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Massachusetts Towns Drop Flock Cameras, Red Sox Sweep Giants · 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 24th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 20 years ago, today, in 2006, astronomers
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  voted to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet,
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  recognizing it as one of many small worlds in
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  the outer solar system. This decision refined
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  how we define a planet, celebrated the advancement
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  of planetary science, and opened the door to
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  studying a richer variety of celestial bodies.
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  So now you know. And now it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning it's mostly sunny and it
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  feels like 69 degrees with 7 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 728, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 602. It looks like we're
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  in for some mostly sunny skies today, with temperatures
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  reaching near 81 accompanied by a moderate southwest
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  breeze around 12 miles per hour. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 82 tonight. Expect partly
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  cloudy conditions with a low around 63 and light
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  winds around 7 miles per hour. The near shore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 71 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Tuesday and Wednesday will be sunny with highs
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  near 81 to 83 and mild overnights in the low
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  60s to mid 60s. South to southwest winds pick
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  up Thursday through Friday, and a growing chance
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  of showers and thunderstorms arrives Thursday
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  evening and lingers into Friday with overnight
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  lows, climbing into the upper 60s. Bonjour, food
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  enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to you by
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  on El Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas
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  Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for culinary
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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, two more Massachusetts communities, East
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  Bridgewater and Grafton, are cutting ties with
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  flock safety. adding to a growing list of towns
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  reconsidering automated license plate reader
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  technology. The police departments announced
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  the decision due to concerns from residents,
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  with Grafton Police Chief Neil Minardi mentioning
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  vandalism and theft involving these devices.
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  East Bridgewater Police Chief Michael Jenkins
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  stated that the town will remove its single -flock
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  camera and halt plans for additional installations
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  after a public forum highlighted community opposition.
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  As other towns like Hopkinton and New Bedford
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  also re -evaluate their use of flock cameras,
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  community trust remains a central concern for
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  law enforcement officials. Now on to sports.
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  Last night on a Sunday stand -alum in Nashville,
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  the Tennessee Titans erased a second -half deficit
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  to beat the Seattle Seahawks 19 -16. moving to
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  2 -0 in the preseason while Seattle fell to 0
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  -2. Seattle struck first on a 36 -yard touchdown
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  pass and led 16 -9, but Tennessee answered with
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  a 40 -yard field goal and closed it out late.
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  The defensive highlight belonged to Seattle.
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  Linebacker Chads the Rat chased down quarterback
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  Cam Ward and stripped him. with Conor O'Toole
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  adding a sack of backup Mitchell Trubisky. Ward
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  flashed in his new system, including a 33 -yard
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  connection with running back Tony Pollard, alongside
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  the rough edge as expected of a quarterback still
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  finding his footing. The result carries no playoff
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  weight, but the roster battles inside it do.
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  Tennessee staff got another look at Ward managing
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  pressure, and Seattle's coaches got more film
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  on the Jalen Milrow and drew lock competition
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  behind center. Both teams now turned to trimming
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  rosters. In local sports, the Red Sox capped
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  off a sweep of the Giants Sunday at Fenway, winning
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  5 -4 behind seven strong innings from Jake Bennett
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  and a slam tour from Aroldis Chapman for save
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  number 29. Sadon Rafaela drove in two. Nick Sogard
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  went deep, and Boston is now on 7 of 10 to sit
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  71 -59. No rest, the Sox open a series tonight
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  in Miami. Ranger Suarez against Marlins ace Sandy
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  Alcantara, first pitch 640. Rafael Devers is
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  swinging it well since his emotional Fenway return,
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  and Roman Anthony's rehab assignment moves to
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  AAA Worcester this week. joining Trevor Story
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  and Isaiah Kinner Falifa as Boston pushes for
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  the Ale East down the stretch. Meanwhile, the
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  Bruins still need to sign restricted free agent
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  Matthew Poitras before camp opens next month.
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  The Center spent much of last year in Providence
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  and remains unsigned after a June qualifying
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  offer. Over at Patriots camp, cornerback Christian
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  Gonzalez has missed over a week with an ankle
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  injury, no timetable given. He is extension eligible
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  this year, and New England wants him healthy
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  and signed before roster cuts hit. In top news,
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  the battle over Italian Brain Road may determine
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  ownership of artificial intelligence -generated
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  art. Kids worldwide are enamored with these characters
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  that appear on social media and in video games.
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  A legal dispute in a California courtroom could
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  clarify whether these characters can be used
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  without compensating their creators. One side
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  features a successful gang company, while the
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  other represents the original creators. The stakes
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  involve potentially hundreds of millions of dollars
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  in revenue. As the dialogue unfolds, the question
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  of human authorship in AI -generated art becomes
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  increasingly complex. Legal experts continue
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  to explore how copyright and trademark laws apply
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  in this evolving landscape. In business news,
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  the big challenge for humanoid robots is still
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  getting the technology to work well, according
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  to industry leaders speaking alongside the World
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  Robot Conference in Beijing this week. Robots
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  are not yet as efficient as humans and take time
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  to learn new skills, creating a bottleneck for
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  the industry Unitrees founder Wang Singsing said.
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  The U .S. Federal Communications Commission last
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  month added foreign -made advanced robotic devices,
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  including humanoids, to a list restricting imports
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  to the U .S. Where the impact might be in the
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  U .S. is on autonomous mobile robots, which are
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  used in factories much more than humanoids are.
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  Keenan, a startup, develops humanoids to use
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  in conjunction with simpler delivery robots to
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  handle laundry services in hotels, according
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  to COO Wan Bin. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is
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  up 3 % over the weekend to about $77 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up 4 % to about $2 ,000. And Sarpede is up
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  15 % to $1 .48. 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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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  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 tech. In a surprising turn of events,
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  a Texas woman witnessed the future of delivery
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  services when an Amazon Prime Air drone descended
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  to deliver her package. However, the experience
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  took an unexpected twist when the drone dropped
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  the package directly into her swimming pool.
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  In a video shared by ABC7 News, she exclaimed,
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  Oh my God! Oh my God! before reacting to the
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  splashdown with, Ohs asterisk asterisk asterisk.
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  This incident comes as Amazon announced plans
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  to expand its drone delivery service to 500 more
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  cities across the United States. Despite complaints
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  about noise and previous accidents, an Amazon
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  spokesperson stated that incidents like this
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  are extremely rare. And in entertainment news,
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  Alan Richson's breakout year in 2026 has been
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  marked by two major streaming projects on different
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  services. He headlined the ambitious Netflix
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  sci -fi thriller, War Machine. which garnered
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  over 139 million views in its first 90 days and
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  earned a sequel, War Machines, now in development.
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  Richen also reprises his role in Reacher's Season
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  4, based on the novel Gone Tomorrow, which Prime
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  Video renewed for Season 5 due to its success.
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  Fans are eagerly watching new episodes every
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  Wednesday on Prime Video, while also enjoying
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  fast acts on Peacock. We reached and confirmed
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  his return for fast forever. 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 science
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  fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. 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.