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- 0:01Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
- 0:04Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
- 0:09and it's Tuesday, April 7th. You'll be interested
- 0:13to know, 78 years ago, today, in 1948, the World
- 0:19Health Organization was founded to coordinate
- 0:21international public health efforts and to promote
- 0:24health standards and disease prevention worldwide.
- 0:28Its creation marked a major milestone in global
- 0:31cooperation, establishing a dedicated agency
- 0:34to set norms, support countries, and improve
- 0:38well -being for populations everywhere. So now
- 0:42you know. And now, it's time for the weather
- 0:46report. This morning, there's a chance of snow
- 0:51showers, and it feels like 33 degrees, with 4
- 0:55mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
- 0:59at 7 .16 and it will rise again tomorrow at 6
- 1:02.11. It looks like we're in for some snow showers
- 1:06early today, tapering off by mid -morning, then
- 1:09a chance of rain and snow, with partly sunny
- 1:12skies and a high near 48, along with a light
- 1:15west breeze around 6 miles per hour. If you're
- 1:19inland, it will hit a high of 48. Tonight. Expect
- 1:25a slight chance of rain showers before 8 p .m.,
- 1:27becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 29
- 1:30and light winds around 6 miles per hour. The
- 1:35near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 41 degrees
- 1:39for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
- 1:43weather. Wednesday is sunny, with a high near
- 1:4647 and light northeast winds 3 to 7 miles per
- 1:50hour. becoming clear overnight with a low around
- 1:5332 and a light south breeze. Thursday and Friday
- 1:58trend warmer with highs near 54 Thursday and
- 2:01near 65 Friday under mostly sunny skies, with
- 2:05light south winds each day and lows in the mid
- 2:08-30s to upper 40s. Saturday continues mild and
- 2:13mostly sunny with a high near 66 and west to
- 2:16northwest winds around 6 to 9 miles per hour.
- 2:20Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought
- 2:23to you by Versailles Café and Pastries in Encinitas.
- 2:28Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
- 2:31Encinitas Boulevard, this café is a haven for
- 2:35culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
- 2:39Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
- 2:43grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
- 2:46to get your morning coffee. They are open every
- 2:49day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
- 2:54to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
- 2:59news, Brockton Hospital canceled elective procedures
- 3:02due to a network disruption on Monday, April
- 3:056. The outage also affected the facility's electronic
- 3:09medical records system, forcing nurses and doctors
- 3:13to switch to pen and paper documentation. according
- 3:17to Brooke Hines from Signature Healthcare. Internet
- 3:20service has been unavailable, causing a Brockton
- 3:23resident to receive a service unavailable message
- 3:26while trying to access the hospital's patient
- 3:29portal. Hines stated she will provide updates
- 3:32on plans for Tuesday, April 7th, as this story
- 3:36continues to develop. Brockton Hospital is one
- 3:39of two trauma centers in the city, alongside
- 3:42Boston Medical Center South. Now on to sports.
- 3:52Michigan fights off UConn to win its first national
- 3:56championship since 1989. On April 6, 2026, in
- 4:02Indianapolis, Indiana, the Wolverines emerged
- 4:05as national champions. The number one -ranked
- 4:08Michigan defeated the number two -ranked UConn
- 4:1169 -63, ending the Huskies' dynasty. This victory
- 4:17marks Michigan's second national championship,
- 4:20breaking the Big Ten's 26 -year title drought.
- 4:23The Wolverines, led by second -year coach Dusty
- 4:27May, achieved a record -breaking 37 wins and
- 4:31three losses this season. Despite shooting poorly
- 4:34from three -point range, their size and depth
- 4:37proved too much for UConn to handle. In local
- 4:41sports. The Red Sox fell to the Brewers 8 -6
- 4:45on Monday night, marking their eighth loss in
- 4:48nine games. Garrett Mitchell delivered a tie
- 4:51-breaking single in the eighth inning, while
- 4:54Christian Yellich contributed three hits and
- 4:56an RBI for Milwaukee. Wilson Contreras had a
- 5:00solo of Homer and reached base five times for
- 5:03the Sox. He had a tense exchange with Milwaukee's
- 5:07Brandon Woodruff after being hit by a pitch.
