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Celtics Snap Thunder's Streak, Meta Faces $375M Verdict · 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 Thursday, March 26. You'll be interested
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  to know, 73 years ago, today, in 1953, Jonas
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  Salk announced a breakthrough vaccine that offered
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  real protection against paralytic polio, giving
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  families hope and medical researchers a new tool.
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  The announcement marked a major milestone in
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  public health, dramatically advancing efforts
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  to prevent suffering and paving the way for widespread
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  immunization programs worldwide. 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 chance of light rain, and
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  it feels like 40 degrees, with 10 mile -per -hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 7 .02, and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 6 .31. It looks
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  like we're in for some mostly cloudy skies today,
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  with a chance of rain and a high near 64, along
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  with a moderate southwest breeze around 12 miles
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  per hour, gusting up to 25. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 64. Tonight. Expect rain
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  before 4 a .m., along with patchy fog and a low
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  around 44, with light winds around 8 mph gusting
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  up to 21. The near -shore gooey at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 38 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Friday starts with rain
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  and patchy fog before 3 p .m. becoming mostly
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  cloudy with a high near 50 and a north wind near
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  7 to 10 miles per hour with a quarter to half
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  inch of rain possible. Saturday is cooler and
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  partly sunny with a high near 38 and light north
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  winds. Then Sunday warms into the upper 40s and
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  Monday climbs to near 54 with southwest winds
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  9 to 14 miles per hour and gusts up to 25. Bonjour,
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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, Red Sox fans get ready for an exciting
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  opening day deal at South Street Diner. On April
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  3rd, from 11 in the morning until 9 in the evening,
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  the diner will serve free all -you -can -eat
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  Fenway Franks with any beverage purchase. This
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  fun promotion aligns perfectly with the Red Sox
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  home opener against the San Diego Padres, which
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  kicks off at 2 .10 in the afternoon. For those
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  the evening will also include a complimentary
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  Fenway Frank. Known for its comfort food, South
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  Street Diner is the most iconic diner in Massachusetts,
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  according to Business Insider. Now on to sports.
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  Baseball is back. The Yankees dominated the Giants
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  7 -0 last night on Netflix's opening night in
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  San Francisco, with Max Fried putting on a clinic.
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  The lefty threw six and a third shutout innings,
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  allowing just two hits as New York's bats came
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  alive in the second inning. It was rough for
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  Giants manager Tony Vitello. in his historic
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  jump from college coaching, and ace Logan Webb
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  took the loss. Judge went hitless with four strikeouts.
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  Switching to March Madness, the Sweet 16 tooks
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  off tonight with some serious storylines. Number
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  11 Texas faces number two Purdue at 7 Eastern,
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  with the Longhorns the only double -digit seed
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  remaining. Iowa. Back in the Sweet 16, for the
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  first time since 1999, takes on Nebraska at 7
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  on TPS. In local sports, the Celtics snapped
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  Oklahoma City's 12 -game win streak last night,
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  beating the Thunder 119 -109 at TD Garden. Jalen
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  Brown dominated with 31 points. scoring 14 in
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  a pivotal third quarter as Boston clawed back
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  from a 13 -point deficit. Jason Tadum added 19
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  points and 12 rebounds with 7 assists. The East's
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  second -best team proved itself against the league's
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  best record. Tonight they host Atlanta at 7 .30,
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  and the Hawks bring momentum. They're 12 -1 in
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  their last 13 games. But the Celtics' elite depth
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  and defensive versatility should carry the load
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  while Tatum continues ramping up from his Achilles
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  injury. On the ice, the Bruins came up big in
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  Buffalo, beating the Sabres 4 -3 in overtime.
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  Pavel Zakha scored just 38 seconds in, capping
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  a wild third period where both teams traded leads.
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  David Pasternak extended his point streak to
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  11 games with a goal and two assists. It was
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  a crucial win for Boston's playoff push. They
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  head home Saturday to face Minnesota at 5 o 'clock.
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  Meanwhile, the Red Sox open their season tonight
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  in Cincinnati at 4 -10 against the Reds. Garrett
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  Crochet takes the mound on opening day, coming
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  off a Cy Young runner -up finish last year. Roman
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  Anthony leads off for Boston as the everyday
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  left fielder. In top news, safety advocates are
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  encouraged by two recent jury decisions ordering
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  millions in damages against big tech companies,
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  including Meta and YouTube, over claims of addiction
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  and endangerment. A Los Angeles jury found Meta
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  negligent. awarding $6 million to a young woman
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  who alleged addiction to their platforms as a
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  child. This fall is a New Mexico jury ordering
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  Meta to pay $375 million for endangering children.
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  Experts suggest these verdicts signal potential
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  changes in legal protections for tech firms,
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  with many more cases pending. Senator Marsha
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  Blackburn emphasized the need for Congress to
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  enact child safety legislation in light of these
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  findings. In business news, on March 24, 2026,
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  Red Lobster's new chief executive officer, Damola
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  Adam -Molican, is attempting a turnaround for
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  the struggling restaurant chain. Despite the
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  chain's bankruptcy exit and loss of customers,
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  he confidently announced, we're going to execute
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  the greatest comeback in the history of the restaurant
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  industry. However, the operational challenges
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  remain significant, with about 100 unprofitable
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  locations draining resources and recent losses
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  noted. Atomolican strategies include streamlining
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  the menu and enhancing customer experience, but
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  ongoing financial constraints complicate these
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  efforts. The future hinges on securing more investment
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  and effectively negotiating leases. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at $71 ,000. Ethereum
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  is unchanged at just over $2 ,000. And XRP is
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  down half a percent to $1 .40. Moving on to a
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  more local vibe. and our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness. We are working with a
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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. NASA unveils
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  new ambitious moon base plans. NASA Chief Jared
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  Isaacman announced a $30 billion plan to speed
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  up lunar landings and establish a United States
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  moon base by 2036. The space agency aims to create
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  a permanent human presence on the lunar South
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  Pole within the next decade. Isaacman emphasized
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  the goal is not flags and footprints, but to
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  stay on the moon. NASA is currently targeting
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  April 1st for its upcoming moon mission, Artemis
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  II. which will send four astronauts around the
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  moon. China plans to land its own astronauts
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  on the moon by 2030. And in entertainment news,
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  R .J. Decker is moving to 9 p .m. Tuesdays as
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  Scott Speedman's drama awaits a season two renewal
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  decision. Currently, the show airs in the 10
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  p .m. Wednesday slot behind High Potential. but
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  will shift once that series wraps on April 7th.
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  In the lead -up to its debut on April 14th, ABC
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  will re -air the first three episodes back -to
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  -back on April 9th. With 3 .69 million viewers,
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  RJ Decker is ABC's most -watched 10 p .m. drama
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  debut in over five years. While not a breakout
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  hit, it looks promising for renewal as the network
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  evaluates its performance. Well, alrighty folks,
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  it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American physician and
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  medical researcher Jonas Salk. And he said, Hope
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  lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage
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  of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
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  And 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.