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Red Sox Sweep Royals, Waymo Robotaxi Struggles · 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, May 22nd. You'll be interested
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  to know, 120 years ago, today in 1906, the Wright
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  brothers were granted a patent for their flying
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  machine, formally recognizing their controlled,
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  powered heavier -than -air flight, and the practical
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  design they had developed. That legal recognition
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  affirmed their inventive achievement and helped
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  launch modern aviation by protecting the design
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  and encouraging engineers and pilots to build
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  on that milestone. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's sunny and it feels like 44 degrees with
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  6 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 8 .03. and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  515. It looks like we're in for some mostly sunny
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  weather today, with a high near 63 and a light
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  northeast breeze around 6 to 9 miles per hour.
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  If you're inland, it will hit a high of 64. Tonight,
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  expect mostly cloudy skies with a low around
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  50 and a calm south wind around 6 miles per hour.
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  The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 55
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  degrees for the water temperature. Looking ahead
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  in the weather. Saturday will be mostly cloudy
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  with a high near 64 and light northeast winds,
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  with rain showers likely after 8 p .m. and a
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  low near 49. Sunday brings steadier rain with
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  a high near 59 and east winds near 10 miles per
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  hour. with showers likely again Sunday night
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  and a low around 50. Memorial Day stays cloudy
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  with a chance of showers and a high near 68.
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  Then skies turn mostly sunny Tuesday, with highs
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  near 77 and mild nights in the high 50s. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Café and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny Morning sends you. In local
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  news, in Boston, a small monument near the carousel
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  on Boston Common commemorates what historians
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  consider one of the earliest organized football
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  clubs in the United States, the Oneida Football
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  Club, which played between 1862 and 1865 during
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  the Civil War era. The inscription on the monument
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  claims it was the first organized football club
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  in the U .S., noting that the Oneida goal was
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  never crossed. Authors Kevin Tallack -Marston
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  and Mike Cronin explore this history in their
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  book, Inventing the Boston Game, Football, Soccer,
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  and the Origins of a National Myth. They emphasize
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  that soccer culture thrived in immigrant communities,
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  despite receiving little national attention.
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  As Van Johan Romero points out, understanding
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  stories like the Oneida Club can help Americans
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  connect more deeply with the sport ahead of the
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  FIFA World Cup. Now on to sports. Reigning National
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  Football League most valuable player Matthew
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  Stafford parlayed one of the best seasons of
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  his stellar career into a lucrative contract
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  extension. The Los Angeles Rams announced Thursday
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  they signed their quarterback to a new deal.
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  According to ESPN, Stafford received a one -year
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  extension worth up to $60 million in incentives.
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  His contract is now a two -year deal worth up
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  to $105 million. If he reaches all of his incentives,
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  he will make an average of $52 .5 million per
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  year. This will tie him with Justin Herbert as
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  the NFL's eighth -highest paid quarterback. Stafford
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  will earn $40 million, fully guaranteed in 2026.
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  Securing him through 2027 ensures that Los Angeles
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  makes two more Super Bowl pushes. With Stafford
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  in the room for at least two more years, 2026
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  first -round draft pick Ty Simpson will have
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  the opportunity to learn from him. Regardless,
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  keeping Stafford figures to give the Rams two
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  more bites at the apple. At 37, Stafford became
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  the oldest quarterback to win the MVP award after
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  posting 46 passing touchdowns. and 4 ,707 yards.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox are rolling. They
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  swept Kansas City, outscoring the Royals 13 -5
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  behind a dominant performance that had Connelly
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  early pitching six and a third innings while
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  striking out five. Darren Duran went two for
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  five with a home run and two RBIs to lead the
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  charge. Boston is now 23 -27, with momentum building
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  heading into tonight against Minnesota at Fenway.
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  Peyton Tall takes the mound against Connor Prelip
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  at 7 -10, and this is exactly the kind of matchup
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  that matters. The Red Sox have won four of five,
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  and they have got real offensive life right now
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  with 35 hits across that Kansas City sweep. On
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  the roster front, the Sox called up hard thrower
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  Tayron Guerrero, a 35 -year -old flamethrower
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  who has been untouchable in AAA with a 0 .92
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  era and a fastball touching 104 miles per hour.
