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Massachusetts Housing Costs, Red Sox's Casas, Olympic Medals · 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, February 13th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 66 years ago, today, in 1960, France
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  successfully detonated its first nuclear device
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  at the Algerian test site. marking the nation's
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  entry into the circle of countries with strategic
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  deterrent capability. The achievement affirmed
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  France's national scientific and military independence
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  and reshaped European security by adding a new
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  sovereign voice to nuclear diplomacy. 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 8 degrees, with 8 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 5 .14 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 6 .38. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny Friday with a high near 37 and
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  a light northwest breeze at around 9 miles per
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  hour. Tonight, expect a chance of snow showers
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  after midnight, partly cloudy skies, a low of
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  23, and a west wind around 8 miles per hour.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  high tide Friday will be at 8, with a low tide
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  at 230. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  32 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Saturday starts with a
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  chance of morning snow showers before 10 a .m.,
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  then turns mostly sunny with a high near 39 and
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  a west breeze near 7 miles per hour. Sunday is
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  mostly sunny with a high near 35, then a slight
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  chance of overnight snow before Monday, which
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  will be mostly sunny with a high near 39 and
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  an east wind near 6 miles per hour. Tuesday warms
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  to around 43, with partly sunny skies and a slight
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  chance of rain late Tuesday night, with lows
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  in the low 30s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. Massachusetts is exploring
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  a new approach to lower the cost of building
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  housing by potentially eliminating the requirement
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  for a second staircase in mid -rise apartment
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  buildings. Governor Maura Healey recently signed
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  an order to investigate this possibility, which
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  could lead to thousands of new housing units.
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  Currently, the two -staircase rule restricts
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  the number of apartments that can fit on smaller
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  urban lots, pushing developers towards larger
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  properties. The state estimates that nearly 5
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  ,000 parcels near public transit could be developed,
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  possibly creating up to 130 ,000 new units. Fire
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  safety officials will evaluate whether modern
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  technology makes single staircases safe before
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  any rule changes. Now on to sports. This year's
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  Olympic medals are generating chatter. for their
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  defects in price. Several athletes reported their
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  medals detaching from their ribbon, causing dents,
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  and in one case, breaking in half. In response,
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  the Olympic organizing committee is rechecking
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  all the medals. American skier Breezy Johnson
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  said, I was jumping in excitement, and it broke,
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  and warned others, don't jump in them. Olympic
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  organizing committee spokesperson Luca Casassa
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  acknowledged issues and encouraged athletes to
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  return faulty medals for repair. Despite the
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  problems, the gold and silver medals are worth
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  the most they have been in a century due to soaring
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  precious medal prices. In local sports, Tristan
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  Casas has arrived at spring training and is already
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  causing a stir among fans. Once seen as a key
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  piece for the Red Sox, he now faces pressure
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  to prove he belongs, after struggling with injuries
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  and a disappointing performance last season.
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  His recent appearance wearing a red ski mask
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  in 80 -degree weather drew criticism, with some
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  fans viewing it as a desperate bid for attention.
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  With new competition for first base and designated
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  hitter roles, Casas has a lot to prove in the
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  coming weeks as he aims to secure his future
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  with the Sox. In top news, Amazon's Ring has
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  terminated its partnership with police tech company
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  Flock Safety. This decision followed backlash
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  from a Super Bowl advertisement promoting a search
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  party feature that uses artificial intelligence
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  to help locate lost pets. Privacy advocates criticized
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  this feature, calling it a surveillance nightmare.
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  Ring's spokesperson stated that the partnership
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  was never active. and no videos were ever shared
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  between the services. Amazon acquired Ring for
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  $839 million in 2018. The company aims to reposition
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  itself, focusing on crime prevention while navigating
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  scrutiny over privacy issues. In business news,
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  on February 8th, sports fans watching the Super
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  Bowl were treated to an advertisement for Claude.
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  an artificial intelligence chatbot. This might
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  have given investors with long memories an unsettling
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  sense of deja vu. In the present, investors'
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  confidence in today's emerging technology has
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  begun to wobble as companies prepare to spend
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  astonishing amounts of money on it. Recently,
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  Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft announced
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  a combined expenditure of $660 billion on artificial
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  intelligence in the coming year. However, concerns
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  about high share prices and inflation are making
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  markets feel jittery. Investors are searching
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  for ways to hedge their equity risk, but auctions
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  appear limited. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is
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  down 14 % for the week. to about $66 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 15 .5 % to about $1 ,900. And HexRP is
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  down 16 % to $1 .36. 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. Apple says it is still on track
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  to launch new Siri this year, as promised. Bloomberg's
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  Mark Gurman reported that Apple's new Siri initiative
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  faced internal delays, originally planned to
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  start with iOS 26 .4. Gurman suggested features
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  may start appearing in iOS 26 .5 or later in
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  the year. This report has seemingly rocked investor
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  confidence, with Apple stock plummeting today.
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  In response, CNBC's Steve Kovach says Apple confirmed
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  it remains on track to launch new Siri this year,
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  reaffirming earlier promises. Apple has pledged
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  that long -promised features will be available
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  sometime in 2026. And in entertainment news...
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  Dancing with the Stars is exploring a new spinoff
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  series titled Dancing with the Stars, The Next
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  Pro. Season 34 winner Robert Irwin is in discussions
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  to host, while seasoned professional Mark Ballas
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  may serve as a judge. This news follows the announcement
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  of the inaugural Dancing with the Stars Con in
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  summer 2026. The spin -off will seek the next
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  professional partner for the main series and
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  is set to be produced by BBC, airing on ABC and
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  Hulu. Mark Ballas and his mother, Shirley Ballas,
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  could comprise the judging panel. Tickets for
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  the convention will go on sale on February 14th
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  at 1 p .m. Eastern Time. Well, all righty, 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 French philosopher and
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  writer Albert Camus, and he said, And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.