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Framingham Drops License Plate Readers, Red Sox Beat Yankees · 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, June 26. You'll be interested
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  to know, 81 years ago, today, in 1945, delegates
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  from 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to
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  sign the United Nations Charter, establishing
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  a new global forum committed to peace, cooperation,
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  and human dignity. The Charter created a lasting
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  framework for multilateral cooperation, advancing
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  collective security, human rights, and development.
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  So now 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 70 degrees, with five
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  mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 8 .23, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  5 .09. It looks like we're in for some off -and
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  -on rain showers before 2 p .m., followed by
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  a slight chance of thunderstorms, with partly
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  sunny skies and a high near 78, along with a
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  light south wind around 8 miles per hour. If
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  you're inland, it will hit a high of 78. Tonight.
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  Expect mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance
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  of showers and thunderstorms before 11 p .m.,
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  a low of 67, and light winds around 4 miles per
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  hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  69 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Saturday has a chance of
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  rain showers with mostly cloudy skies and a high
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  near 79. Then tonight, a continuing chance of
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  showers with lows around 63. Sunday is mostly
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  sunny with a high near 82 and mostly clear overnight
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  near 64, while Monday stays sunny with a high
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  near 79 before Tuesday warms to near 84 with
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  a slight chance of afternoon showers. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Café 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 Morning sent you. In local
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  news, the Framingham Police Department has chosen
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  not to renew its contract with Flock Safety,
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  ending the city's use of the automated license
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  plate reader system following months of resident
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  concerns and advocacy. The decision, announced
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  by Administrative Lieutenant Rachel Mickens,
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  will see the cameras decommissioned by June 30th.
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  Residents argued that the system threatens privacy
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  and civil liberties. leading to significant public
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  debate. Framingham is now among several Massachusetts
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  communities that have moved away from Phlox technology,
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  as advocates continue to push for transparency
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  and accountability in public safety measures.
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  Now on to sports. The United States men's national
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  team has officially won Group D at the World
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  Cup. even though they ended the group on a brutal
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  low note. Despite a last -minute 3 -2 loss to
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  Turkai, the USNNT had already locked up Group
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  D as a group winner. Turkai, who had been scoreless
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  through two games, finally clicked against a
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  second -string US lineup, scoring three goals,
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  including a game -winner in the eighth minute
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  of stoppage time. Australia and Paraguay played
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  to a 0 -0 draw. both advancing to the knockout
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  stage. Brupty ends with the U .S. on top, followed
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  by Australia and Paraguay, while Turkay heads
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  home early. In local sports, the Red Sox are
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  rolling. They beat the Yankees 6 -3 last night
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  at Fenway, with Connolly early dominant on the
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  mound, six innings, nine strikeouts, just five
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  hits and two runs. Caleb Durbin powered the offense
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  with a home run and two RBIs, and the Sox struck
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  early to set the tone. Boston snaps a rough patch,
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  sitting at 33 -46, but they're in control of
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  this series now with three games left. Tonight
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  at 7 -10, Peyton Tall takes the ball against
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  Will Warren as the Sox look to grab Game 2 at
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  a commanding 2 -0 lead. The home crowd at Fenway
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  was electric last night, and they'll be back
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  tonight. Meanwhile, the Bruins are at the NHL
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  Draft in Buffalo with the 23rd overall pick in
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  round one tonight at 7 o 'clock. They've got
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  eight total selections across the seven rounds.
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  GM Don Sweeney is still working free agency,
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  too. Victor Arvidson and Andrew Peake remain
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  unsigned. though Sweeney says talks have been
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  respectful. Boston has got nearly $16 million
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  in cap space to reshape the roster after that
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  early playoff exit. Over in the NBA, the Celtics
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  are dealing with the Jalen Brown situation as
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  that trade speculation continues to swirl. In
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  top news, Wall Street drifts to a mixed finish
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  after Micron soars and Apple drops. The United
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  States stock market meandered to a mixed finish
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  on Thursday after several artificial intelligence
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  stocks rebounded, while Apple dropped after raising
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  prices on many of its products. Micron Technologies
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  surged by 15 .7 % after reporting much higher
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  profit and revenue than analysts expected. Qualcomm
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  raised its growth forecasts, expecting revenue
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  outside of handsets to reach $40 billion. by
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  fiscal year 2029. Apple stock fell by 6 .1 %
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  due to price increases of 15 % to 20 % for Mac
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  computers. The S &P 500 slipped to 7 ,357 .49
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  points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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  added 71 .72 points. In business news, SpaceX
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  FOMO is officially over. Space stocks across
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  the board are getting punished. Investors seem
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  to be having second thoughts about the lofty
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  valuations in the sector, an analyst says. Stocks
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  in the space sector deepened their declines on
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  Thursday as the SpaceX halo fades further. At
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  least four space stocks, including the space
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  exploration firm Virgin Galactic, the satellite
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  firm Redwire, the space infrastructure firm Intuitive
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  Machines, and the in -space transit company Momentus
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  have recorded 50 % drops so far in June, according
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  to FactSet data. Several others, including Planet
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  Labs and Firefly Aerospace, are down 40%, or
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  more for the month as of Thursday afternoon.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 7 % for the
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  week to just under $60 ,000. Ethereum is down
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  11%, to about $1 ,500. And SRP is down 10 % to
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  $1 .03. 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 tech. OpenAI will initially only release
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  ChatGPT 5 .6 to government -approved customers.
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  So much for voluntary review. You may not be
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  able to use the new ChatGPT 5 .6 as soon as it
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  is finished. According to a report in The Information,
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  OpenAI plans to stagger the release of its new
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  AI model, with the first users being parties
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  approved by the federal government. CEO Sam Altman
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  indicated in a staff memo that federal leaders
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  will be approving access customer by customer
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  during this preview period. Several agencies
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  are involved, including the Office of the National
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  Cyber Director and the Office of Science and
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  Technology Policy. And in entertainment news,
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  following his ousting from 60 Minutes and CBS
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  News earlier this month, Scott Pelley has found
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  new representation. Deadline can confirm that
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  the 51 -time Emmy -winning news anchor has signed
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  with Creative Artists Agency. This comes just
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  weeks after he was fired over an alleged confrontation
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  with new executive producer Nick Bilton under
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  Barry Weiss' reign. While many current and former
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  60 Minutes correspondents are represented by
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  United Talent Agency, Peli joins former colleague
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  Leslie Stahl in the Creative Artists Agency family.
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  Peli was fired on June 2nd over a verbal confrontation
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  in which she criticized the new leadership. Well,
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  alrighty folks, it's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the American
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  philosopher and psychologist, William James.
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  And he said, Act as if what you do makes a difference
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  it does. 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.