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IRS Targets Harvard, Refs Blown Calls, OpenAI Social Network. · 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 Thursday, April 17th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is Maundy Thursday, marking the
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  Last Supper on the Thursday before Easter. Also
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  known as Holy Thursday, it commemorates Jesus
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  washing the apostles' feet. The term mande originates
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  from Latin mandatum, meaning commandment. Catholics
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  celebrate with a special mass and prayers. So
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  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 31 degrees with 13 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 7 -11. and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 617. It looks like we're
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  in for some sunny weather today, with a high
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  near 58, and a gentle west wind blowing at 8
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  to 12, gusting up to 22. Tonight, expect mostly
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  clear skies, with a low around 39 in light winds.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  low tide Thursday will be at 9, with a high tide
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  at 315. The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 42 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Expect mostly sunny skies
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  on Friday with a high near 65 and light southwest
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  winds. A chance of rain showers develops Friday
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  night with lows around 51. Saturday will be partly
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  sunny and warmer, reaching near 78. with a slight
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  chance of rain in the afternoon. Saturday night
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  brings mostly cloudy skies and lows around 54.
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  Sunday cools off again with mostly sunny skies
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  and a high near 65. Lows will drop to around
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  43 at night. Monday will be partly sunny with
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  a high near 57 and a chance of rain showers at
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  night with lows around 45. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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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, the Boston
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  City Council is currently considering the resignation
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  of Counselor Tanya Fernandez -Anderson, who has
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  indicated plans to plead guilty to two of six
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  corruption charges. Despite her impending court
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  appearance on May 8th, just three days after
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  her announcement, she has not officially resigned.
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  Fernandez -Anderson faces accusations of pocketing
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  $7 ,000 in a kickback scheme involving a relative
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  at City Hall. Prosecutors recommend a sentence
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  of one year and one day in prison, along with
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  three years of probation and $13 ,000 in restitution.
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  A special election may be delayed as discussions
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  continue among council members. Now on to sports.
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  In a thrilling conclusion to the Golden State
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  Warriors' 121 to 116 play in victory over the
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  Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA revealed that officials
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  missed four crucial calls in the final moments.
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  With just under 90 seconds left, Draymond Green
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  should have been called for a foul against Scottie
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  Pippen Jr., potentially leading to his exit from
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  the game. Additionally, a tip dunk by Zach Gady
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  was incorrectly allowed, and a clean block by
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  Brandon Podsiemski was ruled a foul. Finally,
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  a critical possession error awarded the ball
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  to the Warriors instead of the Grizzlies, impacting
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  the game's outcome significantly. Meanwhile,
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  in the mass game, Klay Thompson overcame his
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  previous play -in -game struggles to lead the
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  Dallas Mavericks to a commanding 120. to 106
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  victory over the Sacramento Kings, keeping their
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  playoff hopes alive. A year after his scoreless
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  performance in the 2024 play -in, Thompson scored
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  23 points, with 16 coming in the pivotal second
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  quarter. Coach Jason Kidd praised the team's
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  resilience. With this win, the Mavericks advanced
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  to face the Hobbled Grizzlies on Friday, aiming
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  to become the first 10th seed to reach the playoffs.
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  In local sports. Last night in Florida, the Sox
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  edged out the Rays 1 -0. David Hamilton crushed
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  a third -inning homer, providing the only run
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  needed. Pitching was on point as Weiser earned
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  the win, and Slayton secured the save. The Sox
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  bullpen was dominant, retiring 13 of 14 batters.
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  With this win, Boston now stands at 10 -10. Tomorrow
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  night, the Sox host the White Sox at Fenway for
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  Game 1 of a four -game series. First pitch is
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  at 7 -10, with cool temps around 56 degrees.
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  In top news, the Internal Revenue Service is
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  planning to rescind the tax -exempt status of
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  Harvard University, according to sources familiar
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  with the matter. This extraordinary measure comes
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  as the Trump administration increases pressure
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  on the university to comply with its demands.
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  Over $2 billion in funding has already been blocked.
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  President Donald Trump suggested on Truth Social
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  that Harvard should lose its tax -exempt status
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  for not acting in the public interest. Education
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  Secretary Linda McMahon stated that it is worth
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  looking into. while experts warn that this revocation
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  process is complex and rare. In business news,
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  trade tensions with China are paving the way
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  for sodium ion batteries, which are gaining traction
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  as lithium tariffs create uncertainty. Historically,
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  sodium for battery production has been a pipe
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  dream, but Natron Energy Incorporated, based
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  in Holland, Michigan, is now producing these
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  batteries at scale. The company's plant opened
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  in April 2024 with plans for significant expansion.
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  Sodium -ion batteries are cheaper and safer than
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  lithium -ion options, appealing to data centers
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  and other industries requiring rapid power discharge.
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  While sodium may not dominate the market, it
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  is emerging as a viable alternative in specific
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  applications, particularly as demand for energy
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  storage surges. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is
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  up 1 % to about $84 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged
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  at just under $1 ,600. And Goatseys Maximus is
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  down 8 % to $0 .04. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio. to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. 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. OpenAI is reportedly developing
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  its own social network, reminiscent of X, according
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  to various sources. The project is still in its
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  early stages. featuring an internal prototype
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  that integrates ChatGPT's image generation with
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  a social feed. CEO Sam Altman has been seeking
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  feedback from outsiders, though it remains uncertain
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  whether this will be a standalone app or integrated
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  into ChatGPT, which was the most downloaded app
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  globally last month. This move could heighten
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  Altman's rivalry with Elon Musk and create competition
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  with Meta. which is also planning a social feed
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  for its AI assistant. And in entertainment news,
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  teenagers are causing a stir at screenings of
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  the new Minecraft movie thanks to a scene featuring
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  a chicken jockey that has ignited chaos. Audiences
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  are reportedly throwing popcorn, squirting lotion,
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  and even releasing live poultry in theaters.
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  In response, police had to intervene at a multiplex
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  in Alaska, while a theater in New Jersey is now
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  requiring adult supervision for teens at these
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  screenings. Despite the uproar, the film had
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  a strong opening, grossing $163 million. Well,
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  all righty, folks, it's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  Italian religious leader, Francis of Assisi.
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  And he said, start by doing what's necessary,
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  then do what's possible, and suddenly you are
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  doing the impossible. And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Have
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston. Bye.