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Celtics Draft Chris Cenac Jr., Red Sox Win Over Rockies · 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, June 24th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 79 years ago, today in 1947, a local
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  pilot reported seeing a formation of glowing,
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  disc -shaped, unidentified flying objects over
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  the desert. sparking widespread public fascination
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  and vivid eyewitness accounts. That sighting
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  became a defining moment in popular imagination,
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  fueling scientific curiosity, earnest governmental
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  inquiry, and a lasting cultural conversation
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  about the possibility of visitors from beyond.
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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 mostly sunny and it
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  feels like 65 degrees with 5 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 8 .23 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 5 .08. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny day with a high near 84 accompanied
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  by a light northwest breeze around 6 miles per
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  hour. If you're inland, it will hit a high of
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  83. Tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with a
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  low around 62 at a calm west wind around 4 mph.
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  The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 63
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  degrees for the water temperature. Looking ahead
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  in the weather. Thursday will be mostly sunny
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  with a high near 81 before rain showers become
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  likely after midnight and lows near 65. Friday
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  brings periods of showers and thunderstorms,
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  especially in the morning into early afternoon,
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  with a high near 82 and winds southwest near
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  8 miles per hour. Saturday is cooler with a chance
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  of showers and highs near 80. Then Sunday turns
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  mostly sunny and warmer with highs near 85. 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 Morning sends you. In local
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  news, some family child care providers in Massachusetts
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  will soon have the opportunity to increase their
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  enrollment numbers through a new pilot program
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  announced by the Department of Early Education
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  and Care on Monday. Currently, licensed providers
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  can enroll up to 10 children with an approved
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  assistant, but this pilot aims to explore raising
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  that cap to 12 while ensuring high standards
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  for quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
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  Edna Cabral, owner of Edna's Little Garden Family
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  Child Care in Waburn, expressed that two additional
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  slots may seem small, but they can make a meaningful
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  difference in sustaining family child care businesses.
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  The pilot will involve about 25 to 30 programs
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  as the department collects feedback, aiming to
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  enhance child care capacity and staffing ratios
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  in the future. Now on to sports. Bennett Sturtz,
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  a point guard from Iowa, was selected by the
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  Memphis Grizzlies as the number 17 overall pick
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  in the 2026 National Basketball Association draft
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  and was subsequently traded to the Oklahoma City
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  Thunder. This marks the first time an Iowa player
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  has been chosen in the opening round since Chris
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  Murray was selected number 23 by the Sacramento
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  Kings in 2023. Sturtz, standing six feet four
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  inches tall and weighing 190 pounds, played a
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  crucial role in Iowa's historic March Madness
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  run, averaging 19 .8 points and 4 .4 assists
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  per game. As he begins his professional career,
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  fans are buzzing about his arrival in Oklahoma
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  City. In local sports, the Red Sox are back in
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  this series. Sonny Gray was dominant yesterday
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  at Coors Field. striking out 11 and allowing
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  just one earned run over seven innings as Boston
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  beat Colorado 5 -2. Nate Eaton went 3 -4 with
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  two RBIs, and William Abreu added two hits and
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  a home run. Now it's a rubber match this afternoon
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  at 3 -10. Ranger Suarez takes the mound for the
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  Sox against Kyle Freeland. Boston is sitting
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  32 -45. but they've won three of their last five.
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  They need to build on that momentum and get out
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  to a fast start in the thin Colorado air. Meanwhile,
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  the Celtics made their first move in the NBA
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  draft last night, selecting Houston's Chris St.
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  Acteur at 27 overall. The 6 '11", forward averaged
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  9 .5 points and 7 .5 rebounds as a freshman.
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  Boston gets another pick at 40 in the second
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  round tonight as they continue reshaping the
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  roster after the failed pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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  Rafael Devers is making headlines again, this
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  time in San Francisco. The former Red Sox star
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  had a blow -up at first base Tuesday when pinch
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  -run for, though he later called it a misunderstanding.
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  Giants manager Tony Vitello. said they smoothed
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  things over on the plane. Familiar pattern for
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  Sox fans and the trade return to Boston. Kyle
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  Harrison, James Tibbs III, and Jordan Hicks has
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  since been moved away anyway. In top news, sharp
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  drops in big tech companies pull indexes mostly
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  lower on Wall Street. Wall Street gave up more
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  of its recent gains on Tuesday after a sell -off
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  in big technology stocks spread from Asia back
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  to the United States over worries about potentially
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  higher interest rates by the end of the year.
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  The S &P fell 1 .4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial
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  Average closed just 0 .1 % lower. In Asia, markets
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  fell sharply, with South Korea's KOSPI index
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  sinking 10%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2 .2%.
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  Analysts warn that high -flying technology stocks
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  could be due for a downturn. In business news,
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  Meta Platform's Chief Executive Officer Mark
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  Zuckerberg has directed staff to create a prediction
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  markets platform, a person familiar with the
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  company's plans confirmed to CNBC. The New York
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  Times first reported the development on Tuesday.
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  This prediction markets app will not use actual
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  money for trading, unlike other platforms, which
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  allow cash speculation on future events. Instead,
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  it will rely on a video game -style point system,
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  though money may be used in the future. The app,
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  referred to internally as Arena, will be separate
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  from Instagram and Facebook. In response, DraftKings
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  fell more than 2%, while Flutter Entertainment
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  also declined nearly 2%. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is down 2 % to about $63 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 4 % to about $1 ,700. And XRP is down
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  3 % to $1 .10. 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. It is illegal to use paraqued
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  in at least 74 jurisdictions worldwide, including
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  the European Union, China, Malaysia, Brazil,
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  and most recently, the United States state of
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  Vermont. However, today, Australia's chemical
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  regulator has approved this effective. but highly
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  toxic herbicide for use on Australian farms.
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  After nearly 30 years of review, the Australian
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  Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
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  has decided that Paraqued can continue to be
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  used, albeit at reduced rates and only in enclosed
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  systems. Health advocacy groups and neurologists
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  have called for an outright ban due to concerns
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  linking long -term exposure to Parkinson's disease.
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  Australia's dependence on paraquat is largely
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  due to its affordability and effectiveness in
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  controlling weeds, particularly in no -till farming
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  practices. And in entertainment news, Apple TV's
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  hit sci -fi crime series has broken a major streaming
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  trend. The past few months have been stellar
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  for Apple TV, cementing its status among tough
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  competition. With shows like Shrinking, Monarch,
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  Legacy of Monsters, and Your Friends and Neighbors,
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  the streamer has delivered hit new seasons. The
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  latest Sugar, led by Colin Farrell, made its
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  anticipated season two debut on June 19th. The
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  series has garnered a perfect score on Rotten
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  Tomatoes, with critics praising it as Apple TV's
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  best detective series. Colin Farrell expressed
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  a desire for four or five seasons. as fans eagerly
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  await news on a potential third season. Well,
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  alrighty 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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  science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. And he said,
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  We are an impossibility in an impossible universe,
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  reminding us of the endless curiosity and wonder
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  that drive our exploration of the unknown. And
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  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.