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Boston Secures $46M for World Cup, Celtics Eye Top Seed · 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, March 20th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 206 years ago, today in 1820, Susan
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  B. Anthony was born into a Quaker family in Adams,
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  New York, growing into a tireless advocate for
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  women's voting rights and social reform. Her
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  lifelong leadership helped build a nationwide
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  women's suffrage movement, laying organizational
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  and legal foundations that propelled later successes.
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  So 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 30 degrees, with 5 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 6 .56. and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 642. It looks like we're
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  in for some mostly sunny weather today with a
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  high near 54 and a moderate southwest breeze
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  around 10 miles per hour, gusting up to 23. If
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  you're inland, it will hit a high of 54 tonight.
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  Expect rain and cloudy skies with a low around
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  42. and a moderate southwest wind around 8 miles
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  per hour, gusting up to 25. The near shore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 38 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Saturday
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  starts with a chance of rain before 8 a .m.,
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  then turns mostly sunny with a high near 54 and
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  a northwest breeze around 6 to 9 miles per hour.
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  Rain chances return Sunday into Monday, with
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  Sunday night and Monday morning the wettest,
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  leading to highs falling to the mid -40s on Monday,
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  with north winds near 7 to 10 miles per hour.
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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 mornings send you. Massachusetts
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  has been awarded nearly $46 .1 million in federal
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  funds to support the upcoming World Cup, according
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  to the state's Office of Grants and Research.
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  The funds will help strengthen security operations
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  and ensure a safe and well -coordinated event
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  in the state. This investment marks a major milestone
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  for Boston Soccer 2026, the host committee, as
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  preparations continue for seven matches this
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  summer. With the matches launching at Gillette
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  Stadium on June 13th, the release of these funds
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  comes at a crucial time for the region. Now on
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  to sports. We have our first big upset of the
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  2026 NCAA tournament. No. 12 seed high point
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  shocked No. 5 Wisconsin with 15 three -pointers
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  and 13 offensive rebounds. High Point entered
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  the tournament as the third most likely underdog
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  to advance to the second round, and they did.
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  Now they face number four Arkansas with a 30
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  .8 % chance of another upset. High Point's previous
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  success came from their rebounding and shooting
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  ability, which could exploit Arkansas. In local
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  sports, tonight the Celtics travel to Memphis
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  to face the Grizzlies at eight, looking to make
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  it four straight. Boston is at 46 -23, chasing
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  Detroit for the top seed in the East. Jalen Brown
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  continues his career year with 28 .5 points,
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  7 boards, and 5 assists a night. Jason Tatum
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  has been sharp since returning from injury. The
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  defense ranks first in the league, and Memphis
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  is banged up. On the ice, the Bruins ride into
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  Detroit tomorrow night with serious momentum.
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  Last night at the Garden, they throttled Winnipeg's
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  6 -1. Pasternak scored his 27th goal, Swamen
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  made 22 saves, and new acquisition Lucas Reichl
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  had a goal and an assist in his Boston debut.
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  The Bees are 38 -23 -8, holding the first wild
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  card. with a division rival on deck. In top news,
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  you might soon be able to watch Apple TV in your
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  car when it is safely parked, obviously. Code
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  references in the latest version of iOS to a
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  surprising new feature in CarPlay, the ability
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  to play movies and television shows in your car.
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  The first string reads, when you are not driving,
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  open Apple TV on iPhone. and review the privacy
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  information. The second states, when you are
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  not driving, sign in to Apple TV on iPhone. This
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  discovery hints that progress is finally being
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  made in integrating this feature. In business
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  news, the United States military's request for
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  $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran
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  War faced significant opposition in Congress
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  on Thursday. Both Democrats and some Republicans
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  questioned the necessity of this funding after
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  substantial defense appropriations last year.
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  A U .S. official confirmed that the Department
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  of Defense has asked the White House to approve
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  this request. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
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  stated, it takes money to kill bad guys, emphasizing
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  the importance of funding. Lawmakers have expressed
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  concerns about the escalating costs of the conflict.
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  which has already exceeded $11 billion in its
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  first six days. Opinion polls indicate that only
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  one in four Americans supports the war. And crypto
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  movement. Bitcoin is down 3 .5 % for the week
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  to about $70 ,000. Ethereum is down 1 % to just
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  over $2 ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .45.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. 43 years
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  ago, scientists dropped gophers onto a volcano,
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  and today, they are tiny heroes. What began as
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  a bold experiment has proved to be a significant
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  ecological intervention. Following the eruption
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  of Mount St. Helens in May of 1980, scientists
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  released gophers to stimulate beneficial bacteria
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  and fungi. This action helped create a microbial
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  community that improved nutrient retention for
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  plant life. Six years after the gopher introduction,
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  the area flourished with 40 ,000 plants, while
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  untouched plots remained barren. Now, decades
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  later, mycorrhizal fungi continue to support
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  thriving vegetation. This highlights the vital
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  interdependence of nature. And in entertainment
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  news, Spider -Man Brand New Day is already web
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  -slinging its way to history. The Sony Pictures
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  trailer, released on Wednesday morning, has become
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  the biggest trailer of all time with $718 .6
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  million views in 24 hours. The Spidey trailer
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  broke the previous record held by Deadpool and
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  Wolverine, which had $365 million views. In just
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  eight hours, the Spider -Man brand New Day trailer
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  had $373 million views. breaking the record by
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  Deadpool 3. Spider -Man Brand New Day hits theaters
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  on July 31st. Well, alrighty folks, it's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today, our quote
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  comes from the American suffragist and women's
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  rights advocate, Susan B. Anthony. And she said,
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  Failure is impossible when we stand united for
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  justice and equality. in the face of adversity.
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  And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.