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Tufts Nurses Warn of Safety Risks, Celtics Eye Series Win · 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, April 28th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 25 years ago, today, in 2001, a private
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  citizen named Denis Tito wrote a Russian spacecraft
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  to the space station as the first paying space
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  tourist, fulfilling a long -held dream of civilian
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  access to orbit. His voyage marked a milestone
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  in human spaceflight by opening the door to commercial
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  participation, shifting perceptions of who could
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  travel beyond Earth, and spurring interest in
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  private space endeavors. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's sunny and it feels like 46 degrees, with
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  2 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 7 .38. It will rise again tomorrow at 5 .40.
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  It looks like we're in for some sunny weather
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  today with a high near 55 and a light northeast
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  breeze around 8 miles per hour. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 57. Tonight, expect mostly
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  cloudy skies with a low around 41 and a calm
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  northeast wind around 5 miles per hour. The near
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  -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 48 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Wednesday is partly sunny with a slight
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  chance of showers after 4 p .m. and a high near
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  56. Then turning to rainy and cloudy Wednesday
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  night with a low near 46 and east winds near
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  7 miles per hour. Thursday remains wet with morning
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  rain showers and a likelihood of thunderstorms.
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  cloudy and cooler with highs near 54, and northwest
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  winds around 9 miles per hour Thursday night.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought
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  to 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 café 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, the vast majority of operating room nurses
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  at Tufts Medical Center have signed a letter
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  of no confidence in leadership. warning that
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  severe staffing shortages are jeopardizing patient
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  safety and straining hospital operations. Mary
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  Kornackia, registered nurse and longtime operating
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  room nurse at Tufts, stated, We need help right
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  now, emphasizing that nurses are burning out
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  and are tired. In response, the Massachusetts
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  Nurses Association has filed official complaints
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  with various regulators, including the Massachusetts
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  Department of Public Health, and the Centers
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  for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Tufts Medical
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  Center responded, stating, Patient safety, quality,
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  and caregiver well -being remain our highest
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  priorities. Now on to sports. Cooper Flagg has
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  edged Kahn Neupel in a close NBA Rookie of the
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  Year race. On April 27th, 2026, the Dallas Mavericks
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  celebrated their third Rookie of the Year award.
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  Flagg, the number one pick in last year's draft,
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  joins Jason Kidd and Luka Doncic as the only
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  Mavericks to earn this honor. He averaged 21
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  points, 6 .7 rebounds, 4 .5 assists, 1 .2 steals,
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  and 0 .9 blocks this season. Flagg's historic
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  performance included a record 51 points in a
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  game against the Orlando Magic. This is a truly
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  great honor, Flagg stated, expressing gratitude
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  to the Mavericks organization for their support.
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  In local sports, the Celtics are one win away
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  from the second round tonight at seven against
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  the Sixers. Boston is up 3 -1 after a dominant
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  gain four. where Peyton Pritchard dropped 32
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  points off the bench and Jason Tatum added 30.
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  The Celtics set a franchise playoff record with
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  24 threes. They're heading home where they've
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  been nearly unbeatable these playoffs, and with
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  Tatum finally healthy, this team is championship
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  experience shows. Everything points to a closeout
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  at the Garden. Over on Lansdowne, the Red Sox
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  are riding three straight wins. And they're heading
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  back to Toronto tonight against the Blue Jays
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  at 7 -7. Ranger Suarez was masterful yesterday,
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  allowing just one hit over eight innings with
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  10 strikeouts in a 5 -0 shutout. The bats are
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  clicking, and with interim manager Chad Tracy
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  now calling the shots after Alex Cora was fired
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  over the weekend, Boston has got momentum. The
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  Sox are 12 -17 on the season. And this series
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  matters. On the ice, the Bruins face elimination
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  tonight in Buffalo at 7 .30. Down 3 -1 after
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  Sunday, it is brutal 6 -1 loss at home. It is
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  do or die. Both Viktor Arvidsson and Nikita Zadorov
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  are questionable with injuries. And coach Marco
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  Sturm said the team came in angry Monday. One
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  win changes everything. Another loss, their season
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  is over. In top news, MicroStrategy could surpass
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  BlackRock's Bitcoin holdings within a week. A
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  Bitcoin central bank could rival BlackRock in
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  Bitcoin holdings. Founded in 1988, BlackRock
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  is the world's largest asset manager with more
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  than $14 trillion in assets under management
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  as of 2025. It was among the first Wall Street
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  giants to launch a spot exchange -traded fund
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  linked to Bitcoin in January 2024 after the U
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  .S. Securities and Exchange Commission greenlit
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  it. A spot Bitcoin exchange -traded fund allows
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  both institutional and retail investors to gain
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  indirect Bitcoin exposure through a traditional
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  avenue. When Brian Nicol took the helm as Starbucks'
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  chief executive officer in 2024, he promised
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  that the floundering company would be going back
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  to Starbucks. In a world defined by automation,
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  he wanted to return the coffee giant to its cafe
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  culture roots, but he urged patience. Last quarter,
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  Starbucks' same -store sales were up 4 % in North
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  America, with overall transactions growing 3%.
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  The company reported that members of its loyalty
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  program were buying more, and casual customers
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  were also returning. Nickel is refreshing more
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  than 1 ,000 stores, adding more than 100 ,000
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  seats back to cafes by the end of 2026. Starbucks
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  is improving customer service by rebuilding its
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  digital app and training baristas to bring the
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  human touch back to their work. In crypto movement.
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  Bitcoin is down 3 % to about $77 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 4 .5 % to about $2 ,000. And XRP is down
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  3 % to $1 .39. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the 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. Apple Wallet's new digital ID
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  feature has just added more ways to use it. Last
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  fall, Apple launched a new digital ID feature
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  in the Wallet application. Now the feature can
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  officially be used as an age verification method
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  in several cases on iPhone. Digital ID was accepted
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  at Transportation Security Administration's security
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  checkpoints in over 250 United States airports
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  for domestic travel. Apple promised more uses
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  in the future. Users will be able to present
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  their digital ID at select businesses for identity
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  and age verification in person, in applications
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  and online. And in entertainment news. The $50
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  movie ticket has arrived. Theaters are raising
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  prices for avid moviegoers to spike complaints
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  from Hollywood studios. One of the best -selling
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  points of a night out at the movies has long
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  been how inexpensive it was for two hours of
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  entertainment. That is not the case when it costs
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  $50 a ticket. Regal Cinemas recently charged
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  that amount for opening night seats to see December's
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  Dune, Part 3. Eye -popping prices for in -demand
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  movies on premium screens are becoming common.
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  17 % of film tickets sold last year were for
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  premium format theaters, compared to 13 % in
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  2021. Welcome to the new box office reality.
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  Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American astronaut and physicist, Sally Ride.
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  And she said, the stars don't look bigger, but
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  they do look brighter. And that's a wrap for
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  this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.