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Fox Acquires Roku for $22B, Celtics Eye Giannis Antetokounmpo · 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, June 16th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 63 years ago, today, in 1963, Valentina
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  Tereshkova flew aboard Vostok 6 as the first
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  woman to orbit Earth, completing several circuits
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  as a solo crew member, and proving women could
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  perform demanding piloting duties. Her flight
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  became a landmark in human space exploration,
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  inspiring generations, and expanding acceptance
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  of women's roles in technical and aeronautical
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  fields. So now you know. And now, it's time for
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  the weather report. This morning, it's sunny
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  and it feels like 61 degrees, with 10 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 8 .21
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 5 .06. It
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  looks like we're in for some sunny weather today
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  with a high near 80 and a light west breeze around
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  7 to 10 miles per hour. If you're inland, it
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  will hit a high of 80. Tonight, expect mostly
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  clear skies with a low around 60 and a moderate
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  south wind around 8 miles per hour. The nearshore
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  gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 64 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Wednesday will be partly sunny with a high near
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  83 and a south breeze 2 to 10 miles per hour.
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  Then a chance of showers after 3 a .m. with a
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  low around 62. Thursday has a chance of morning
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  showers, then likely showers and thunderstorms
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  with a high near 83. and south winds 3 to 17
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  mph, gusting as high as 29, turning mostly cloudy
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  Thursday night with lows near 67, and southwest
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  winds 10 to 16 mph. Juneteenth and Saturday trend,
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  mostly sunny to sunny with highs in the low to
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  mid 80s, and west winds around 10 to 15 mph,
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  with mostly clear nights in the low 60s. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe 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 mornings send you. In local
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  news, Rod Stewart is facing online backlash for
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  attending a World Cup match in Foxborough, less
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  than 24 hours after canceling a concert in California
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  due to health concerns. The British singer -songwriter,
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  age 81, shared a video on Instagram showing himself
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  and his two sons aboard a private jet. excited
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  about the Haiti vs. Scotland match at Gillette
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  Stadium. Critics quickly pointed out the irony
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  of his travel plans following his cancellation,
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  calling the decision insensitive and disingenuous.
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  Despite the backlash, some fans defended Stewart,
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  emphasizing that health issues could impact his
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  performance, but not necessarily his ability
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  to travel. Now on to sports. Texas head coach
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  Steve Sarkisian said he would not be surprised
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  if Arch Manning bypassed the 2027 National Football
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  League draft and stayed in college for a fifth
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  year. He stated, I think Arch really loves college
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  football. I really do. Sarkisian noted Manning
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  has pretty good endorsements due to his family's
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  lineage and the University of Texas brand. He
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  added that Manning's decision could depend on
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  the team's performance this fall and how he plays
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  individually. Despite a challenging season, Manning
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  is still considered one of the top prospects
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  in college football. A strong season in 2026
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  could make him the favorite for the first overall
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  pick. In local sports, the Red Sox are in crossroads
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  territory. 29 -40, they've tumbled to last place
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  in the AL East, and the front office is preparing
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  to sell. Sonny Gray just became a prime deadline
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  asset, the starters 4 -1 with a 3 .18 era, dominant
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  since returning from injury. With Atlanta's Spencer
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  Strider shut down, Gray could fetch serious value.
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  But Boston's real problem runs deeper. A year
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  after shipping Raphael Devers to San Francisco,
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  the offense has cratered. The return of Kyle
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  Harrison and James Tibbs hasn't replaced what
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  they gave up, and it shows. Tonight at 6 .45,
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  the Red Sox host Toronto, looking to bounce back
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  after dropping Sunday's series finale to Texas.
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  Peyton Tall takes the mound against Dylan Cease.
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  The Sox took two of three from the Rangers, showing
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  they can win. They just need to find consistency.
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  Meanwhile, the Celtics are making a serious run
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  at Giannis Antetokounmpo. The pursuit is very
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  real, with Miami as the main competition. Milwaukee
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  wants draft capital and youth, not just Jalen
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  Brown. Portland, Houston, and Atlanta are interested
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  in Brown. and the league expects a deal before
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  the draft on June 23rd. On the ice, the Bruins
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  signed young Swiss center Atilio Biasca, a strategic
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  death move after a strong breakout year overseas.
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  In top news, Fox Corporation has agreed to buy
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  the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash -in -stock
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  deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including
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  debt. Roku will continue to operate as an open,
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  partner -friendly platform, with no immediate
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  changes for customers. The combined company will
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  become the third largest player in U .S. television
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  by share of viewing. Fox will gain access to
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  over 100 million global households and the Roku
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  channel. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch stated that
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  this combination will enhance advertising and
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  streaming subscriptions. The deal is expected
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  to close in the first half of next year, pending
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  shareholder and regulatory approval. In business
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  news, people in China are watching the World
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  Cup differently this time. Long gone are the
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  days when catching World Cup soccer games on
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  the go meant buying a portable mini -television
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  set. Instead, consumers in China can just whip
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  out their phones. Soccer is popular in China.
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  even if the national team has not qualified for
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  the World Cup since 2002. This year, Chinese
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  social media company Via Homshu won the rights
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  to stream the World Cup games for free to all
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  users. The app is sometimes compared to Meta's
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  Instagram. Widespread 5G connectivity helps,
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  as people in China spend 40 % of their daily
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  mobile phone time watching videos. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at just under
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  $66 ,000. Ethereum is up 3 % to just under $1
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  ,800. And XRP is up 2 .5 % to $1 .22. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates,
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents 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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. Anthropic
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  is still at odds with the White House over the
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  Claude Fabel 5 model. Trump administration officials
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  concluded talks with Anthropic without lifting
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  export controls imposed last week due to jailbreaking
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  concerns. The administration continues to believe
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  there are ways to disable some guardrails on
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  Claude Fabel 5. allowing access to more powerful
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  cybersecurity capabilities. Anthropic has stated
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  that the administration's concerns are overblown.
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  The Commerce Department is willing to bring Fable
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  5 back online for consumer use, contingent on
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  resolving jailbreak concerns. These emergency
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  talks come at a politically charged time for
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  Anthropic, which is also in conflict with the
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  Pentagon over military applications of its AI
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  models. And in entertainment news, Neymar Jr.,
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  the Brazilian football icon, is launching an
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  AI -powered microdrama slate with Flare Flow
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  featuring 16 titles. This partnership, announced
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  during the 2026 World Cup, creates a live -action
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  franchise showcasing Neymar's global appeal.
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  The first wave of titles, including The Way Back
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  to Glory, will debut from June 19th to June 22nd.
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  James Wang, CEO of Flareflow, emphasized that
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  this partnership pushes storytelling boundaries
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  using advanced AI workflows. Timotheo from COL
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  Group noted the strategy's aim to engage over
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  200 million daily active users in China. Neymar's
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  journey includes intriguing titles like Fake
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  Neymar, Real God, and the limping janitor is
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  the true world football king. 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 poet
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  and civil rights activist Audre Lorde. And she
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  said, When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength
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  in the service of my vision, then it becomes
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  less and less important whether I am afraid.
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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.