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Red Sox Surge with Rutschman, McDonald's Sales Slump · 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, August 4th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 82 years ago, today, in 1944, a young
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  diarist, Anne Frank, began sharing her personal
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  reflections while hidden, producing a vivid account
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  of hope and resilience. That diary later became
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  an international symbol of human dignity and
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  education about intolerance, inspiring readers,
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  and shaping how future generations remember those
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  lost. So now you know. And now, it's time for
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  the weather report. This morning, it's partly
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  sunny and it feels like 69 degrees, with 2 mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  7 .56, and it will rise again tomorrow at 5 .42.
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  It looks like we're in for some partly sunny
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  skies today, with a high near 86 and a calm southwest
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  breeze around 6 miles per hour. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 87. Tonight, expect partly
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  cloudy skies with a low around 70 and light winds
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  around 6 miles per hour. The nearshore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 68 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Thursday will be
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  mostly sunny with a high near 90 and a slight
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  chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms
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  with a heat index up to 95 and a southwest wind
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  of 3 to 7 miles per hour. Thursday night brings
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  a chance of evening storms with lows around 73.
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  and a southwest wind near 7 miles per hour. Friday
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  stays mostly sunny and hotter with highs near
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  91 and a chance of afternoon and evening storms.
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  Then Saturday and Sunday trend a bit cooler into
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  the upper 80s with mainly sunny skies and west
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  winds. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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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 mornings
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  send you. In local news, Massachusetts General
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  Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital are
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  again ranked the best hospitals in Massachusetts
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  by U .S. News & World Report, following a years
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  -long streak tied for the top spot. Brigham and
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  Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital,
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  which are the two founding numbers of Mass General
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  Brigham and are increasingly integrating with
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  one another, are both ranked best in the state
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  by the report. They are also the only two hospitals
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  in Massachusetts to make the U .S. News' honor
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  roll list, described as the best 20 hospitals
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  in the country. Now onto sports. A vindicated
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  Aaron Rodgers is primed for one last run at that
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  elusive second Super Bowl ring in his walk -off
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  season with the Steelers. Steelers defensive
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  back Brandon Eccles finds the question of Rodgers'
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  capabilities downright laughable. That's the
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  best quarterback I've stepped on a field with,
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  said new running back Rico Dowdle. Rodgers has
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  already announced that this upcoming season will
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  be his last, stating, this is 100 % the end.
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  With a supportive cast, including a talented
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  offensive line and promising skill players, the
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  Steelers are hopeful for a special season. Rogers
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  possesses both the physical and mental tools
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  needed to join the ranks of great quarterbacks
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  who have won after 38. In local sports, the Red
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  Sox stay hot tonight against Chicago at Fenway,
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  looking to go up 2 -0 in this series. Game two
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  starts at 7 -10, with Boston riding a six -game
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  winning streak after yesterday's 14 -2 demolition.
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  Sonny Gray takes the mound against the White
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  Sox's Sean Burke. The Sox have won 8 of their
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  last 10 and sit at 61 -51, playing the kind of
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  face ball that matters in the stretch run. After
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  sweeping the Dodgers last weekend and then throttling
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  Chicago yesterday, this team's got momentum heading
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  into August. Gray's been a workhorse, and Boston's
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  offense keeps clicking. Caleb Durbin led the
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  charge yesterday with four RBS and a homer. Wilier
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  Abreu added two homers and two RBS. Yoshida,
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  Contreras, Raffaella, and Monasterio all contributed
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  as the Sox poured it on early. Off the field,
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  Boston made a splash at the deadline acquiring
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  catcher Adley Rutchman from Baltimore. The former
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  top overall pick is already at Fenway soaking
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  it in, thrilled to join a playoff contender.
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  He told reporters the city loves baseball and
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  the Red Sox are doing things right. That's a
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  significant boost behind the plate as the push
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  continues. First pitch tonight at 7 -10. In top
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  news, McDonald's is having trouble attracting
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  bargain -hungry customers amid the current economy.
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  The fast food giant reported its slowest United
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  States sales growth in over a year as value offers
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  failed to resonate with customers facing higher
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  prices. Overall customer count in the United
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  States declined. CEO Chris Kamchinsky stated,
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  we simply didn't execute at the level we needed
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  to in the second quarter. Despite reports of
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  resilient consumer spending, low income households
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  are still struggling with affordability. Analysts
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  criticize McDonald's for a very jumbled strategy
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  that has angered customers and led to declining
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  traffic. Value is now paramount, with sit -down
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  chains outperforming traditional fast food. In
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  business news, Michael Burry of the Big Short
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  fame is sticking with his bearish wagers, even
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  as the Standard & Poor's 500 surges to a record
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  high. warning that the rally could still end
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  in a sharp sell -off reminiscent of the 1987
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  stock market crash. Burry stated, I continue
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  to believe it is possible we are near a major
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  top and possible a 1987 -type fall, but the Standard
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  & Poor's 500 making new highs likely will bring
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  new money into the market. On Tuesday, the Standard
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  & Poor's 500 jumped 1 .9 % to its first record
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  close since June. Burry continues to hold short
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  positions in several companies, including Micron,
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  NVIDIA, and Tesla. He remains confident in his
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  long -term outlook, but will cut losses if trades
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  move decisively against him. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is unchanged at just over $64 ,000. Ethereum
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  is unchanged at just under $1 ,900. And XRP is
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  down 1%. to $1 .07. 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. Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram,
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  claims a taped -down extortionist was responsible
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  for the app's brief removal from the App Store.
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  He stated that a malicious actor edited an old
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  message in an active group chat to display AI
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  -modified illegal content that would not be reported
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  by group members. Durav alleged this created
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  an opportunity for extortion, as the actor would
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  use automated accounts to report their own post
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  to Apple unless paid. He warned that extortionists
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  have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting,
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  posing a systemic risk for platforms with user
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  -generated content. And in entertainment news,
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  ESPN has lined up its fourth annual creator network
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  of digital stars who will fan out across the
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  country to promote the 2026 National Football
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  League season. culminating with the Super Bowl
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  airing on ESPN for the first time. The five members
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  of this year's cohort include Chase Merman, Isaac
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  Rauchel, Simone Scott, Diana Flores, and Lee
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  Camerano. Katie Daly, ESPN's senior vice president
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  of digital, social, and streaming content, stated,
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  This is a major moment in ESPN's history. and
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  we have an incredible opportunity to tell that
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  story in new and authentic ways. The 2026 group
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  will have broad access to attend college football
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  games and national football league events, including
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  the upcoming Super Bowl on February 14th at Los
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  Angeles' California SoFi Stadium. Well, all righty,
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, Our quote comes from the American author
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  and motivational speaker, Dale Carnegie. And
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  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.