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Norovirus Outbreak, Red Sox Trade Rumors, Fed Rate Cut 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 Thursday, December 11th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 89 years ago, today, in 1936, Edward
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  VIII chose to relinquish the throne to Mary Wallace
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  Simpson, a twice -divorced American social aide.
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  creating a constitutional and emotional moment
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  for the monarchy. His decision transformed the
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  crown by placing personal choice and public duty
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  intention and led to a renewed emphasis on stability
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  and continuity in royal succession. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, it's partly sunny, and it feels
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  like 28 degrees, with 10 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 411, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 703. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny day with a high near 38, and temperatures
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  dropping to around 28 in the afternoon, accompanied
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  by a breezy west wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour,
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  gusting up to 44. Tonight. Expect mostly clear
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  skies with a low around 22 and a west wind at
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  about 14 miles per hour, gusting as high as 45.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  low tide Thursday will be at 10, with a high
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  tide just before 430. The near shore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 45 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 33 and a west wind of
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  12 to 22 miles per hour, gusting as high as 37.
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  Saturday and Sunday stay cool with highs in the
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  mid -30s, a slight chance of snow late Saturday
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  night, and a chance of snow on Sunday with west
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  winds gusting up to 22 on Sunday. Monday turns
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  colder and sunny with a high near 28 and northwest
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  gusts around 24. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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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, more
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  than 130 students at Roberts Elementary School
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  in Medford were out Wednesday amid a suspected
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  norovirus outbreak, according to Medford Public
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  Schools. The school will be closed Thursday due
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  to the high volume of stomach illness cases reported.
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  as stated in a letter to families. The district
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  consulted with the Medford Board of Health and
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  the Massachusetts Department of Public Health,
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  noting that norovirus spreads quickly and is
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  very contagious. Symptoms, including vomiting,
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  typically come on suddenly. If experiencing symptoms,
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  the Board of Health recommends waiting 24 hours
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  after vomiting before returning to school. A
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  deep clean will be conducted at Roberts Elementary
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  School Thursday. Now onto sports. Why did the
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  Colts gamble on Philip Rivers to save their season?
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  He can still sling it. On December 9, 2025, the
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  text message rolled in while Rivers was shaking
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  off rust. If this report is true, then I'm all
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  in, Frank Drake wrote. Rivers considered two
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  options, returning to the 8 -5 Indianapolis Colts
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  or heading home to Alabama. In a stunning unretirement,
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  Rivers is back in the NFL five years later, likely
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  the Colts' best hope to avoid a late -season
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  collapse. General Manager Chris Ballard knows
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  this gamble could define the season. It's a bold
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  move to sign a 44 -year -old quarterback. And
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  tonight, on Thursday Night Football, Kirk Cousins
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  and the Falcons aimed to play spoiler against
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  Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers. The Atlanta
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  Falcons, with a record of four wins and nine
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  losses, visit the Buccaneers, who have seven
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  wins and six losses. The Buccaneers were on track
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  for a fifth straight division title, but have
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  lost three consecutive games. Falcons coach Raheem
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  Morris stated, you never want to be in this spot,
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  referring to playoff elimination. Mayfield emphasized
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  the importance of expecting their best from the
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  Falcons, knowing they aimed to ruin the Buccaneers'
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  playoff chances. Kickoff is at 8 .15 Eastern
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  on Prime Video. In local sports, the Boston Red
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  Sox are set to leave majorly baseball's winter
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  meetings without a proven slugger like Pete Alonso
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  or Kyle Schorber. However, as Craig Breslow and
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  his staff look to regroup, Could Boston pivot
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  back to adding another proven arm in their rotation
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  via trade? According to Ken Rosenthal and Will
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  Salmon of The Athletic, the Red Sox are one of
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  the teams in on Brewers ace Freddie Peralta,
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  who could be available this offseason. Peralta,
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  29, is coming off of a 2 ,025 season where he
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  went 17 wins and 6 losses with a 2 .70 earned
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  run average. Adding a two -time All -Star like
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  Peralta would be a major lift for the Red Sox.
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  In top news, the Federal Reserve cut interest
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  rates for the third time this year, and this
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  quarter -point reduction might not lead to lower
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  mortgage or car loan rates immediately. Although
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  Fed cuts influence banks' loan rates, they do
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  not control them directly. Bankrate financial
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  analyst Steph Cates stated, We're not going to
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  see mortgage rates, car loans, savings rates
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  all at once have a step change down by exactly
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  a quarter percent. For mortgages, the 30 -year
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  rate is around 6 .19 % and is influenced more
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  by Treasury bond yields. Auto loan rates, averaging
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  6 .6%, are also affected by many factors, including
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  borrower credit scores. In business news, S &P
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  and NASDAQ futures fell Wednesday night, as Oracle's
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  results reunited fears about high -flying tech
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  stocks, despite the Federal Reserve's latest
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  interest rate cut boosting U .S. equity markets
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  in the prior session. Futures tied to the Dow
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  Jones Industrial Average added 43 points, or
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  0 .1%. Oracle shares tumbled 11 % after posting
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  disappointing quarterly revenue and raising its
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  spending forecast. In after -hours trading, other
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  AI plays also fell, including Nvidia down 1%,
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  and Core weaved down more than 3%. Investors
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  suggest caution ahead, as the central bank remains
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  in a wait -and -see mode regarding future monetary
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  policy. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 3%,
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  to $90 ,000. Ethereum is down 4 % to just under
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  $3 ,200. And SRP is down 4 % to $2 .00. 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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. On side
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  of Earth is rapidly getting colder than the other.
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  Research shows the Pacific Hemisphere is losing
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  heat faster than the African Hemisphere. Scientists
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  from the University of Oslo indicate that one
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  side of Earth's interior is losing heat much
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  faster than the other side. A study published
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  in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that
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  parts of Earth have been insulated by more landmass,
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  creating a thermos layer that traps heat. The
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  Pacific Hemisphere has cooled about 50 Kelvin
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  more than the African Hemisphere. This suggests
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  that the Pacific was much hotter at a certain
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  moment in time. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson
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  are expected to reprise their roles as Katniss
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  Everdeen and Peta Mallark in the Hunger Games
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  prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping. This Lionsgate
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  movie is based on the latest novel by Suzanne
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  Collins, following the events of the 50th Hunger
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  Games, 24 years before Katniss and Peta entered
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  the killing field. The story centers on Haymitch's
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  experience in the games as a 16 -year -old, played
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  by Joseph Sada. The film is set for release on
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  November 20th, 2026, directed by Francis Lawrence.
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  It also stars Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kieran
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  Culkin, and Jesse Plemons among others. Well,
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  all righty, folks. It's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American writer and philosopher Albert Hubbard.
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  And he said, The greatest mistake you can make
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  in life is to be continually fearing you will
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  make one. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local 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.