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Pelicans' Bold NBA Draft Move, Adam Sandler's Tour, Apple CarPlay. · 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 27th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 71 years ago today, in 1954, the Soviet
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  Union celebrated a monumental achievement in
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  energy innovation with the opening of the Avninsk
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  nuclear power plant near Moscow. This pioneering
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  facility marked the world's first nuclear power
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  station to generate electricity for a national
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  grid, ushering in a new era of energy production.
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  The successful operation of the Obninsk plant
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  demonstrated the potential of nuclear energy
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  to provide a reliable and efficient power source,
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  inspiring further advancements in nuclear technology
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  worldwide. This milestone stands as a testament
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  to human ingenuity and the relentless pursuit
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  of progress in harnessing the power of the atom
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  for peaceful purposes. 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 cloudy and it feels like 65 degrees with
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  6 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 8 .16. and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  5 .07. It looks like we're in for some partly
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  sunny weather today, with a high near 70 and
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  a light east breeze. Tonight, expect mostly cloudy
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  skies with a chance of rain showers after midnight,
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  a low of 61 and light winds. For all you beach
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  runners out there, the first low tide Friday
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  will be at 7 .15, with a high tide at 1 .30.
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  The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 62
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  degrees for the water temperature. Looking ahead
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  in the weather. Expect a cloudy Saturday with
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  rain showers and thunderstorms likely, a high
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  near 72, and patchy fog. Sunday brings partly
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  sunny skies and a high near 74. Monday will be
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  mostly sunny and warmer, with a high near 81.
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  A chance of rain returns Tuesday with a high
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  near 88. Nights will be mostly cloudy with lows
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  around 64 to 71. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Café
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  and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino
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  Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this café is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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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, iconic
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  comedy actor Adam Sandler is hitting the road
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  this fall for his You're My Best Friend tour.
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  with a 30 -city run across the United States
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  and Canada. He will make two stops in New England,
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  on Friday, September 26, at Mohican Sun Arena
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  in Connecticut, and on Tuesday, September 30,
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  at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Sandler,
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  who grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, is
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  known for films set in the region. Ticket press
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  sales start at noon on Thursday, June 26. with
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  general sales on Friday, June 27th, through Ticketmaster.
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  Now on to sports. The New Orleans Pelicans made
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  headlines by trading a future unprotected first
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  -round pick to the Atlanta Hawks to move up from
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  23 -13 in the NBA draft, selecting Maryland big
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  man Derrick Queen. This decision sparked widespread
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  discussion among league executives, who viewed
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  it as a reckless allocation of assets. Critics
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  noted the Pelicans' poor asset management, especially
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  after last season's struggles. Meanwhile, teams
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  like the Memphis Grizzlies and Utah Jazz also
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  faced scrutiny for trading up at a high cost,
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  underscoring the risks of draft night desperation.
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  In local sports. Tonight at Fenway, the Sox face
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  the Blue Jays in Game 1 of a 3 -game series.
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  Brian Baio, with a 3 -3 record and 3 .31 earned
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  run average, takes the mound against Jose Barrios,
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  who's 3 -3 with a 5 .24. Boston is favored with
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  57 .6 % odds. Expect a crisp 69 degrees in the
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  back bay. In top news, an intriguing real estate
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  mystery is unfolding in Palm Beach, Florida,
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  just north of President Trump's Mar -a -Lago
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  Club. An unidentified buyer or group of buyers
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  has quietly acquired properties totaling roughly
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  $250 million, aiming to create one of the most
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  impressive estates in the country. This vast
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  assemblage includes two oceanfront lots previously
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  owned by billionaire cosmetics heir William Lauder
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  and a Mediterranean -style house purchased for
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  $18 million. Local real estate agents speculate
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  about potential ties to billionaires like Steve
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  Ballmer and Charles Simone, while rock star Bon
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  Jovi has resisted selling his adjacent property.
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  In business news... On Wednesday morning, Wall
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  Street was shaken by the stunning primary win
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  of Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani over former
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  Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral
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  race. Major financial figures are now concerned
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  about the implications of Mamdani's victory,
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  with hedge fund CDO Dan Loeb remarking it's officially
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  hot commie summer. Mandany's platform includes
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  raising taxes on high earners, freezing rents,
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  and investing significantly in public housing.
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  As Wall Street debates its future in New York,
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  some executives express intentions to relocate
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  to more business -friendly states like Florida
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  and Texas. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up
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  half a percent for the week to about $108 ,000.
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  Ethereum is down half a percent to about $2 ,500.
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  And XRP is down 3 % to $2 .10. Moving on to a
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  more local vibe. In our community spotlight on
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  health and wellness, we are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  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. Apple's next
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  generation CarPlay is creating a significant
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  divide in the auto industry. While some automakers
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  are excited to adopt the immersive CarPlay Ultra,
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  which integrates more vehicle features such as
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  speedometers and climate control, others are
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  hesitant. A report from the Financial Times highlights
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  that many manufacturers remain cautious about
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  allowing Apple to dominate their vehicle screens.
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  Although customers favor CarPlay and often prefer
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  it over traditional systems, automakers are investing
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  heavily in their own software and want to establish
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  clear data -sharing standards with Apple before
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  fully committing to CarPlay Ultra. And in entertainment
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  news... Denis Villanueva is solidifying his position
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  as the king of legacy intellectual property retrofitting
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  as he is set to direct the first James Bond film
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  under Amazon's banner. Villanueva expressed his
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  excitement, stating, Some of my earliest movie
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  -going memories are connected to 007. I grew
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  up watching James Bond films with my father.
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  He is known for revitalizing franchises. having
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  brought Blade Runner back to life and making
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  Frank Herbert's work culturally relevant. While
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  current betting odds favor Aaron Taylor Johnson
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  for the role of Bond, Villanueva remains tight
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  -lipped about his plans, emphasizing his desire
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  to honor the tradition while paving the way for
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  many new missions to come. Well, all righty,
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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 inventor
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  and visionary Nikola Tesla. And he said, The
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  present is theirs, the future, for which I really
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  worked, is mine. 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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  weekend my good friends. We'll see you Monday
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.