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Harvard vs. Trump, Masters. Betting Results, AINews Concerns. · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Tuesday, April 15th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is National Bunion Day. Established
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  by Treece Medical Concepts in 2024, Reese's awareness
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  about bunions and their treatments. Celebrated
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  on the third Tuesday in April. It educates the
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  public on this common deformity. Teresa's lapoplasty
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  procedure offers a groundbreaking solution, correcting
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  boonions with minimal recovery time. Learn more
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  about this impactful health initiative. So now
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  you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, there's a chance of rain
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  showers, and it feels like 45 degrees with 7
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  mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 7 -11, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  6 -17. It looks like we're in for some rain showers
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  today, mostly cloudy with temperatures peaking
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  around 65, then dropping to about 59 in the afternoon,
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  accompanied by a light southwest breeze. Tonight.
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  Expect partly cloudy skies with a low near 40
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  and a breezy west wind gusting up to 28. For
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  all you beach runners out there, the first low
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  tide Tuesday will be just after 730 with a high
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  tide at 145. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 44 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Expect mostly sunny skies
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  on Wednesday with a high near 53 and west winds.
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  Wednesday night will be partly cloudy with a
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  low around 38. Thursday brings sunny weather
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  with a high near 58 and mostly clear skies at
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  night, cooling to 37. Friday will be mostly sunny,
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  reaching a high near 63, but expect a chance
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  of rain showers Friday night with mostly cloudy
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  skies. and a low around 49. Saturday also has
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  a chance of rain, with mostly cloudy skies, a
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  high near 73, and a low around 47 at night. Bonjour,
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you. In local
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  news. Harvard University will not accept unprecedented
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  demands from the Trump administration regarding
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  continued federal funding, which infringe on
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  the institution's First Amendment rights. President
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  Alan Garber stated, we will not negotiate over
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  our independence or our constitutional rights.
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  The administration had threatened nearly $9 billion
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  in grants amid an investigation into campus antisemitism.
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  Barber emphasized that no government should dictate
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  what universities teach or whom they can admit.
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  A White House spokesperson reiterated that institutions
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  violating Title VI law are ineligible for federal
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  funding, stating President Trump aims to end
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  unchecked anti -Semitism in education. Now on
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  to sports. Rory McIlroy's recent victory at the
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  Masters has delighted bettors, while causing
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  frustration for sportsbooks. Last week, Johnny
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  Avello from DraftKings noted that McIlroy was
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  drawing more bets than last year's champion,
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  Scotty Scheffler. A DraftKings bettor had wagered
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  $10 ,000 on McIlroy at odds of plus $650, anticipating
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  a payout of $65 ,000. Despite a dramatic final
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  round filled with ups and downs, McIlroy clinched
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  his first Masters title. Seamus McGee, from Bet
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  and Jam, confirmed that McIlroy was the most
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  bet golfer, leading to a significant shift in
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  odds. The next major event, the PGA Championship,
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  is scheduled for May 15th through 18th, with
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  McIlroy and Scheffler again favored to win. In
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  local sports. Last night in Florida, the Sox
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  were overpowered by the Rays, losing 16 -1. The
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  offensive onslaught included a pair of homers
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  from Missner, driving in three runs. Meanwhile,
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  Campbell's solo shot in the third inning was
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  the lone highlight for Boston. Hawks struggled
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  on the mound, taking a loss with 10 hits, allowed
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  over two and one -third innings. The Sox now
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  sit at 8 wins and 10 losses on the season. Tonight,
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  did they clash with their Rays again? Walker
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  Buehler, sporting a 3 .57 ERA, squares off against
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  Ryan Pepiot, who has a 3 .38 ERA. Moving on to
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  hockey, tonight the Bruins, at 33 -39 -9, hit
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  the ice against the Devils, who are 41 -32 -7.
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  In top news, new research from scientists at
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  the University of California, San Francisco reveals
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  that CT scans may be more harmful than previously
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  believed. These scans account for about 5 % of
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  new cancer cases annually in the United States.
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  While the risk from a single scan is low, frequent
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  users, such as those with chronic conditions,
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  should weigh the benefits and risks. The study
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  predicts over 100 ,000 future cancers due to
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  rising CT use, which has increased by 30 % since
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  2007. It's crucial to understand the potential
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  dangers associated with these scans, especially
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  for vulnerable populations like children. In
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  business news, in the world of artificial intelligence,
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  Dario Amadi, co -founder and CEO of Anthropic,
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  is on a mission to create powerful AI that remains
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  benevolent. Recently back from Davos, he expressed
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  confidence that models like Claude will outperform
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  humans in cognitive tasks within two years. However,
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  the landscape is shifting as a Chinese company,
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  DeepSeek, has introduced a competitive large
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  language model at a fraction of the cost. Despite
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  this, Amity insists that efficiency does not
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  diminish the value of advanced intelligence.
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  Anthropic is focused on ensuring the safe development
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  of artificial general intelligence with a commitment
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  to ethical standards in AI. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 1 % to about $86 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up 1 % to about $1 ,600. And Goat Seas Maximus
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  is down 2 % to 4 cents. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  tension and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them, sunny
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  morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. A recent poll by Pointer. And
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  the University of Minnesota reveals that many
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  Americans are largely disgusted by artificial
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  intelligence in news reporting. Nearly half of
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  the respondents expressed that they do not want
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  AI to report the news, while 20 % believe that
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  news organizations should not utilize this technology
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  at all. The survey, which included 1 ,128 participants,
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  also found that 49 % had no interest in chatting
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  with virtual assistants for news. Furthermore,
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  30 % had no confidence in AI -generated articles.
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  This skepticism underscores a growing distrust
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  in media fueled by various factors, including
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  political rhetoric. So what do you think? Have
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  I earned your trust yet? And in entertainment
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  news, Los Angeles is experiencing a significant
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  decline in film and television production, as
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  reported by Film LA. In the first quarter of
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  2025, on -location shoot days fell by 22 .4 %
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  compared to the previous year, totaling 5 ,295
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  days. Television production dropped by 30 .5%,
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  with notable declines across all categories.
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  Feature films decreased by 28 .9%, and commercials
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  were down by 2 .1%. Governor Gavin Newsom and
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  state legislators are advocating for improvements
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  to California's film tax credit program to attract
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  productions and boost local jobs. Well, alrighty
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American singer
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  and actress, Demi Lovato. And she said, no matter
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  what you're going through, there's a light at
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  the end of the tunnel and may seem hard to get
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  to it, but you can do it and just keep working
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  towards it and you'll find the positive side
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  of things. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.