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Autism-Alzheimer's Link Breakthrough, Sox Snap Losing Streak · 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 Wednesday, April 8th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 52 years ago, today in 1974, Hank Aaron
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  hit his 712th home run, a dramatic swing that
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  sent the ball into the right field stands and
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  broke a cherished home run milestone. That moment
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  became a defining achievement in American sports,
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  honoring perseverance and reshaping how generations
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  celebrate the lifetime record for power hitting.
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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 23 degrees with 6 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 717. and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 6 .09. It looks like we're
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  in for some sunny weather today, with a high
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  near 43 and a calm northeast breeze around 6
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  miles per hour. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 46. Tonight, expect clear skies with
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  a low around 31 and light winds around 4 miles
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  per hour. The Nearshore Buoy at Cape Cod Bay.
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  Reads 41 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Thursday will be sunny
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  with a high near 55 and a south wind 2 to 12
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  mph, gusting as high as 22. A chilly night follows
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  with lows near 36 and lighter south winds. Then
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  Friday warms to around 67 with mostly sunny skies.
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  And a small chance of showers late Friday night
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  into early Saturday before a drier, breezy northwest
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  flow brings highs around 60 on Saturday and Sunday.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought
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  to you by Versailles Café and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this café is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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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. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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  has set a round -trip train fare of $80 for World
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  Cup games. Tickets will be available exclusively
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  through the InTicket app, starting on Wednesday,
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  April 8th, and will be valid for travel across
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  the entire commuter rail network on match days.
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  The first five matches will have tickets available
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  beginning at 11 o 'clock in the morning, with
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  tickets for later matches going on sale closer
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  to those dates. Commuter Rail Boston Stadium
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  trains will be the only public transit option
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  directly serving Gillette Stadium on match days,
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  as no subway or regular bus routes will operate
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  to the stadium. Now on to sports. In just over
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  two weeks, Commissioner Roger Goodell is expected
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  to commence the 2026 National Football League
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  draft in Pittsburgh. by announcing that the Raiders
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  are selecting Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza
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  with the number one pick. Mendoza, however, is
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  not expected to be there to join Goodell on stage
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  and pose with his new team jersey and cap. According
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  to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Mendoza has informed
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  the National Football League that he will not
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  be attending the draft in person because he plans
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  to celebrate with his family in Miami instead.
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  Though many presumed number one picks choose
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  to attend the draft in person for the experience,
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  Mendoza is far from the first opt out of going
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  to the event. In local sports, the Red Sox snapped
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  a three -game losing streak, edging the Milwaukee
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  Brewers 3 -2 on Tuesday night. Trevor Story delivered
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  a clutch two -run double in the sixth inning,
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  while Garrett Crochet struck out seven over six
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  and won third innings to secure the win. This
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  victory marked just the third for the Sox in
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  11 games this season, avoiding a troubling 2
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  -9 start. Our oldest Chapman earned his third
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  save with a scoreless 9th inning as the Red Sox
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  prepare to face the Brewers again tonight with
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  Sonny Gray on the mound. In top news, surprising
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  links between autism and Alzheimer's could change
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  how we treat both. The idea that two conditions
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  at opposite ends of life might be biologically
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  linked is beginning to append long -standing
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  assumptions in brain science. Joseph Fuchsbaum
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  was initially unconvinced. When early hints of
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  a connection between autism and Alzheimer's began
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  to appear in the medical literature a few years
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  ago, they struck him as implausible. But the
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  signals kept accumulating, and over time, his
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  skepticism gave way to a new line of inquiry.
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  I came to this kicking and screaming. I didn't
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  want to believe it, said Buxbaum. Autism has
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  long been treated almost exclusively as a childhood
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  condition. In business news, the 60 -40 restaurant
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  rule is breaking, and it is not because the food
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  got worse. GLP -1 drugs have reduced millions
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  of customers' appetites, but that is not the
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  only culprit in the profit crunch. Many ancient
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  rules in certain industries have outlived their
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  value, such as spilling salt or whistling in
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  the kitchen. Operators now view these beliefs
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  as mere superstitions. However, no one in the
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  food service industry has questioned the core
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  proposition that a restaurant needs a ratio of
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  60 % drinks to 40 % food to succeed long -term.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged. at
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  $69 ,000. Ethereum is down 1 % to just over $2
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  ,000. And XRP is down 1 % to $1 .32. Moving on
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  to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  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 tech. Elon Musk
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  is partnering with Intel on his ambitious TeraFab
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  project, which aims to build specially designed
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  chips for SpaceX and XAI, as well as for Tesla.
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  In an announcement on Tuesday, Intel stated it
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  would collaborate with these companies to design,
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  fabricate, and package ultra -high -performance
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  chips at scale. The partnership is a significant
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  win for Intel, which has faced challenges in
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  recent years, leading to cuts in production capacity.
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  Last year, the Trump administration secured an
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  equity stake in Intel for around $9 billion.
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  As of March 20th, the U .S. government held 8
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  .4 % of Intel's outstanding shares. And in entertainment
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  news... Why he should actually get excited for
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  Marvel's X -Men movie reboot highlights the return
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  of the mutants as a significant event in the
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  Marvel Cinematic Universe. The X -Men are set
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  to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making
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  appearances in Avengers Doomsday. In addition,
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  a new X -Men movie is currently in development.
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  Fans are eager to see whether Marvel will continue
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  the original series storyline or introduce a
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  new cast. This reboot could reshape the future
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  of the X -Men within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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  Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting
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  journey. Well, alrighty folks, it's time for
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  the quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
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  from the American author and motivational speaker,
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  Wayne Dyer. And he said, When you change the
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  way you look at things, the things you look at
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  change. highlighting the power of perspective
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  and shaping our experiences and outcomes. And
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  that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.