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Boston Sues for $20M Federal Funds, Red Sox vs Yankees Playoff Opener · 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, September 29th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is National Coffee Day. It celebrates
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  the coffee plant's remarkable longevity, a living
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  shrub capable of surviving for 100 years, noting
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  that what we call a coffee bean is actually the
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  pit of a small fruit. That a coffee bean is the
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  pit of a small fruit gives a new appreciation
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  for every cup. So now you know. And now it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning there's
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  patchy fog and it feels like 59 degrees with
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  six miles per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 626 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 640. It looks like we're in for some patchy
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  fog early today, clearing by mid -morning with
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  partly sunny skies and a high near 67, along
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  with a calm 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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  68 tonight. Expect mostly cloudy skies with a
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  low around 56 and light winds around 2 miles
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  per hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 62 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Wednesday is partly sunny,
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  with a high near 70 in light southwest winds
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  around 3 miles per hour. Then mostly cloudy overnight,
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  with a low near 58 in light south breezes. Thursday
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  and Friday warm into the upper 70s, with mostly
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  sunny skies in southwest, to west winds around
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  5 to 9 miles per hour. Then a slight chance of
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  showers Friday night, with lows near 58. Saturday
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  cools to near 67 and stays mostly sunny with
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  northeast winds, about 8 miles per hour and a
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  slight chance of showers early Sunday, with lows
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  near 53. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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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 mornings
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  send you. In local news, Boston has filed a lawsuit
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  against the Trump administration to recover $20
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  million in federal funding that was revoked last
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  year for street upgrades in Roxbury. The funds
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  were intended to enhance roadway safety, traffic
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  flow, and public transit accessibility, including
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  electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Mayor
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  Michelle Wu, supported by U .S. Representative
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  Ayanna Pressley, has requested a federal judge
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  to reinstate the grant, which was initially allocated
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  in 2022. The Trump administration claimed the
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  funding was inconsistent with its priorities,
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  while the Biden administration's guidelines allow
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  for such projects. The lawsuit targets the US
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  Department of Transportation and its officials,
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  emphasizing the project's importance for the
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  community. Now onto sports. Last night on Monday
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  Night Football, the Chicago Pairs handled the
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  Philadelphia Eagles 27 -7 at Soldier Field. With
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  Caleb Williams sidelined by a hamstring injury,
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  38 -year -old Case Keenum made his first start
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  since 2023 and delivered 24 -34 for 247 yards
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  and two touchdowns, no interceptions. Chicago
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  scored on its opening drive and never trailed.
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  Philadelphia's only points came as the clock
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  expired in the first half and Jalen hurts, and
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  that offense never found the rhythm, Keenum,
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  set from the other sideline. Both teams sit at
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  two and one through three weeks, but the bigger
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  question is in Chicago, where Williams is expected
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  out three to four weeks with a grade two strain.
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  That means the Bears have to figure out how long
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  they can sustain this level of play before their
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  starter returns, while Philadelphia heads home
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  to sort out what went wrong against a backup
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  quarterback. In local sports, the Red Sox open
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  the postseason tonight at Yankee Stadium, first
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  pitch at 8 o 'clock. It's game one of a three
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  -game series. Boston finished 87 -75. and dropped
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  its last game to the Cubs, 6 -2, but the slate
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  is wiped clean. Rookie lefty Peyton Tully gets
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  the opener, a real show of trust from manager
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  Chad Tracy. Kam Schlittler goes for the Yankees.
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  Game 2 is tomorrow night at 8 o 'clock, and game
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  3 is Thursday at the same time. Wintonite and
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  the pressure shifts to New York. On the ice,
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  the Bruins open the season tonight at TD Garden
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  against the Rangers, puck drop at 8 o 'clock.
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  David Pasternak skates as captain for the first
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  time, the 28th in franchise history, counting
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  off a fourth straight, 100 -point season. Charlie
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  McAvoy keeps an A, but is serving a six -game
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  suspension for the slash on Buffalo's Zach Benson
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  last April. That is a big hole on the blue line.
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  Morgan Jicke, who led the team with 39 goals,
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  is back. Watch special teams and watch Jeremy
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  Swamen in goal. A strong opener would settle
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  a lot of nerves. In top news, SpaceX launched
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  the company's Super Heavy Starship on its first
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  flight to orbit on Monday. marking a major step
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  toward perfecting the world's most powerful rocket
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  for commercial flights and NASA moon missions.
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  One of the Starship upper stages, six Raptor
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  engines shut down early during the climb, but
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  the spacecraft remained healthy. The Starship
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  successfully deployed 26 third -generation Starlink
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  internet satellites in low -Earth orbit. The
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  mission ended with a Pacific Ocean splashdown
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  north of Hawaii, just before noon Eastern Daylight
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  Time. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman praised
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  the launch, expressing excitement for future
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  Starship missions and their potential role in
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  the Artemis Moon program. In business news, Anthropix
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  Potential, $2 trillion, initial public offering,
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  comes with important fine print. The company's
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  revenue grew over 10 times in the year 2025,
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  but the cost of training and serving its models
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  are also increasing. New details have emerged
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  about Anthropic's business and financial status
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  as the artificial intelligence lab prepares for
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  a public listing that could value it at $2 trillion.
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  The company has rapidly increased revenue while
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  also recording widening losses, according to
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  Reuters, which reported on Monday after viewing
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  a copy of the company's initial public offering
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  prospectus. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  1%. to just over $83 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged
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  at about $3 ,000. And XRP is down 2 % to $1 .49.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free 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. Archaeologists
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  have uncovered the ancient school where Aristotle
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  taught Alexander the Great, located in the royal
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  gymnasium of Meaza. Recent excavations in northern
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  Greece revealed ornate, mosaic -decorated halls
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  highlighting the early education of Alexander.
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  This project has been ongoing for three years.
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  peeling back layers of history and discovering
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  a large teaching area called the Didascalan.
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  Adjacent to this space, two lavish banquet halls
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  were found, showcasing the importance of social
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  education. Researchers believe these findings
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  will illuminate elite education in Macedonia
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  during the fourth century before common ERA.
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  As excavations continue, new insights into Alexander's
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  formative years are anticipated. and in entertainment
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  news. Apple TV had a record -breaking 2026 Emmys
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  with 28 wins, the most for the streamer and any
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  platform this year. Following the Emmys on September
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  14th, Apple TV experienced its biggest week ever,
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  according to the company. While hard viewership
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  numbers were not released, qualitative data showed
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  a 67 % increase year over year. Fueled by strong
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  performances from Mayday, Ted Lasso, and Emmy
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  winners, Widows Bay, and Pluribus, the service
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  achieved this milestone. In the post -Emmys week,
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  Widows Bay saw a 280 % surge in viewership. Additionally,
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  Pluribus experienced a 200 % increase. Well,
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  all righty, folks. It's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today, fate. And that's a wrap for
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  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.