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Cape Cod Factory Closure, Celtics Surge, Waymo Incident · 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 Friday, January 30th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 78 years ago, today, in 1948, athletes
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  gathered in St. Moritz for the Winter Olympic
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  Games, staging a spirited post -war revival of
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  international winter sport competition on pristine
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  alpine courses. The game showcased renewed global
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  unity and athletic excellence, establishing modern
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  traditions in winter sport and inspiring future
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  generations with remarkable performances and
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  new organizational standards. 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 sunny and it feels like minus 13
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  degrees. with 10 -mile -per -hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 455, and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 655. It looks like we're in for a
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  sunny Friday with a high near 16, but wind chill
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  values could feel as low as minus 15, thanks
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  to a breezy west wind around 13 miles per hour,
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  with gusts up to 23. Tonight, Expect mostly clear
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  skies with a low around minus 1 and a light west
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  wind at 8 miles per hour. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first high tide Friday will be
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  just before 8 .30 with the low tide at 3. The
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  nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 35 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a
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  high near 20 and a light northwest wind, but
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  wind chill values could fall to minus 11. A chance
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  of snow arrives late Saturday night into Sunday
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  with gusty north winds up to 35 miles per hour
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  and one to two inches possible Sunday, tapering
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  to flurry Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday turn
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  mostly sunny with highs near 33 in northwest
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  gust around 25 miles per hour on Monday. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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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, the beloved Cape Cod potato chips factory
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  in Hyannis will close after more than 40 years
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  of operation, ending a cherished tradition for
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  many visitors who enjoyed watching chips being
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  made and receiving a free bag. Campbell's announced
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  this decision on Thursday. stating that the plant
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  will cease operations in April while continuing
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  to produce the chips at other facilities across
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  the country. Founded by brothers Steve and Jude
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  Bernard on July 4, 1980, the Hyannis plant now
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  produces a mere 4 % of the annual chip volume,
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  making it no longer economically viable. The
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  closure will affect 49 employees, who will receive
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  separation benefits and job placement support
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  from the company. Now onto sports. Josh Allen's
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  walk took his front row seat. For new Buffalo
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  Girls head coach, Joe Brady's news conference
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  was not quick. He was on crutches with his right
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  foot in a walking boot after surgery on a broken
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  bone. Allen 29 said the injury stemmed from a
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  previous incident aggravated in a week 16 win
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  over the Cleveland Browns. He did not miss playing
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  time due to the injury. although he described
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  it as painful. Allen declined his appearance
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  at the Pro Bowl Games due to injury. He expressed
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  respect for former coach Sean McDermott and reflected
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  on the emotional toll of the season. Allen emphasized
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  a desire to improve and work with Brady moving
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  forward. He is also looking forward to becoming
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  a dad in local sports. The Celtics have surprised
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  everyone this season. overcoming the loss of
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  key players and a significant injury to Jason
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  Tatum. With a record of 29 wins and 17 losses,
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  they are in second place in the Eastern Conference,
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  firmly in the championship race. Despite being
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  marked for a rebuilding year, players like Jalen
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  Brown and Peyton Pritchard have stepped up, boosting
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  their scoring significantly. Tatum's recent public
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  workout hints he may return soon. adding to the
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  excitement as the trade deadline approaches.
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  The Cs are proving they can contend while managing
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  their finances effectively. Tonight, they take
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  on the Kings at 7 .30 in the garden. In top news,
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  Waymo is under scrutiny after an autonomous taxi
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  struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary
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  school during drop -off, resulting in minor injuries
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  to the child. The incident occurred when the
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  child ran from behind a parked sport utility
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  vehicle into traffic. The vehicle braked hard,
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  reducing speed from 17 mph to 6 mph before impact.
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  This incident has prompted a federal safety investigation,
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  with Waymo asserting that its autonomous system
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  prevented more serious injuries. The company
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  reported the incident to the National Highway
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  Traffic Safety Administration and stated it would
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  fully cooperate with the investigation. In business
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  news, once at odds over cryptocurrency regulation,
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  the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
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  Commodity Futures Trading Commission pledged
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  to join forces. These two agencies, which have
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  historically sparred over jurisdictional boundaries,
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  aimed to harmonize operations and eliminate confusion
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  in the market. At an event, SEC Chair Paul Atkins
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  and CFTC Chair Michael Selig discussed their
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  collaboration on the Project Crypto initiative.
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  Selig stated, Project Crypto recognizes that
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  crypto markets span across our agency's respective
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  regulatory frameworks. This collaboration is
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  a repudiation of the previous administration's
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  approach towards regulating cryptocurrency. Atkins
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  emphasized that a federal framework for these
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  rapidly evolving markets is long overdue. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 5 % for the
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  week, to about $83 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 .5
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  % to about $3 ,000. And XRP is down 4 .5 % to
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  $1 .79. 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 tech. The Department of Homeland Security
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  recently published details about Mobile Fortify,
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  a face recognition application used by federal
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  immigration agents to identify individuals in
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  the field, including United States citizens.
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  This information was part of the DHS's 2025 AI
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  use case inventory, which federal agencies must
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  periodically release. The inventory reveals that
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  the app is in the deployment stage for both customs
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  and border protection and immigration and customs
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  enforcement. The vendor for Mobile Fortify is
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  identified as NEC, which has a contract with
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  DHS worth $23 .9 million. Both agencies state
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  that the app assists in quickly confirming identities
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  in situations with limited information. and in
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  entertainment news. HBO's upcoming season of
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  Mike White's hit series, The White Lotus, will
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  take place in France. Joining the cast are Helena
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  Bonham Carter, Marissa Long, and Chris Messina,
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  adding to the excitement of the fourth season.
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  The series follows a new group of hotel guests
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  and employees over the span of a week, exploring
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  the chaos that unfolds. The French setting was
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  officially confirmed on November 20th. Steve
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  Coogan, Caleb Jaunt -Edwards, Alexander Ludwig,
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  and A .J. Michaka are also joining the cast.
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  Dacod Bernat and Mark Kemeane serve as executive
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  producers alongside White. 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 motivational speaker, Jim Rohn. And he said,
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  Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success
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  is the natural consequence of consistently applying
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  the basic fundamentals. And that's a wrap for
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  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.