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Karen Read Trial Day 1! Sox Win, OpenAI Student Offer. · 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 Wednesday, April 23rd. You'll be interested
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  to know, 40 years ago, today, in 1985, the Coca
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  -Cola Company introduced New Coke, a reformulated
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  soft drink intended to replace its flagship beverage.
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  However, due to significant public outrage, the
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  previous version of Coca -Cola was reintroduced
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  as Coca -Cola Classic in less than three months,
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  marking a notable misstep in marketing strategy.
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  So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's sunny and it feels
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  like 50 degrees with 11 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 728, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 617. It looks like we're in
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  for some sunny weather today, with a high near
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  70 and a light west wind at about 9 miles per
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  hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies with
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  a low of 48 and gentle winds. For all you beach
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  runners out there, The first high tide Wednesday
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  will be at 745 with a low tide just before 2.
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  The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 46
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  degrees for the water temperature. Looking ahead
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  in the weather. Expect sunny skies on Thursday
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  with a high near 69 and light east winds. The
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  Thursday night will be partly cloudy with a low
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  around 53. Friday brings mostly sunny weather
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  with a high near 73 and a chance of rain showers
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  after 10 p .m. Saturday will be rainy with thunderstorms
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  likely and a high near 66. Saturday night will
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  also be rainy with a low around 46. Sunday starts
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  with a slight chance of rain but will turn mostly
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  sunny with a high near 60. Nights will be mostly
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  clear. with lows around 46. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, the retrial
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  of Karen Reed, charged with hitting her Boston
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  police officer boyfriend, is now underway. Defense
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  attorney Alan Jackson claimed Reed's SUV never
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  struck John O 'Keefe, whose body was discovered
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  in the snow on January 29, 2022, following a
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  long night of drinking. And he claimed that O
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  'Keefe did in fact enter the house of the Boston
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  police officers, where he was found dead on the
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  lawn. Jackson argued that O 'Keefe's injuries
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  were consistent with an animal attack, not a
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  vehicle collision. Meanwhile, special prosecutor
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  Hank Brennan contended that Reed, who allegedly
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  consumed nearly nine vodka drinks, hit O 'Keefe
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  with her vehicle. The cases sparked division,
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  with Reed's supporters rallying for her release
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  amid concerns over investigative bias. The opening
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  witnesses' examinations were fiery, to say the
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  least. Things should get real interesting this
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  week, with more witnesses to come. Now on to
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  sports. In last night's NBA playoff action, the
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  Indiana Pacers took a commanding 2 -0 series
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  lead over the Milwaukee Bucks, winning 123 -115.
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  Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 24 points and
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  11 rebounds, while Tyrese Halliburton contributed
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  21 points and 12 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo
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  scored 34 points for Milwaukee. but it was not
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  enough. Meanwhile, the Oklahoma City Thunder
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  continued to dominate the Memphis Grizzlies,
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  winning 118 -99 and leading the series 2 -0.
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  Despite a strong performance from Jaron Jackson
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  Jr., Memphis struggled offensively, failing to
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  score 100 points for the second consecutive game.
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  In local sports. Last night at Fenway, the Sox
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  beat the Mariners 8 -3. with Fayot securing the
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  win by giving up just one run over five innings.
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  A highlight was Kassa's three -run homer in the
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  seventh. Crawford and Duran added keyed RBIs,
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  helping the Sox notch their 14th win as they
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  dominated with 19 hits to Seattle's 11, handing
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  Seattle's Miller the loss. Tonight, the Sox faced
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  the Mariners at Fenway with a chance for the
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  three -game sweep. John Newcomb, with a 2 .29
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  ERA and a 5 -2 record, goes up against Emerson
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  Hancock, who holds a 3 .63 ERA. First pitch is
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  at 645, with expectations of a comfortable 68
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  degrees under clear Boston skies. It sounds like
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  a great night for baseball. In basketball, tonight,
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  the Celtics host the Orlando Magic at TD Garden.
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  Boston leads the series with the first win. The
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  game tips off at 4, and Boston is favored by
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  10 .5 points. In top news, in a shift reminiscent
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  of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy, today's
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  college students are benefiting from what is
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  being called the Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy. OpenAI
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  is offering students two months of free access
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  to ChatGPT+. typically priced at $20 a month,
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  just in time for finals. Other companies like
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  Anthropic are also providing free or discounted
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  access to their AI tools. This push to attract
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  young users reflects a broader trend where AI
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  companies aim to build a loyal user base among
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  students who may rely on these technologies for
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  various aspects of their lives, from academics
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  to personal advice. In business news, the largest
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  credit card companies are bracing for a potential
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  economic downturn as Americans continue to spend.
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  However, firms like JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup
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  are adding to their reserves to cover expected
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  losses, while Synchrony is tightening lending
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  standards. Delinquencies are rising, reaching
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  levels seen before the pandemic. Despite concerns,
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  consumer spending has remained strong. with Bank
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  of America's chief indicating that consumers
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  are still solidly in the game. Yet, banks are
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  shifting focus towards wealthier customers, as
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  the top 10 % of earners now account for about
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  half of all spending in the United States. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 5 % to $93 ,000.
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  Ethereum is up 11 % to just under $1 ,800. And
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  Goatsy's Maximus is up half a percent to seven
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  cents. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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  community spotlight on health and wellness, we
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  are working with a national Pilates studio to
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  bring you some free classes, so listen up. Check
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  out Club Pilates with several locations in the
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  Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, Reducing
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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 science. A fascinating study reveals
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  the brain's remarkable survival mechanism during
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  marathons. Carlos Matute, a neuroscientist from
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  the University of the Basque Country, discovered
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  that myelin, the fatty insulation around nerve
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  fibers, provides energy when fuel runs low. This
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  research, published in Nature Metabolism, showed
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  that during a marathon, myelin levels decreased
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  in areas responsible for motor coordination and
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  emotion. but recovered within two months. While
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  some headlines sensationalize the findings as
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  the brain eating itself, Matute emphasizes that
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  these adaptations are both nuanced and promising,
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  highlighting the brain's ability to change even
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  in adulthood. And in entertainment news, a bankruptcy
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  court has set a minimum price of $417 .5 million.
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  for Village Roadshow Entertainment's library
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  of 108 films, including notable franchises like
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  The Matrix and Oceans. U .S. bankruptcy judge
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  Thomas Horan approved an offer from Alkin Media
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  Group, outbidding content partners, which offered
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  $365 million. Village Roadshow filed for Chapter
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  11 bankruptcy. due to high costs from in -house
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  content creation and a strained partnership with
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  Warner Brothers Discovery. The auction deadline
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  for bids is May 16th, with concerns about the
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  studio's profitability looming. 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 poet,
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  Maya Angelou. And she said, You are the sum total
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  of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten,
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  smelled, been told, and forgot. It's all there.
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  Everything influences each of us, and because
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  of that I try to make sure that my experiences
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  are positive. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos. with
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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.