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Bitcoin Surges, Team Penske Scandal. · 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, May 22nd. You'll be interested
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  to know, 119 years ago today, in the year 1906,
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  the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were
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  granted United States Patent Number 821 ,393
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  for their flying machine. This groundbreaking
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  invention laid the foundation for modern aviation,
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  transforming human transportation and connecting
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  the world in unprecedented ways. So now you know.
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  And now, it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning, there's a slight chance of light rain,
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  and it feels like 41 degrees with 20 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 7 .28
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 6 .17. It
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  looks like we're in for a rainy Thursday with
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  cloudy skies and a high near 52, along with an
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  east wind gusting up to 35 miles per hour. Tonight,
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  expect heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms
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  early, then showers and some patchy fog with
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  a low around 45. and a north wind gusting to
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  37 miles per hour. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first high tide Thursday will
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  be at 715 with a low tide at 130. The near -shore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 52 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Expect rain showers and patchy fog on Friday.
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  with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 52.
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  Friday night brings a chance of rain with a low
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  around 48. Saturday has a chance of rain showers
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  turning partly sunny with a high near 61. Saturday
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  night remains mostly cloudy with a low around
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  48. Sunday will be partly sunny reaching a high
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  near 64 while Sunday night cools down to around
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  50. Memorial Day features mostly sunny skies,
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  with a slight chance of rain after 5 p .m. and
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  a high near 71. Monday night could see a slight
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  chance of rain, with a low around 53. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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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. Since the beginning of May, more than 400
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  residents in Massachusetts have filed petitions
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  to seal their eviction records, according to
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  Senator Lydia Edwards. The new law, part of the
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  Affordable Homes Act, aims to eliminate barriers
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  to housing. So far, 122 petitions have been granted.
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  Edwards also mentioned that an amendment was
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  adopted to allocate an additional $7 .2 million
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  to the trial court addressing workforce needs.
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  She emphasized the importance of investing in
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  the court system to ensure due process for individuals
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  without legal representation. Now on to sports.
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  In a significant shakeup, Team Penske has parted
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  ways with its top three IndyCar leaders. following
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  a qualifying scandal for the Indianapolis 500.
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  Team president Tim Sindrick, managing director
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  Ron Ruzuski, and general manager Kyle Moyer are
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  no longer with the organization after violations
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  were discovered during tech inspections. Roger
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  Penske expressed his commitment to integrity,
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  apologizing to fans and partners for the organization's
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  failures. The violations involved illegally altered
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  parts. leading to penalties that include suspensions
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  and starting positions for cars in the race.
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  Industry voices, including rival owner Chip Ganassi,
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  emphasized the importance of upholding sportsmanship
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  in racing. In local sports, last night at Fenway,
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  the Sox fell to the Mets 5 -1, missing a sweep
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  opportunity. Brett Beatty's three -figure best
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  powered New York past Boston, with a crucial
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  two -run single in the seventh. Despite six hits,
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  the Sox could only manage a sacrifice fly from
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  Duran. Hendricks suffered the loss. The Sox now
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  stand at 25 -26, trying to steady in the AL East.
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  Tonight, the Sox face the Orioles at Fenway for
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  Game 1 of a four -game series. Lucas Giolito
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  with a 2 .25 ERA. goes against Kate Povich, sporting
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  a 1 .21 ERA. First pitch is at 6 .45, with chilly
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  skies around 48 degrees. In top news, Bitcoin
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  has surged to a new record, exceeding $109 ,500,
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  driven by bullish momentum and a strengthening
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  regulatory outlook for cryptocurrencies. As of
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  around 5 .30 p .m. Eastern Time on Wednesday,
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  Bitcoin was trading above $108 ,000, even amid
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  rising bond yields and a declining broader market.
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  The cryptocurrency has jumped more than 40 %
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  since early April, following President Trump's
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  changes to tariff policies. Sean Farrell, head
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  of digital asset strategy at Fundstrat, noted
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  the market's shift to buy -the -dip mode. A stablecoin
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  regulation bill recently advanced in the Senate,
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  which could further boost Bitcoin's position.
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  In business news, during a recent Microsoft build
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  session, the company's head of security for artificial
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  intelligence accidentally exposed confidential
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  information about Walmart's use of Microsoft's
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  AI tools. This occurred after two former employees
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  disrupted the event to protest against Microsoft's
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  cloud contracts with the Israeli government.
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  Despite the session being muted, security inadvertently
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  switched to Microsoft Teams, revealing internal
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  communications that highlighted Walmart's enthusiasm
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  for Microsoft's Entra and AI Gateway services.
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  The protest reflects ongoing tensions regarding
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  Microsoft's involvement in the conflict in Palestine.
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  as activists continue to challenge the company's
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  practices. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up
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  1 % to about $108 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to
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  just under 26. And Goatse's Maximus is down 2
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  % to 16 cents. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  and our community spotlight on health and wellness.
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  We are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  in the 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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  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 exciting possibility
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  of reversing damage to the lungs and heart is
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  drawing closer as scientists make remarkable
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  strides in regenerative medicine. After decades
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  of challenges, the Scripps Research Institute
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  in La Jolla, California, is developing techniques
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  to stimulate the body's own stem cells to repair
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  crucial organs. Their groundbreaking methods
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  have shown promise in lab settings, restoring
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  dead tissue in various species and humans. As
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  Pete Schultz, CEO of Scripps, states, we have
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  the potential in the next two to three years
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  to show we can reverse lung damage and heart
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  damage. This could fundamentally change disease
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  treatment and improve countless lives. And in
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  entertainment news, Mission Impossible The Final
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  Reckoning is a huge mess, but it's also a fun
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  mess. The film suffers from solemnity overload,
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  drowning viewers in heavy montages and voiceovers
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  about Ethan Hunt's sacrifices. However, it eventually
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  transitions into thrilling action, showcasing
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  impressive sequences, including a remarkable
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  submarine scene and a breathtaking stunt with
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  Tom Cruise hanging from a plane. While the movie
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  grapples with its identity and past callbacks,
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  it manages to entertain. Ultimately, it appears
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  that Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie
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  reclaim their vision, creating a captivating,
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  if flawed, addition to the franchise. Well, alrighty
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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 inventor
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  and businessman, Thomas Edison. And he said,
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  Genius is 1 % inspiration and 99 % perspiration.
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  And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.