- 5:10leading to a hard slide into second base that
- 5:12tore Hamilton's pants. Tomorrow, they will face
- 5:16Jacob Mizurowski while Garrett Crochet takes
- 5:19the mound for Boston. In top news, kids are discovering
- 5:25the joys and pains of the landline. Families
- 5:29are combating screen time with a blast from the
- 5:32past, home phones. However, it has not been a
- 5:36smooth transition. Elsie Wright campaigned for
- 5:40a phone and finally received one for Christmas,
- 5:42but it was a landline. American families are
- 5:46embracing the low -tech life, installing home
- 5:49phones to reduce smartphone use, which has created
- 5:52some hiccups. Luna James -Martinez, 9 years old,
- 5:56hung up her new retro -looking handset, thinking
- 5:59it was glitching. Hermann explained what a dial
- 6:03tone was, while Luna struggled with basics like
- 6:06holding the receiver correctly. In business news,
- 6:10the money game is capturing Wall Street's attention
- 6:14as analysts focus on the Strait of Hormuz. With
- 6:18markets wobbling, James Van Geelen states, it's
- 6:22the most bearish outcome. The founder of Citrini
- 6:25Research, known for causing a $200 billion market
- 6:29meltdown, is concerned about how Donald Trump's
- 6:32conflict with Iran will impact financial markets.
- 6:36After watching the president's April Fool's Day
- 6:39address, he felt glum, especially as his analyst
- 6:42in the war zone reported troubling news. Stocks
- 6:46had been rising on hopes of a ceasefire, but
- 6:49Trump's statement suggested a prolonged conflict.
- 6:52What did we rally on then? Asks Van Geelen. In
- 6:57crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at $69
- 7:01,000. Ethereum is down 1%. to just over 2 ,000.
- 7:08And XRP is down 1 % to $1 .32. Moving on to a
- 7:15more local vibe. In our community spotlight on
- 7:19health and wellness, we are working with a national
- 7:22Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
- 7:25so listen up. Check out Club Pilates, with several
- 7:30locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
- 7:33a comprehensive wellness approach. Cultivating
- 7:36strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
- 7:39well -being. Scientific research affirms its
- 7:43benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
- 7:47for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
- 7:51Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
- 7:55to tell them, sunny morning sent you by. And
- 7:59now, back to the show. Let's talk science. Artemis
- 8:05II's crew has now flown farther than any humans.
- 8:08The distance covered, more than 248 ,655 miles,
- 8:14surpassed the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
- 8:19The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission has officially
- 8:22ventured farther into space than any humans before,
- 8:26zooming more than 248 ,655 miles from Earth.
- 8:32in its historic voyage around the far side of
- 8:34the Moon. Today, for all humanity, you're pushing
- 8:38beyond that frontier, Kelsey Young, a science
- 8:41officer for Artemis II, told the crew. The spacecraft
- 8:45will set yet another record for human travelers,
- 8:48252 ,760 miles from Earth. And in entertainment
- 8:57news, Savannah Guthrie returns to work. Ready
- 9:01or not, let's do the news. Guthrie has been off
- 9:05air since her mother Nancy was abducted 65 days
- 9:08ago. Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today Show
- 9:12on Monday for real and for good. The NBC News
- 9:17Morning Show's longtime co -anchor was in her
- 9:19familiar chair next to Craig Melvin when a clock
- 9:22struck 7 a .m. Eastern Time. Wearing a cheery
- 9:26yellow dress, surrounded by roses, Guthrie opened
- 9:29with the latest news on Iran, including a potential
- 9:3245 -day ceasefire. It is good to be home, Guthrie
- 9:37said. Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the
- 9:41quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
- 9:45from the American author and motivational speaker,
- 9:48Wayne Dyer. And he said, When you change the
- 9:53way you look at things, the things you look at
- 9:55change. highlighting the power of perspective
- 9:57in shaping our experiences and outcomes. And
- 10:02that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
- 10:05out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
- 10:09captivating aerial videos with local news and
- 10:12the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
- 10:16good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
- 10:18episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.