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Red Sox Pitching Woes, Trump Sports Controversy, Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough. · 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 Tuesday, July 22nd. You'll be interested
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  to know, 229 years ago today, in 1796, surveyors
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  of the Connecticut Land Company named an area
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  in Ohio, Cleveland, after General Moses Cleveland,
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  the superintendent of the surveying party. This
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  event marked the founding of what would become
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  a vibrant city, known for its rich cultural heritage,
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  industrial innovation, and contributions to music
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  and the arts. Cleveland's establishment laid
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  the groundwork for a community that would grow
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  to inspire and achieve remarkable milestones
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  in American history. 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 62 degrees with
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  7 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 8 .12 and it will rise again tomorrow at 5
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  .19. It looks like we're in for a sunny Tuesday
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  with a high near 78 and a light northeast breeze.
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  Tonight, expect mostly clear skies with a low
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  around 61 and gentle winds. For all you beach
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  runners out there, The first high tide Tuesday
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  will be at 945 with a low tide at 330. The near
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  -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 65 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Expect mostly sunny skies on Wednesday
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  with a high near 85 and light southwest winds.
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  Thursday warms up to a high near 91 and remains
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  sunny. Friday brings a slight chance of rain,
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  with mostly sunny skies and a high near 97. Saturday
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  has a chance of rain showers, with partly sunny
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  skies and a high near 85. Nights will be mostly
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  cloudy, with lows around 68 to 75. Bonjour, food
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  to tell them. Sunny Morning sends you. In local
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  news, the Boston Red Sox will be without Tanner
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  Houck for an indefinite period following a setback
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  in his recovery. Before Monday's game against
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  the Philadelphia Phillies, Red Sox manager Alex
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  Cora announced that Houck has been shut down
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  from throwing due to a reoccurrence of flexor
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  soreness. After feeling discomfort during his
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  rehab start on July 9th, he was removed from
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  the assignment on Friday. Hora noted, there's
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  no surgery needed, just rest. With Hawks' struggles
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  in 2025 and injuries to other pitchers, the Red
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  Sox urgently need to seek rotation help before
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  the July 31st trade deadline. Now on to sports.
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  On Sunday, President Donald Trump used his social
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  media account to demand that two professional
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  sports teams restore Native American -based names
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  they had previously abandoned. The Washington
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  Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians were targeted
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  in his all -caps tirade, with Trump threatening
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  the Commanders that he would not assist them
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  in securing a stadium deal in Washington, D .C.,
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  unless they re -embraced the Redskins. While
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  the Guardians responded to Trump, the Commanders
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  have remained silent. prompting speculation about
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  their reluctance to engage. Their silence raises
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  questions about whether they are simply avoiding
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  controversy or secretly wish to revert to the
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  old name. In local sports, last night at Citizens
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  Bank Park in Philadelphia, the Red Sox fell to
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  the Phillies 3 -2 in 10 innings. Darren homered
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  early. but Hicks took the loss after a 10th -inning
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  error allowed Marsh to score the winning run.
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  Durant's solo shot provided an early lead, but
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  Philadelphia's Castellanos and Real Mudo answered
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  back. Though Story tied it in the six, late -game
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  Philly resilience proved decisive, leaving the
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  Sox at 54 -48. Tonight, the Sox face the Phillies
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  again at Citizens Bank Park for Game 2 of this
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  three -game series. Richard Fitz, with a 2 .50
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  earned run average, takes on Christopher Sanchez,
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  who holds a 3 .12. First pitch is at 645 with
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  clear skies and a temperature around 82 degrees.
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  In top news. Scientists have made a significant
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  breakthrough in nuclear fusion, as the Wendelstein
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  7X stellarator in Germany has set a new record
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  for plasma duration. Researchers sustained fusion
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  reactions for an impressive 43 seconds, marking
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  the longest duration ever achieved in nuclear
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  fusion, surpassing previous records held by TOGAMAX.
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  Unlike nuclear fission, which produces toxic
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  waste, nuclear fusion only requires hydrogen
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  ions, promising clean, limitless energy. This
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  achievement demonstrates the potential of stellarators,
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  which can operate more flexibly and efficiently.
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  Professor Thomas Klinger from the Max Planck
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  Institute for Plasma Physics hailed this milestone
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  as a step toward viable fusion energy. In business
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  news… Consumer behavior is sending flashing red
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  signals as an increasing number of Americans
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  are skipping car payments. While headlines suggest
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  inflation is easing and job markets are strong,
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  the reality is troubling. According to LendingTree,
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  5 .1 % of Americans are delinquent on auto loans,
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  with 2 % at least 30 days late. Subprime auto
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  delinquencies have reached a 15 -year high. according
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  to Fitch. This trend indicates deeper structural
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  pressures as even prime borrowers are starting
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  to struggle. Investors should focus on these
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  behavioral signals as the true risks are often
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  hidden beneath the surface. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is unchanged at about $117 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 1 % to just under $3 ,700. And XRP is
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  unchanged at $3 .48. 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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  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 science. Astrophysicists. have made
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  a groundbreaking discovery revealing the largest
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  known merger of two black holes. This violent
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  collision created a single black hole approximately
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  225 times the mass of the Sun. The merger produced
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  a gravitational wave that rippled across the
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  universe, detected by the Laser Interferometer
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  Gravitational Wave Observatory in Washington
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  and Louisiana. The faint signal, lasting only
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  0 .2 seconds, was announced on July 13th in Glasgow.
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  Researchers are still unraveling the mystery
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  of this event and exploring how these black holes
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  may have formed. This finding opens exciting
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  new avenues for cosmic research. And in entertainment
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  news, Pedro Pascal is setting the record straight
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  regarding his role in Avengers Doomsday. In a
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  recent interview, director Matt Shachman discussed
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  casting Reed Richards, also known as Mr. Fantastic.
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  He mentioned the character's evolution from a
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  nerdy scientist to a father and leader. However,
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  rumors circulating online suggested Pascal would
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  lead the Avengers, which he clarified to Entertainment
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  Weekly is not the case. What Matt has said about
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  Reed and the comic has been taken out of context,
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  he explained. The upcoming Fantastic Four First
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  Steps opens in theaters this weekend, with Avengers
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  Doomsday set for release on December 18th, 2026.
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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 journalist and author Robert Quillen.
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  And he said, Progress always involves risk. You
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  can't steal second base and keep your foot on
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  first. And that's a wrap for this morning. You
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  can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
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  for some captivating aerial videos with local
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  news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.