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Celtics Triumph, Copley Place Revamp, Crypto Crime Surge · 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 Thursday, February 12th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 102 years ago, today, in 1924, George
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  Dershwin unveiled his Rhapsody in Blue in a landmark
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  concert blending classical technique with jazz
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  rhythms, thrilling a cosmopolitan audience. The
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  premiere signaled a major American musical achievement,
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  legitimizing jazz within concert halls and inspiring
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  composers and audiences toward fresh national
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  artistic identity. So now you know. And now it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning it's
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  mostly cloudy and it feels like 14 degrees with
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  9 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 512, and it will rise again tomorrow at 639.
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  It looks like we're in for a mostly sunny day
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  with a high near 34 and a gentle northwest wind
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  around 10 miles per hour, gusting up to 21. Tonight,
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  expect mostly clear skies with a low around 17
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  and light winds. For all you beach runners out
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  there, The first high tide Thursday will be just
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  before 7, with a low tide just after 1 .30. The
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  nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 32 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather, Friday will be sunny with a high near
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  35 and a west breeze around 7 miles per hour,
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  then a slight chance of snow overnight with lows
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  near 21. Saturday and Sunday stay mostly sunny
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  with highs in the mid to upper 30s and light
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  west to northwest winds. But Sunday night brings
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  a slight chance of snow after 11 p .m. with lows
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  near 24. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast
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  is brought to you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries
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  in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino Real South,
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  just north of Encinitas Boulevard. This cafe
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  is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge in
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  their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten -free
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  crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch or just
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  breeze on through to get your morning coffee.
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. Greek restaurant and luxury shops will
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  replace Neiman Marcus at Copley Place. Just as
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  Saks Global announced the closure of Massachusetts,
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  only Neiman Marcus. Amid bankruptcy proceedings,
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  Copley Place quickly revealed its plans for a
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  multi -level space. This exciting development
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  will feature Casa Tua Cucina, a Miami -based
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  Italian marketplace, and Testatorio Milas, a
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  Greek seafood restaurant. Additional luxury boutiques,
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  including Dolce & Gabbana, will join expansions
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  of F .E .N .D .I. and Tourneau. Construction
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  is set to begin later this year, with phased
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  openings planned for 2028. Mark Silvestri, president
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  of development at Simon, emphasized that Cochley
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  Place remains Boston's most exclusive luxury
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  destination. Now onto sports. American speed
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  skater Jordan Stolls won his first gold medal
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  in a weird way, setting an Olympic record in
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  the 1 ,000 meters with a time of 106 .28 seconds,
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  beating Dutch rival Jenning de Boe by a fraction
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  of a second. However, Stolls had to wait 15 minutes
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  for another skater, Jo Puenemars, to race again
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  after being cut off in a previous heat. When
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  Whenemores finished in fifth place, Stolls celebrated
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  by skating a lap with a flag overhead, joined
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  by Snoop Dogg and Eric Haydn. Stolls aims to
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  win three more races, feeling less pressure now
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  that he has one gold medal. In local sports,
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  Peyton Pritchard scored 26 points as the Seas
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  rolled past the Bulls 124 -105 on Wednesday night.
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  Jalen Brown added 24 points, helping the Celtics
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  win six of their last seven games. Boston led
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  by 28 at halftime, taking advantage of a shorthanded
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  Chicago squad, with a lead peaking at 33 in the
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  second half. Nicola Vucevic recorded 19 points
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  and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, while Rob Dillingham
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  led Chicago with 16 points and seven assists.
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  In top news... Drug cartels are shifting their
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  money laundering to cryptocurrency, leaving law
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  enforcement struggling to keep pace. A vast ecosystem,
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  supported by the gig economy, has emerged to
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  clean this cash. David Skowice operated his illicit
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  business out of Victory Park in Murrieta, California,
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  converting cash into cryptocurrency through more
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  than 4 ,000 transactions. Arrested in June 2023,
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  Scoti's case highlights the evolving landscape
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  of money laundering, where participants range
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  from gig workers to brokers for organized crime.
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  Experts warn that without proper oversight, these
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  operations may slip beyond government control.
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  The future of money laundering is increasingly
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  digital and decentralized. In business news,
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  the Dutch have quietly adopted a four -day workweek.
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  raising questions about its sustainability. Gavin
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  Arm, co -founder of Positivity Branding, emphasizes
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  the importance of family time, stating, your
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  kids are only young once. His company switched
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  to a four -day week seven years ago, maintaining
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  a 32 -hour work schedule without salary cuts.
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  Farm's colleague, Bert DeWitt, believes in working
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  smarter, not harder, despite skepticism from
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  some staff. The Netherlands boasts high productivity
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  with fewer hours, but challenges remain as the
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  workforce ages. Experts caution that expanding
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  labor supply is crucial for maintaining quality
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  of life. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  2 % to $67 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 .5 % to just
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  under $2 ,000. And XRP is down 2%. to $1 .38.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. Elon Musk
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  addressed the recent departures of ex -AI staff
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  members on February 11th, 2026, stating the company
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  was reorganized to improve the speed of execution.
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  This week, two co -founding members announced
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  their resignations, with Tony Wu stating it was,
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  time for my next chapter, while Jimmy Ba confirmed
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  it was his last day. These exits leave half of
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  the founding team still at XAI, following Greg
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  Yang's step back due to health issues. Several
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  technical staff members also announced departures,
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  with one former employee citing crazy working
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  hours and a lack of growth potential. Another
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  former member expressed his desire to start something
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  new. And in entertainment news, Guy Purse, Jared
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  Harris, and Merab Ninnyads will star in Anthony
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  McCartan's The Price of Peace. This political
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  thriller is set during the pivotal 1945 Potsdam
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  Conference. The film chronicles the historic
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  meeting between President Harry S. Truman, Prime
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  Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader
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  Joseph Stalin as they negotiated the future of
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  post -war Europe. Principal photography is scheduled
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  to begin in London and Potsdam during summer
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  2026, with delivery anticipated in 2027. McCartan,
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  known for his work on Darkest Hour and Bohemian
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  Rhapsody, stated, this is not a biopic, but rather
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  a political thriller where the stakes are frankly
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  enormous. Well, alrighty folks, it's time for
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  the quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
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  from the American composer and conductor, Leonard
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  Bernstein. And he said, transcending boundaries,
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  and uniting diverse cultures. And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.