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Spirit Airlines Collapses Amid Iran War, GBH Merger Boosts Journalism · 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, May 4th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is May the 4th, Star Wars Day.
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  The playful pun on a famous quote has turned
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  into a global mini -festival where fans dress
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  up, host watch parties, and share memes that
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  span the whole galaxy. Bring costumes, themed
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  snacks, and marathon watchings, and celebrate
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  with friends and family. May the 4th be with
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  you, so go have fun and celebrate. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, it's mostly sunny, and it feels
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  like 44 degrees, with 6 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 746. And it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 531. It looks like we're in
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  for a sunny day with a high near 70 and a moderate
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  southwest breeze around 14 miles per hour with
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  cusk hitting 28 miles per hour. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 70. Tonight. Expect mostly
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  clear skies with a low around 53 and a light
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  southwest breeze around 8 mph with gusts up to
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  25 mph. The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 47 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Tuesday will be mostly
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  sunny with a high near 78 and a southwest wind
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  of 8 to 20 mph. with gusts as high as 37. Rain
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  moves in Wednesday, with showers likely through
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  Thursday as highs fall from around 67 on Wednesday
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  to near 58 on Thursday and northwest winds, becoming
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  lighter by Thursday night. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny Morning sent you. In local news, two of
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  Massachusetts' largest public media organizations,
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  GBA and New England Public Media, announced plans
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  to merge, aiming to enhance local journalism
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  across the state. The proposed merger would unite
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  GBA, New England Public Media, and Cape and Islands
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  radio station CAI, creating one of the largest
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  and most trusted public media networks in the
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  Commonwealth. according to GBA President and
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  Chief Executive Officer Susan Goldberg. This
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  combined organization intends to boost reporting
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  capacity and expand access to free, fact -based
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  news amid financial challenges facing public
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  media. Goldberg emphasized, simply put, we are
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  stronger together. There will be no changes to
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  memberships and no immediate staff reductions.
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  Now on to sports. The Montreal Canadiens won
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  Game 7, despite registering just nine shots on
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  goal. Alex Newick and Nick Suzuki scored goals,
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  leading the Canadiens to a 2 -1 victory over
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  the favorite Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern
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  Conference quarterfinals on Sunday night. Newick
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  netted the winning goal at the 11 -minute and
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  7 -second mark of the third period, stunning
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  the hometown crowd. Every game in the series
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  was decided by one goal, with four games going
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  to overtime. Suzuki acknowledged the challenge,
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  stating, It's been a hard series. They made it
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  super difficult on us. In local sports, the Bruins
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  season ended on a sour note Friday, dropping
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  4 -1 to Buffalo at home. David Pasternak scored
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  the lone goal as Jeremy Swayman stopped 22 of
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  25 shots. The Sabres' depth and special teams
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  were too much to overcome. Now comes the fallout.
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  Charlie McAvoy faces a six -game suspension for
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  swinging his stick at Zach Benson, likely carrying
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  into next season. McAvoy also revealed he broke
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  his right hand in Game 2 and played the rest
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  of the series in a cast. On a brighter note,
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  rookie James Hagens will represent Team USA at
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  the World Championship in Switzerland starting
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  May 15. Pasternak delivered a clear message to
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  the front office. At nearly 30, he is not interested
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  in wasting time. The team hit 100 points this
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  season but faces major decisions ahead. Meanwhile,
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  the Red Sox dropped their second straight to
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  Houston yesterday, falling 3 -1 at Fenway. Jaron
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  Duran homered and Wilson Contreras went three
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  for four, but it was not enough. Boston sits
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  at 13 -21. Tonight they head to Detroit to face
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  the Tigers at 640, with Peyton Tall starting
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  against ALA's Tarek Skubal. The lineup has been
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  pressing lately, but a road win could spark something.
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  Off the field, interim manager Chad Tracy has
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  benched designated hitter Masataka Yoshida just
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  one start in seven games, a stark shift from
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  his role under Alex Cora. Yoshida remains productive
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  when he plays, hitting .280 with a .750 OPS.
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  In top news, McDonald's is eliminating a popular
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  customer perk nationwide. For many customers,
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  the self -serve soda fountain has long been part
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  of the McDonald's experience. It often began
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  as a small childhood ritual of mixing different
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  sodas into one oversized cup, experimenting with
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  flavors like a makeshift chemistry lab. In 2023,
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  McDonald's confirmed it would transition away
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  from self -serve beverage stations and dining
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  rooms across the United States by 2032. According
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  to the company, the move aims to create a more
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  consistent experience across all ordering channels.
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  Instead of customers pouring their own drinks,
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  employees will use automated beverage systems
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  to prepare orders behind the counter. In business
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  news, Spirit Airlines has ceased operations,
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  marking the industry's first casualty linked
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  to the Iran war. The airline's financial outlook
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  was impacted by a spike in oil prices. Despite
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  a proposal for $500 million in financing for
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  90 % equity, the board could not reach an agreement.
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  The surge in jet fuel prices has derailed Spirit's
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  bankruptcy exit plan, significantly affecting
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  the global airline industry. The collapse will
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  result in thousands of job losses and is a setback
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  for President Donald Trump. who sought to rescue
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  the carrier. As all flights are canceled, rival
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  airlines are expected to benefit. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 4 % over the weekend to just under
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  $80 ,000. Ethereum is up 4 % to about $2 ,000.
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  And XRP is up 2 .5 % to $1 .40. Moving on to
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  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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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates.
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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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. In theory,
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  using an artificial intelligence model to generate
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  code for your software company seems like a brilliant
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  idea. A ruthless boss could reduce their workforce,
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  saving on salaries and healthcare costs, or keep
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  employees and have them produce more code with
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  the help of artificial intelligence. However,
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  reality is setting in, with businesses facing
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  unexpected expenses for artificial intelligence
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  usage, including one employee spending over $150
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  ,000 a month on artificial intelligence tokens.
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  The economics of deploying artificial intelligence
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  coding tools are becoming increasingly questionable.
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  Anthropic recently doubled its estimate for average
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  business spending on its Clawed code tool. And
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  in entertainment news, Netflix's new political
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  thriller, Man on Fire, is set to captivate viewers
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  craving a gripping, adrenaline -fueled binge.
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  The seven -episode series, created by writer
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  and showrunner Kyle Killen, is based on A .J.
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  Quinault's novels. It follows John Creasy, portrayed
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  by Yahya Abdul -Mateen II, a highly regarded
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  Special Forces mercenary who abandoned his former
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  life after a catastrophic mission in Mexico City.
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  Haunted by severe post -traumatic stress disorder,
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  Creasy takes a low -level job in a warehouse,
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  facing his guilt and heavy drinking. His friend
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  Paul Rayburn, played by Body Cannavale, ultimately
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  pulls him back into a high -stakes security detail
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  for Brazil's President Carmo. Well, all righty,
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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 author
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  and humorist Mark Twain. And he said, The secret
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  of getting ahead is getting started. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.