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Celtics' Dominant Win, Lions' Playoff Push, Tuberculosis Breakthrough · 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, December 5th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 92 years ago, today, in 1933, Congress
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  and the states ratified the 21st Amendment, ending
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  prohibition and restoring legal beverage alcohol
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  sales across the nation. This restored personal
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  freedoms, revived hospitality industries, and
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  allowed governments to tax and regulate alcohol,
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  helping economic recovery and reshaping American
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  social life. So now you know. And now, it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning it's sunny
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  and it feels like 6 degrees, with 5 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 410,
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 658. It looks
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  like we're in for a sunny Friday with a high
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  near 26 and a light west wind at about 6 miles
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  per hour. Tonight, there's a slight chance of
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  snow after 5 a .m., mostly cloudy skies with
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  a low of 21 and a gentle southwest breeze. For
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  all you beach runners out there, The first high
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  tide Friday will be at 1045 with the low tide
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  at 515. The near shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  48 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Saturday starts with a
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  chance of snow before 10 a .m., then a chance
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  of rain, cloudy and cool with a high near 39
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  and a light southwest wind. Saturday night through
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  Sunday stay mostly dry with lows near 26 and
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  highs around 38. Then Sunday night brings a chance
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  of snow after 8 p .m. under mostly cloudy skies.
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  Monday has a morning chance of snow with a high
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  near 29 and breezy northwest winds. Then late
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  Monday into Tuesday small chances for snow return
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  with a 50 % chance Tuesday night. Bonjour, food
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, according to a recent poll by Massa and
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  Sea polling group on behalf of the Education
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  Trust, two -thirds of parents support a proposed
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  bell -to -bell cell phone ban in public schools,
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  though many express a desire for clear communication
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  methods during school hours. 66 % of parents
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  with children in grades 6 through 12 back legislation
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  to prohibit personal electronic devices throughout
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  the school day, with 40 % stating they strongly
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  support the measure. However, 63 % want to know
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  how to contact their child under such a ban,
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  and 49 % seek a detailed explanation of the policy.
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  The poll surveyed 1 ,351 K -12 parents with significant
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  support across racial groups. Now onto sports.
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  Jameer Gibbs ran three touchdowns, the last a
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  13 -yarder with two minutes and 19 seconds left.
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  Sealing the Detroit Lions much needed 44 to 30
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  win over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.
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  The Lions, with a record of eight wins and five
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  losses, avoided losing consecutive games for
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  the first time in more than three years as they
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  aim for a playoff berth. Coach Dan Campbell praised
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  the team's effort, stating, Dallas fought hard,
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  but despite their three -game winning streak,
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  they struggled against the Lions' explosive offense.
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  gets contributed significantly with seven catches
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  for 77 yards and 43 yards rushing on 12 carries.
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  In local sports, Derek White and Jordan Walsh
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  propelled the Celtics in a dominant 146th to
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  101 victory over the Wizards. Derek White set
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  his season high in scoring with 30 points, while
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  Jordan Walsh achieved a career high with 22 points,
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  not missing a shot. Jalen Brown missed the game
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  due to illness, and the Celtics led 66 -59 at
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  halftime. The Celtics shot 55 % from the field
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  and will face the Lakers tonight at TD Garden.
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  Tip -off is at 7. In top news, scientists have
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  discovered how to potentially eliminate the world's
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  deadliest infectious disease, tuberculosis. By
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  turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory
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  system, researchers found that mycobacterium
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  tuberculosis cannot survive without the prurabe
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  system. When prurabe was inhibited, the bacteria
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  shut down and a drug called diaryltheazole -48
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  became more effective against it. Tuberculosis
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  has seen a resurgence in the United States and
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  remains an epidemic in many regions. The research
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  team aims to use these findings to develop targeted
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  therapies that could make tuberculosis vanish,
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  much like smallpox. In business news, Warner
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  Bros. Discovery has entered exclusive negotiations
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  for a deal to sell its studios and HBO Max streaming
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  business to Netflix, a move that would dramatically
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  reshape the entertainment and media industry,
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  according to people familiar with the matter.
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  This development follows the latest round of
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  bids for the media company, which owns Superman
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  and HBO Max. Paramount and Comcast have also
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  been pursuing Warner Bros. discovery. All three
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  companies submitted sweetened offers this week,
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  with Netflix reportedly presenting a mostly cash
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  bid. Updates will follow as news develops. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 6 % for the week.
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  to $92 ,000. Ethereum is up half a percent to
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  about $3 ,200. And XRP is up half a percent to
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  $2 .07. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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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 Chicago Tribune has filed
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  a lawsuit against the AI search engine Perplexity
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  alleging copyright infringement. The lawsuit
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  filed in a federal court in New York claims Perplexity
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  is using Tribune content without permission.
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  The Tribune's lawyers contacted Perplexity in
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  mid -October asking about the use of its content.
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  Perplexity's response indicated it does not train
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  models with tribune work, but it may receive
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  nonverbatim factual summaries. However, the tribune
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  argues that perplexity is delivering content
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  verbatim. Additionally, the lawsuit calls out
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  perplexity's retrieval augmented generation as
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  a key issue. Perplexity has not responded to
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  the lawsuit or requests for comment. Entertainment
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  news. Sony Pictures is working on a fifth film
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  in the Men in Black franchise, tapping Chris
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  Bremner, the writer of Bad Boys for Life, to
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  draft the script. It remains unclear if Will
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  Smith or Tommy Lee Jones will reprise their iconic
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  roles as Agent J and Agent K. Bremner's involvement
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  may appeal to Smith, who starred in both Bad
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  Boys films. Sony previously attempted a reboot
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  with Men in Black, International, which grossed
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  $253 .9 million, against a budget exceeding $100
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  million. Overall, the franchise has collectively
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  grossed more than $1 .9 billion. Well, alrighty
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today... Our quote comes from the American writer
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  and philosopher Albert Hubbard. And he said,
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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.