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Boston Braces for World Cup Traffic Chaos, Red Sox Triumph Over Tigers · 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, May 5th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is Cinco de Mayo. The holiday
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  commemorates Mexico's unexpected victory at Puebla
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  in 1862 and honors national pride, resilience,
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  and cultural heritage. Communities celebrate
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  with festive music, colorful parades, delicious
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  traditional food, and joyful gatherings that
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  warmly share Mexican traditions with friends
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  and neighbors. So now you know. And now, it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning, it's
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  mostly sunny and it feels like 53 degrees with
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  13 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 747. and it will rise again tomorrow at 5
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  .30. It looks like we're in for a sunny Tuesday
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  with a high near 80 and a breezy southwest wind
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  around 20 miles per hour, gusting up to 49. If
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  you're inland, it will hit a high of 80. Tonight,
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  expect mostly cloudy skies with a low around
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  59 and a breezy southwest wind around 20 miles
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  per hour, gusting up to 44. The near -shore GUI
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 48 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday
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  will be mostly cloudy with rain showers likely
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  after 2 p .m., a high near 70, and a south wind
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  around 16 mph with gusts up to 28. Showers and
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  thunderstorms become likely Wednesday night with
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  lows near 53 and southwest gusts to 25. Then
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  Thursday turns partly sunny with highs near 65
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  and a chance of late showers. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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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. In local news, is Massachusetts
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  ready for World Cup traffic? This summer's World
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  Cup is expected to cause significant traffic
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  issues around greater Boston. especially following
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  the Brazil -France friendly at Gillette Stadium
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  in March. During a press conference, Jonathan
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  Gulliver, Massachusetts Department of Transportation
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  Undersecretary of Transportation and State Highway
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  Administrator, urged attendees to plan ahead.
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  He compared the event to a Taylor Swift concert,
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  a playoff series, the World Series, and the Super
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  Bowl all in one place. Numerous state departments
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  have been collaborating for two years to ensure
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  a smooth experience, but success will largely
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  depend on the behavior of attendees and commuters.
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  Now on to sports. Tarek Skubal's elbow is now
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  Major League Baseball's biggest mystery. His
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  recovery time from surgery could be the difference
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  between a $250 million and a $450 million deal.
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  The Detroit Tigers' postseason aspirations also
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  hang in the balance. Scooble, the Tigers' back
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  -to -back American League Cy Young Award winner,
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  is headed to the injured list with loose bodies
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  in his left elbow. The team announced the news
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  on Monday afternoon, just hours before the 29
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  -year -old was slated to start against the visiting
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  Boston Red Sox. Both Scooble and Tiger's manager,
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  A .J. Hinch, spoke to reporters about the injury.
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  Because Scooble has yet to undergo surgery, it
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  remains undetermined how long he will be sidelined.
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  The typical recovery time for injuries of this
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  sort can vary anywhere from two to five months.
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  Hinch stated he needs to get it taken care of.
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  Surgery is going to happen. Soon. He added that
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  Scooble is going through all the details of what
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  that will mean. Who, where, and when? Late in
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  Scooble's most recent outing on April 29th against
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  the Atlanta Braves, the lefty experienced discomfort
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  in his elbow. After blowing a 2 -1 sinker by
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  slugger Matt Olsen in the seventh inning, he
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  felt the pain. In local sports, the Red Sox kept
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  their Detroit momentum, rolling with a 5 -3 win
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  last night behind Peyton Tall's dominant seven
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  innings. Jaron Duran went three for five with
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  three RBIs, and a home run to lead the charge.
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  Boston improves to 14 -21, and the right back
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  at Camerica Park tonight at 640 for game three.
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  Giovanni Morin takes the mound against Frambois
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  Valdez in what could be a pivotal matchup to
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  win the series outright. One concern. Roman Anthony
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  left Monday's game with right -wrist discomfort
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  after fouling off a pitch. Imaging came back
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  negative, but he's heading to Boston to see the
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  hand specialist for further evaluation. Inter
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  manager Chad Tracy's hoping it won't require
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  the injured list, but nothing's definitive yet.
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  Over on the ice, the Bruins' offseason got a
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  bit messier. Charlie McAvoy was offered an in
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  -person hearing after his game misconduct in
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  the season -ending loss to Buffalo. That means
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  he could face six or more games suspended. Meanwhile,
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  goalie Jeremy Swayman won't join Team USA for
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  Worlds, stepping into fatherhood instead. On
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  the draft front, if Toronto's pick falls out
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  of the top five, Boston could grab the sixth
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  or seventh pick. On the gridiron, the Patriots
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  kicked off Phase 2 of their off -season workouts
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  Monday with head coach Mike Frable and the full
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  coaching staff overseeing on -field drills for
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  the first time this spring. Phase 3 starts May
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  27th and includes organized team activities and
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  a mandatory minicamp mid -June. In top news,
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  in a high -stakes gamble that fractured the world
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  of professional sports, A lead backed by Saudi
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  Arabia's Public Investment Fund attempted to
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  challenge the Professional Golfers Association
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  Tour's dominance. However, now the Public Investment
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  Fund has announced it will cease funding the
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  circuit at the end of the 2026 season. The lead,
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  which aimed to reinvent the game of golf, is
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  currently on life support as its main backer
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  pulls the plug. Star athletes now face steep
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  challenges to return to the Professional Golfers
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  Association Tour. This experiment, costing $5
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  billion, has sparked significant controversy.
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  In business news, get ready to work for 60 years
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  as living to 100 becomes the new norm. America's
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  older population is expected to expand in the
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  coming years, changing how we work, save, and
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  live. A 100 -year lifespan will bring many changes,
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  most notably a 60 -year career to fund it. Many
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  of today's children can expect to live to the
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  age of 100, an increase in life expectancy that
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  will become the norm by 2050. By the year 2100,
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  there will be more than 25 million centenarians
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  worldwide, according to the United Nations. Michael
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  Clinton, author of Longevity Nation. The people,
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  ideas, and trends changing the second half of
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  our lives emphasizes the importance of fiscal
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  health. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 1 %
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  to about $81 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to about
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  $2 ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .40. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. and 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 science. The process
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  of relocating people from New Orleans should
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  start immediately, as the city has reached a
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  point of no return. A new study warns that it
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  could be surrounded by the ocean within decades
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  due to the climate crisis. Ongoing sea level
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  rise, coupled with rampant erosion of wetlands
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  in southern Louisiana, will engulf the area within
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  a few generations. The study estimates that the
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  city may well be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico
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  before the end of this century. Southern Louisiana
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  faces 3 to 7 meters of sea level rise. driven
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  by global heating and strengthening hurricanes.
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  And in entertainment news, Paramount's Guidance
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  has nearly doubled its theatrical film slate
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  in 2026. However, it will see significantly lower
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  box office revenue overall from those movies,
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  according to the company. Dake Adelison, Paramount's
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  Guidance's chairman and chief executive officer,
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  stated the company is firmly committed to releasing
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  30 films theatrically per year once it merges
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  with Warner Bros. Discovery. Allison mentioned
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  that Paramount grew its slate from eight films
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  in 2025 to 15 in 2026. For 2026, Paramount expects
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  significantly lower theatrical revenue year over
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  year due to lower average box office revenue
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  per film. Well, all righty, folks. It's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today, our quote
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  comes from the American novelist and Nobel laureate
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  William Faulkner. And he said, The past is never
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  dead. It's not even past. Reminding us that history
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  and cultural heritage continue to shape our present
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  and future. 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.