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Boston Lifts Snow Emergency, Celtics Dominate Suns World Cup Security Concerns, Africa's Rift Expands · 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, February 25th. You'll be
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  interested to know. 62 years ago, today, in 1964.
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  A young Cassius Clay stunned the boxing world
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  by defeating Sonny Liston to claim his first
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  heavyweight crown. and boldly announcing his
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  new identity as Muhammad Ali. That victory marked
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  a transformative milestone for sport and social
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  visibility, as Muhammad Ali embodied fearless
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  skill, outspoken conviction, and a redefinition
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  of what a champion could represent. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, it's cloudy and it feels like 6
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  degrees, with 8 mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 5 .29, and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 6 .20. It looks like we're in for
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  some snow early today, lasting until noon, then
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  a chance of rain between noon and 2 p .m., with
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  cloudy skies and a high near 40, accompanied
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  by a south wind up to 15 mile per hour, gusting
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  to 29. tonight. Expect partly cloudy skies with
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  a low around 29 and light southwest winds. The
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  nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads zero degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Thursday is mostly sunny with a high
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  near 37 and a slight chance of snow after 5 p
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  .m. with west winds around 7 miles per hour.
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  A chance of snow continues Thursday night with
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  lows near 21 and less than one inch of new snow
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  possible. Then Friday stays mostly sunny with
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  highs near 37 and light southwest winds, as any
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  late snow chances end. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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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. Boston has officially
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  lifted the snow emergency and parking ban as
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  of 6 p .m. Tuesday following a blizzard that
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  blanketed the city with 17 inches of snow, according
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  to Mayor Michelle Wu. Residents can now utilize
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  space savers until 6 p .m. Thursday, but must
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  remove their vehicles from discounted garages
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  by 8 p .m. to avoid regular charges. The City's
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  Public Works Department will remove space savers
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  that are not taken down by the deadline, and
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  these devices are prohibited in the South End
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  and Bay Village. City trash and recycling services
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  will experience a one -day delay as snow removal
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  efforts continue throughout the week. Now on
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  to sports. Local officials representing World
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  Cup host cities warned Congress on Tuesday about
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  security concerns, coordination problems, and
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  inadequate federal funding, risking catastrophe
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  with just over 100 days before the games begin.
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  Witnesses emphasized the urgent need to unfreeze
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  federal emergency management agency money for
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  security. Drone threats, human trafficking, and
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  recent cartel violence in Mexico further complicate
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  the situation. Officials testified that local
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  agencies struggle to coordinate with federal
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  authorities on security details. Funding is critical
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  as delays could lead to catastrophic planning
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  issues for events like the World Cup and the
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  2028 Olympics. The FIFA World Cup kicks off on
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  June 11th in Mexico City in local sports. The
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  Celtics powered through a strong third quarter
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  to secure a 97 -81 victory over the Suns in Phoenix
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  on Tuesday night. Derek White led the charge
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  with 22 points, while Nemeas Queda contributed
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  14 points and 13 rebounds. Sam Hauser added 16
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  points, shooting 4 for 10 from beyond the arc,
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  as the Celtics won their fourth straight game
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  and ninth out of their last 10 contests. Despite
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  missing all -star Jalen Brown, the Celtics dominated
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  the boards, out -rebounding the Suns 61 to 34.
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  Next up, the Celtics will face Denver on Wednesday
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  night. In top news, a massive rift is splitting
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  Africa in half, and Mayformers, sixth -ocean
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  scientists say. In northeast Ethiopia, The rift
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  shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in
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  just a few days, completely shocking researchers.
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  The ground split wide open in September 2005
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  amidst volcanic eruptions and hundreds of earthquakes.
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  Cynthia Dibinger, a geologist at Tulane University,
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  stated, we had never seen something like this.
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  The Davahoo Fisher may lead to Africa splitting
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  into two continents, creating a new ocean in
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  millions of years. Ebbinger predicts that dramatic
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  episodes will continue every 50 to 100 years.
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  In business news, Big Tech is buying up America's
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  land, and home builders cannot compete. In Prince
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  William County, Virginia, Steve Alloy, chief
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  executive of Stanley Martin, Notice tech giants
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  like Microsoft and Google acquiring land instead
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  of housing developers. For instance, a data center
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  developer pays $31 million for land, meant for
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  250 housing units. As artificial intelligence
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  grows, developers find selling to data centers
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  more profitable than housing. In Northern Virginia,
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  a housing shortage exceeds 75 ,000 homes, while
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  data centers dominate land development. Local
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  officials and residents express concerns over
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  the impact on housing and community needs. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 2 % to about $65
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 3 .5 % to just over 1 ,900.
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  And XRP is up 1 .5 % to $1 .37. Moving on to
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  a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents 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 OLED
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  touchscreen MacBook Pros, set to launch this
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  fall, will feature a dynamic island, similar
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  to what is available on iPhones, according to
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  Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This feature was first
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  introduced with the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone
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  14 Pro Max, and will be smaller on the MacBook
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  Pro. The new models will come in 14 -inch and
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  16 -inch screen sizes and will look similar to
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  current versions. Apple will update the user
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  interface to be dynamic for better touch or point
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  -and -click functionality. Perman notes that
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  Touchscreen Max won't be announced during the
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  March 4th event, but are expected to release
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  closer to the end of 2026. And in entertainment
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  news, Sony Pictures is set to reboot the Spider
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  -Man universe with new people after several box
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  office disappointments. Film boss Tom Rothman
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  revealed that Spider -Man No Way Home was banned
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  in China due to the depiction of the Statue of
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  Liberty. He confirmed a fresh reboot for the
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  franchise despite the success of the Venom films.
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  Rothman stated, Scarcity has value. You got to
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  make the audience miss you. He also expressed
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  frustration that No Way Home made $1 .9 billion
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  globally. which could have exceeded $2 billion
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  with Chinese approval. The live -action films
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  have struggled overall, with Morbius earning
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  $162 million. Well, all righty, 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 American author and motivational
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  speaker, Les Brown. And he said, Shoot for the
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  moon. Even if you miss, you'll land them on the
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  stars. And that's a wrap for this morning. You
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  can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
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  for some captivating aerial videos with local
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  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.
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  you