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Quincy Mayor Scandal, Patriots' Strategy, Tesla's Trillion Dollar Plan · 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, November 7th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 108 years ago, today in 1917, mass demonstrations
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  and worker -led councils in Petrograd ignited
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  a popular uprising that replaced imperial rule
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  and launched a new era of political revolution.
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  It stood as a milestone in modern history by
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  showing how organized labor, soldiers, and citizens
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  could achieve sweeping social reforms and inspire
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  global movements for workers' rights. So now
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  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 27 degrees, with 5 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 428, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 626. It looks like we're in
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  for a mostly sunny day with a high near 57 and
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  a gentle southwest wind blowing at 5 to 13 miles
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  per hour, gusting up to 23. Tonight, rain is
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  likely after 7 p .m. with mostly cloudy skies,
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  a low around 50, and a southwest wind at 8 to
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  13 miles per hour, gusting up to 25. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first high tide
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  Friday will be just before noon, with the low
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  tide just before 630. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 54 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Saturday morning
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  rain is likely before 2 p .m., then it turns
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  mostly sunny with a high near 63. and a west
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  wind around 9 miles per hour. Sunday will be
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  cooler with rain likely after 7 a .m., highs
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  near 57, and easterly winds up to 10 miles per
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  hour, with rain continuing Sunday night into
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  Monday when highs hold in the mid -50s and a
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  west breeze near 10 miles per hour. Veterans
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  Day will be mostly sunny with a high near 44
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  and west winds 9 to 14 miles per hour with gusts
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  as high as 25. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This
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  Sunny mornings send you. is facing controversy
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  after state regulators reported he accepted thousands
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  of dollars in illegal campaign donations from
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  corporations and anonymous donors. Koch settled
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  the allegations by paying $55 ,000, which included
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  a payment of $15 ,000 to the state and two donations
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  of $20 ,000 to local nonprofits, Quincy Asian
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  Resources, Inc., and Quincy's Dragon Boat Museum.
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  Koch stated he was unaware of the illegal donations
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  emphasizing that his campaign follows the guidelines.
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  This issue arises just after he proposed reducing
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  his future salary from $285 ,000 to $225 ,000
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  following public outcry. Koch acknowledged the
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  recent election results may reflect concerns
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  over his pay. Now on to sports. It was ugly,
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  but it was a big win for Denver. In perhaps the
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  ugliest game of the 2025 National Football League
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  season, the Broncos defeated the Raiders 10 -7
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  to kick off Week 10 on Thursday Night Football.
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  Denver and Las Vegas combined for more penalties,
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  22, than first downs, 20. The game's leading
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  receiver was veteran Tyler Lockett. who had five
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  catches for 44 yards. Denver improved to eight
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  wins and two losses, sitting atop the American
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  Football Conference West. They now have a 92
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  % chance to make the playoffs, while the Raiders'
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  hopes are almost nonexistent. Former NFL star
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  Antonio Brown was apprehended on Thursday in
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  Dubai by U .S. Marshals on an attempted murder
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  charge, confirmed by the Miami Police Department.
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  This arrest concludes a months -long search for
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  the athlete who is now held in Essex County,
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  New Jersey. A video from a celebrity boxing event
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  appeared to show Brown involved in an altercation,
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  with a black pistol in hand. He evaded authorities
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  for more than four months, frequently posting
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  on social media. Brown faces a second -degree
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  attempted murder charge that could lead to 15
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  years in prison. Authorities expressed relief
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  at bringing him to justice. In local sports,
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  the National Football League's trade deadline
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  came and went, and the New England Patriots did
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  nothing similar to the Boston Red Sox. Mike Vrabel,
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  the Patriots' coach, expertly used his media
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  appearances to deliver wisecracks that ease tensions.
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  When asked about the long -term vision for the
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  program, Vrabel responded, No, winning is the
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  most important thing. Don't put words in my mouth.
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  Despite being a work in progress, the Patriots
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  are currently incredible, with a record of seven
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  wins and two losses. Brable is focused on the
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  next game, diminishing playoff talk while building
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  player confidence. In top news, Gabapentin is
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  gaining attention as America's new favorite anxiety
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  medication. It has become the fifth most prescribed
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  medication in the United States, used for various
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  conditions like pinched nerves and migraine headaches.
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  Despite reports of a dark side, this medication
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  is generally safe when prescribed by a doctor.
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  Gabapentin increases levels of gamma -aminobutyric
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  acid in the brain, promoting calmness. Most prescriptions
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  today are off -label, often for anxiety and insomnia.
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  While side effects exist, many patients, like
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  Rubin, find it effective for managing anxiety
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  and improving sleep. If struggling, consult your
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  doctor about gabapentin as a potential solution.
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  In business news, Tesla shareholders approved
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  a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon
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  Musk on Thursday. awarding the world's richest
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  person what would be the largest corporate payout
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  in history if he meets necessary goals. More
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  than 75 % of investors voted in favor at the
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  annual shareholder event in Austin, Texas, with
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  chants of Elon erupting in celebration. Musk,
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  after briefly dancing on stage, described the
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  company's Optimus robots as the future for humanity.
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  Predics argued that this concentrated power in
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  one leader ignores Tesla's challenges, stating
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  Elon Musk just got $1 trillion for failure. If
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  Musk meets the milestones, he could become the
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  world's first trillionaire. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is down 5 % for the week, to just over
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  $102 ,000. Ethereum is down half a percent, to
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  about $3300. And it's fast. RP is down 9 % to
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  $2 .22. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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  community spotlight on health and wellness, we
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  are working with a national Pilates studio to
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  bring you some free classes, so listen up. Check
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  out Club Pilates with several locations in the
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  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. Apple is reportedly turning
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  to Google to create a custom Gemini artificial
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  intelligence model for the next version of its
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  virtual assistant series, set for spring 2026,
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  according to a report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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  Apple will pay $1 billion per year for this new
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  model with 1 .2 trillion parameters. While evaluating
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  its options, Apple found that using competitor
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  Anthropic would have cost $1 .5 billion per year.
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  This custom Gemini model will operate on Apple's
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  private cloud servers, while Apple's own models
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  will remain on devices for personal data. Despite
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  falling behind in artificial intelligence, Apple
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  recently surpassed a $4 trillion market cap.
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  And in entertainment news... Predator, Badlands,
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  is an unpretentiously entertaining installment
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  in the franchise directed by Dan Trakchenberg.
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  This film features quirky extraterrestrial action
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  and odd couple chemistry between its leaves.
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  The makers had a fine time creating freakish
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  dangers on a distant planet, including mouthy
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  tree tentacles and a dinosaur -like monster.
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  As the ninth film in the franchise, it introduces
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  new aliens while referencing beloved details
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  from earlier films. With humor and ridiculous
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  scenarios, the movie cleverly explores themes
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  of cooperation and strength, making it a fun
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  date night film disguised as a sci -fi action
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  romp. Well, all righty, folks. It's time for
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  the quote of the day. And today... Our quote
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  comes from the American labor leader and civil
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  rights activist, Cesar Chavez. And he said, And
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  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. We'll see you tomorrow with
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  another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.