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Wildfires Rage Across Europe, Red Sox Sweep Angels · 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 Tuesday, July 7th. You'll be interested
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  to know today's World Chocolate Day. This delicious
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  day traces back to an early celebration of cocoa
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  and the first shipments of chocolate around the
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  globe, inviting everyone to indulge a little.
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  Celebrate with a square, a sip, or a shared treat
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  with friends and family. Go on, make it sweet
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  and festive. Enjoy. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  there's patchy fog, and it feels like 65 degrees,
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  with 14 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 821. and will rise again tomorrow at
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  515. It looks like we're in for some patchy fog
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  and thunderstorms today, with cloudy skies and
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  a high near 71, accompanied by a moderate northeast
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  breeze, around 15 miles per hour, and an 80 %
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  chance of rain. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 70. Tonight, expect a chance of rain
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  showers and patchy fog. with cloudy skies and
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  a low around 61, along with light winds around
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  12 miles per hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 68 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday starts
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  with a slight chance of morning showers before
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  7 a .m., then turns mostly sunny with a high
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  near 80 and a northeast wind around 7 miles per
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  hour. Thursday heats up to near 92, with sunny
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  skies and a southwest wind 6 to 12 miles per
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  hour, then cools a bit Friday to near 88 with
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  a chance of afternoon and evening showers and
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  thunderstorms, and west winds around 7 to 10
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  miles per hour. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Café
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  and Pastries in Encinitas, nestled on El Camino
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  Real South. Just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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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. A Blue Hill Observatory
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  and Science Center researcher, Amanda Jolie,
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  records vital data, including humidity, temperature
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  and rainfall, south of Boston. But each spring,
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  she also notes the ripening of a wild blueberry
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  bush that has thrived since the observatory's
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  founding in 1885. For over 141 years, this unique
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  data has revealed that blueberries now ripen
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  about one week earlier on average. highlighting
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  the impact of climate change. Chief scientist
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  Michael I. Kono notes that the average temperature
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  has increased by about 5 degrees Fahrenheit since
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  the 19th century. As experts stress, climate
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  change is disrupting seasonal patterns, making
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  it harder for farmers to predict harvest times
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  and manage crops effectively. Now on to sports.
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  The United States men's national team was knocked
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  out of the World Cup after a lifeless round of
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  16 loss to Belgium. Lumenfield was full, but
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  the atmosphere was lacking, as the team struggled
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  to perform from the very start. Despite a promising
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  build -up, they suffered a 4 -1 defeat, with
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  Belgium scoring early and often. Players like
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  Christian Pelesic and Tyler Adams failed to create
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  significant opportunities. and the team appeared
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  timid under pressure. After years of development,
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  the U .S. team faces the painful question of
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  whether they can rise to the occasion in crucial
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  matches. In local sports, the Red Sox keep rolling.
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  They swept the Angels this weekend, winning 8
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  -1 on Saturday and 7 -5 on Sunday, extending
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  their streak to three straight. Sonny Gray was
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  dominant in game one, scattering four hits over
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  six innings with seven strikeouts. The bats were
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  just as impressive. Wilson Contreras and Ronny
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  Gonzalez both went deep, with Contreras driving
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  in three runs. Boston is now 1 -8 of their last
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  ten and climbed back to 40 and 48, overall after
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  a rough stretch. Tonight they open a three game
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  set in Chicago against the White Sox at rate
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  field, first pitch 740. Peyton Tall takes the
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  mound for Boston opposite Noah Schultz. The Sox
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  arrive with momentum on their side and they're
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  hoping to build on what has been a really encouraging
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  week heading into the second half. Meanwhile,
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  there is some good news on the pitching front.
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  Patrick Sandoval has been activated from the
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  injury list and will make his team debut Thursday
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  in Chicago. The left -hander has not pitched
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  in the majors in roughly 13 months after Tommy
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  John surgery, but his last re -abouting was dominant,
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  seven strikeouts over five scoreless innings.
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  He comes at exactly the right time with Ranger
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  Suarez, dealing with a groin strain. In top news,
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  Wildfires rage in Portugal, Greece and Spain,
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  while Greek authorities warn of toxic smoke.
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  The wildfire had burned across an area of 12
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  ,000 hectares by Sunday. More than 1 ,200 firefighters,
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  backed by nearly 400 vehicles and 15 aircraft,
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  tried to extinguish the blaze. Authorities urged
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  residents in parts of Thessaloniki to stay indoors
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  due to smoke from a burning recycling plant.
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  In Greece, a fast -moving blaze triggered evacuation
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  alerts for several suburbs. A 76 -year -old man
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  was arrested for negligence linked to the fire.
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  About 85 % of wildfires in Greece are caused
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  by negligence. In business news, The 2026 FIFA
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  World Cup is forecast to be the biggest gambling
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  event in history. This has led to soaring trading
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  volumes in June for prediction market platforms.
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  Kalchi recorded more than $31 billion in notional
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  volume, a 70 % increase from May's total of $17
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  .9 billion. PolyMarket's International Event
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  Contract Exchange set a new record with over
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  $10 .8 billion in June. Team USA is set to play
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  Belgium in the round of 16 on Monday night. World
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  Cup enthusiasm has boosted Rothera, which saw
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  $2 billion in volume. SFMare noted that the World
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  Cup is a critical moment for these platforms.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged. at
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  just over $63 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at
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  just under $1 ,800. And XRP is down 1 % to $1
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  .13. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates.
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  With several locations in the Boston area, Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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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. New clues
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  are emerging about the origins of interstellar
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  comet 3I Atlas. This comet is a fossil from a
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  planetary system that formed long ago in a distant
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  area of our galaxy. Research led by Martin Kordiner
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  at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center indicates
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  that 3I Atlas is between 10 and 12 billion years
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  old. making it more than twice the age of our
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  solar system. Using the ultraviolet and visual
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  echel spectrograph on the European Southern Observatory's
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  Very Large Telescope, scientists found unusual
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  carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios. These findings
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  suggest that 3I Atlas formed far from its parent
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  star, offering a unique glimpse into ancient
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  planetary formation processes. and in entertainment
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  news. Virtual production company Orbital Studios
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  has a new brick -and -mortar home. The producer,
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  whose credits include Netflix's Nemesis and Netflix's
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  upcoming The Drop, A Snowfall Saga, is setting
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  up shop at Television City in Los Angeles. Established
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  in 2020, Orbital Studios offers our teams, tools,
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  software and pipelines aimed at making virtual
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  production faster and easier to budget. The move
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  continues Orbital's global expansion through
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  strategic partnerships with other sound stages.
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  This partnership helps keep creative work, crew
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  jobs, and production spending local. A .J. Wedding,
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  founder and chief executive officer of Orbital
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  Studios, stated walking these stages, you feel
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  the weight of what was made here. During its
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  nearly 75 -year history, Television City has
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  hosted iconic TV shows. 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 American environmentalist
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  and author, Rachel Carson. And she said, and
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  the impact of climate change on seasonal patterns
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  and ecosystems. 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.