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Venezuela Stuns USA in WBC, Celtics Face Warriors Without Curry · 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, March 18th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 61 years ago, today, in 1965, cosmonaut
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  Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk,
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  exiting his spacecraft to float an open vacuum
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  and return safely to his crew. This daring milestone
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  proved humans could operate outside a vehicle,
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  advancing confidence in long -duration exploration
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  and inspiring global enthusiasm for spaceflight.
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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 17 degrees with seven mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 6 .53 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 6 .45. It looks like we're
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  in for some mostly sunny skies today with a high
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  near 39 at a light southwest breeze tonight.
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  Expect partly cloudy conditions with a low around
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  27 and calm winds. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 38 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 45 and a light
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  south wind around 5 miles per hour. A slight
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  chance of rain late Friday morning gives way
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  to warmer, mostly sunny skies near 53, with a
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  southwest breeze around 8 miles per hour, then
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  rain changing to rain and snow Friday night into
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  Saturday morning with lows near 37. Saturday
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  through Sunday, stay mostly cloudy with chances
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  of rain and rain changing to snow overnight Sunday,
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  with a low near 31 and possible 1 to 3 inches
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  of new snow. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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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, an online
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  casino bill in Massachusetts, which aimed to
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  legalize digital slot machines and blackjack.
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  has effectively been shelled for this legislative
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  session. On Monday, the Joint Committee on Economic
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  Development and Emerging Technologies voted unanimously
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  to send Bill 84421 to study, a move often used
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  to quietly kill proposals. Sponsored by Representative
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  David Muradian, the bill would have allowed the
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  Massachusetts Gaming Commission to license existing
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  casinos for online gaming. Supporters argued
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  it would create a safe system, while opponents
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  expressed concerns about competition with brick
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  -and -mortar casinos and gambling addiction.
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  Moradian plans to refile the bill for the 2027
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  -2028 session. Now on to sports. Team USA faced
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  an unexpected upset as Venezuela claimed its
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  first world baseball classic title last night.
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  Despite a star -studded lineup, the Americans
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  fell short, losing 3 -2 in a dramatic final.
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  Bryce Harper's two -run homer tied the game,
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  but Venezuelan designated hitter Eugenio Suarez
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  responded with a go -ahead double in the ninth
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  inning. This victory marks a historic moment
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  for Venezuela. who showcased remarkable talent
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  throughout the tournament. Manager Mark DeRosa's
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  team struggled with consistency, and the crowd
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  was split between American and Venezuelan fans
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  during the thrilling matchup. In local sports,
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  the Bruins dropped another overtime heartbreaker
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  last night, losing 3 -2 to Montreal at the Bell
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  Center. Back -to -back OT losses now for the
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  Bees as they fell to New Jersey the night before.
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  Pavel Zakha scored both Boston goals, and David
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  Pasternak extended his point streak against the
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  Canadians to 14 games, tying Bobby Orr's franchise
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  record. The Bruins are clinging to wild -card
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  position with Columbus just one point back. They
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  get a chance to respond tomorrow night when Winnipeg
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  visits TD Garden at 7. Meanwhile, the Celtics
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  host the Warriors at TD Garden tonight at 7.
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  Golden State arrives without Steph Curry, who's
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  out with a knee injury, and Boston is a 12 -point
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  favorite. The Celtics are 45 -23. The Warriors
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  are a struggling 33 -35. Jalen Brown torched
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  Phoenix for 41 points Monday. Jason Tatum added
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  21. And the Seas are riding a three -game home
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  winning streak. In top news, Kuri Richens, a
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  Utah real estate agent who self -published a
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  children's book about coping with grief after
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  her husband's death, was found guilty of aggravated
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  murder for slipping five times the lethal dose
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  of fentanyl into a cocktail he consumed. It took
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  jurors just under three hours to convict her
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  of murder and other charges related to the March
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  20, 22 death of Eric Richens. Prosecutors revealed
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  she was $4 .5 million in debt. and had opened
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  life insurance policies totaling about $2 million
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  without his knowledge. Richens faces a sentence
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  of 25 years to life in prison with sentencing
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  scheduled for May 13th. In business news, in
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  an unprecedented move, Arizona has filed criminal
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  charges against the prediction market company,
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  Kalshi. Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays claims
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  the company is operating an illegal gambling
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  business and violating state law by allowing
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  betting on elections. Mays stated, Kalshi may
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  brand itself as a prediction market, but what
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  it is actually doing is running an illegal gambling
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  operation. The charges include 20 counts of misdemeanors
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  against Kalshi for unlicensed wagering in election
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  bets. Kalshi argues these state charges are flawed
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  and believes they are regulated by federal law.
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  This case highlights a growing conflict between
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  state and federal regulations regarding prediction
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  markets. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged
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  at about $75 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to about
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  $2 ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .53. Moving
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  on 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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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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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. The Crash
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  Patch sticker is a revolutionary helmet accessory
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  designed to help protect athletes' brains. This
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  innovative technology turns red after a severe
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  impact, alerting users to potential injuries.
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  Recently, top snowboarders showcased the crash
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  patch during a high -stakes competition at Buttermilk
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  Ski Resort in Aspen, Colorado. Developed by Click
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  Health, this first -of -its -kind sticker aims
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  to make head impact detection more accessible
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  and affordable for all athletes. Using an analog
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  impact indicator, the crash patch provides a
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  simple visual cue, signaling when athletes should
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  pay attention to potential head injuries. And
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  in entertainment news, the Madison is a standalone
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  series in the Sheridan verse, unrelated to Yellowstone.
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  The Paramount Plus series stars Michelle Pfeiffer
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  and Kurt Russell. and will not feature any Duttons
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  in its six -episode first season or its already
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  filmed second season. Patrick J. Adams, who plays
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  a member of the Clyburn family, noted they kept
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  waiting for a Dutton to appear. Sheridan filmed
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  a second season before the first released, accommodating
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  Russell's schedule. The series follows the Clyburn
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  family's journey through grief after a tragedy,
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  resonating emotionally with audiences. Well,
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  alrighty folks, it's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the American
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  astronaut and physicist, Sally Ride. And she
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  said, And that's a wrap for this morning. You
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  can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
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  for some captivating aerial videos with local
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  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.