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Celtics Triumph! Cargo Theft, Wireless EV Charging, Polar Bears. · 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, December 31st. And today
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  is New Year's Eve. Families and friends gather
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  to share joy, toast to the coming year, and reflect
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  on gratitude. Setting hopeful intentions as the
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  clock nears midnight. Be safe, be thoughtful,
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  and have a great New Year's. So now you know.
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  And now it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning, it's partly sunny and it feels like
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  12 degrees with 9 mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 421 and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 711. It looks like we're in for a
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  slight chance of snow this morning with partly
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  sunny skies later on at a high near 30. accompanied
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  by a moderate southwest wind of 6 to 12, gusting
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  up to 22. Tonight, expect mostly cloudy skies
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  with snow likely after 8, a low around 25, and
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  a light southwest breeze. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first high tide Wednesday will
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  be just after 7 .30, with the low tide at 2 .15.
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  The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 42 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. On New Year's Day, there is a chance
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  of light snow before noon with less than a half
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  inch possible and a high near 27, with west winds
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  5 to 12 miles per hour and gusts up to 22. Thursday
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  night into Friday morning will be mostly clear
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  and cold with lows around 14. Then Friday through
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  Sunday turn mostly sunny with highs near 28 to
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  29, and west winds around 6 to 10 miles per hour.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing eggs
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  Benedict. or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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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, an alleged heist involves a truck carrying
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  more than $400 ,000 worth of lobster meat that
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  disappeared between a Taunton warehouse. and
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  its Midwest Costco destinations. Dylan Rexing,
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  president and chief executive officer of Rexing
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  Companies, believes the driver impersonated a
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  legitimate carrier to steal the seafood. He stated
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  this theft wasn't random and expressed concerns
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  about criminals using spoofed emails and burner
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  phones to hijack high -value freight. Rexing
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  added that such losses force tough decisions
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  and drive up costs for consumers. The company
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  is collaborating with the FBI to combat the rising
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  threat of cargo theft across the nation. Now
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  on to sports. Michigan and Texas will face off
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  in the Citrus Bowl, marking only the third meeting
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  of these storied football programs. Ranked 14th,
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  Texas enters with a record of 9 -3, while number
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  18 Michigan also stands at 9 -3. Kickoff is set
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  for 3 Eastern on ABC. Texas is favored by 7 points.
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  This game serves as a vital statement for Texas,
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  which felt overlooked for the college football
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  playoff. For Michigan, interim coach Biff Pogge
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  navigates a tumultuous situation. following recent
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  coaching changes. The key matchup features Texas
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  quarterback Arch Manning, who excelled late in
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  the season against Michigan's defense despite
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  the absence of two top defenders. And then at
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  7 .30 Eastern on ESPN, the Cotton Bowl, which
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  has become increasingly significant for Ohio
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  State during three consecutive trips to the game.
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  This time, the second seeded Buckeyes. with a
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  record of 12 wins and one loss, are defending
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  national champions as they prepare to face college
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  football playoff first -timer Miami with an 11
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  -2 record in a quarterfinal game tonight. Ohio
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  State last played on December 6, losing 13 -10
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  to No. 1 Indiana in the Big Ten championship
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  game. In local sports, Derek White scored 13
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  of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, adding
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  a career -high seven blocks in a one -of -a -kind
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  performance that propelled the Boston Celtics
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  to a 129 to 119 victory over the Utah Jazz. White
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  became the 13th player in NBA history to achieve
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  27 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and seven
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  blocks in a game. making him the first guard
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  to do so. Jalen Brown contributed 23 points and
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  10 assists, ending his streak of 30 -point games
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  at 9. And Fernie Simons scored 20 points, while
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  Peyton Pritchard added 18, helping the Celtics
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  win five of their last six games. The Celtics
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  will face Sacramento on Thursday, continuing
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  their five -game road trip. In top news, Florida
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  is building a highway that can wirelessly charge
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  electric vehicles. After researchers in Indiana
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  demonstrated earlier this month that wireless
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  highway electric vehicle charging works, Florida
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  confirms it will break ground on another highway
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  test in 2026. This project involves a three -quarter
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  mile portion of the larger 4 .4 -mile state road.
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  The Central Florida Expressway Authority is constructing
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  this in three segments, with the first segment
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  featuring wireless charging technology. The highway
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  will open to the public in 2029, but the system
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  will only work on specially equipped vehicles
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  for initial testing. In business news, one of
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  Disney World's largest United States theme park
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  rivals is facing a significant challenge. a class
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  -action lawsuit alleging securities fraud. Six
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  Flags Entertainment Corporation is now the target
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  of multiple lawsuits related to its merger disclosures
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  and stock losses, according to Robbins, Jeller,
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  Redmond and Dowd, LLP. Shareholders accused Six
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  Flags of making misleading statements regarding
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  its financial risks before the merger with Cedar
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  Fair in July 2024. Following the merger, Sixflag's
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  stock price dropped significantly, leading to
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  increased investor scrutiny. The upcoming deadline
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  for shareholders to file lead plaintiff motions
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  is January 5th, 2026. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 1 % to about $88 ,000. Ethereum is up 1
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  % to 3 ,000. And XRP is up half a percent. to
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  $1 .87. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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  community spotlight on health and wellness, we
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  are working with a national Pilates studio to
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  bring you some free classes, so listen up. Check
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  out Club Pilates with several locations in the
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  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 science. The polar bears of the Arctic
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  are evolving in real time. A genetic analysis
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  of polar bears in southeastern Greenland found
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  that genes related to heat stress, aging, and
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  metabolism are behaving differently compared
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  to polar bears in more northern regions. Polar
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  bears are particularly vulnerable to climate
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  change, as they rely on sea ice to hunt seals.
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  A new study analyzed a small subpopulation of
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  polar bears in southeastern Greenland and found
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  small genetic changes. likely in response to
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  environmental stressors. This DNA blueprint could
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  help scientists save polar bear populations in
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  other parts of the world. Researchers suggest
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  these specific bears provide a genetic blueprint
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  for how polar bears might quickly adapt to climate
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  change. And in entertainment news, Chris Hemsworth's
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  Thor is back in a new teaser for Avengers Doomsday.
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  which features the return of the thunder god's
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  adopted daughter, Love, played by India Rose
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  Hemsworth, the actor's real -life child. In the
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  teaser, Thor offers a heartfelt prayer saying,
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  He continues, This teaser is part of multiple
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  teasers screening before Disney's avatar, Fire
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  and Ash. Avengers Doomsday is set to hit theaters
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  on December 18th, 2026. Well, all righty, folks.
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  It's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American poet and essayist
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  Ralph Waldo Emerson. And he said, Write it on
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  your heart that every day is the best day in
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  the year. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.