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  It is low -risk, high -reward death. Inter manager
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  Chad Tracy is getting praise from within the
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  organization, too. Christian Campbell said Tracy
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  and Alex Cora manage similarly. They know how
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  to handle a game and relate to players. Under
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  Tracy, Boston has gone 12 -10 since Cora was
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  let go in April. Meanwhile, the Celtics brought
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  Isaiah Thomas back into the fold. The former
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  All -Star is joining the front office as a pro
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  and college scout. Thomas told his podcast he
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  still has the itch to play. but is focusing on
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  becoming a team executive long -term. In top
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  news, Theo Baker's new book, How to Rule the
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  World, exposes Stanford University's complex
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  relationship with Silicon Valley power. As a
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  reporter for the Stanford Daily, he uncovered
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  research misconduct that led to the resignation
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  of President Mark Tessier Levine. Baker highlights
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  the culture of ambition, wealth, and influence
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  on campus. He reveals that venture capitalists
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  seek out Stanford students aggressively, assessing
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  them for potential success. Baker's investigation
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  reflects broader trends in higher education,
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  revealing the connection between innovation and
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  ethical issues. His candid reflections on personal
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  struggles add depth to a narrative about institutional
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  perfection. In business news, traders are anticipating
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  a slew of tech mega initial public offerings
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  will push Warren Buffett aside on their first
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  day of trading. SpaceX officially filed to go
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  public on the NASDAQ, while reports indicate
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  OpenAI may confidentially file for an initial
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  public offering soon. Traders now see a 92 %
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  chance that OpenAI files this year, with a 69
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  % chance for its rival, Anthropic. All are expected
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  to debut at valuations exceeding $1 trillion,
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  which would be record -breaking. SpaceX was valued
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  at $1 trillion in February, with a 56 % chance
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  of closing above $2 trillion on its first day.
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  OpenAI had a previous valuation of $852 billion
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  and a 65 % chance of exceeding $1 trillion. Traders
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  also estimate 47 % odds that Anthropic will close
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  above $1 trillion. These valuations would place
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  these companies in the $1 trillion club, likely
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  surpassing Berkshire Hathaway's current market
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  cap. Analyst Adrian Cox noted that Berkshire
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  Hathaway had over $350 billion in revenue last
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  year, compared to SpaceX's $18 .7 billion. and
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  OpenAI's $13 .1 billion. Despite their massive
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  valuations, SpaceX and OpenAI remain unprofitable.
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  The longer private stay of companies has raised
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  concerns about sustaining these high valuations.
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  Cox reassured investors, highlighting that the
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  U .S. stock market is now worth about $70 trillion.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 1 .5 % for
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  the week, to about $78 ,000. Ethereum is up 1
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  % to just over 2 ,000. And XRP is down half a
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  percent to $1 .37. 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. Waymo has now paused service
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  in four cities because its robo -taxis are struggling
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  to deal with heavy rain and flooded roads, a
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  problem that already prompted a recall last week.
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  One of Waymo's robo -taxis was spotted driving
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  through a flooded street in Atlanta, Georgia
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  before it ultimately got stuck for about an hour.
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  Waymo stated that safety is its top priority
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  for riders and others on the road. The company
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  also halted service in Dallas and Houston due
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  to severe weather across Texas this week. Both
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  the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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  and the National Transportation Safety Board
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  are investigating incidents involving Waymo's
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  robo -taxis. This British detective series has
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  fans eagerly awaiting its return. Set in Cambridge,
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  this adaptation of the Belgian series Professor
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  T has run for four seasons, totaling 24 episodes,
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  with the latest season concluding on September
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  28, 2025. Lead star Ben Miller confirmed on the
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  one show that season five will hopefully premiere
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  in autumn. while excitingly revealing that they
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  are already working on season six. The upcoming
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  episodes promise thrilling storylines, including
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  a boxing match that takes a bloody turn and a
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  series of sudden deaths at a spa. Well, alrighty
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American inventor
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  and aviation pioneer, Wilbur Wright. And he said,
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  It is possible to fly without motors, but not
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  without knowledge and skill. And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.