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Hurricane Lala Hits Hawaii, Massachusetts Tackles Wrong-Way Driving · 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, August 17th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 57 years ago, today, in 1969, a half
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  million young people gathered on muddy fields
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  as the Woodstock Music Festival concluded with
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  communal performances, impromptu jams, and a
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  spirit of shared celebration. The gathering marked
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  a landmark in popular culture, showing how music
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  could unify diverse listeners into a peaceful
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  countercultural movement and influence fashion,
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  politics, and live concert production. So now
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  you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, there's a chance of rain
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  showers. and it feels like 71 degrees with 7
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  mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 7 .39, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  5 .54. It looks like we're in for some rain showers
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  early in the morning, then likely more showers
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  and patchy fog throughout the day, with cloudy
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  skies and a high near 74, plus a light south
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  breeze around 7 miles per hour. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 75 tonight. Expect mostly
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  cloudy skies with a low around 68 and light winds
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  around four miles per hour. The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 70 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Tuesday
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  will be partly sunny with a high near 79 and
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  a light northeast breeze around 7 miles per hour.
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  Then Tuesday night stays partly cloudy with a
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  low near 65. Wednesday turns warm and sunny with
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  a high near 85 before a slight chance of showers
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  late Wednesday night and a low near 68. And Thursday
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  brings a chance of daytime showers and thunderstorms
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  with highs near 80 and a northwest breeze around
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  6 miles per hour. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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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, Massachusetts
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  is taking action to address the alarming rise
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  in wrong -way driving following a series of tragic
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  crashes that have claimed 11 lives this year.
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  Governor Moreheli has announced new infrastructure
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  and technology to enhance road safety. as state
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  police report over 500 citations in just the
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  past two years. Jonathan Gulliver, the state's
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  undersecretary of transportation, explained that
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  the new system will alert both authorities and
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  drivers when someone enters a ramp incorrectly
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  with flashing signs to guide them. This initiative
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  aims to prevent future incidents utilizing real
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  -time monitoring from thousands of cameras across
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  the state. Before August 15th, there were 699
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  games where a player hit at least three homers.
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  This group includes legends like Babe Ruth and
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  Ted Williams, alongside unexpected names like
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  Dan Wilson and Chris Woodward. However, the list
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  lacked players who debuted with three homers
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  until August 15th at Wrigley Field. Rookie Joshua
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  Baez accomplished this incredible feat for the
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  Cardinals, homering in his first three at bats
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  against Matthew Boyd. Baez's impressive performance,
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  totaling 1 ,199 feet of home runs, showcases
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  his potential for the rebuilding Cardinals. He
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  is now recognized as a top prospect for St. Louis.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox limped out of Pittsburgh
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  with a loss. falling 8 -3 to the Pirates yesterday
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  to drop this series finale. Patrick Sandoval
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  took the hit, giving up 7 earned runs in 4 innings.
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  The Connor Wong provided a bright spot, 2 -3
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  with a homer and 3 yard guys. That's 5 losses
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  in 7 games now, and Boston sits at 66 -58. No
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  time to sulk, though. The Sox are back at Fenway
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  tonight. opening a three -game set with Arizona
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  at 7 -10. Alit Gambo gets the ball against Brad
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  and the Diamondbacks, and with a bullpen gassed,
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  Boston needs some length out of him. Keep an
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  eye on Rafael Devers and Tristan Casas. The middle
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  of the order has gone quiet and needs to wake
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  up fast. Over in Foxboro, the Patriots are watching
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  cornerback Christian Gonzalez. who missed practice
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  again Saturday with no firm return timeline from
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  Mike Frable. New England did lock up its rookie
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  class, signing linebacker Gabe Jekus, but also
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  placed receiver Jeremiah Webb on injured reserve
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  as roster cut -downs loom. In top news, Hurricane
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  Lala slammed Hawaii's Big Island on Saturday
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  as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rain and
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  life -threatening flooding risks, according to
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  forecasters. The storm intensified with maximum
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  sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. Hawaii
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  Governor Josh Green urged residents to shelter
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  in place now. As of Saturday evening, approximately
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  76 ,000 customers were without power statewide.
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  About 180 Hawaii National Guard members were
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  deployed to assist with emergency response. Forecasters
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  warned that Lala could produce rainfall totals
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  of 10 to 20 inches, with a worst -case scenario
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  of 25 inches. Lala's core may not make landfall,
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  but its powerful eyewall is affecting the southern
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  portion of the Big Island. In business news,
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  NVIDIA Corporation is turning its massive cash
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  flow into another artificial intelligence growth
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  engine. In fiscal 2023, NVIDIA recorded $3 .8
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  billion in free cash flow. With graphics processing
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  units becoming essential for building artificial
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  intelligence infrastructure, NVIDIA's profits
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  surged. The company has committed at least $6
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  .5 billion to photonics technology firms. NVIDIA
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  plans to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium,
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  a data center infrastructure company. Shares
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  are up 24 .1 % in the last year, outperforming
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  the S and P500 index. Analysts expect earnings
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  of $2 .01 per share for the next report on August
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  26. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 1 % over
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  the weekend to $63 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged
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  at just under $1 ,900. An XRP is down 2 % to
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  99 cents. Moving on to a more local vibe. In
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  our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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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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  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. In a groundbreaking discovery,
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  astronomers have identified a black hole star
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  the size of our solar system, which glows bright
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  red in space. This finding, published in the
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  journal Nature, is based on observations from
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  the James Webb Space Telescope, which is reshaping
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  our understanding of the universe. The object,
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  known as Monbh1, emits 100 billion times more
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  energy than any star could generate through nuclear
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  fusion. Researchers suggest that it may contain
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  a black hole at its core surrounded by a massive
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  gas envelope. This phenomenon could explain many
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  of the mysterious red spots found in the early
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  universe and in entertainment news. Mark Wahlberg's
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  latest action thriller, Streaming for Free, is
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  a thrilling ride reminiscent of Reacher and John
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  Wick. The film, titled Shooter, is a 124 -minute
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  political thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua
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  and stars Wahlberg alongside Michael Pena and
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  Danny Glover. Despite its initial box office
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  disappointment, grossing $95 million against
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  a $61 million budget, Shooter has gained a cult
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  following over the years. The gripping plot follows
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  an expert marksman framed for a presidential
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  assassination attempt, teaming up with a rookie
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  FBI agent to uncover a conspiracy. Viewers can
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  watch Shooter on Paramount +, Stars, or Pluto
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  TV. 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 labor leader and civil rights
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  activist, Cesar Chavez. And he said, the fight
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  is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always
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  about people. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.