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Celtics Dominate 76ers, Boston Marathon Road Closures · 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 Monday, April 20th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is Patriots Day. Patriots Day
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  commemorates the opening battles of the American
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  Revolution at Lexington in Concord and honors
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  community spirit, historic remembrance, and cheerful
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  civic pride. Communities celebrate with parades,
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  reenactments, and marathon events that bring
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  families together in a warm, festive atmosphere
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  of gratitude and shared liberty and joyful reflection
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  today. So now you know. And now, it's time for
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  the weather report. This morning, it's sunny
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  and it feels like 31 degrees with 6 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 7 .30,
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 5 .50. It
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  looks like we're in for some mostly sunny skies
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  today, with a high near 52 and a light west wind
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  around 7 miles per hour, along with a chance
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  of rain showers after 2 p .m. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 52. Tonight, expect mostly
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  cloudy conditions with a slight chance of rain
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  before 9 p .m. A low around 34 and a light north
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  wind, also around 7 miles per hour. The near
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  -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 44 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Tuesday will be mostly sunny with a
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  high near 49 and a light northeast wind around
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  7 miles per hour. then a slight chance of showers
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  overnight with a low near 38 and a south wind
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  around 7 miles per hour. Wednesday stays mostly
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  cloudy with a high near 52 and a slight chance
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  of morning showers, then temperatures rise toward
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  the upper 50s on Thursday and Friday with nights
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  in the low 40s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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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, Boston
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  Marathon road closures will affect numerous streets
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  this coming Monday, as city officials advise
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  against driving during this busy event. Runners
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  will be making their way toward the famous finish
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  line on Boylston Street, leading to extensive
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  road restrictions. No stopping will be allowed
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  on Arlington Street, Beacon Street in Back Bay,
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  Belviter Street, and several others. Residents
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  and visitors are encouraged to utilize the MBTA
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  or the Blue Bike system instead of driving. Be
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  sure to plan ahead to avoid any inconvenience
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  on Marathon Monday, a cherished day for Beantown.
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  Now on to sports. Dozens of Chinese -made humanoid
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  robots demonstrated their impressive athleticism
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  and autonomous navigation skills. as they raced
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  past human runners in a half marathon in Beijing
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  on Sunday. This event showcased the rapid technical
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  advances in humanoid robotics, with a smartphone
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  maker, Honors Robot, setting a new world record.
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  The number of participating teams surged from
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  20 to over 100, and several robot frontrunners
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  outpaced human winners by more than 10 minutes.
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  Unlike last year, nearly half of the robot entrants
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  navigated the challenging terrain autonomously
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  during the 21 -kilometer race. In local sports,
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  the Red Sox looked to salvage their series against
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  Detroit this morning at 11 -10, with Sonny Gray
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  facing the Tigers' Jack Flaherty. Boston dropped
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  the first two at Fenway and sits 8 -13, so this
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  one matters. Gray's been solid and needs to match
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  Flaherty's pedigree in what could spark a turnaround
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  for a lineup that's gone cold since sweeping
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  St. Louis last week. Meanwhile, the Celtics are
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  in complete control after a dominant Game 1 playoff
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  victory over the 76ers, cruising 123 -91 at the
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  Garden. Jason Tatum looked like Superman in his
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  return, posting 25 points. 11 rebounds and 7
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  assists. Jalen Brown led the way with 26 points
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  on 11 for 21 shooting. Boston shot 50 % from
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  the field and out -rebounded Philly convincingly.
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  Game 2 is tomorrow night at 7. The Celtics are
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  one win away from a 2 -0 stranglehold before
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  heading to Philadelphia. The 76ers are reeling
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  without Joel Embiid and couldn't generate enough
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  offense. going just 4 for 23 from 3. On the ice,
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  the Bruins face a must -win in Buffalo tomorrow
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  night at 7 .30. They blew a 2 -0 lead with under
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  10 minutes left in Game 1, losing 4 -3 in heartbreaking
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  fashion. Jeremy Swayman was solid with 34 saves,
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  but the late collapse stings. Boston needs to
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  bounce back fast or face falling into an early
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  hole against a hungry Sabres team in their first
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  playoff run since 2011. In retirement, should
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  you pay off your mortgage early or invest the
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  extra money? Burns talked to economists and financial
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  advisors to explain both sides of the debate.
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  With mortgage rates hovering around 6%, homeowners
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  may be tempted to make extra payments on their
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  home mortgage instead of investing. Many money
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  managers recommend investing heavily in stocks,
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  which tend to outperform real estate over time.
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  Bill Banfield, chief business officer at Rocket,
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  found that more homeowners prefer to pay down
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  their mortgage debt due to increased market volatility.
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  He advises ensuring 6 to 18 months of emergency
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  funds are available. and to tackle high -interest
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  debt first. In business news, Air Canada will
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  suspend service to New York's John F. Kennedy
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  International Airport over the summer. The airline
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  cites jet fuel shortages caused by the war in
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  Iran, which have driven prices up. Service from
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  Toronto and Montreal to JFK will cease on June
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  1 and resume on October 25. Flights to LaGuardia
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  and Newark will continue. with 34 flights a day
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  to those airports from six Canadian cities. Air
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  Canada plans to contact affected customers with
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  alternate travel options. Jet fuel prices have
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  doubled since the start of the Iran conflict,
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  reaching $4 per gallon, up from $2 before the
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  war. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged
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  over the weekend at about $74 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 2%. to about $2 ,000. And XRP is down
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  1 % to $1 .41. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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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. The White House and anthropic
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  chief executive officer discussed collaboration
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  on artificial intelligence safety and cybersecurity.
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  This meeting, which took place amid growing fears
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  about the mythos model, suggests a path to rebuilding
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  trust between the two sides. Concerns about the
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  potential for cyberattacks have escalated, particularly
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  within the banking industry, which is especially
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  vulnerable due to legacy technology systems.
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  Government officials from the United States,
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  Canada, and Britain have met with banking leaders
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  to address the threats posed by mythos. Treasury
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  Secretary Scott Besant was involved in these
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  discussions. And in entertainment news, the official
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  title for the Spaceballs sequel is perfect. The
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  search for more money is over, but the Schwartz
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  still rises. At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Amazon
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  Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer revealed its slate of upcoming
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  movies, chief among them the long -gestating
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  Spaceballs sequel. In a pre -taped video presentation,
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  comedy sage Mel Brooks revealed the title of
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  the movie, explaining why it is not the title
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  you thought it would be. Spaceballs 2. The search
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  for more money is not going to be the title of
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  this movie, Brooks stated. He added, Well, we
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  did it, and the title is Space Falls, the new
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  one. Well, all righty, folks, it's time for the
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  quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
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  from the American historian and author, David
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  McCullough. And he said, history is who we are
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  and why we are the way we are. And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.