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- 0:01Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
- 0:04Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
- 0:09and it's Monday, June 15th. You'll be interested
- 0:13to know, 274 years ago, today in 1752, Benjamin
- 0:20Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm with a
- 0:23key tied to the string to show that lightning
- 0:25behaved like electricity. The demonstration convinced
- 0:29many that natural electricity could be studied
- 0:32systematically, advancing scientific methods
- 0:35and inspiring future innovations in electrical
- 0:39technology and public safety. So now you know.
- 0:44And now, it's time for the weather report. This
- 0:51morning, there's a chance of rain showers, and
- 0:53it feels like 69 degrees with 6 mile per hour
- 0:57wind. The sunset will take place at 8 .21, and
- 1:01it will rise again tomorrow at 5 .06. It looks
- 1:05like we're in for some patchy fog and a slight
- 1:07chance of rain showers early today, then mostly
- 1:10sunny skies with a high near 86 and a light west
- 1:15breeze around 8 miles per hour. If you're inland,
- 1:19it will hit a high of 85. Tonight. Expect mostly
- 1:24clear skies with a low around 60 and a light
- 1:28northwest breeze around 8 mph. The near -shore
- 1:32buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 63 degrees for the
- 1:36water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
- 1:42Tuesday and Wednesday will be mostly sunny with
- 1:45highs near 81 on Tuesday rising to around 83
- 1:49on Wednesday. and light southwesterly to southerly
- 1:52breezes under 10 mph. Thursday brings a 50 %
- 1:57chance of showers with a high near 84 and breezy
- 2:01south winds gusting as high as 29 mph, continuing
- 2:05into Thursday night with gusts near 28. Juneteenth
- 2:10stays partly sunny with a 30 % chance of showers
- 2:13and a high near 89. Then Friday night has a slight
- 2:16chance of showers with a low near 65. Bonjour,
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- 2:50day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
- 2:54to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
- 2:59news. In a vibrant display of camaraderie, Foxborough
- 3:03welcomed thousands of Scots and Haitians for
- 3:06a memorable World Cup match on Saturday night.
- 3:09The event marked Scotland's first World Cup appearance
- 3:12since 1998. creating a festive atmosphere filled
- 3:16with anthems and cheers at Boston Stadium. With
- 3:20Scotland securing a 1 -0 victory over Haiti,
- 3:23excitement soared as fans celebrated their team's
- 3:26long -awaited return to the international stage.
- 3:30Both communities united, showcasing the power
- 3:33of sports to bring people together, while Boston
- 3:36embraced the lively spectacle of the tournament.
- 3:43Now on to sports. Carolina's Jordan Stahl wins
- 3:48the Kahn -Smythe Trophy as playoff most valuable
- 3:51player, the oldest on record at age 37. Rod Brindamore,
- 3:56the Hurricanes coach, praised Stahl's leadership,
- 4:00stating, We're not here today without Jordan
- 4:02Stahl. Stahl, a two -way shutdown center, led
- 4:07the Hurricanes to their second championship.
- 4:09scoring six goals in the final against the Golden
- 4:12Knights. He became the longest -tenured player
- 4:15in the organization after joining in 2012. Stahl's
- 4:20journey reflects resilience, as he noted, each
- 4:23scar, each moment just dries a hunger even deeper
- 4:27into you. His remarkable performance solidified
- 4:31his legacy in Carolina. In local sports. The
- 4:35Red Sox are back at Fenway tomorrow night at
- 4:386 .45 to take on the Blue Jays. Peyton Tall gets
- 4:43the ball against Dylan Seas in a crucial homestand.
- 4:47Boston is sitting at 29 -29 after dropping yesterday's
- 4:52game to Texas and getting swept down in Tampa
- 4:55earlier this week. This is a chance to start
- 4:58climbing back into the division race. and the
- 5:01offense needs to show some consistency against
- 5:03a workhorse like Seath. The Sox took 2 -3 from
- 5:08the Rangers, but couldn't close it out Sunday.
