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Massachusetts Exodus, Celtics vs Mavs, Waymo's $16B Funding · 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, February 3rd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 67 years ago, today, in 1959, Buddy
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  Holly recorded several chart -topping hit singles
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  that blended rock and roll with melodic songwriting,
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  showcasing his clear voice and inventive guitar
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  work. That creative success helped define a new
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  sound for popular music and inspired countless
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  musicians, cementing his influence on modern
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  songwriting and performance. So now you know.
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  And now it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning it's sunny and it feels like five degrees
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  with six mile per hour wind. The sunset will
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  take place at 5 .01 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 6 .51. It looks like we're in for a sunny
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  day with a high near 35 accompanied by a light
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  west wind. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies
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  with a low around 15 and light winds continuing.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  high tide Tuesday will be at noon with the low
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  tide just before 6 .30. The nearshore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 33 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Wednesday will
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  be sunny with a high near 31 and a west wind
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  around 6 to 9 miles per hour, then mostly clear
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  Wednesday night with a low near 10. Thursday
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  stays mostly sunny with a high near 28 and northwest
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  winds around 7 miles per hour. Then a chance
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  of evening snow Friday with highs near 28 and
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  gusty west winds Friday night up to 21 miles
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  per hour. Saturday is colder with a high near
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  15 and northwest winds 10 to 15 miles per hour,
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  gusting as high as 29, with a slight chance of
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  snow into Saturday night and lows near 1. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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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 mornings send you. In local
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  news, new data from the Census Bureau reveals
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  that Massachusetts lost more than 30 ,000 residents
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  to other states last year, highlighting a concerning
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  trend for the state's future workforce and economy.
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  Christopher Anderson, co -organizer at Mass Opportunity
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  Alliance, emphasized that losing residents hampers
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  competitiveness and makes it challenging for
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  businesses to attract talent and investment.
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  Florida attracted the most former Bay Staters,
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  with over 21 ,000 moving there, followed by New
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  Hampshire, New York, California, and Connecticut.
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  While Massachusetts saw slight overall population
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  growth, experts warn that ongoing outmigration
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  could lead to economic challenges, especially
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  as federal immigration policies tighten. Now
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  onto sports. New England Patriots quarterback
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  Drake May, who injured his right -throwing shoulder
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  in the AFC Championship game, stated he took
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  his normal number of throws at practice on Monday
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  and that his recovery has turned a corner, leading
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  into Super Bowl 60 against the Seattle Seahawks.
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  He expressed, I'm feeling good. I'll be just
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  fine before winking. May was limited in practice
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  on Thursday and did not practice on Friday due
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  to illness. At the opening night festivities
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  at the San Jose Convention Center, he noted Sunday
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  is a turning point, perhaps aided by the 60 -degree
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  temperatures in California. May mentioned he
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  threw a good bit during a 90 -minute practice
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  at Stanford University on Monday, and he is looking
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  forward to a normal week of prep. In local sports,
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  the Celtics are set to face the Mass tonight
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  at 8 p .m. Eastern in Dallas. looking to build
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  on their strong road performance. Currently sitting
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  third in the Eastern Conference, Boston boasts
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  a 15 -10 record away from home, while Dallas
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  aims to snap a three -game home -losing streak.
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  Cooper flag leads the Mavs with an impressive
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  average of 19 .8 points per game, while Jalen
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  Brown is a standout for the Seas at 26 .1 points
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  per game. With both team spacing injury challenges,
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  it promises to be an intriguing matchup. In top
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  news, RoboTaxi pioneer Waymo has raised another
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  $16 billion to help fuel its ambition for its
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  fleet of self -driving cars to provide rides
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  throughout the world, while other deep -pocketed
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  rival services backed by Tesla and Amazon try
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  to catch up. The fundraising announced Monday
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  Values Waymo at $126 billion. This appraisal
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  underscores investors' desire to own a piece
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  of the rapidly expanding robotaxi market. Waymo
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  plans to use the funds to extend its reach beyond
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  six metropolitan areas, gearing up to enter over
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  20 other cities, including London and Tokyo.
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  Waymo's RoboTaxis already provide more than 400
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  ,000 weekly rides. In business news, Apple's
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  AI chief, John Gianandrea, is stepping down from
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  his position remaining an advisor until he retires
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  in the spring of 2026. He will be replaced by
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  Amar Supermania, who previously worked at Google
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  and Microsoft making a name for himself as a
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  prominent AI researcher. Supermania was instrumental
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  in developing Gemini and Imagine 3 at Google,
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  and now he will lead Apple's efforts in foundation
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  models and AI safety. Most of June Andrea's team
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  will now report to Eddy Q as Apple prepares for
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  the next generation's Siri release for over a
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  billion users. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is
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  up 1 % to about $78 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 %
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  to about $2 ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1
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  .60. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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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. Jupiter
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  is not as huge as we thought it was. The solar
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  system's largest planet is slightly less of a
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  giant than scientists once believed. Jupiter
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  is 8 kilometers narrower at its equator and 24
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  kilometers flatter at its poles than previously
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  estimated, according to a new study. These new
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  measurements overturn almost 50 years of consensus
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  about the size and shape of Jupiter. Yochai Caspi,
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  a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science
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  in Rehovot, Israel, stated, textbooks will need
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  to be updated. NASA's Juno mission has allowed
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  for clearer observations of Jupiter's size. This
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  research will have significant implications for
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  studying Jupiter's features and understanding
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  how gas giants formed. And in entertainment news...
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  Kelly Clarkson is ending her talk show after
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  seven seasons. NBC confirms that Clarkson made
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  a personal decision to step away from hosting
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  this year. Season seven will run through fall
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  2026 with a few special guest hosts in between,
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  but Clarkson will be present for most of the
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  season. Clarkson shared, stepping away from the
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  daily schedule will allow me to prioritize my
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  kids. which feels necessary and right for this
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  next chapter of our lives. She added, I'll still
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  be making music, playing shows here and there,
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  and you may catch me on The Voice from time to
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  time. Clarkson will begin her Las Vegas residency
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  this summer. Well, alrighty 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 British philosopher and mathematician,
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  Alfred North Whitehead. And he said, the art
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  of progress is to preserve order amid change
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  and to preserve change amid order. 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.