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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, July 23rd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 27 years ago, today, in 1999, the Chandra
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  X -ray Observatory lifted off to begin a mission
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  that captured extremely sharp X -ray images of
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  superheated gas swirling around black holes.
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  and within distant galaxy clusters. That achievement
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  transformed astronomers' ability to study high
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  -energy, universe processes by providing detailed
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  observations that reshaped models of black hole
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  growth and cosmic structure formation. So now
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  you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning it's sunny and it feels
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  like 65 degrees with 6 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 810 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 529. It looks like we're in
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  for a sunny day with temperatures reaching nearly
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  80 and a light northeast breeze around 6 miles
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  per hour. If you're inland, it will hit a high
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  of 81 tonight. Expect clear skies with a low
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  around 61 and calm winds around 5 miles per hour.
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  The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 68
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  degrees for the water temperature. Looking ahead
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  in the weather. Friday and Saturday will be sunny
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  with highs near 81 and light easterly to northeasterly
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  winds under 10 miles per hour with lows in the
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  low 60s both nights. Sunday is mostly sunny with
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  a high near 78 and a northeast breeze under 10
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  miles per hour. Then Monday turns mostly sunny
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  with a slight chance of afternoon showers and
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  a high near 80, with occasional south winds under
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  10 miles per hour. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. Supporters of the millionaires
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  tax are celebrating as the revenue generated
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  from the state surtax on wealthier households
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  increased more than 13 % last budget year, totaling
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  more than $3 .4 billion, according to the Department
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  of Revenue. The Raise Up Massachusetts Coalition,
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  which advocated for the 4 % surtax on household
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  income, above approximately $1 .1 million, Noted
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  this is the third consecutive year the SERDAX
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  has significantly outperformed initial revenue
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  estimates. In a statement, RaiseUp highlighted
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  that nearly four years after the passage of the
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  Fair Share Amendment, the ultra -rich are remaining
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  in Massachusetts and contributing more in taxes,
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  which is directly benefiting education and transportation
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  initiatives, including universal free school
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  meals and free community college. Now on to sports.
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  Kaitlyn Clark, the superstar guard for the Indiana
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  Fever, is one technical foul away from being
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  suspended for one game. She received her seventh
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  technical foul of the season on Wednesday night
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  during a blowout home victory over the Connecticut
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  Sun. The Women's National Basketball Association
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  allows players to receive up to eight technical
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  fouls before facing additional penalties. Since
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  Clark has seven, She is at risk of missing a
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  game in the regular season. Another technical
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  foul would lead to her suspension, which is a
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  likely scenario given her competitive nature.
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  The Fever's next game is on Tuesday in Seattle.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox are on a mission.
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  They matched a franchise record with a 15 -game
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  winning streak before dropping the nightcap yesterday
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  against Baltimore. But this team has discovered
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  who they are. a good baseball team. They were
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  32 and 46 just a month ago. Now they're knocking
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  on the door of a playoff berth as they host Toronto
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  tomorrow night at Fenway. Patrick Sandoval takes
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  the mound against Trey Jesavage with first pitch
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  at 7 -10. The Sox are confident at home after
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  rattling off 10 wins in their last 11, and the
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  Blue Jays are the perfect opponent to keep that
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  momentum rolling. Games two and three follow
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  Saturday afternoon and Sunday at 1 .35. Meanwhile,
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  the Celtics are getting creative with their cap
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  situation. Paul George waived his $3 .9 million
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  trade bonus, giving Boston more financial flexibility
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  as they build around Jason Tadham following the
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  Jalen Brown deal. The team's still exploring
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  whether they can make Bradley Beal work in free
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  agency despite the constraints. Preseason tips
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  off October 8th, with Philadelphia coming to
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  town twice. Jalen Brown's return to TD Garden
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  will be must -see basketball. Over on the Patriots'
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  front, Ant -Rusher Harold Landry landed on the
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  Pew -Pee -Blist ahead of training camp. He lent
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  the team with eight and a half sacks last year,
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  but meets time to rehab his knee. Veterans report
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  Friday with first public practice Saturday. In
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  top news, climate change will wipe out about
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  $1 trillion in United States home values over
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  the next three decades and hasten economic gaps
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  in United States communities. A report released
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  on Monday finds. Already high insurance rates
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  are escalating, rendering large portions of the
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  nation's largest cities unaffordable, according
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  to a study by First Street Foundation. As property
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  values across the country decline by almost $1
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  trillion in total, other properties will increase
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  in value to the tune of $244 billion. By 2055,
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  climate -driven weather is expected to hike homeowners'
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  insurance premiums nationwide by an average of
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  29 .4%. At the same time, climate -related migration
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  will have 55 million Americans relocating within
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  the United States over that 30 -year period,
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  beginning with more than 5 million this year.