- 5:11Wilson Contreras homered twice in the loss, going
- 5:143 -4, but it wasn't enough. Connelly Early couldn't
- 5:19get out of the fifth, and Nathan Ivaldi shut
- 5:22them down for Texas. First pitch tomorrow is
- 5:256 -45. Meanwhile, the Celtics are making serious
- 5:30moves on the trade front. Boston is pursuing
- 5:33Giannis Antetokounmpo in a blockbuster deal that
- 5:37would send Jalen Brown to Milwaukee. Brown had
- 5:41a career year averaging 28 .7 points, but landing
- 5:45a generational talent like Giannis alongside
- 5:48Jason Tatum could reshape this team. The draft
- 5:52is June 23rd, so the timeline is tight. On the
- 5:57ice, the Bruins signed forward Atilio Biasca
- 6:01to a two -year deal. The 23 -year -old just won
- 6:05a Swiss championship and gives Boston another
- 6:08option heading into the draft at the end of the
- 6:11month. In top news, an organic baby formula brand
- 6:17is being voluntarily recalled after three infants
- 6:20diagnosed with infant botulism were hospitalized.
- 6:24According to a notice from the Food and Drug
- 6:26Administration, the affected infants consumed
- 6:29Nara Organic's powdered infant formula, sold
- 6:33at Target stores throughout the United States.
- 6:35The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 6:38confirmed the cases in California, Washington,
- 6:41and Pennsylvania. Fortunately, all three babies
- 6:45were successfully treated, with no reported deaths.
- 6:49Customers should stop using the affected products
- 6:51immediately and can request refunds online or
- 6:55return them to Target stores. If a baby shows
- 6:58symptoms, caregivers should contact their health
- 7:01care provider immediately. In business news,
- 7:05defaults in debt markets are starting again,
- 7:08warns PIMCO. Here is the bond giant's game plan.
- 7:14Investors should be getting their portfolios
- 7:16back to that 60 % to 40 % balance, says the influential
- 7:20bond fund firm. With defaults set for a comeback
- 7:24and stock market valuations looking stretched,
- 7:27investors should be turning to fixed income to
- 7:30help anchor portfolios, says bond fund giant
- 7:33PIMCO. After years of effortless returns, the
- 7:37default cycle is reasserting itself. And we expect
- 7:40significantly higher losses and lower quality
- 7:43credit, such as leveraged and private direct
- 7:46lending. A team at the $2 trillion management
- 7:49firm, led by Richard Clarida, sat in a recently
- 7:53published outlook. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
- 7:57is up 4 % over the weekend to just under $66
- 8:01,000. Ethereum is up 3 % to just over $1 ,700.
- 8:07And... Hexarpeed is up 4 % to $1 .19. Moving
- 8:14on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
- 8:19on health and wellness, we are working with a
- 8:21national Pilates studio to bring you some free
- 8:24classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
- 8:29with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
- 8:32presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
- 8:36strength, Reducing tension and elevating mental
- 8:39well -being. Scientific research affirms its
- 8:42benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
- 8:47for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
- 8:51Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
- 8:55to tell them, sunny morning sent you by. And
- 8:59now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. humanoid
- 9:05robots are, by definition, quite extreme. Now,
- 9:09a humanoid is even training to complete one of
- 9:12the most daring spectacles ever conceived, scaling
- 9:15to the top of Mount Everest. According to Humanoids
- 9:19Daily, a modified Unetri G1 unit has recently
- 9:23completed a trek to the top of Ecuador's Chimborazo
- 9:26volcano, which stands at 20 ,564 feet high. The
- 9:32summit of Chimborazo is technically farther away
- 9:35from the center of the Earth than Mount Everest.
- 9:38The ultimate goal of the initiative, called PEMBA,
- 9:42is to give conservationists a tool to monitor
- 9:45remote environments. Next, Pablo and his team
- 9:48are set to take PEMBA to Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
- 9:54And in entertainment news. Matt Damon's viral
- 9:58science fiction thriller has taken over HBO Max.
- 10:02Of all the many exciting summer blockbusters
- 10:05in 2026, no film is as hotly anticipated as The
- 10:10Odyssey. Director Christopher Nolan returns with
- 10:14his most ambitious film yet, boasting a staggering
- 10:17production budget of $250 million. Featuring
- 10:22a star -studded cast, including Tom Holland and
- 10:25Anne Hathaway, The Odyssey is set to make waves
- 10:28on global screens. Meanwhile, Contagion, a film
- 10:33predicting the COVID -19 pandemic, has gone viral
- 10:36again, becoming the most streamed movie on HBO
- 10:40Max in the United States. Originally released
- 10:43on September 8th, 2011, it grossed $137 million.
- 10:51Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the quote
- 10:54of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
- 10:58American inventor and electrical engineer Nikola
- 11:02Tesla. And he said, The present is theirs. The
- 11:07future, for which I have really worked, is mine.
- 11:11And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
- 11:15out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
- 11:18captivating aerial videos with local news and
- 11:22the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
- 11:25good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
- 11:28episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.