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Data Error Halts Boston News, National Markets Surge · 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, August 7th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 52 years ago, today, in 1974, Felipe
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  Petty walked a high wire stretched between the
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  Twin Towers in New York City, performing a daring
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  tightrope crossing far above the streets. The
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  accomplishment became a celebrated symbol of
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  artistic audacity and human balance, inspiring
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  performers and ordinary people with its blend
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  of creativity, courage, and public spectacle.
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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 82 degrees, with 4 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 7 .55, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 5 .43. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny day with a high near 91 and a
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  light west breeze around six miles per hour.
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  If you're inland, it will hit a high of 93 tonight.
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  Expect a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  early, then partly cloudy skies with a low around
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  74 and a calm southwest wind. around 5 miles
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  per hour. The near shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 68 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Saturday will be mostly
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  sunny with a high near 90 and a southwest wind
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  around 5 to 10 miles per hour, with a slight
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  chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms
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  between 2 p .m. and 3 p .m. and again into the
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  evening. Sunday and Monday remain warm and mostly
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  sunny with highs near 90 on Sunday and near 88
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  on Monday and West to southwest breezes 5 to
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  12 miles per hour. Tuesday is mostly sunny with
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  a high near 87 and a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  developing before and after midday, with overnight
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  chances lingering into Tuesday night and lows
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  in the upper 60s to low 70s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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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, could
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  climate change be playing a role in this current
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  cyclospora outbreak? The Centers for Disease
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  Control and Prevention has expanded the cyclosporiasis
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  outbreak to 15 states, as the number of cases
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  surged nationwide. Freda Garza, staff writer
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  at Grist. reports that climate change may be
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  worsening the spread of the foodborne pathogen.
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  Garza discusses this concerning issue with host
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  Anthony Brooks. This segment aired on August
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  5th, 2026. Now on to sports. Carson Beck earned
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  his first National Football League taste by becoming
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  the preseason opener starter for the Arizona
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  Cardinals. His performance signals that it might
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  not be his last league start at quarterback.
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  Jacoby Brissette officially is not guaranteed
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  starting duties after Beck impressed against
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  the Carolina Panthers. Beck executed a stunning
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  98 -yard drive, showcasing his composure under
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  pressure. He completed six passes on that drive,
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  including a 35 -yard connection to Jalen Brooks.
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  Beck finished by hitting 15 of his 19 throws
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  for 188 yards and one touchdown. He drew national
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  praise for his performance, with analysts and
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  coaches lauding his skills. In local sports,
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  the Red Sox stay hot tonight against Oakland
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  at Fenway, first pitch at 7 -10. Boston has won
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  eight straight and nine of their last 10, coming
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  off a sweep of Chicago. Peyton Tall takes the
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  mound against the Athletics, Jack Perkins, as
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  the Sox look to extend their division lead. Last
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  night was not pretty. The Sox held on 12 -11
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  over the White Sox in a wild one. Anthony Siegler
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  drove in three, Connor Wallen homered, and Caleb
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  Durbin went three for six. Boston is now 63 -51
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  and rolling into the second half feeling dangerous.
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  Meanwhile, the Celtics are processing life without
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  Jalen Brown. For nine years, Brown and Jason
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  Tatum were the championship core. Now they are
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  division rivals. Brown spoke for the first time
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  since his July trade to Philadelphia on Thursday,
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  heaping it classy. We won a championship together,
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  he said. Anybody that you win a championship
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  with, You think that is what a brotherhood or
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  a lifelong legacy would entail." He acknowledged
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  ups and downs, but made clear the respect remains.
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  There is nothing but love on his end, except
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  when the Sixers come to town. It is a tough transition
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  for Boston as they head into next season without
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  half their duo. In top news, The Federal Aviation
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  Administration has ordered inspections of hundreds
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  of Boeing 737 MAX jets after cracks were found
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  in parts of some older model Boeing planes. The
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  FAA issued fuselage inspections for specific
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  737 MAX models after reports of cracks were discovered
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  near the galley on some older generation planes.
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  This directive applies to 471 planes in the United
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  States. and 1 ,429 planes worldwide. So far,
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  no cracks have been found in Boeing MAX jets
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  specifically. Boeing said it is conducting analysis
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  to determine the root cause of the cracks and
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  prevent them in future aircraft. In business
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  news, as Alphabet burns through cash on artificial
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  intelligence, it is turning back to the bond
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  market. The Google parent is utilizing its balance
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  sheet with a fresh debt issuance as heavy artificial
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  intelligence investments eat into its free cash
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  flow. The artificial intelligence spending spree
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  shows no sign of letting up as Alphabet prepares
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  to raise tens of billions of dollars through
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  an investment -grade bond offering. On Thursday,
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  Alphabet filed a preliminary prospectus supplement
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  indicating plans to issue notes across 10 trenches.
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  According to a Thursday Bloomberg report, the
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  deal has drawn over four times the anticipated
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  demand of up to $25 billion. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 2 % for the week to about $64 ,000.
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  Ethereum is up 2 % to just under $1 ,900. And
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  XRP is down 4 .5 % to $1 .02. Moving on to a
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  more local vibe. In our community spotlight on
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  health and wellness, we are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  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 now
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. OpenAI's ring
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  -shaped smart speaker will reportedly cost between
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  $300 and $400. This would be an ambitiously high
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  price for the artificial intelligence powered
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  hardware pivot. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg typically
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  covers Apple tech, but today he shares insights
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  about OpenAI's hardware move. Sources informed
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  Gurman that the product will have a ring -shaped
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  design, about the size of a hockey puck. The
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  device is intended to be battery powered and
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  portable, allowing users to carry it easily.
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  It will feature components that can move on their
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  own and include a camera system and sensors.
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  The price point is notably higher than most other
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  smart speakers, raising concerns about consumer
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  willingness to pay. And in entertainment news,
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  Spider -Man, brand new day is still catching
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  new records as the Tom Holland -led movie continues
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  its impressive start at the box office. Sony
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  Pictures announced Thursday that director Destin
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  Daniel Cretton's film has landed the highest
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  -grossing first week in domestic box office history.
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  It has surpassed $500 million in North America
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  in its first seven days, becoming the fastest
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  film to reach that half -billion milestone by
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  supplanting Avengers, Endgame, which hit the
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  threshold in eight days after opening in April
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  2019. Spider -Man. Brand New Day also set records
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  for the biggest Thursday previews and top Friday
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  domestic sum. Well, all righty, folks. It's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today... And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Had an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.