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Record Heat Sweeps US, Bruins Face Maple Leafs Showdown · 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, March 24th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 152 years ago, today, in 1874, Harry
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  Houdini was born as Eric Weiss and grew into
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  a dazzling escape artist and showman who captivated
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  audiences with daring feats of illusion and physical
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  skill. His inventive performances pushed the
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  boundaries of live entertainment and elevated
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  the public profile of magical performance Inspiring
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  generations of performers and changing popular
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  spectacle So now you know and now it's time for
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  the weather report This morning it's partly sunny
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  and it feels like 25 degrees with six mile per
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  hour wind The sunset will take place at 7, and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 6 .35. It looks
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  like we're in for some mostly sunny skies today,
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  with a high near 46 and a calm northwest breeze
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  around 6 miles per hour, though we might see
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  a bit of light rain later, less than a tenth
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  of an inch possible. If you're inland, it will
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  hit a high of 45 tonight. Expect partly cloudy
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  conditions with a low around 33 and a light southwest
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  wind around 7 miles per hour. The new shore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 38 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday
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  will be mostly sunny with a high near 53 and
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  a light southwest breeze of 5 to 10 miles per
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  hour. Then a chance of rain develops late with
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  lows near 40. Thursday stays mostly cloudy with
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  a chance of morning rain and a high near 60.
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  Then rain becomes likely Thursday night with
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  lows around 45 and southwest winds near 10 miles
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  per hour. Just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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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. Massachusetts home sales
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  have dropped more than 10 % to start the year,
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  with over 500 fewer homes sold compared to early
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  2025. Through February, 4 ,274 homes changed
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  hands, down from 4 ,779 last year. Analysts at
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  the Warren Group noted that February sales marked
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  an 8 % decline from the previous year. attributed
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  to market fluctuations, inventory shortages,
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  and harsh winter weather. Despite the slowdown
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  in sales, the median home price has continued
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  to rise, reaching $595 ,000, a 2 .6 % increase.
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  Now onto sports. Jackson Smith & Jigba has reached
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  an agreement with this Seattle Seahawks on a
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  four -year $168 .6 million extension, making
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  him the highest -paid wide receiver in NFL history.
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  The deal averages $42 .1 million per year and
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  includes over $120 million guaranteed. This agreement
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  ties Smith & Jigba to Seattle through the 2031
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  season. He previously set career highs in receptions
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  and receiving yards, earning first -team All
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  -Pro honors in 2025. Smith and Jibba has yet
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  to miss a game in three NFL seasons. In local
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  sports, tonight at the Garden, the Bruins host
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  the Maple Leafs at seven. Boston is seventh in
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  the East at 38 -23 -8, right in the wild -card
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  hunt. Jeremy Swamen has been the backbone of
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  this run, with 41 saves in Saturday's win at
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  Detroit and rock solid since the Olympics. David
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  Pasternak leads with 86 points, and Morgan Gicke
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  is at a career -high 34 goals. Toronto comes
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  in desperate after dropping one to Ottawa. Expect
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  a battle. On the parquet. The Celtics host the
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  defending champion Thunder tomorrow night at
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  7 .30. Boston is 43 -21 and second in the East.
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  Meanwhile, the Patriots made some off -season
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  moves Monday. New England cut -backup quarterback
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  Joshua Dobbs resigned Tawny DeVito as Drake May's
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  backup on a two -year 7 .4 million deal. and
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  added offensive linemen James Hudson for depth
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  up front. And the Red Sox close out spring training
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  this afternoon against the Twins before opening
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  day Thursday in Cincinnati. In top news, record
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  -smashing heat continues, with meteorologists
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  saying basically the entire United States is
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  going to be hot. After breaking March heat records
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  in 14 states, The heat dome is expanding eastward.
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  Meteorologist Greg Galina stated, the area of
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  record temperatures is extremely large. Flagstaff,
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  Arizona may experience 11 or 12 consecutive days
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  of record temperatures. Temperatures in the 90s
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  are expected over the southern and central plains
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  by Wednesday. At least four locations in Arizona
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  and California reach 112 degrees. breaking March
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  records. The National Center for Environmental
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  Information reported 479 weather stations set
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  new records. International climate scientists
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  noted that this record heat is virtually impossible
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  without climate change. In business news, OpenAI
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  is sweetening its private equity pitch amid competition
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  with Anthropic, according to sources. The company
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  is offering private equity firms a guaranteed
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  minimum return of 17 .5%, significantly higher
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  than typical offers. This initiative aims to
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  ease high upfront costs for artificial intelligence
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  deployment. However, some private equity firms
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  remain skeptical due to concerns about profitability.
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  OpenAI is doubling down on enterprise, seeking
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  partnerships with firms like TPG and Advent.
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  Meanwhile, Anthropic is pursuing a similar strategy,
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  courting private equity firms such as Blackstone
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  and Hellman and Friedman. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 4 % to about $70 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up 5 % to just over $2 ,000. And XRP is up
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  2 .5 % to $1 .41. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the 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. What a 55 ,000 -year -old
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  fetus reveals about the decline of Neanderthals.
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  By sequencing ancient DNA from the fetus, scientists
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  uncovered a severe genetic bottleneck. that reshaped
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  Neanderthal history. This bottleneck occurred
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  about 65 ,000 years ago, well before their extinction
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  around 40 ,000 years ago. The study published
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  in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy
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  of Sciences highlights that late Neanderthals
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  were genetically similar due to a population
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  crash. Researchers believe climatic changes reduce
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  their hunting territory, contributing to their
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  final population collapse. Continued analysis
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  of Neanderthal genomes is essential for understanding
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  their decline. And in entertainment news, Wonder
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  Man has been renewed for a second season with
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  Yahya Abdul -Mateen and Ben Kingsley set to return.
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  The show follows struggling actor Simon Williams
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  as he tries to navigate Hollywood while hiding
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  his powers. Co -creators Destin Daniel Cretton
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  and Andrew Gast will also return, with Cretton
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  directing and producing. The series premiered
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  on Disney Plus in January, receiving exceptional
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  reviews and currently holds a 91 % critic score
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  on Rotten Tomatoes. Marvel plans to conduct an
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  awards campaign for the show in the comedy series
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  category. Only two other Marvel live -action
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  shows have received a second season. 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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  magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. And
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  he said, my chief task has been to conquer fear,
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  to make the unknown known. and to show that impossible
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  is just a word, not a reality. 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.