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Red Sox Surge with 9-Game Win Streak, Cambridge Tower Sold for $1 · 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 Friday, July 17th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is World Emoji Day. This playful
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  holiday began when the calendar emoji displayed
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  July 17th, inspiring fans and technology creators
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  to celebrate. It honors the joy of a visual language.
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  lighting up messages with creativity and smiles.
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  So pick your favorite emoji and celebrate along
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  and join the party. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning
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  it's sunny and it feels like 65 degrees with
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  9 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at A15. and it will rise again tomorrow at 523.
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  It looks like we're in for a sunny day with a
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  high near 85 and a light west breeze around 10
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  miles per hour. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 85. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies
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  with a low around 66 and light winds around 7
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  miles per hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads 68 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Saturday will be
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  mostly sunny with a high near 88 and southwest
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  winds 6 to 17 miles per hour, gusting as high
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  as 28 with a slight chance of afternoon showers
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  and thunderstorms and heavier showers likely
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  Saturday night with lows near 71. Sunday turns
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  mostly sunny with a high near 86. and a west
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  wind around 12 miles per hour. Then Monday stays
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  sunny and cooler near 81 with light west winds
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  before a chance of daytime showers and storms
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  returns Tuesday into Tuesday night, with overnight
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  lows falling to around 70. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. The 20 -story Cambridge
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  Tower, which has been struggling with empty office
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  space, has recently sold for $1. Developer Legat
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  McCall Properties spent more than a decade planning
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  a dramatic remake of a former courthouse and
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  jail tower in Cambridge. After gutting the building,
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  knocking off the top several floors, and adjusting
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  the ground level to be far warmer to the surrounding
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  neighborhood than the previous judicial building,
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  The firm completed the project in 2024. You can
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  stream NBC 10 Boston News for free 24 hours a
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  day, 7 days a week, wherever you are. Now onto
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  sports. For the first time in history, the reigning
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  champions of South America and Europe will meet
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  for the World Cup title as Argentina and Spain
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  square off for the final on Sunday. Spain boasts
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  the best defense, allowing only one goal in seven
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  matches, while Lionel Messi is chasing the golden
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  boot with eight goals and four assists. Argentina
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  has scored nine goals and Spain has scored 11
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  during the tournament. Spain's strength lies
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  in possession, with Rodríguez preventing counter
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  -attacks, while Oyarzabal and Moreno have combined
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  for seven goals. Argentina's attack heavily relies
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  on Messi's magic. Predicted lineups include Unai
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  Simon for Spain and Emiliano Martinez for Argentina.
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  The match will take place on July 19th at 3 p
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  .m. Eastern Time at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford,
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  New Jersey. In local sports, the Red Sox are
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  rolling. After sitting 14 games under .500 in
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  late June, Boston is 1 -9 straight heading into
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  this afternoon's matchup with Tampa Bay at Fenway.
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  First pitch is 135 against the Rays with Jake
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  Bennett on the mound facing Griffin Jacks. The
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  real story here is the pitching dominance. Since
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  early May, the Sox rotations posted the lowest
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  error in baseball at 3 .22. That's impressive
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  considering they've battled injuries to Crochet,
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  Suarez, Gray and others. Spot starters like Bennett.
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  Patent Hall and Eduardo Rivera have stepped up
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  and kept that momentum rolling. The rotation's
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  on pace for its fifth -best season since 1975.
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  And there's plenty of fuel for today's game.
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  This team's fighting back into wild -card contention,
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  and they've got the pitching to do it. In top
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  news, Netflix stock dropped over 8 % in extended
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  trading after the company's third -quarter outlook
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  fell short of expectations, and engagement trends
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  did not inspire confidence on the street. The
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  streaming giant reported earnings that beat estimates,
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  and revenue grew 13 .4 % year over year to $12
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  .6 billion, slightly underperforming forecasts.
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  Earnings per share came in at $0, slightly beating
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  expectations and above the $0 reported a year
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  ago. Netflix guided revenue for the current quarter
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  at $12 .9 billion, against Wall Street's expectation
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  of $13 billion. Co -CDO Greg Peters stated, not
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  all hours are created equal, highlighting the
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  impact of live events on revenue. In business
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  news, Short sellers are rapidly increasing their
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  bets against SpaceX, driving bearish positioning
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  to nearly one -third of the company's public
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  float as the struggling stock hovers below its
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  initial public offering price. About 185 million
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  SpaceX shares are now sold short, representing
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  roughly 29 % of the company's publicly tradable
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  float and about $25 billion in bearish wagers,
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  according to S3Partners. The position has ballooned
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  from an estimated 40 million shares, or roughly
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  5 % to 7 % of the float, just three weeks ago.
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  The stock has fallen about 20 % in July and briefly
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  slipped below its $135 initial public offering
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  price. The largest block remains Elon Musk's
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  stake, representing about 42 % of shares outstanding,
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  which is locked up until June 2027. in crypto
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  movement. Bitcoin is down 1 % for the week to
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  about $63 ,000. Ethereum is up 2 % to about $1
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  ,800. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .09. 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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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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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 tech. San Francisco
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  Mayor Daniel Lurie is advocating for tougher
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  rules following a significant traffic jam caused
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  by Waymo's robotaxis. The mayor has urged state
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  regulators to enhance regulations for autonomous
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  vehicles. after these robo -taxes became immobilized
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  in heavy July 4th traffic, exacerbating gridlock.
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  In a letter to the State Department of Transportation,
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  Lurie highlighted previous incidents that showcased
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  the inadequacies of California's current regulatory
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  framework. He proposed that manufacturers demonstrate
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  four core operational capabilities to prevent
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  future disruptions. including real -time adjustments
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  to routes and sharing operational data with local
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  agencies. Waymo operates approximately 1 ,000
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  robotaxis in the Bay Area and completes over
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  500 ,000 paid rides weekly. And in entertainment
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  news, one of the biggest blockbusters of 1996,
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  Independence Day, told the story of an alien
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  invasion of planet Earth. resulting in the mass
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  destruction of several cities, which won the
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  film the Best Visual Effects Oscar. While many
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  have tried to replicate its formula, including
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  director Roland Emmerich, none have succeeded
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  like the original. A key reason is that Independence
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  Day focused on the characters, making viewers
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  invested in their stories. Later films, however,
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  celebrated destruction without addressing the
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  tragic implications, failing to capture the core
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  emotional impact. Disaster films should not exploit
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  massive casualties as a selling point. Well,
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  all righty folks, it's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American author and humorist, Mark Twain. And
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  he said, the secret of getting ahead is getting
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  started, emphasizing the importance of taking
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  the first step in any endeavor to overcome inertia
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  and begin the journey towards success. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.