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Record Heat Wave Grips U.S., Celtics Eye Jaylen Brown Trade · 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 Wednesday, July 1st. You'll be interested
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  to know, 159 years ago, today, in 1867, leaders
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  of diverse provinces created a new confederation
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  called Canada, uniting colonies under a single
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  parliamentary government. This milestone established
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  peaceful self -government and set the foundation
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  for nation -building, expanding democratic institutions
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  and a shared national identity. So now you know.
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  And now, it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning, there's a slight chance of rain showers,
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  and it feels like 72 degrees with 9 mile -per
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  -hour wind. The sunset will take place at 8 .22.
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 5 .11. It
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  looks like we're in for a slight chance of rain
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  showers early, clearing up to mostly sunny skies,
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  with a high near 97 and a moderate southwest
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  breeze, around 12 miles per hour. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 97. Tonight, expect mostly
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  clear skies with a low around 76 and light winds
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  around 8 miles per hour. The near -shore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 69 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Thursday
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  stays very hot and sunny with a high near 101
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  and a heat index up to 110, with a west wind
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  around 7 to 10 miles per hour into the night
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  as lows fall to about 81. Friday remains hot
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  with highs near 102. and a slight chance of afternoon
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  and evening showers or storms. Then on Independence
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  Day, expect cooler and more unsettled weather,
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  with highs near 93, and a chance of showers and
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  thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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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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  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. As the 4th of July approaches, Boston is
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  preparing for an influx of holiday travelers,
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  with AAA estimating around 72 million people
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  will travel nationwide, including 61 million
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  by car, despite high gas prices. Massachusetts
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  Department of Transportation expects Thursday
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  and Friday to be the busiest days, particularly
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  during midday into the evening, with heavier
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  traffic expected heading into Cape Cod on July
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  4th. and returning on Sunday. State Highway Administrator
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  Jonathan Gilliver advises travelers to plan ahead,
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  allow extra time, and drive safely to enjoy the
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  holiday celebrations across the state. Meanwhile,
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  the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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  will operate on holiday schedules, including
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  a Saturday service for the subways and buses,
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  and a special $10 holiday weekend pass for unlimited
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  travel. Travelers using Logan Airport are also
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  advised to arrive early due to anticipated high
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  traffic. Now on to sports. It's not coming home
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  yet. How England's World Cup runs have ended
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  by bad luck, bad play, and the hand of God. As
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  rallying cries go, it's coming home isn't a terrible
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  one, but it isn't a complete one either. English
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  football fans comfort themselves with the belief
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  that it's coming home, but there is no actual
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  deadline for when it will come home. The Three
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  Lions won the World Cup in 1966, but since then
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  it has been a long slog of broken dreams and
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  dashed hopes. On Wednesday, England faces the
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  Democratic Republic of Congo in Atlanta, a town
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  that knows extended sports futility. In local
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  sports. The Red Sox are looking to salvage their
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  homestand this afternoon at Fenway, hosting the
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  Nationals in a rubber match at 135. Boston dropped
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  game 2 -8 -3 last night in a rough outing. The
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  bullpen couldn't hold up after starter Connolly
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  Early kept things tight through four innings.
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  Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli was dominant with
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  seven innings of one hit ball and 13 strikeouts.
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  There was also a heated exchange between Cavalli
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  and Red Sox first baseman Wilson Contreras that
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  MLB is reviewing. The good news. Boston Tub Game
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  won 6 -3 Monday and has won four of its last
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  five, so momentum's still there. Peyton Tall
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  faces Andrew Alvarez today in a matchup that
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  could define the series for a Sox team sitting
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  at 37 -47. Meanwhile, the Celtics are in full
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  off -season mode. According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst,
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  Boston is actively making trade offers involving
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  Jalen Brown and searching for help after missing
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  out on Giannis. The team had Brown as the centerpiece
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  of their Giannis offer before Miami landed the
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  two -time MVP. How this plays out, whether the
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  Celtics repair things with their all -NBA guard
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  or pull the trigger on a deal, will shape the
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  franchise going forward. In top news, it could
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  be the hottest July 4th ever for millions of
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  Americans, with over 300 record temperatures
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  forecast. This July 4th could be the hottest
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  on record as a massive heat wave traps more than
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  half of the United States under a heat dome through
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  the holiday weekend. Dangerously high temperatures,
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  coupled with humidity, could result in heat indices
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  of 100 to 115 degrees from the Midwest to the
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  East Coast. New York City Mayor Zorin Mamdani
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  warned that these are extremely dangerous conditions.
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  The city is opening cooling centers throughout
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  the five boroughs and deploying vans staffed
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  with nurses and paramedics to assist residents.
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  In business news, small -cap United States stocks
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  are capping off one of their strongest first
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  halves in decades, and this is not your ordinary
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  small -cap boom. This surge has been driven by
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  the rapid build -out of artificial intelligence
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  infrastructure. expanding beyond the largest
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  technology companies. The Russell 2000 index
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  has surged nearly 22 % this year, marking its
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  best first -half performance since 1991. Semiconductor
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  companies have been the biggest winners, with
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  chip -related companies accounting for 16 of
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  the Russell, 2000's 50 best -performing stocks.
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  However, higher interest rates pose a significant
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  threat to the small -cap rally. Many investors
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  believe the worst of the tightening cycle is
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  over and headwinds are turning into tailwinds.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at just
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  under $60 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to just under
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  $1 ,600. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .05. 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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  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 science. NASA
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  is considering sending a spare nuclear -powered
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  Mars rover to the lunar surface, with an update
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  shared on June 30th. The agency announced new
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  lunar landing contracts and a potential rover
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  mission to the moon's south pole. NASA Administrator
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  Jared Isaacman emphasized the importance of learning
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  from past experiences, saying, we are in the
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  business of the near -impossible, so why not?
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  The rover, named POROMISS, stands for Polar Rover
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  for Observation, Mapping, and In -Situ Exploration.
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  and was developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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  With refurbishment, ProMice could advance NASA's
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  lunar plans as it operates on a radioisotope
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  thermoelectric generator requiring no sunlight.
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  And in entertainment news, A Shock for Killers
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  is one of Disney Plus' biggest Korean streaming
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  hits, and it will premiere its second season
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  on July 22. The series continues with Jeong Jae
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  -in, played by Kim Hye -jun, who is now the head
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  of Mirth Help, and her uncle Jeong Jin -man,
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  played by Lee Dong -wook, who faked his death
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  in the first season. Together, they will confront
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  Babylon, a mercenary outfit that previously hunted
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  Jae -in. The new season includes eight episodes,
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  starting with two on July 22nd, and lad pairs
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  each Wednesday through the August 12th finale.
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  A shop for killers streams on Disney, plus internationally
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  and on Hulu in the United States. 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 writer
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  and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. And he
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  said, The world is but a canvas to our imagination.
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  Reminding us that innovation and creativity can
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  transform challenges into opportunities, shaping
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  the future in unexpected ways. 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 day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.