Kristina Rex
@KristinaRex
@wbz Reporter | @newenglandlaw graduate | Facts are statements that can be verified as true or false using objective evidence
I'll be out of the office for the next couple weeks, preparing for & taking the MA bar exam, then (finally) getting some real time off to relax & enjoy a few summer days. Please continue to follow my colleagues at @wbz for news you need to know!
AP: Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76 just weeks after farewell show. @WBZ TV's Dan Rea (now radio) covered his Boston concert back in 1982: youtu.be/GkqcxXtPV90?fe…
A judge in Boston has dismissed more than 100 cases, including of several defendants charged with violent crimes, amid a lawyer work stoppage. trib.al/X4ZAHrG
Fall River fire adds money for more staff in wake of deadly fire #WBZ cbsnews.com/boston/news/ga…
Tonight at 5/6 pm WBZ — we run into the owner of Gabriel House, the assisted living facility where 9 people died in a fire earlier this week. Plus, the mayor announces more money & staff being sent to fire department. Watch on #WBZ
Massachusetts woman will plead guilty to leaking sealed federal grand jury information cbsnews.com/boston/news/ma…
Stories I post on here rarely get traction unless they're about 1 specific case -- but I'll keep trying. I'm a news reporter -- and this week, news is a horrific fire in Fall River that claimed 9 lives and burned dozens more victims. Hear from victims' familes on WBZ at 5/6.
NEW: A grand juror in a federal case has agreed to plead guilty to 1 count of criminal contempt for leaking grand jury info from Aug. 11, 2022 to March 4, 2024, according to the US Attorney's Office (DOJ). See snippet of press release here. #WBZ

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are sitting front row at Fenway tonight!
Boston traffic jammed through city after electric car fire shuts down Mass Pike westbound cbsnews.com/boston/news/ma…
Also latest -- Boston Police Commissioner Cox reacts to Kelly Dever's testimony in the Read Trial. Dever is on family medical leave right now. #WBZ cbsnews.com/boston/news/bo…
WBZ's @CherylFiandaca received a response to her public records request -- it reveals that from 11/1/24-6/8/25, Hank Brennan was paid $566,000 for his work on the Karen Read retrial. #WBZ