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Sox Win! Thomas Muller to Whitecaps, EPA Controversy. · 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, July 30th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 60 years ago today in 1965, President
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  Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Social Security
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  Act into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
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  This landmark legislation provided health care
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  coverage to elderly and low -income Americans,
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  fundamentally transforming the United States
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  health care system. Medicare offered health insurance
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  to people aged 65 and older, while Medicaid provided
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  support for low -income individuals and families.
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  This act was a cornerstone of Johnson's Great
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  Society Initiative, aiming to reduce poverty
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  and improve access to health care. profoundly
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  impacting millions of Americans' lives. So now
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  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 75 degrees, with 2 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 8, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 5 .32. It looks like we're
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  in for a hot and sunny day. with temperatures
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  climbing to around 93 and a light east breeze.
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  Tonight, expect mostly cloudy skies with a chance
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  of showers and thunderstorms, a low of 68 and
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  light winds. For all you beach runners out there,
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  the first low tide Wednesday will be at 10 with
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  a high tide at 415. The near -shore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 71 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Expect cloudy skies
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  with showers and thunderstorms on Thursday, raining
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  a high near 75. Friday stays mostly cloudy with
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  rain likely and a high near 69. Saturday and
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  Sunday will be sunny with highs near 78 and 85,
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  respectively. Nights will be clear to mostly
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  clear with lows in the 60s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny Morning sent you. In local news. In Boston,
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  two MBTA lines will face closures in August,
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  with one closing for nine days. The Blue Line
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  will shut down from August 9th to 17th, terminating
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  at Airport Station near Logan International Airport.
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  Shuttle buses will replace subway service toward
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  Wonderland Station. Meanwhile, the Orange Line
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  will close on three weekends for signal upgrades,
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  enhancing operational efficiency and scheduling
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  reliability. Additionally, the Lowalve and Fitchburg
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  commuter rail lines will partially close on select
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  weekends to support maintenance projects. Riders
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  are advised to allow extra travel time during
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  these disruptions. Now on to sports. The Vancouver
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  Whitecaps are nearing a deal to sign former Bayern
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  Munich and German star Thomas Müller, according
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  to sources from ESPN. To finalize this contract
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  with the World Cup winner, the Whitecaps must
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  first acquire Müller's discovery rights from
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  SC Cincinnati. Cincinnati holds these rights,
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  but Müller declined an offer to join them earlier
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  this year. The Whitecaps are in the final stages
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  of negotiating a trade, potentially exchanging
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  up to $400 ,000 in general allocation money.
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  Mueller, who scored 250 goals in 756 appearances
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  for Bayern, is reportedly ready to join Vancouver.
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  In local sports. Last night in Minnesota, the
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  Red Sox triumphed over the Twins 8 -5. Trevor
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  Story helped with a homer and three runs batted
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  in, while Lucas Giolito secured the win by pitching
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  six strong innings. The Sox's offensive surge
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  included a towering homer by Duran in the fifth.
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  Despite a fight back from the Twins, including
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  a ninth -inning homer by Lee, a Roldis Chapman
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  grabs the save. The Sox now boast a record of
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  58 -51. Tonight, the Red Sox face the Twins in
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  Minneapolis for the rubber game of this three
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  -game series. Brian Deo takes the mound with
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  a 3 .32 earned run average, opposing Zebby Matthews
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  at 4 .97. First pitch is at 110 with clear skies
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  and a warm 76 degrees. In top news. The Environmental
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  Protection Agency has proposed to rescind the
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  landmark endangerment finding, which identifies
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  greenhouse gases as a threat to public health.
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  This move would eliminate regulations on emissions
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  from vehicles and power plants, undermining efforts
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  to combat climate change. EPA Administrator Lee
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  Zeldin stated that the agency lacks the authority
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  to regulate greenhouse gases without explicit
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  congressional approval. Critics argue this proposal
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  disregards scientific consensus and could lead
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  to a rise in high -polluting vehicles. Environmental
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  groups plan to challenge the repeal, emphasizing
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  the urgency of addressing climate -related disasters
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  impacting American lives. In business news, the
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  latest meme craze is sending a warning to Wall
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  Street. Hectic trading in Krispy Kreme, Opendoor,
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  Rocket Companies, and Kohl's, known collectively
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  as Dork, signals a return to reckless overconfidence
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  among investors. These stocks, smaller and less
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  promising than giants like Netflix and Amazon.
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  Calm have attracted individual buyers, often
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  from social media platforms. This trend mirrors
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  past phenomena with companies like GameStop and
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  AMC. Goldman Sachs recently reported that speculative
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  trading is at its highest since the dot -com
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  bubble, suggesting that while exuberance may
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  rise, caution is advised before the music stops.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at $118
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to just over $3 ,800.
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  And XRP is up 1%. to three dollars and fourteen
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  them sunny morning sent you by. And now, back
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  to the show. Let's talk tech. A new speed test
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  has ranked mobile carriers, revealing a clear
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  winner. According to WooClaw, T -Mobile has emerged
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  with the fastest mobile network in 2025, scoring
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  74 .45 based on various metrics, including download
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  and upload speeds. Verizon trailed at 65 .72,
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  while AT &T lagged behind at 63 .16. T -Mobile
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  dominated in 46 states, while Verizon only excelled
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  in North Dakota. Interestingly, despite T -Mobile's
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  speed, Verizon was recognized for the best mobile
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  network for streaming. Meanwhile, AT &T's fiber
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  network was named the best internet service provider
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  overall. And in entertainment news, filmmaker
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  Celine Song is set to write a sequel to Sony's
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  My Best Friend's Wedding, as confirmed by The
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  Hollywood Reporter. The project is currently
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  in early development, with some attached to write
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  but not direct. The sequel will continue the
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  story of Julianne and Michael, originally played
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  by Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney, who made
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  a pact to marry if still single at 28. The original
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  film was a box office hit, grossing $127 million
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  domestically. Song's recent successes include
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  the critically acclaimed Past Lives and the hit
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  film The Materialists. Well, alrighty folks,
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  it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the French writer and philosopher,
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  Albert Camus. And he said, A happy person is
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  not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
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  but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
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  And 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.