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Patriots vs Chargers, Bruno Mars Tour, Bitcoin Dips, CES 2026 · 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, January 9th. You'll be interested
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  to know. At 19 years ago, today, in 2007, Apple
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  unveiled the first iPhone that combined a mobile
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  phone, an internet communicator, and a widescreen
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  music player into a single, elegant device. It
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  reshaked expectations for personal communication
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  and portable computing by making intuitive touch
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  navigation and seamless multimedia integration
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  mainstream. So now you know. And now it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning it's patchy
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  freezing fog and it feels like 33 degrees with
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  two mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 430, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 710. It looks like we're in for some patchy
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  freezing fog early today, then a chance of rain
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  with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 50,
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  accompanied by a light south wind gusting up
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  to 21. Tonight, expect rain likely before 8 p
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  .m., followed by more rain and patchy fog. Mostly
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  cloudy skies, a low around 40, and a southwest
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  wind near 9, with gusts reaching 22. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first low tide
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  Friday will be at 930, with the high tide at
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  345. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  37 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Rain becomes likely Saturday
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  afternoon with a high near 46 and light northwest
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  winds, then stays likely Saturday night into
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  Sunday morning with lows falling to the upper
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  30s. Sunday is cool and wet with a high near
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  43, then a mostly cloudy Sunday night brings
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  a mix of rain and an occasional brief snow shower
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  and west winds gusting to 23 miles per hour.
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  Monday turns mostly sunny but cooler with highs
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  near 37 and west winds gusting to 24, then milder
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  Tuesday with highs near 44. 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. In local news, Bruno
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  Mars is set to take the stage at Gillette Stadium
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  on Saturday, September 5th. as part of his highly
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  anticipated The Romantic Tour. This marks his
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  first full headline tour in nearly a decade,
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  following the success of the 24K Magic World
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  Tour in 2017. The tour kicks off on April 10th
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  in Las Vegas and will feature nine -time Grammy
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  Award -winning artist Anderson Paak as DJ Peewee.
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  Presale tickets go on sale January 14th at 12
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  p .m. while general sales begin January 15th
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  at 12 p .m. at BrunoMars .com. Mars' new album,
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  titled The Romantic, is expected to drop on February
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  27th. Now onto sports. Miami exercised two decades
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  of demons Thursday when quarterback Carson Beck
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  capped a frenzied back and forth. by scrambling
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  for a touchdown in the final minute to beat Ole
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  Miss 31 -27 in the first college football playoff
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  semifinal. The Hurricanes held one of the nation's
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  most prolific offenses to minus one yard in the
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  first quarter and doubled Ole Miss passing yardage
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  through two quarters. The thick completed 78
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  % of his throws in the first half, hitting Keelan
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  Marion on a 52 -yard touchdown pass. Miami will
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  play either Indiana or Oregon for the national
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  championship on January 19th at Hard Rock Stadium
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  in local sports. In a year's time, Patriots quarterback
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  Drake May has transformed from a rookie starter
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  on a losing team to an MVP candidate leading
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  New England into its first playoff game since
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  the 2021 season. The Patriots, with a record
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  of 14 -3, hosts the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday
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  night. May emphasizes his focus on the same process
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  that got him this far, stating, I have to play
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  well for us to win. Wide receiver Stephon Diggs
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  believes May will thrive under postseason pressure.
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  Head coach Mike Frable insists the team is not
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  just there to make an appearance, but to compete
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  for championships. May and the Patriots aim for
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  their first home playoff victory since the 2018
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  season. Kickoff is at 8 on NBC. In top news,
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  after 27 years, it is finally time to fill the
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  empty lifeguard stands. In 2026, California entertainment
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  workers will see the return of the TV show Baywatch.
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  A planned Fox reboot has received an award from
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  California's expanded film and television tax
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  credit program. California officials hope this
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  new tax credit, which more than doubled to $750
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  million in 2025, will revive production. The
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  Hollywood workforce, which faced a severe shock
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  due to the COVID -19 pandemic, is expected to
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  benefit from this tax credit. Industry watchers
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  anticipate that the expanded credit will start
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  paying off in 2026. In business news, The United
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  States has announced it will abandon the world's
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  largest climate fund, a day after President Donald
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  Trump moved to withdraw from 66 international
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  organizations, including the world's benchmark
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  climate treaty. This decision threatens a program
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  that has provided $19 billion to help poorer
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  nations adapt to climate change. Established
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  in 2010, the Green Climate Fund serves as the
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  main financial mechanism for the United Nations
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  Framework Convention on Climate Change and the
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  Paris Agreement. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen
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  stated, Our nation will no longer fund radical
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  organizations like the GCF. The fund has approved
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  over $19 billion for projects aimed at reducing
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  emissions and building resilience. in crypto
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  movement. Bitcoin is down 2 % for the week to
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  $91 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 % to just over $3
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  ,000. And XRP is down 1 % to $2 .12. Moving on
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  to 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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. CES 2026
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  offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight
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  out of a sci -fi movie, featuring bendable screens,
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  paper -thin televisions, and gadgets that can
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  think for themselves. As NVIDIA Chief Executive
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  Officer Jensen Huan stated, The chat GPT moment
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  for physical AI is here. Among the highlights,
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  LEGO introduced LEGO Smart Play, a new platform
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  built around connected bricks and designed to
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  bring builds to life. Roborock unveiled a vacuum
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  that climbs stairs while cleaning, and Racers
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  showcased headphones that replicate smart glasses
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  capabilities. Additionally, V -Heck's lab presented
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  an immersive therapy platform for grief processing,
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  while Ober revealed its premium robo -taxi in
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  development. And in entertainment news, Sarah
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  Jessica Parker received the Golden Globes Carol
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  Burnett Award for her outstanding achievements
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  in television presented by her husband, Matthew
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  Broderick, at the Golden Eve Ceremony. Helen
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  Mirren was also honored with the Cecil B. DeMille
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  Award, reflecting on her career as a life lived
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  and enjoyed. Harrison Ford praised Mirren's powerful
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  presence, while Viola Davis shared her awe at
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  seeing her in the film, The Cook, The Thief,
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  His Wife, and Her Lover. Parker received a heartfelt
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  tribute from Kristin Davis and celebrated her
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  iconic role as Carrie Bradshaw. Both women will
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  be recognized during the main Golden Globes show
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  airing live on CBS. Well, all righty, folks.
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  It's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American inventor and
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  visionary, Steve Jobs. And he said, And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.