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Meta's $25B Fine for Privacy Breach, Bruins Host Predators · 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 Thursday, October 22nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is National Make a Dogs Day. The
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  day focuses on the dogs hardest to place in shelters,
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  including senior dogs and dogs with special needs.
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  And it was created by Subaru of America and the
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  ASPCA in 2019. That focus helps the animals most
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  in need to find vital attention and lasting hope.
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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 mostly cloudy and
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  it feels like 39 degrees, with 13 miles per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 549, and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 706. It looks
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  like we're in for a mostly sunny day. with a
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  high near 61 and a moderate north breeze around
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  12 miles per hour with gusts reaching 24 miles
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  per hour. If you're inland, it will hit a high
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  of 61 tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with
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  a low around 38 and a moderate north wind around
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  14 miles per hour. The new shore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 58 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Friday will be
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  sunny with a high near 54 and a north wind of
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  about 5 to 12 miles per hour. Saturday through
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  Monday stay sunny with highs rising from near
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  57 on Saturday to near 65 on Monday, and mostly
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  light west and southwest winds, with nights cooling
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  into the mid to upper 30s and low to mid 40s.
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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, Amazon's end -of -year hiring spree is
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  bringing more seasonal jobs to Massachusetts
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  this year than in 2025. The company is looking
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  to fill approximately 6 ,000 seasonal roles statewide
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  this year, including about 3 ,000 jobs in Greater
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  Boston and about 1 ,950 jobs in Greater Worcester,
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  according to an Amazon spokesperson. This hiring
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  push reflects the company's commitment to meet
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  holiday demand and support local employment.
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  Stay tuned for more updates on this story and
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  other local news. Now on to sports. Shohei Otani
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  will not require surgery to treat his left knee,
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  right arm, or any other issue, according to Dodgers
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  president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman.
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  Doctors have merely prescribed rest. and the
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  expectation is that his 20 -27 season will remain
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  unaffected. I fully expect him to pitch next
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  year, Friedman stated during a news conference
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  at Dodger Stadium. Otani ended the regular season
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  with 11 hits and 29 strikeouts over 70 at -bats.
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  He expressed dissatisfaction with the pitching
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  side of his performance, stating, I haven't been
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  able to really come to grips with what I've learned
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  overall this season. in local sports. On the
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  ice tonight, the Bruins host the Predators at
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  TD Garden, puck drop at 7 o 'clock. Boston is
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  looking to bounce back after a 3 -2 loss in Dallas
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  earlier this week. Jeremy Swamen anchors the
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  net, and Nashville will test him early. David
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  Pasternak, pasta to the faithful, scored the
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  overtime winner in a 3 -2 win over the Predators
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  last March. Charlie McAvoy sets the physical
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  tone on the back end. Keep an eye on special
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  teams. On the hardwood, the Celtics play their
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  home opener tomorrow night at seven o 'clock
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  against the Knicks, the defending champions.
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  Boston is coming off a season opening loss in
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  Detroit. Jason Tadam is healthy after his Achilles
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  recovery and how he moves will be the story.
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  Derek White and Peyton Pritchard handle the perimeter.
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  A loss leaves Boston 0 -2. Meanwhile, the Red
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  Sox are keeping Chad Tracy as manager for 2027
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  and made two coaching staff changes after the
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  wildcard loss to the Yankees. Also, the Athletic
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  reports Boston explored trading shortstop prospect
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  Franklin Arias at the deadline, but kept him.
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  In top news, Metta has been ordered to pay $25
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  billion to New Mexico for misleading consumers
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  about data privacy. A judge found that the social
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  media company deceived consumers for years regarding
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  its privacy policies. New Mexico Attorney General
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  Roel Torres described the ruling as one of the
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  largest, if not the single largest, state verdict
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  against a company in American history. The jury
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  concluded that Facebook misled users about their
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  control over personal information sharing. CJ
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  Mahoney, Metta's chief legal officer, stated
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  the company is confident it will prevail on appeal.
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  New Mexico's fines will be directed towards state
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  education spending. In business news, JPMorgan
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  Chase has made $5 billion in startup investments
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  in the first year of its U .S. Security and Resiliency
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  Initiative. The company said Monday. This rapid
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  pace indicates the bank is identifying plentiful
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  opportunities in emerging defense, manufacturing,
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  and supply chain firms. JP Morgan co -president
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  Doug Petno mentioned that the program may expand
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  beyond the initial $10 billion commitment over
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  a decade. Todd Cones, who leads the investment
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  group, has hit the ground running, according
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  to Petno. The initiative aims to bolster companies
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  essential for navigating current geopolitical
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  challenges with direct stakes in defense startups
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  like Hadrian and Castilian. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 1 % to about $84 ,000. Ethereum
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  is unchanged at about $2 ,000. And XRP is up
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  1 % to $1 .35. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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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. Tesla announced on Wednesday
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  that it will start selling its CyberCab to customers
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  by the end of the year, despite an investigation
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  by federal regulators regarding safety standards.
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  The autonomous two -seater, which lacks a steering
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  wheel and traditional controls, is currently
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  destined for Tesla's own robotaxi fleet. Tesla's
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  Vice President of Engineering Lars Morave noted
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  that the company will primarily deliver fully
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  designed autonomous vehicles to customers as
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  its fleet expands. Tesla CEO Elon Musk emphasized
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  that the CyberCab is intended as a ride -hailing
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  vehicle, not for personal ownership. However,
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  an investigation by the National Highway Traffic
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  Safety Administration could impact the future
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  of the cyber cap. And in entertainment news,
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  Netflix's answer to Taylor Sheridan's Sicario
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  has officially made streaming history. Although
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  neither Sicario nor its sequel reached the coveted
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  $100 million mark at the worldwide box office,
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  a third installment has been confirmed. Both
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  films have proven to be long -running hits on
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  the premium video on demand market, encouraging
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  a return for another installment. Netflix's biggest
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  international title this year is a Sicario -style
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  crime thriller, currently among the streamer's
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  most -watched non -English films. The new film
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  will reunite Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and
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  Josh Brolin, but will proceed without Taylor
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  Sheridan's creative involvement. It will be directed
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  by Padrake McKinley and written by Stephen Knight.
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  Well, all righty 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 environmentalist and author, Rachel
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  Carson. And she said, those who contemplate the
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  beauty of the earth find reserves of strength
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  that will endure as long as life lasts. 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. Have 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.