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Boston Gun Violence Forum, Red Sox Face Sweep in Toronto · 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, August 13th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 65 years ago, today, in 1961, workers
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  and soldiers began erecting the Berlin Wall,
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  sealing off neighborhoods and marking a sudden
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  physical divide that transformed daily life in
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  the city. The construction documented a determined
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  assertion of control, but also crystallized a
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  milestone in Cold War history, prompting creative
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  civic responses and long -term reflection on
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  freedom and unity. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  there's a chance of rain showers and it feels
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  like 73 degrees. with 4 mile -per -hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 7 .45, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 5 .50. It looks like we're
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  in for a chance of rain showers before 3 p .m.,
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  then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with
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  partly sunny skies and a high near 83, along
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  with a light southwest breeze, around 6 miles
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  per hour. If you're inland, it will hit a high
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  of 83 tonight. Expect a chance of showers and
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  thunderstorms before 9 p .m. with mostly clear
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  skies, a low around 66, and light winds around
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  6 miles per hour. The nearshore gooey at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 74 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Friday will be mostly sunny with a high near
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  84 and a light northwest breeze of about 6 miles
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  per hour. Saturday and Sunday stay mild with
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  highs near 80 to 81, a slight chance of showers
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  late Sunday afternoon and Sunday night with showers
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  and thunderstorms possible, and lows in the low
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  60s. Monday brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  with a high near 80 and a northwest breeze near
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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, city
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  leaders will hold a conversation addressing the
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  impacts of gun violence and seeking solutions
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  this Thursday. State Representative Bud L. Williams
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  will join City Councilor Justin Hurst and community
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  advocate Charles Stokes, along with residents,
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  clergy, community organizations, neighborhood
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  leaders, youth and their families, to discuss
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  this pressing issue. Williams emphasized, This
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  listening session is an opportunity to come together,
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  speak honestly about what we are experiencing,
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  and work collectively toward solutions that protect
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  our families and strengthen our neighborhoods.
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  The event will begin at 6 o 'clock in the evening
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  at the Bay Area Neighborhood Council Center located
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  at 437 Bay Street. Now on to sports. Three big
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  questions arise after the shocking sale of the
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  Los Angeles Lakers. Is the dodgerfication of
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  the team on hold? And what does this mean for
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  a potential Las Vegas franchise? The Bus family's
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  stewardship of the Lakers spanned 11 championships,
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  while Mark Walter's tenure lasted less than a
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  year. Walter will sell his shares to Bob Iger
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  and Josh Kushner at a valuation of $12 .5 billion.
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  This sale raises questions about Laker operations,
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  NBA expansion, and the legacy of the Buss family.
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  With so much uncertainty, the future of the Lakers
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  remains unclear. In local sports, the Red Sox
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  are staring down a sweep in Toronto. Boston fell
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  6 -4 last night, extending its skid to five straight,
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  and the Blue Jays lead the series three games
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  to none. Ranger Suarez was sharp, but the bullpen
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  couldn't hold it. New catcher Adley Rutchman,
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  acquired from Baltimore at the deadline, is still
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  hunting his first win in a Red Sox uniform. Boston
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  tries to avoid the sweep this afternoon at 3
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  .07, sending Payton Tall to the mound against
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  Max Scherzer, with the wild card picture hanging
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  in the balance at 64 and 56. Meanwhile, Peyton
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  Pritchard isn't rushing a Celtics extension,
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  even with a three -year, $67 million deal on
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  the table October 1st. He's focused on the new
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  Legroster after Jalen Brown's trade to Philadelphia
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  for Paul George. On the gridiron, the Patriots
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  open preseason tonight against the Colts, but
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  Drake May won't play. Cornerback Christian Gonzalez
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  is fanged up and out. with Charles Woods also
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  sidelined. New England added running back Hassan
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  Haskins this week to shore up depth behind the
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  top of the chart. In top news, White House press
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  secretary Caroline Leavitt, the youngest person
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  to hold the role, will leave the Trump administration
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  at the end of the month to spend more time with
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  her young family. Leavitt, age 28, called it
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  a bittersweet decision in a social media post
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  after President Donald Trump announced her departure.
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  She recently returned to the White House podium
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  after the birth of her second child, a daughter
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  named Viviana, in May. Leavitt expressed that
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  she cannot be the best mom her two young children
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  deserve while fulfilling the demands of the role.
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  Trump respected her decision and indicated she
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  will remain a top -outside adviser within the
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  Republican Party. In business news, survivors
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  have emerged in China's fiercely competitive
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  car market, which is increasingly dominated by
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  electric -powered vehicles. Healy ranks first,
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  with its Ximuan electric hatchback being the
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  bestseller, selling nearly 197 ,500 units. The
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  price is just under 100 ,000 won. Tesla's Model
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  E ranked second, with more than 180 ,000 sold,
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  priced between 263 ,000 won and 313 ,000 won.
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  New energy vehicles accounted for 65 .1 % of
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  new passenger cars sold in July, showing a significant
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  increase from 54 % last year. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is unchanged at about $64 ,000. Ethereum
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  is unchanged at just under $1 ,900. And XRP is
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  down 1 % to $1 .01. 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. Some cloud users are upset that
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  Anthrophic's new watermarks will identify AI
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  -generated content in their work. Anthrophic
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  recently decided to watermark outputs by inserting
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  invisible code into the chatbot's text. This
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  policy addresses the European Union Artificial
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  Intelligence Act's transparency code, which mandates
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  labeling AI -generated content. While regulators
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  may be satisfied, many users express frustration.
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  One Reddit user claimed the watermarking system
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  is a draconian conspiracy against innocent users.
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  However, other users countered that the watermarks
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  are necessary for accountability. and to mitigate
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  risks associated with AI -generated content.
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  In general, support for watermarking appears
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  to outweigh criticism. And in entertainment news,
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  while giving his all to his portrayal of Mark
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  Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning, Jeremy Strawn
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  reached out to the Metachief Executive Officer
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  and Facebook co -founder. The Oscar nominee recently
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  revealed that he mailed Zuckerberg to assure
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  him he takes the responsibility very seriously.
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  Strong noted that the tech mogul responded, but
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  would not reveal the details of Zuckerberg's
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  email. It feels incredibly fraught to talk about
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  the movie, added Strong. I feel an enormous sense
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  of weight and responsibility. The film premieres
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  on October 9th. focusing on a 2021 document leak
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  that exposed harm Facebook caused on society.
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  Well, alrighty, folks. It's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American civil rights leader and minister, Martin
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  Luther King Jr. And he said, injustice anywhere
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  is a threat to justice everywhere. reminding
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  us that freedom and unity are essential in overcoming
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  societal divides. 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.