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Canton Police Scandal, Jazz Beat Celtics, Bitcoin Dips · 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, November 4th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is election day. Each year, communities
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  across the nation celebrate the chance to vote
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  and shape our shared future with kindness, participation,
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  and civic pride. Polling places open early so
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  neighbors, families and friends can gather peacefully
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  to honor democracy and the responsibility of
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  choosing leaders with hope and gratitude today.
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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 37 degrees with 16 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 431, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 622. It looks like we're in
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  for a sunny Tuesday with a high near 56 and a
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  brisk west wind gusting up to 37 miles per hour
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  tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with a low
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  around 40 and a lighter west wind blowing at
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  8 to 14 miles per hour. For all you beach runners
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  out there the first high tide Tuesday will be
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  at 930 with a low tide at 345 The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 55 degrees for the water
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  temperature Looking ahead in the weather Wednesday
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  is mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
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  after 5 p .m. And a high near 58 with a southwest
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  breeze of 7 to 10 miles per hour Rain is likely
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  Wednesday night with lows near 43 and west winds
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  9 to 16 miles per hour, gusting as high as 29.
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  Then Thursday turns mostly sunny with a high
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  near 52 and northwest winds 12 to 17 miles per
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  hour, gusting as high as 30. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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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, Canton
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  Police Sergeant Sean Good has been placed on
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  paid administrative leave due to allegations
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  of misconduct, according to a statement from
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  the town and Interim Police Chief Joseph Perkins.
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  The officer is currently the subject of an internal
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  affairs investigation, and the town has not disclosed
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  details regarding the allegations. Officials
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  were informed on October 24th and immediately
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  hired an independent investigator to conduct
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  a thorough administrative inquiry. The Canton
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  Police Department has faced scrutiny in the past,
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  particularly during the high -profile Karen Reed
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  murder trial, where Goode also testified. An
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  independent audit last spring noted mistakes
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  in evidence collection related to another case,
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  but reassured residents about the department's
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  integrity. Now onto sports. The city of Pasadena
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  has filed a lawsuit against UCLA to enforce its
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  lease for the Rose Bowl, which runs through June
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  30, 2044. The lawsuit accuses UCLA of attempting
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  to move football games to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,
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  calling this a profound betrayal of trust. Pasadena
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  officials state taxpayers have invested more
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  than $150 million in stadium renovations. UCLA
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  denies breaching the contract, asserting that
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  discussions about relocation do not violate the
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  lease. The lawsuit seeks a court order to require
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  UCLA to honor its lease, which officials claim
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  is crucial for the community's economic health.
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  Experts suggest the involvement of a government
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  entity complicates potential negotiations. And
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  last night on Monday Night Football, the Dallas
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  Cowboys lost to the Arizona Cardinals with a
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  final score of 27 -17. The Cowboys often struggled
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  throughout, failing to score a touchdown until
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  the fourth quarter, while the Cardinals, led
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  by Jacobi Brissette, capitalized on their opportunities.
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  Despite being ranked 21st in yards allowed, Arizona's
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  defense limited Dak Prescott. and his team significantly.
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  The Cowboys fell to a record of three wins, five
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  losses, and one tie, diminishing their playoff
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  hopes. In local sports, Jusuf Nurkic delivered
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  the go -ahead bucket with six tenths of a second
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  remaining, powering the Utah Jazz past the Celtics
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  105 to 103 on Monday night. Nurkic's putt back
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  won the game. overcoming a double -digit, second
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  -half deficit. Keon DeGeorge scored a season
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  -high 31 points, while Laurie Markkinen added
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  20 points and nine rebounds, helping the Jazz
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  end a three -game losing streak. Jalen Brown
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  led Boston with 36 points, but struggled from
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  three -point range, finishing 0 for 9. The Celtics,
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  who have lost their last two games, will host
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  Washington Wednesday night. In top news, Republicans
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  hold a 219 to 213 majority in the House, but
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  they could secure more seats if reapportionments
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  favor them. Both parties are engaged in a fierce
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  battle in legislatures and courts over redistricting
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  ahead of the 2026 elections. Mid -decade reapportionments
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  have been triggered by demands from Donald Trump
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  for more Republican districts. combined with
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  changing legal frameworks around partisan gerrymandering.
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  As states push for redistricting, Texas aims
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  for five additional seats for Republicans, while
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  California seeks to gain five seats for Democrats.
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  This high -stakes political maneuvering highlights
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  the critical nature of upcoming legislative sessions.
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  In business news, The fight over credit scores
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  has escalated into a war among key players in
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  the finance industry. For years, the FICO score
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  has determined access to mortgages, car loans,
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  and credit cards. Now, a $10 fee has ignited
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  fierce competition between Fair Isaac, the creator
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  of the FICO score, and three major credit bureaus,
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  Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. These companies
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  are advocating for their alternative score, Vantage
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  Score, which claims to enhance credit access.
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  As tensions rise, experts warn that this battle
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  could impact American taxpayers and the financial
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  landscape significantly. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is down 1 % to just over $107 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down half a percent to about $3 ,600. And
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  XRP is down 3 % to $2 .35. Moving on to a more
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  local vibe. In our community spotlight on health
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  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. by allowing international payments
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  through Zelle. This initiative aims to help users
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  transfer money across borders with service available
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  to any bank within the Zelle network. Staplecoins
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  are digital currencies linked to fiat currencies
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  such as the U .S. dollar and are designed to
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  maintain a consistent value. President Trump
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  signed a bill in July to provide oversight for
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  staplecoins encouraging companies like Walmart
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  and Amazon .com to explore their own coins. Currently,
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  stable coins primarily facilitate the buying
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  and selling of other cryptocurrencies. And in
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  entertainment news, Google has declined Disney's
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  request to restore ABC to YouTube TV for election
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  night coverage. instead proposing to let users
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  watch ESPN and ABC as negotiations continue.
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  This disagreement marks the fifth day of the
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  blackout of Disney networks on YouTube TV due
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  to a fee dispute. Disney requested that Google
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  provide ABC on November 4th, but Google suggested
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  that restoring both ABC and ESPN would better
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  serve customers. Disney's networks went dark
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  after their prior agreement expired on October
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  30th at midnight Eastern time, with Google claiming
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  Disney has demanded an unprecedented fee increase.
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  Disney contends that Google refuses to pay fair
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  rates for its channels. Well, alrighty folks,
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  it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American journalist
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  and author, Hunter S. Thompson. And he said,
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  freedom is something that dies unless it's used.
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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.