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  Jeremy Porter, First Street's head of climate
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  implications research states climate change is
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  no longer a theoretical concern. It is a measurable
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  force reshaping real estate markets and regional
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  economies across the United States. The three
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  biggest Sun Belt states, California, Florida,
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  and Texas, have taken on more than 40 % of the
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  country's $2 .8 billion in natural disaster costs
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  since 1980. data estimates a more than fourfold
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  increase in premiums in Miami, a tripling in
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  Jacksonville and Tampa, and a doubling in Sacramento,
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  California. Some counties in California, Florida,
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  and Texas will experience net declines of 10
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  % to 40 % in their property values by 2050. Last
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  month saw dozens of people killed, tens of thousands
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  evacuated. and thousands of structures damaged
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  or destroyed in the Los Angeles area due to wildfires.
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  In business news Goldman Sachs has created a
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  new platform to expand its offerings for wealthy
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  clients and family offices who increasingly want
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  direct stakes in fast -growing private companies
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  CNBC has learned. The new group called the Alternative
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  Investments Platform combines Goldman's existing
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  alternatives business with two newly established
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  teams, according to a memo seen first by CNBC.
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  These teams focus on direct investments in individual
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  private companies and on helping clients buy
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  and sell those stakes. There's been a lot of
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  focus on the big growth tech names. Kristin Olson,
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  Goldman's global head of alternatives for wealth,
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  told CNBC. Goldman's move reflects two major
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  trends reshaping Wall Street. The firm has spent
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  years pushing deeper into wealth and asset management
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  for steadier revenues. Successful startups are
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  staying private longer, allowing early investors
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  to capture most gains. Companies are going public
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  at a trillion dollars, Solson said. Goldman has
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  been arranging direct investments in later stage
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  private companies for wealthy clients for roughly
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  two decades. The firm's goal is to help clients
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  identify promising companies before they become
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  household names. Goldman focuses on later stage
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  companies with established products, meaningful
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  revenue, and clearer paths toward profitability.
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  The AI investment boom has intensified demand,
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  steering clients toward investments in the infrastructure
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  underpinning AI. The announcement comes days
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  after Goldman reported record quarterly revenue.
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  highlighting AI -driven activity across its businesses.
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  The announcement formalizes Goldman's growing
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  business, helping clients find liquidity for
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  private investments. Through its new secondary
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  advisory group, the firm plans to expand a marketplace
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  for clients to buy and sell private holdings.
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  Olson stated, we said, let's break that out and
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  let's make it very clearly defined as something
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  that we're leaning into. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is down 1 % to about $66 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 1 % to just over $1 ,900. And XRP is
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  down 1 % to $1 .13. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. 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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  mornings sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Alphabet investors have expressed
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  concerns about the company's substantial artificial
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  intelligence spending, but recent earnings suggest
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  a positive outlook. Google's cloud business is
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  thriving, with revenue soaring 82 % to $24 .8
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  billion, surpassing analysts' expectations. Enterprise
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  artificial intelligence solutions and infrastructure
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  played a significant role in this growth. The
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  company's profit reached $112 .1 billion, a remarkable
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  increase from last year's profit of $28 .1 billion.
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  Google services revenue also grew by 15 % to
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  $94 .5 billion. CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized
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  the transformative impact of artificial intelligence
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  investments across the business. And in entertainment
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  news, Taylor Sheridan's two -part Yellowstone
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  spinoff is officially CBS' newest smash hit.
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  Nobody can accuse Sheridan of making predictable
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  television as he mixes things up, but he almost
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  always guarantees viewers. Despite dividing critics
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  and audiences, Marshall's has continued to attract
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  millions of viewers, making it the biggest broadcast
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  hit of the entire television season. According
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  to Nielsen's final 35 -day multi -platform ratings
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  for the 2025 to 2026 television season, Marshall's
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  finished as the most -watched broadcast television
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  series, attracting $19 .3 million viewers. However,
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  it is receiving the weakest critical reception
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  of any Yellowstone spin -off, sitting at 48 %
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  on Rotten Tomatoes from critics. Returning cast
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  members include Breckin Merrill and Moe Brings
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  Plenty, while CBS renewed the series for a second
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  season just 12 days after its premiere. You can
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  stream Marshalls on Paramount+. Well, alrighty
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, they. 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.