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Karen Read Trial Halted, TSA Battery Ban, Coinbase Soars! · 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, May 14th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 229 years ago today, in 1796, English
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  physician Edward Jenner administered the first
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  successful smallpox vaccination. By inoculating
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  8 -year -old James Bipps with material from a
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  cowpox lesion, Jenner demonstrated that exposure
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  to cowpox conferred immunity to smallpox. This
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  groundbreaking procedure laid the foundation
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  for modern immunology and led to the eventual
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  eradication of smallpox, showcasing the profound
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  impact of scientific innovation on global health.
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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 cloudy and
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  it feels like 54 degrees with 7 mile per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 728 and it
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  will rise again tomorrow at 617. It looks like
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  we're in for some mostly cloudy skies today with
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  a slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon
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  and temperatures reaching near 68. accompanied
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  by a light east wind. Tonight, expect patchy
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  fog and more rain showers with a low around 57
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  and light winds. For all you beach runners out
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  there, the first low tide Wednesday will be at
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  715 with a high tide at 130. The near shore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 51 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Expect
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  mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain showers
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  on Thursday and Friday, highs near 70 and 75,
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  and lows in the upper 50s. The weekend continues
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  with chances of rain. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  Sunny Morning sends you. In local news. On Tuesday
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  morning, shortly after 8 .30, the highly anticipated
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  Karen Reed murder trial was unexpectedly canceled.
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  Court spokesperson Jennifer Donahue announced
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  via email that the trial would not proceed due
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  to unavoidable circumstances. The sudden halt
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  sparked speculation about the reason for the
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  postponement and whether proceedings would resume
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  on Wednesday. NBC 10 Boston noted the unusual
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  atmosphere at the court, mentioning the presence
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  of officials but no sign of Reed or her defense
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  team. Official details regarding the cancellation
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  remain undisclosed at this time, but it has been
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  rumored that the defendant, Reed, may have an
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  illness. Now on to sports. In a historic decision,
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  Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
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  has removed Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson
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  from the permanently ineligible list. Both players,
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  historically linked to gambling scandals, are
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  now eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in
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  Cooperstown, New York. Manfred stated that a
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  person's punishment should end upon their death,
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  as they no longer pose a threat to the gang's
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  integrity. Rose. A 17 -time All -Star is Major
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  League Baseball's all -time hits leader, while
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  Jackson boasts a career batting average of .365.
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  Their candidacies will be considered by the Hall's
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  Classic Baseball Era Committee in December 2027.
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  In local sports. Last night, the Sox clashed
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  with the Tigers in a thrilling ballgame that
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  kept fans in their seats for 11 innings. But
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  the Red Sox fell 10 -9 on a walk -off three -run
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  blast. Bayo went 4 -2, allowing two earned runs
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  on six hits while striking out four. Tonight,
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  the Sox face off against the Tigers in Detroit
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  for the final game of this three -game series.
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  Hunter Dobbins, with a 2 .78 ERA, takes the mound
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  against Tarek Skubal. First pitch is at 640 with
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  clear skies and a warm 74 degrees expected. Also
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  tonight, in Boston for the East semifinals, the
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  Seas hope to fend off the Knicks in this pivotal
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  Game 5 without Jason Tatum. Tatum had surgery
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  yesterday to repair his torn Achilles tendon.
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  He is expected to miss all of next season. Tonight
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  we put our faith in Jalen Brown and the rest
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  of the gang. to be the next man up and push this
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  series to a game six. Tip -off is at 7 on TNT.
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  In top news. In a recent travel advisory, the
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  Transportation Security Administration has banned
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  portable chargers and power banks with lithium
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  batteries from checked luggage due to fire risks.
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  These items are now only allowed in carry -on
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  luggage. The Federal Aviation Administration
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  emphasizes that spare lithium batteries must
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  remain with passengers in the aircraft cabin.
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  Travelers should also be aware of other prohibited
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  items, including e -cigarettes, certain lighters,
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  and flammable materials. For carry -on bags,
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  the TSA enforces the 3 -1 -1 rule for liquids,
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  while specific medications can be packed without
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  restrictions, as long as they are declared at
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  security checkpoints. In business news, Coinbase
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  has jumped an impressive 22%, heading for its
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  best market day since the post -election surge
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  following President Donald Trump's victory. The
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  crypto exchange is set to join the S &P 500,
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  prompting index investors to buy shares to align
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  with the benchmark. This change, effective before
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  trading on Monday, follows Coinbase's replacement
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  of Discover Financial Services. Shares soared
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  over 20 % on Tuesday, marking a sharp rally after
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  months of volatility. Recently, Coinbase reported
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  net income of $65 million, while revenue rose
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  24 % to $2 billion. The company also plans to
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  acquire Derivit for $2 .9 billion. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is up 1%. to just under $104
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 9 % to just under $2 ,700.
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  And Goatseys Maximus is up 10 % to $0 .20. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. Mexican President
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  Claudia Scheinbaum announced that Mexico is suing
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  Google over its labeling of the Gulf of Mexico
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  as Gulf of America for United States users. This
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  change followed an order from former President
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  Donald Trump at the beginning of his term. Scheinbaum's
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  lawsuit fulfills her February warning to take
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  legal action if the name was not reverted. She
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  stated, the only thing we want is compliance
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  with the decree issued by the United States government,
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  emphasizing that the U .S. does not have the
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  authority to name the entire Gulf, which is internationally
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  attributed. In the new eight -part series Duster,
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  created by J .J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan, viewers
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  are treated to a nostalgic nod to the muscle
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  car films of the 1970s. Starring Josh Holloway
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  as Jim Ellis, a hustler and Vietnam veteran,
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  the series blends a revenge thriller with a murder
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  mystery set against the backdrop of organized
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  crime. Holloway's character becomes an informant
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  for Nina Hayes. the FBI's first black female
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  agent, as they target the ruthless gangster Ezra
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  Saxton. With engaging performances and a mix
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  of humor and serious crime elements, Duster offers
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  a thrilling ride, airing Thursdays at 9 Eastern
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  on Max. Well, alrighty 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 inventor and businessman, Alexander
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  Graham Bell. And he said, when one door closes,
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  another opens. But we often look so long and
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  so regretfully upon the closed door that we do
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  not see the one which has opened for us. And
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  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.