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Pacers Force Game 7! Karen Read Verdict, Amazon AI Impact. · 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, June 20th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 243 years ago today, in 1782, the United
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  States Congress approved the Great Seal of the
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  United States, featuring the emblem of the bald
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  eagle. This iconic symbol represents the nation's
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  sovereignty and strength, embodying the ideals
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  of freedom and democracy that continue to inspire
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  people around the world. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's mostly sunny and it feels like 69 degrees
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  with 19 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 8 .16 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 5 .07. It looks like we're in for a sunny
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  Friday with temperatures reaching around 84 and
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  a breezy west wind blowing at 12 to 23 miles
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  per hour with gusts up to 41. Tonight, expect
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  mostly clear skies, a low of 67 and light winds.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  high tide Friday will be at 645 with a low tide
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  at 1. The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  64 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, expect mostly sunny skies
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  Saturday with a high near 85. A chance of showers
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  and thunderstorms arrives Saturday night with
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  a low around 68. Sunday brings a chance of rain
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  before 2 p .m. with partly sunny skies and a
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  high near 86. Monday is also mostly sunny with
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  a high near 91. Tuesday stays sunny, reaching
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  near 96. Nights will be partly cloudy with lows
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  around 74. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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  just north of Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe
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  breeze on through to get your morning coffee.
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them Sunny Morning
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  sent you. In local news, Karen Reed emerged from
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  court a free woman after three years and two
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  trials concerning the death of her boyfriend,
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  Boston police officer John O 'Keefe. Prosecutors
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  accused Reed of hitting O 'Keefe with her sport
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  utility vehicle and leaving him to die in a blizzard,
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  charging her with serious offenses. However,
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  her defense portrayed a narrative of police misconduct.
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  suggesting a cover -up by O 'Keeffe's colleagues.
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  Although convicted of drunken driving, she now
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  faces a wrongful death lawsuit from O 'Keeffe's
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  family. Reactions to the verdict remain mixed,
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  with many expressing disappointment over the
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  outcome and the investigation's integrity. Now
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  on to sports. In a thrilling twist, the Indiana
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  Pacers triumphed over the Oklahoma City Thunder,
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  winning Game 6 of the NBA Finals, 108 -91, and
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  forcing the first Game 7 since 2016. Playing
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  with a calf injury, star point guard Tyrese Halliburton
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  contributed 14 points, while Andrew Nempard shined
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  with 17. The Pacers, showcasing their resilience,
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  outscored the Thunder by 21 in the second quarter.
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  Despite a promising performance earlier in the
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  playoffs, Oklahoma City struggled, committing
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  12 turnovers before halftime. Game seven is set
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  for Sunday in Oklahoma City in local sports.
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  Tonight in San Francisco, the Sox face the Giants
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  in game one of a three -game series. Hunter Dobbins
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  takes the mound for Boston with a 3 .74 earned
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  run average and a 4 -1 record. Hayden Birdsong
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  counters for the Giants. First pitch is at 10
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  -15. In top news, Amazon's chief executive officer,
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  Andy Jassy, warned employees that artificial
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  intelligence will likely replace many jobs within
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  the next few years. In a recent memo, Jassy outlined
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  that Amazon is already utilizing over 1 ,000
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  generative AI services to enhance its operations.
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  This includes improving delivery speed in warehouses
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  and enhancing customer service chatbots. He emphasized
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  that as AI continues to evolve, fewer human employees
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  will be needed. While some workers expressed
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  concerns about job security and the reliability
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  of AI, Jassy encouraged staff to embrace the
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  technology to remain competitive. Amazon plans
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  to invest heavily in AI, allocating approximately
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  $105 billion this year. In business news, Meta
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  recently attempted to acquire Safe Superintelligence,
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  the artificial intelligence startup founded by
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  OpenAI co -founder Ilya Sutskever. valued at
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  $32 billion. When Sutzgever declined the offer,
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  Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg shifted his focus
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  to hiring the startup CEO, Daniel Gross, along
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  with former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. This move
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  is part of Zuckerberg's broader strategy to enhance
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  Meta's artificial intelligence team amid a competitive
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  talent landscape. Meta plans to take a stake
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  in Gross and Friedman's venture fund. while developing
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  products under Scale AI founder Alexander Wang.
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  Further details are expected in the coming weeks.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 1 % for the
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  week to about $105 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 %
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  to just over $2 ,500. And XRP is unchanged at
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  $2 .16. 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 science. SpaceX's massive starship
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  rocket, which aims to send humans to Mars, suffered
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  a catastrophic failure. and exploded during a
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  routine test in Texas shortly after 11 p .m.
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  on Wednesday. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
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  SpaceX described the incident as a major anomaly,
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  occurring during its 10th flight test. Elon Musk,
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  who founded SpaceX with the goal of making humanity
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  a multiplanetary species, remarked on social
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  media that it was just a scratch. Despite several
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  setbacks, including three failed test flights
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  this year, SpaceX is racing to prepare Starship
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  for a potential Mars mission next year. And in
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  entertainment news, Happy Gilmore 2 is set to
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  tee off on Netflix on July 25th, bringing back
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  the beloved character nearly 30 years after the
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  original film's release. This sequel follows
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  a retired Happy Gilmore. portrayed by Adam Sandler
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  as he returns to the golf course to raise funds
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  for his daughter's ballet education, which costs
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  $75 ,000 a year. Returning stars include Christopher
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  McDonald and Julie Bowen, alongside newcomers
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  Travis Kelsey and Bad Bunny. Fans can look forward
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  to a heartfelt story filled with humor, nostalgia,
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  and a mix of new and familiar faces. Well, all
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  righty, folks. It's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the American
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  author and motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar.
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  And he said, It's not how far you fall, but how
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  high you bounce. That counts. And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing weekend, my good friends. We'll
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  see you Monday with another episode of Sunny
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  Mornings in Boston.