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Massachusetts Tops Education Rankings, Tatum's Return Teased · 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 Monday, February 16th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is President's Day. This holiday
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  honors the leadership and legacy of America's
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  presidents and encourages reflection on civic
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  duty, national unity, and civic learning. So
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  now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's cloudy and it feels
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  like 29 degrees with 2 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 517 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 634. It looks like we're in
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  for a partly sunny day with a high near 37 and
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  a light northeast breeze tonight. Expect mostly
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  cloudy skies with a low around 25 and very light
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  winds. For all you beach runners out there, the
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  first high tide Monday will be at 1015 with a
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  low tide at 445. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads zero degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Tuesday is partly
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  sunny with a high near 41 and a light southwest
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  breeze of 2 to 6 miles per hour, then becomes
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  partly cloudy overnight with a low around 30.
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  Wednesday brings rain likely after 10 a .m. with
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  a high near 40, and northeast winds around 6
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  miles per hour Wednesday night as precipitation
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  changes to rain and snow with a low near 31.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiast! This podcast is brought
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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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 mornings send you. In local
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  news, Massachusetts has once again earned top
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  marks for education, ranking as the most educated
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  state in the nation according to a recent Wallothub
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  analysis. The state claimed the number one spot
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  among all 50 states, thanks to exceptional levels
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  of higher education attainment and strong public
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  school performance. More than 47 % of adults
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  aged 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree, while
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  nearly 22 % have earned a graduate or professional
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  degree, both ranking first nationally. Vermont
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  and Maryland followed in second and third place,
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  while Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia
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  ranked last. Now on to sports. The United States
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  beat Germany 5 -1, securing the number two seed
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  in the Olympic Men's Hockey Tournament, while
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  likely facing Sweden in the quarterfinals. Matthew
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  Kachuck emphasized the team's goal was simply
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  to win their group, not focus on seeding. Captain
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  Austin Matthews scored two goals, while Conor
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  Helbig made 23 saves, solidifying his status
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  as the starting goalie. The tournament has seen
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  surprising results. including Slovakia finishing
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  first in Group B, which could lead to exciting
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  match -ups. Qualification games are set for Tuesday,
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  with quarterfinals on Wednesday leading to medal
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  games over the weekend. In local sports The Celtics
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  are buzzing with excitement after Jason Tatum's
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  recent announcement, which has fans speculating
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  about his return. For the first time since 2019,
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  Tatum missed the all -star game but stole the
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  spotlight with the reveal of a five -part docu
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  -series titled The Quiet Work. This comes on
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  the heels of Tatum practicing with the main Celtics,
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  indicating he's checking off final boxes before
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  returning to play. While no official return date
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  is set, the timing of the docu -series aligns
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  perfectly with upcoming games, particularly the
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  March 1 matchup against the Sixers on NBC. In
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  top news, farmers are aging and their children
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  are uninterested in taking over the family business.
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  Rising costs and wheat prices are pushing more
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  farms to the brink, complicating the search for
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  successors. In Marshall, Illinois, Don Ginnip,
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  a fifth -generation farmer, is facing this challenge
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  head on. At 74 years old, he manages 1 ,000 acres
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  and 40 cattle, but health issues weigh heavily
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  on him. His children chose corporate careers,
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  leaving him disappointed. National Farmers Union
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  President Rob Lehrer states, family agriculture
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  is in crisis. In 2025, 315 farms filed for bankruptcy,
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  a 46 % increase from the previous year. In business
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  news, Chipotle, the Newport Beach -based Mexican
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  chain, saw its same -store sales decline in 2025
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  for the first time since going public in 2006.
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  Chief Executive Scott Vodright noted that consumers
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  are focusing on value and quality, pulling back
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  on restaurant spending in an uncertain economy.
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  Chipotle opened 334 new locations last year,
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  totaling roughly 4 ,000. Its net income was $1
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  ,500 ,000 ,000 in 2025, virtually flat from the
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  previous year. Chipotle shares have fallen over
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  37 % in the past year, but analysts believe the
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  brand remains appealing for high -quality meals
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  at competitive prices. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 3 % over the weekend to about $68 ,000.
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  Ethereum is up 1 % to about $2 ,000. And XRP
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  is up 7 % to $1 .46. 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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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Chicago, Illinois has effectively
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  banned delivery robots following strong community
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  opposition. Residents expressed concerns over
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  safety and accessibility, leading alderman Daniel
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  Aspada to halt expansion efforts in his ward.
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  During a recent community meeting, nearly 83
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  % of responses indicated strong disagreement
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  with allowing robots to operate beyond Wicker
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  Park. Lasbada noted, there is no appetite for
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  expansion. Despite the pushback, a representative
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  from Cerv Robotics described the robots as a
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  convenient option for short deliveries. In contrast,
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  many residents prefer using their own legs for
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  last mile solutions. And in entertainment news...
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  In a stunning turn of events, Irish filmmaker
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  Rueri Robinson shared an AI -generated video
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  featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt engaged in
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  a fistfight on a Los Angeles overpass, which
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  has taken social media by storm, garnering more
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  than 1 .4 million views to date. SAG -AFTRA and
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  the Motion Picture Association condemned the
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  Chinese company ByteDance for copyright infringement.
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  Related to its new AI service, Sedence 2 .0.
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  Screenwriter Rhett Reese expressed his concern,
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  stating, it is likely over for us, reflecting
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  the growing fears regarding AI's impact on Hollywood.
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  The union emphasized the unauthorized use of
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  members' voices and likenesses as unacceptable,
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  undermining their ability to earn a livelihood.
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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 the
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  American educator and author, Booker T. Washington,
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  and he said, 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. Had 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.