WBZ Evening News Update for March 5
Newton Police officers attacked; Police look for missing 16-year-old; Police return to Roxbury shooting scene; Preparing for potential flurries on Tuesday.
Recommended Stories
HuffPostRep. Jim Jordan’s Judiciary Tweet Backing Donald Trump Gets A Brutal Rewrite
The flame emoji-filled post defending the former president became the butt of jokes on Twitter for three reasons.
- Greenville News
SLED declares Stephen Smith's 2015 death a murder. Mother Sandy Smith 'in shock, elated'
After 8 years, Stephen Smith's death will no longer be labeled a hit and run. Now ruled a homicide, here's what to know about SLED's investigation.
- NextShark
'Mocked like animals': Teens in England filmed spewing racial slurs at Nepalese British sisters
Police in England are searching for a teenager who was captured bullying and spewing racial slurs at two Nepalese British sisters in a video that has gone viral on social media. On Saturday, Kanti Gurung, 23, and her 16-year-old sister were walking around their hometown when she says a group of individuals started shouting racist slurs at them at around 4:45 p.m. local time in Maidstone, Kent. In the viral video, a girl with blonde hair — who social media users identified as Tammy Smith — can be seen racially mocking and trying to physically assault Gurung.
- TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers
On 'Jeopardy,' a 'What is Florida' answer scored $600 for this clue
Would you have known this $600 Jeopardy question about Florida?
- Kansas City Star
‘Endless’ harassment over drag events forcing bakery to close, Illinois owner says
“Closing our doors is the direct result of the horrific attacks, endless harassment and unrelenting negative misinformation about our establishment,” the bakery’s owner said.
- Fox News
Americans who survived Matamoros cartel kidnapping break silence on 'nightmare' in Mexico
Two South Carolinians who survived a harrowing cartel kidnapping in Mexico that left two of their friends dead reveal details of the "nightmare."
- NextShark
Teen filmed beating Asian security guard in San Francisco mall brawl
A video showing a teenager shoving and beating an Asian security guard in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria has gone viral on Twitter. Asian Crime Report, a Twitter account that documents crimes in San Francisco, has been posting about the mall brawls. In San Francisco, you cannot punish these perps.
- Miami Herald
Florida couple ‘terrorized’ and shot by ‘mob’ blocking road for illegal race, cops say
Three arrests have been made, officials say.
- In The Know by Yahoo
TikTok is fascinated by Amish teens’ Rumspringa party: ‘I feel like I’m watching something illegal’
"What happens at Rumspringa stays at Rumspringa."
- The Daily Beast
Cops Investigate White Man’s Viral N-Word Rant in Supermarket Parking Lot
Photo composite by The Daily BeastAn upstate New York community is reeling after a man went viral for a hateful, racist speech—insisting all Black and Latino people should be killed—in a supermarket parking lot.Kevin and Cheryl Moses, a married Black couple, went to the Aldi’s in Cheektowaga—just outside of Buffalo—on Monday, according to The Buffalo News. Kevin shopped while Cheryl waited in the car, and when he returned, his wife complained that a man in another vehicle had allegedly hit their
- Fox News
Houston teen accused of paralyzing woman in 'jugging' robbery has $200,000 bond cut in half
The Houston suspect accused of paralyzing a mother during a robbery on Feb. 13 had his bond cut in half on Wednesday, according to Harris County court records.
- Sacramento Bee
Mysterious ‘boom’ causes stir on Utah mountain — and it wasn’t caused by space debris
Video footage “showed a bright flash of light with accompanying booming noises,” police said.
- CBS News
Police searching for mother of newborn abandoned for days outside Mass. home
The infant boy was found by a Springfield couple on a frigid night when they returned from a getaway in Boston.
- Fox News
Armed Florida man in devil mask stopped by 'heroic' strip club security guards: video
The Tampa Police Department released surveillance video showing a security guard tackling armed suspect Michael Rudman, seen wearing a red devil mask, at a local strip club.
- Biloxi Sun Herald
Biloxi police accused a teen girl of being a ‘heroin addict’ in DUI arrest. She was sober.
The city recently settled a police sex harassment and false arrest lawsuit after the victim’s arrest in a 2018 traffic stop. “His actions could have ruined my life...” the victim said. “I am not the only one.”
- Army Times
Soldier, 3 children killed in mass shooting at sergeant major’s home
A U.S. Army Central soldier and three children are dead after an Army civilian shot them and died by suicide at a sergeant major's home Tuesday evening.
- AFP
Once banned, now back: Iran sees timid return of neckties
Mohammad Javad enters a fashionable shop in well-to-do north Tehran with his mother.Javad, while choosing his tie, was accompanied by his chador-clad mother, who not only encourages him to wear one but also asked the salesmen to teach her how to tie it properly for her son.
- Miami Herald
Couple spent fake money all over town — until officials inspected their trash, feds say
They used fake $100 bills at over 50 area businesses, including a steakhouse and a pet supply store, officials in New York said.
- WSB Cox articles
Fulton County detention officer fired, arrested after lewd acts with inmate, sheriff’s office says
Video surfaced of her engaging in sexual conduct with an inmate on a contraband cellphone.
- WSB Cox articles
Woman caught trafficking more than 100 pounds of cocaine arrested near Ga. border, SC deputies say
A woman who was pulled over for a traffic stop along I-85 was arrested after police found her with more than 100 pounds of cocaine, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.