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Patriots' Expansion Plans, Bruins Streak Ends, Crypto News · 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, January 21st. You'll be interested
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  to know that today is National Hugging Day. This
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  warm holiday began in 1986 to encourage affection
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  and human connection, offering a gentle reminder
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  that a simple embrace can boost mood and well
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  -being. Share a friendly hug with consent, spread
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  kindness, and join the celebration with a smile
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  and playful cheer to commemorate connection.
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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 two degrees with five mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 444, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 703. It looks like we're
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  in for a mostly sunny day with a high near 34,
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  then cooling down to around 26 in the afternoon,
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  along with a light southwest breeze at 5 to 9
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  miles per hour. Tonight, expect a chance of snow
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  before 5 a .m., transitioning to rain, with mostly
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  cloudy skies, a low around 27, and gusty winds
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  up to 22 miles per hour. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first low tide Wednesday will
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  be at 630 with a high tide at 1245. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 38 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high near
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  42. A southwest wind 8 to 12 miles per hour with
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  gusts as high as 29. and a brief slight chance
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  of rain or snow in the morning. Temperatures
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  fall to around 23 Thursday night with west winds
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  near 8 miles per hour, gusting to 24, and Friday
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  stays mostly cloudy with a high near 30 in west
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  gusts around 25. A cold weekend follows with
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  highs near 14 on Saturday and near 18 on Sunday,
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  northwest and north breezes, and chances of snow
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  late Saturday night. and again Sunday into Sunday
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  night. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast
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  crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch or just
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. In local news, New England Patriots
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  owner Robert Kraft spoke confidently about the
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  NFL expanding to an 18 game schedule and having
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  each team play one international game per season.
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  Craft stated, we're going to push like the Dickens
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  now to make international more important with
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  us. He emphasized that every team will play 18
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  regular season games and two preseason games,
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  eliminating one preseason game. Craft's push
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  for a longer season aligns with NFL Commissioner
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  Roger Goodell's support for the idea, which is
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  expected to be a key topic during negotiations
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  for a new collective bargaining agreement. The
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  NFL played a record seven games internationally
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  in 2025 and aims for nine games overseas in 2026.
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  Now on to sports. Carlos Beltran and Andrew Jones,
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  graceful centerfielders and slugging stalwarts
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  of the 2000 era, were elected to the Baseball
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  Hall of Fame on Tuesday. in voting by the Baseball
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  Writers Association of America. The duo will
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  join Jeff Kent, a second baseman elected last
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  month at the ceremony on July 26 in Cooperstown,
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  New York. Daltren received 358 votes, while Jones
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  received 333 votes. Both players are 48 years
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  old and were born one day apart in April 1977.
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  Beltran becomes the sixth Hall of Famer raised
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  in Puerto Rico, while Jones is the first native
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  of Curifthau in the Hall. In local sports, Jason
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  Robertson scored two goals, Justin Rick Owen
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  contributed a goal and two assists, and the Dallas
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  Stars ended a three -game skid, while snapping
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  the Bruins' six -game winning streak, 6 -2 on
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  Tuesday night. Wyatt Johnston, Maverick Bork,
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  and Issa Lindell also scored for the Stars, who
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  had only three goals in their previous three
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  games. Morgan Geeky scored on the power play
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  to end Jake Oettinger's shutout bid with seven
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  minutes and 49 seconds left. The Bruins, who
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  had allowed two goals or less per game during
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  their winning streak, are set to host the Vegas
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  Golden Knights on Thursday night. In top news,
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  America's largest power grid operator, PJM, is
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  facing significant challenges due to the rise
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  of artificial intelligence data centers and increasing
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  demand for electricity. 67 million people in
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  a 13 -state region rely on PJM's services, while
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  the demand for power is expected to grow by 4
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  .8 % annually over the next decade. Consumers
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  are frustrated with rising rates. as older power
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  plants are closing faster than new ones can be
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  built. PJM's board chairman, David Mills, emphasized
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  that reliability challenges are serious, but
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  can be solved through collaboration with policymakers
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  and the industry. The situation is complicated,
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  with political dynamics influencing the future
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  of power generation. In business news, the powerful
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  exchange Coinbase withdrew its support for the
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  Senate Clarity Act, leaving the crypto industry
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  infuriated. January was poised to be a significant
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  month for crypto legislation, with negotiations
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  underway on this crucial bill. Coinbase's CEO
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  Brian Armstrong stated, We'd rather have no bill
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  than a bad bill, attributing the decision to
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  last -minute lobbying from big banks. This unexpected
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  move led to the cancellation of the markup session.
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  as industry leaders expressed discontent with
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  Coinbase's actions. With midterm elections approaching,
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  time is running out to finalize any meaningful
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  crypto legislation before Congress shifts its
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  focus to campaigning. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 3 % to just over $89 ,000. Ethereum is
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  down 6 .5 % to 3 ,000. And XRP is down 3 .5%.
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  to $1 .90. Moving on to a more local vibe. In
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  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. At the Worldwide Developers
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  Conference in 2021, Apple announced support for
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  adding driver's licenses and state identification
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  cards to Apple Wallet. Since then, over a dozen
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  states in the United States have begun supporting
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  this platform. Currently, seven states are officially
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  on board, including Kentucky, Mississippi, Utah,
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  Virginia, Connecticut, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
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  While Kentucky is set to launch this summer,
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  no specific timeline exists for the others. Additionally,
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  other states, such as Oklahoma, Missouri, and
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  Florida, are exploring digital IDs. Apple has
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  also introduced a new solution that allows anyone
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  with a passport to create a digital ID. And an
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  entertainment news. The home on 169th Terrace
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  in Miami Lakes sat along the Palm Line Street
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  until June 29th. 2016, when Miami -Dade police
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  officer Chris Casiano and his narcotics team
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  executed a search warrant. What was meant to
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  be a routine drug investigation turned into a
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  shocking discovery of $24 million in cash, the
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  largest seizure in department history. This event
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  inspired The Rip, a crime thriller starring Matt
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  Damon and Ben Affleck, which premiered this week
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  on Netflix. Writer -director Joe Carnahan emphasizes
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  that the film explores how money tests the soul
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  and strains loyalty. Hasiano's experience shaped
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  the narrative into a story of friendship and
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  moral dilemmas. Well, all righty, folks. It's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, our
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  quote comes from the American poet and civil
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  rights activist, Maya Angelou. And she said,
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  I've learned that people will forget what you
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  said, people will forget what you did, but people
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  will never forget how you made them feel. And
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  that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.