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Mass Nor'easter, Google AI Ultra. · 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, May 21st. You'll be interested
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  to know. 98 years ago today, in 1927, American
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  aviator Charles Lindbergh completed the first
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  solo non -stop transatlantic flight. He piloted
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  the monoplane Spirit of St. Louis from New York
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  to Paris. covering the vast ocean in approximately
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  33 1⁄2 hours. This remarkable achievement not
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  only showcased human ingenuity and determination,
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  but also marked a significant milestone in aviation
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  history, inspiring countless individuals to reach
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  for the skies. So now you know. And now, it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning, it's
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  cloudy and it feels like 42 degrees with 15 mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  728 and it will rise again tomorrow at 617. It
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  looks like we're in for a cloudy Wednesday with
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  a slight chance of rain showers after 3 p .m.
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  and a high near 51, complemented by a gentle
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  northeast breeze. Tonight, expect continued cloudiness.
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  with a low around 40 -gate and an east wind picking
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  up to 14 miles per hour. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first high tide Wednesday will
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  be at 615, with a low tide just after 1230. The
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  near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 52 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Expect rainy weather on Thursday with
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  cloudy skies and a high near 50. Rain continues
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  into the night with a low around 46. Friday brings
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  a chance of rain with mostly cloudy skies and
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  a high near 56. Saturday offers a chance of rain
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  showers, turning partly sunny later with a high
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  near 60. Sunday looks mostly sunny and warmer,
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  with a high near 66. Nights will be mostly cloudy,
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  with lows around 50. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  Camino 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, with
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  a spring nor 'easter approaching, residents are
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  preparing for the worst. Meanwhile, Massachusetts'
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  Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
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  Affairs has introduced a new draft Coastal Resiliency
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  Plan. This plan aims to create a home buyout
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  program for those in flood -prone areas, responding
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  to a study predicting over $1 billion in annual
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  coastal storm damage by 2070. Joe Cristo, Chief
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  Resilience Officer for Boston Harbor Now. emphasized
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  the importance of addressing the challenges posed
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  by sea -level rise and storm surge. Now on to
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  sports. In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals,
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  the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a strong first
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  half from the Minnesota Timberwolves, securing
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  a decisive 114 -88 victory. Shy Gilgis Alexander
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  initially struggled but finished with a game
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  -high 31 points, along with nine assists and
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  five rebounds. Tensions rose between him and
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  Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, resulting
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  in a technical foul for Edwards. Julius Randle
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  led Minnesota with 28 points but faded in the
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  second half as the Thunder dominated. Oklahoma
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  City's bench proved superior, contributing to
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  a 70 -40 scoring advantage in the second half.
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  Game two is set for Thursday night. In local
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  sports. Yesterday afternoon at Fenway, the Sox
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  shut out the Mets 2 -0. Narvaez and Devers each
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  blasted solo homers, leading to a Sox victory.
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  Whitlock earned the win. The Sox bullpen, capped
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  by a Chapman save, kept the Mets at bay with
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  five hits and no errors, bringing the Sox to
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  a record of 25 -25 with a much -needed win in
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  the back bay. Tonight, the Sox face the Mets
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  again at Fenway for the final game of this three
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  -game series looking for the sweep. Garrett Crochet,
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  with a 2 .06 CRA, squares off against Tyler Megill.
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  First pitch is at 645, with clear skies and a
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  crisp 50 degrees in Boston. In top news, Medicaid
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  may not hold the same political weight as Social
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  Security, but it is a crucial issue akin to a
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  Costco hot dog. Covering nearly 80 million Americans,
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  mostly with low incomes, Medicaid and the Children's
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  Health Insurance Program account for about one
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  -tenth of the annual United States budget and
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  18 % of total health care spending, totaling
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  nearly $800 billion per year. Amid discussions
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  about a tax and spending package, President Donald
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  Trump urged Republican lawmakers not to cut Medicaid,
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  but instead to target tremendous waste, fraud,
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  and abuse within the program. He emphasized,
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  we're not changing Medicaid. and we're not changing
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  Medicare. In business news, stock trading appears
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  to be relatively healthy, yet a recent rise in
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  options hedging strategies suggests that challenging
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  times may lie ahead for investors. As earnings
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  season concludes, attention shifts to various
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  market -moving factors, including tariff negotiations
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  and economic reports. The recent uptick in hedging
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  activity particularly ahead of anticipated interest
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  rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, signals a potential
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  shift in market dynamics. Aggressive investors
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  might explore a ratio spread hedge strategy,
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  which could maximize profits while navigating
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  the complexities of market volatility. This approach
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  aims to leverage potential stock movements and
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  the influence of sophisticated traders. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is up 1 % to about $108 ,000.
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  Ethereum is up 1 % to just under $2 ,600. And
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  Goatsies Maximus is down 2 % to $0 .16. Moving
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  on 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. Google
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  has introduced a new subscription plan called
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  the AI Ultra plan, priced at $249 per month.
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  This plan provides the highest usage limits across
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  Google's AI applications, including Gemini, Notebook
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  LM, Wisk, and the new AI video generation tool,
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  Flow. Users can access Gemini, 2 .5 Pro's enhanced
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  reasoning mode, DeepThink, which is designed
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  for highly complex math, and coding tasks. Additionally,
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  subscribers will receive YouTube Premium and
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  up to 30 terabytes of storage across Google Photos,
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  Drive, and Gmail. The plan is available in the
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  United States now and will expand to other countries
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  soon. entertainment news director darren aronofsky's
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  company primordial soup is teaming up with google
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  to harness the power of artificial intelligence
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  in filmmaking the collaboration will see three
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  filmmakers use google's text -to -video tool
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  vo to create short films the first project ancestra
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  directed by eliza mcnitt combines live action
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  with AI -generated imagery and will premiere
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  at the Tribeca Festival next month. Haranosky
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  emphasized, Filmmaking has always been driven
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  by technology, calling this an opportunity to
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  shape the future of storytelling. Buchel also
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  unveiled new AI tools for filmmakers, promising
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  to revolutionize the creative process. Well,
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  alrighty folks, it's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the American
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  inventor and businessman, Thomas Edison. And
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  he said, There's a way to do it better. Find
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  it. And that's a wrap for this morning. You can
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  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.