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Worcester Rejects Immigration Program, Red Sox Season Ends · 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 Friday, October 3rd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 35 years ago, today in 1990, Germany
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  was joyfully reunified, ending decades of division
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  and marking a triumphant moment of human unity
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  and democratic progress. This inspiring event,
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  celebrated as German Unity Day in Berlin, Germany,
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  stands as a powerful testament to reconciliation,
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  perseverance, and the enduring human spirit.
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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 sunny, and it feels
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  like 44 degrees, with 5 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 619 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 644. It looks like we're in
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  for some sunny skies today with a high near 73
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  and a light southwest breeze at 5 to 9. Tonight,
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  expect clear conditions with a low around 53
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  and light winds continuing. For all you beach
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  runners out there, the first high tide Friday
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  will be at 845. with the low tide at 245. The
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  near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 61 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Saturday will be sunny with a high near
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  80 in light west winds around 6 miles per hour,
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  becoming mostly clear and cooling to about 57
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  overnight. Sunday and Monday stay warm and sunny
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  with highs near 80 to 81 and light variable breezes.
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  Then Tuesday is mostly sunny with highs near
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  80 and breezier southwest winds before a chance
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  of showers arrives Tuesday night with lows near
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  63. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast is
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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 Morning
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  sends you. In local news, the Worcester City
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  Council has voted 8 -2 to reject a federal program
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  that would allow local and state police to help
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  enforce immigration laws. The resolution, introduced
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  by City Councilor -at -Large Christian King,
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  aims to reassure immigrant residents that local
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  police will not act as federal immigration agents.
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  King stated, as a legislative body, We're sending
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  a message that we are not going to engage in
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  any violations of folks' constitutional rights.
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  The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
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  is calling for stronger measures against such
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  agreements. Now on to sports. Last night, on
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  Thursday Night Football, the 49ers beat the Rams
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  in overtime 26 -23. Mack Jones was 33 for 49,
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  with 342 passing yards, two touchdowns, and no
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  interceptions. Matthew Stafford was 30 for 47,
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  with 389 passing yards, three touchdowns, and
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  no interceptions. The 49ers are now 4 -1, and
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  the Rams fall to 3 -2. And on Sunday night football
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  this week, we got the 2 -2 Patriots in Buffalo
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  to face the 4 -0 Gills. Those are favored by
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  7 .5, with the over -under set at 49 .5. Kickoff
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  is at 8 .20 Eastern on NBC. And in college football
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  tomorrow, No. 18 Florida State is at home against
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  No. 3 Miami. Kickoff is at 7 .30 Eastern on ABC.
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  In local sports, manager Alex Cora delivered
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  a message to his players after the Red Sox were
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  eliminated from the postseason last night at
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  Yankee Stadium. The Sox lost 4 -0 in Game 3 of
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  the Best of 3 American League Wild Card Series.
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  The Red Sox finished the regular season with
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  89 wins and 73 losses, earning their first postseason
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  berth since 2021. Cora expressed his enjoyment
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  of the season, stating, I had a blast this year,
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  and noted the team's potential moving forward.
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  Shortstop Trevor Story echoed this sentiment,
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  highlighting the team's progress and his regained
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  joy for the game. And tomorrow at noon, the 1
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  -3 BC Eagles are in Pittsburgh this week facing
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  the 2 -2 Panthers. Pitt is favored by 6 .5 with
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  the over -under set at... 57 and a half in top
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  news this country has just been named the best
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  place in the world to retire in 2025 for its
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  health care equality and quality of life norway
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  topped the new 2025 global retirement index evaluated
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  across 44 developed states the report emphasized
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  that norway regained its top position driven
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  by strong health outcomes, low unemployment,
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  and high income equality. It ranked first in
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  material well -being, second in quality of life,
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  and fourth in health. The United States came
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  in at 21st place. However, relocating to Norway
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  can be challenging for United States citizens
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  due to strict residence permit requirements.
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  In business news, Getting an MBA in the United
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  States has become more expensive and less profitable.
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  A Bloomberg analysis shows that the return on
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  investment fell at four out of five business
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  schools as pay after graduation has stagnated.
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  This year's update projects a typical return
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  on investment of 12 .3 % a year, down from 13
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  .3 % last year. The main reason for this decline
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  is that projected post -degree earnings increased
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  only 1 .7%. Syracuse University's Whitman School
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  of Management experienced the sharpest decline
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  as tuition and expenses rose significantly. Tulane
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  University's Freeman School of Business saw its
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  return on investment double thanks to a rise
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  in compensation. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 7 % for the week. to $120 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up 9 % to just under $4 ,500. And XRP is up
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  5 % to $3 .01. 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 tech. Oaken AI's Sora has skyrocketed
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  to third place on the App Store. Currently, Oaken
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  AI has two apps in the top three, but it still
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  trails behind Gemini due to the sustained success
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  of Google's nano -banana image model. On September
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  30th, Oaken AI released Sora. a social app powered
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  by a revamped version of its original generative
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  video model. Despite being invite -only, the
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  app gained considerable momentum, with 56 ,000
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  installs in the United States on its first day
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  and 108 ,000 installs on its second day. Interestingly,
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  two out of the current top three apps heavily
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  rely on multimodality, suggesting users may prefer
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  image and video -based AI features. And in entertainment
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  news, Shane Black believes Robert Downey Jr.'s
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  portrayal of Dr. Doom will single -handedly reinvigorate
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  comic book movies. Downey is returning to the
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  Marvel spotlight, but this time he is not suiting
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  up as Iron Man. He will take on the iconic villain
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  role in Marvel Studios' upcoming film, Avengers
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  Doomsday. Black expressed his excitement about
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  Downey's casting during a promotion for his movie,
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  Play Dirty. Despite skepticism from fans and
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  critics, many think Downey's return could be
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  just what Marvel needs to regain momentum. If
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  the film delivers, it might reshape how legacy
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  actors are utilized in superhero storytelling.
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  Well, all righty, folks. It's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today... Our quote comes from
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  the American author and poet Maya Angelou. And
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  she said, We may encounter many defeats, but
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  we must not be defeated. 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.