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Boston Red Sox Face Rays Challenge, Air Travel Costs Soar · 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 Friday, May 8th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 140 years ago, today, in 1886, pharmacist
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  John Timberton sold the first glass of Coca -Cola
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  as a fountain drink at a local soda fountain,
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  introducing a sweet caramel -colored beverage
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  that blended cola flavors with a unique syrup.
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  That simple commercial debut launched an enduring
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  global brand and transformed beverage retailing
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  by popularizing the fountain soda experience,
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  setting the stage for mass marketing and brand
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  culture. So now you know. And now, it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning, it's mostly
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  cloudy. and it feels like 42 degrees, with 8
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  mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 7 .50, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  5 .26. It looks like we're in for some scattered
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  rain showers after 2 p .m., but expect partly
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  sunny conditions, with a high near 62, accompanied
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  by a moderate west wind around 12 miles per hour.
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  If you're inland, it will hit a high of 61. Tonight,
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  look for isolated rain showers before 7 p .m.,
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  turning mostly clear with a low around 45 and
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  light rains around 8 miles per hour. The near
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  -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 51 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Saturday will see rain after 10 a .m.
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  with a high near 63 and a south wind of 3 to
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  10 mph. Then rain continues into Saturday night
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  with lows around 49 and a similar south wind.
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  Sunday turns partly sunny with a high near 72,
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  but showers return Sunday night into Monday when
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  highs drop to near 59 with north winds around
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  7 mph and lingering rain through Monday night.
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  Tuesday clears to mostly sunny with a high near
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  62 and northwest winds near 9 miles per hour.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought
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  to you by Versailles Café and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this café is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict. or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news. Get ready, Boston, because a whimsical
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  Dr. Seuss photo booth is arriving downtown this
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  Friday, just in time for graduation season. Dr.
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  Seuss Enterprises is bringing this highly visual
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  pop -up to celebrate the beloved picture book,
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  Oh, the Places You Will Go, which has been a
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  graduation favorite for over three decades. This
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  classic tale speaks to the excitement and uncertainty
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  of life's big transitions through its humorous
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  verse and delightful illustrations. You can find
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  the photo booth at the Rose Kennedy Greenway
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  near the North Canal Fountain along the Freedom
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  Trail. Now on to sports. NHL's salary cap will
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  reach a record of $104 million per team in the
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  2026 -27 season, the league and the NHL Players
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  Association announced Thursday. This figure represents
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  an increase of $8 .5 million from the 2025 -26
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  cap. The salary cap floor will be $76 .9 million.
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  making the midpoint $90 million. Seven teams
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  exceeded the cap in 2025 -26, led by the Vedas
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  Golden Knights, who spent $107 .5 million. Television
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  and streaming deals will help the league exceed
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  $7 billion in revenue this season. Gary Bettman
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  stated, it's a really good time. In local sports.
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  The Red Sox are looking to bounce back tonight
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  at Fenway after dropping Game 1 to Tampa Bay,
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  8 -4. Roman Anthony has headed to the injured
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  list with a right wrist sprain, so Boston has
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  some holes to fill in the lineup. Connelly Early
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  takes the mound against the Rays, Jesse Scholten's
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  at 7 -10. The Red Sox sit at 16 -22, and they
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  need to start winning at home. The Rays have
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  been nearly unstoppable lately, 13 wins in their
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  last 14 games, so this is a tough spot. Over
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  at BC, the basketball program landed a significant
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  piece in the transfer portal. Seven -foot center
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  Ali Tancra committed to the Eagles on Wednesday
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  after visiting campus. The Guinea native comes
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  over from Arkansas State, where he shot nearly
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  63 % from the field last season. He is the first
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  true big man that first -year coach Luke Murray
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  has brought in from the portal, and he will add
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  some much -needed depth to the frontcourt as
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  the Eagles rebuild their roster. In top news,
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  air travel is going to be more expensive this
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  summer. Jet fuel costs have soared more than
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  100 % since the start of the Iran war, and a
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  global shortage has prompted airlines to cut
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  thousands of flights. The United States Travel
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  Association said airline fares rose 14 .9 % in
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  March compared to the same month last year. The
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  near standstill at the Strait of Hormuz has removed
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  more than 13 million barrels of crude oil from
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  the market, creating a shortage for refineries.
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  When refinery output tightens globally, aviation
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  fuel is often the first to feel it. In business
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  news. Analysts expect job gains to come from
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  education and health care services. Friday's
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  April employment report is expected to show a
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  slower, but still healthy pace of new jobs after
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  March's big gain. Economists forecast 70 ,000
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  new jobs in April, down from 178 ,000 in March.
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  The unemployment rate is expected to remain at
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  4 .3%. Overall, analysts say little change is
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  expected to despite rising energy prices due
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  to the Iran war. The growing adoption of artificial
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  intelligence is not anticipated to hinder job
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  growth at this time. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is unchanged for the week at about $80 ,000.
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  Ethereum is down 3 % to about 2 ,000. And XRP
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  is down 1%. to $1 .38. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. Check out Club Pilates, with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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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 science. Scientists are finally decoding
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  how acupuncture eases pain. Your body has a built
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  -in painkiller system, and acupuncture may switch
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  it on. A needle prick does not seem like it should
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  quiet severe pain, but in some cases it does,
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  easing migraines and dulling pain, even helping
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  patients endure childbirth. In one randomized
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  trial in emergency settings, acupuncture relieved
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  acute pain more quickly and effectively than
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  intravenous morphine with fewer side effects.
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  Advances in imaging and clinical research are
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  shifting the view of acupuncture as a placebo.
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  What is emerging is a clearer picture of a measurable,
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  body -wide response. And in entertainment news,
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  it sounds like Disney is rebooting Planet of
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  the Apes again. Marvel director Matt Shachman
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  is set to helm a new installment that may wipe
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  the franchise's slate clean. Shackman, who directed
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  last year's The Fantastic Four First Steps, is
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  reportedly tapped for the next installment in
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  the Planet of the Apes franchise. The film may
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  stand alone and could reboot the existing series,
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  including the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet
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  of the Apes in 2024. Shackman will collaborate
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  again with screenwriter Josh Friedman, whose
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  work includes both Marvel's Fantastic Four and
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  Kingdom. Story details are currently unknown,
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  though the movie will reportedly return to the
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  planet where apes are the superior species. 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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  journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. And
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  he said, Buy the ticket, take the ride. Capturing
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  the essence of embracing life's unpredictable
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  journey. much like the enduring appeal of Coca
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  -Cola's debut and the excitement of life's transitions
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  celebrated in Dr. Suess's work. And that's a
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  wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.