Court in Deadam after day seven of jury selection, fifteen jurors now have been seated, eight men and seven women. CBS News Boston, says one more juror is needed in order to swear that jury in and get this trial started. Read outside court said to her expectation is the opening statements could begin early next week.
As we head into the evening, mainly clear skies. There will be a chill in the air thirty two in Boston, but back down into the low to mid twenties and some of the colder inland suburbs. Tomorrow we'll have some sunshine. It will warm us up a little more than it did today, about fifty inland, but near the coast forties to our night clouds. A little bit of rain gets in here later, and then that rain could mix with a little wet snow north and west of the city.
Temperatures mainly in the thirties, cloudy, breezy, cool on Friday, mid forties, that's it. Little rain and drizzle at times, especially outside of one twenty eight, and then Saturday, cloudy, brisk, chili rain result temperatures in the mid forties. We may get a little warm up in here next week, so be patient. Springs coming. I think forty four right now in Boston. A summertime vibe is coming to Braintree. A little early food trucks are rolling out in another South
Shore community. Wbz's Jim McKay with the tails.
For the past few years, the Cellshore Food Truck Association has been holding food truck Nights and hanover Kingston and Weymouth.
If to mix it up, because.
You don't need the same thing everything a day, think of it as a food truck party and gathering. Now they're adding brain Tree to their list of destinations Wednesday nights beginning May seventh through late August at the Braintree Highlands Playground.
And it's a huge residential complex here as well.
And it definitely offers the bid choice for the people here who live here, who work.
Here, A great way to enjoy a meal in the nice weather, sampling some of the best on the go grub the Cell Shore has to offer, from lobster rolls to grilled cheese, ice cream and everything in between. We may be braving some chilly early spring days, but warm weather is coming, Braintreet. Jim MCKAWVZ Boston's News Radio.
A little improvement in drought conditions in Massachusetts. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary of Rebecca Tepper declaring the Connecticut River Valley, central, southeast, and western regions of the state downgraded to a Level one, or mild drought status following two months of above normal precipitation. The northeast region joins the Cape At Islands regions at
Level two that's considered significant drought. Maybe they were trying to keep warm, whatever it is, there's a mystery surrounding medieval books from an abbey in France.
Bio archaeologist in Europe are trying to figure out the origin of clumps of hair used on the weathered covers of books discovered at a Catholic monks abbey founded in France of the year eleven fifteen. Researchers say the book covers are too hairy to come from cows or other local mammals. During that time period, book covers were made from the skins of calves, goats, sheep, deer, pigs, and even in some Maca circumstances humans. Jim Chrysili CBS News.
Beverly's City council will form a committee to look at how the city can address illegal short term rentals, or even change its policy altogether to allow them to operate. The Salem News reports The unanimous vote came on a plan to form a special committee on rental policies that would include community stakeholders. The paper reports there are more than two dozen short term rentals listed in Beverly on Airbnb's website, despite prohibition by the city of such rentals
except for licensed lodging houses. 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