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NASA's $4B Telescope Launch, Red Sox Edge Mariners · 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, September 1st. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is American Chess Day. It celebrates
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  the enduring global game whose modern rules settled
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  between 1475 and 1500, and which is now played
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  by an estimated 600 million people. So today,
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  play a game of chess with someone new. 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 slight chance
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  of rain showers, and it feels like 69 degrees,
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  with 2 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 7 .15, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 6 .10. It looks like we're in for a cloudy
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  day with a slight chance of rain showers early,
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  then likely rain and patchy fog throughout, and
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  temperatures reaching a high near 69, with a
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  light southeast breeze around 6 miles per hour.
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  If you're inland, it will hit a high of 70. Tonight,
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  expect cloudy skies with a chance of rain showers
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  before 2 a .m., a low of 63, and light winds
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  around 6 miles per hour. The nearshore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 69 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday will
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  be mostly cloudy with a high near 72 and a light
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  east wind. Then rain showers and thunderstorms
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  overnight with lows around 64 and new rainfall
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  under one -tenth of an inch possible. Thursday
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  stays unsettled with showers and thunderstorms
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  likely and a high near 80. then turning mostly
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  sunny on Friday with highs near 79 and northwest
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  winds around 8 miles per hour. Bonjour, food
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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 mornings send you. In local
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  news, it's back to school for most students in
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  the Worcester Public School District with a red
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  carpet welcome at Flag Street Elementary. Sixth
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  -grader Aurea Avenome expressed her excitement,
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  saying, I'm mostly excited to see my friends,
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  but I can't wait. New principal Colleen Dyer
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  shared her mixed feelings, stating, I'm feeling
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  nervous and excited all at the same time. At
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  Burncoat Middle School, seventh -grader Jaslyn
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  Barnes in shorter outfit was on point, even changing
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  quickly this morning. Worcester Mayor Joseph
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  M. Petty noted, The whole administration has
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  worked so hard over the summer to prepare for
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  the children to come, with over 24 ,500 students
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  enrolled. As the school year begins, the district
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  focuses on improving reading and math scores,
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  while also addressing school capacity imbalances.
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  Now onto sports. College basketball rankings
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  are heating up as Missouri climbs back into the
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  early top 25 -1, with Mark Mitchell's return
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  being a significant factor. Mitchell and all
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  SEC forward averaged 18 .3 points and 5 .2 rebounds
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  last season, helping Missouri reach the NCAA
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  tournament. After receiving a temporary restraining
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  order for a fifth season, He briefly committed
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  to Kentucky, but decided to return to Missouri
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  due to complicated eligibility rules. Currently,
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  Mitchell is considered a Missouri Tiger, moving
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  Dennis Gates' program up to number 21 in the
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  rankings, while Kentucky drops to number 17.
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  Stay tuned as the season begins in nine weeks.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox took game one of
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  this series 9 -8 at Fenway. Riding home runs
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  from Duran and Gasper, plus three RBIs, a piece
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  from Trevor Story and Sadon Raffaella. Boston
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  has won six of its last 10 and sits at 75 -63,
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  firmly in the playoff hunt. They're back tonight
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  looking to make it too straight. First pitch
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  645 against Seattle's Brian Wu. Roman Anthony
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  is reportedly nearing a return, worth watching
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  this series. On the injury front, Wilson Contreras
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  hit the 10 -day IL with a hamstring strain. Mickey
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  Gaspard is up from Worcester to fill the spot.
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  Over in Foxborough, the Patriots trimmed their
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  roster and made a trade with Minnesota for offensive
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  lineman, Walter Rouse. Two players landed on
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  injured reserve. But Drake may heads into year
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  two as the unquestioned starter, with New England
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  opening the season September 9th in Seattle.
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  It's a rematch of Super Bowl 59 on a Wednesday
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  night for the first time in franchise history.
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  Meanwhile, the Celtics got good news. Nemeus
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  Queta's leg scare during Eurobasket wasn't serious.
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  He's back playing for Portugal, a relief with
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  training camp openings soon, and Jason Tatum,
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  still working back from Achilles' surgery. In
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  top news, NASA launched its newest space telescope,
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  the Nancy Grace Roman, undertaking its biggest
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  mission yet to study the universe on a much larger
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  scale. A roughly $4 billion project, the Roman
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  will allow scientists to get panoramic views
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  of space. and better understand dark energy and
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  dark matter. Miles O 'Brien explained that this
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  telescope is like a scout, with a mirror the
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  same diameter as Hubble, but 100 times more precise.
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  It will survey the universe 1 ,000 times faster,
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  generating about 1 .5 terabytes of data daily.
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  With this information, astronomers hope to uncover
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  the mysteries surrounding these invisible forces.
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  In business news, the 9th U .S. Circuit Court
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  of Appeals rejected Prediction Market Platform's
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  request for injunctive relief against the Nevada
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  Gaming Control Board, concluding that sports
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  -related event contracts are not a derivative
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  regulated by the federal government. The court
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  ruled against Kalshi and Crypto .com, which sought
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  to halt operations Nevada claims are illegal
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  gambling offerings. The ruling is seen as a significant
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  victory by the Nevada Attorney General's office.
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  Legal experts anticipate the Supreme Court will
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  eventually address the split between this ruling
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  and a previous decision from the 3rd U .S. Circuit
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  Court of Appeals. Shares of DraftKings rose by
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  7%, while Flutter Entertainment increased more
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  than 6%. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 1%.
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  to about $79 ,000. Ethereum is up 2 % to about
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  $2 ,000. And PaxRP is up 3 % to $1 .39. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. The full
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  moon of September 2026 will occur at 1249 p .m.
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  Eastern Daylight Time on September 26, as the
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  moon glows opposite the sun in Earth's sky. Known
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  as the Harvest Moon, this full moon is the closest
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  to the September equinox, marking the beginning
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  of astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
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  Stargazers in the United States will first see
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  the Harvest Moon rise over the eastern horizon
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  at sunset. The Moon will glow a beautiful yellow
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  -orange, gradually fading as it arcs away from
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  the skyline. Saturn will also be visible nearby,
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  along with the stars of the great square of Pegasus
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  and the planets Jupiter and Mars. And in entertainment
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  news… Good news for fans of ABC's hit series
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  The Rookie, as a recent announcement confirms
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  that the show will not be facing cancellation
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  any time soon. Creator and showrunner Alexi Hawley
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  has extended his contract with Lionsgate Television
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  for several more years. The Rookie has already
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  been renewed for Season 9, set to premiere in
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  January 2027. Despite typical rating declines
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  with network shows, The Rookie is gaining popularity.
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  especially among younger viewers on TikTok. With
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  over 12 .8 billion minutes of viewing in the
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  United States during the first half of 2026,
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  fans can rest easy knowing that this series will
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  continue. Well, all righty, folks. It's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today, our quote
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  comes from the American author and humorist,
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  Mark Twain. And he said, The secret of getting
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  ahead is getting started, emphasizing the importance
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  of taking the first step in any endeavor. And
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  that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.