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Red Sox Sweep Mets, Cyclosporiasis Outbreak in 31 States · 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, July 13th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is National French Fry Day. This
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  crispy celebration traces back to earlier potato
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  love and honors the golden fry that brings smiles
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  from coast to coast. Grab your favorite dipping
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  sauce, share a batch with friends, and let's
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  make today a deliciously fun fry fest celebrate
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  with a smile. 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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  sunny and it feels like 67 degrees, with 5 mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  8 .18 and will rise again tomorrow at 5 .20.
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  It looks like we're in for a sunny day with a
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  high near 89 and a moderate southwest breeze
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  around 10 miles per hour. If you're inland, it
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  will hit a high of 90. Tonight, expect mostly
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  clear skies with a low around 70 and a moderate
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  southwest wind around 10 miles per hour. The
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  nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 70 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Tuesday will be hot and breezy, with
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  highs near 98 and heat index values up to 102,
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  with southwest winds around 10 to 16 miles per
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  hour and gusts to 28. Temperatures ease through
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  the week to near 90 on Thursday and the mid -80s
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  by Friday, with nights cooling from around 80
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  Tuesday night to the upper 60s Friday night and
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  a slight chance of showers early Saturday morning.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought
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  to 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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Feast
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  in Springfield concluded with its iconic greased
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  pole competition, drawing over 26 ,000 attendees
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  this year. Nick Abbott, a Journeyman lineman,
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  led his team from the Dana Club of West Springfield.
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  attempting to conquer the 40 -foot Greased Pole.
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  While no team reached the top, the event showcased
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  the spirit of competition and nostalgia, as many
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  participants shared personal stories tied to
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  their Italian heritage and the festival's history.
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  Notably, two women, Briscione Browning and Ashley
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  Piccirilli, made history as the first female
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  competitors, emphasizing their commitment to
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  gender equality in this beloved tradition. Now
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  onto sports. Robert Whittaker met the media Saturday
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  after his win over Nikita Krylov at Ultimate
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  Fighting Championship 329. Whittaker put away
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  Krylov with a third -round technical knockout
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  to close out the prelims at T -Mobile Arena in
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  Las Vegas. Whittaker was making his Ultimate
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  Fighting Championship debut at light heavyweight
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  after spending his entire tenure with a promotion
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  at middleweight. Everything that could go right
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  did go right. I can't express to you how good
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  I feel," Woodhicker said. Now he feels he is
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  in title contention at 205 pounds after this
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  victory. Whitting opens doors, and I have one,
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  and the doors are open, he added. In local sports,
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  the Red Sox are rolling. Boston swept the Mets
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  yesterday at City Field, 3 -2. making it nine
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  wins in their last ten games. Peyton Tall pitched
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  three and two -thirds strong innings, and the
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  bullpen locked it down with Garrett Whitlock
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  closing it out and picking up the save. The Sox
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  outscored New York 12 -2 across the series and
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  improved to 46 -48 on the season. They're back
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  in the division hunt, and now they head to the
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  Bronx tomorrow night to face the Yankees at 7
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  -35. These division rivals split earlier this
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  year, so expect intensity when they square off.
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  Meanwhile, the Red Sox front office is swinging
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  for the fences in the draft. Boston grabbed high
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  school outfielder Martin Scheller in the ninth
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  round, a top 150 prospect who batted 500 with
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  19 home runs as a senior. One analyst compared
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  him to Jay Bunner based on his elite at speed.
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  The risk is real. Scheller's committed to Mississippi
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  State and could honor that commitment. But Boston's
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  apparently willing to go over Slot to land him.
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  If they can get his signature, it could be one
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  of the dress' biggest wins. In top news, an outbreak
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  of an intestinal illness causing extreme illness
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  has been detected in 31 states, according to
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  federal health authorities. but the source is
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  still under investigation. As of Thursday, the
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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
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  843 cases of cyclosporiasis, the gastrointestinal
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  affliction caused by the parasite cyclospora.
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  However, the actual number of infections is likely
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  much higher, as many recover without medical
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  treatment. Health officials from California to
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  Texas to Florida have reported cases of cyclosporiasis
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  since early May. Cooking produce effectively
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  prevents infection as heating food to 158 degrees
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  Fahrenheit kills cyclospora. In business news,
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  Salesforce rarely draws a downgrade from two
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  research firms at once, but this week it did.
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  On Thursday, July 9th, Kaybank Capital Markets
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  and Bernstein downgraded Salesforce to a hold,
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  causing the stock to fall roughly 3 % to 4 %
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  at its low before steadying the next day. Both
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  firms expressed concern that the adoption of
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  AgentForce, the company's flagship artificial
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  intelligence agent platform, is progressing more
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  slowly than expected. A recent survey revealed
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  that more chief information officers plan to
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  trim Salesforce spending over the next year than
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  raise it. This trend raises caution across other
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  software names as well. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 1 % over the weekend to about $64 ,000.
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  Ethereum is up 3 % to just over $1 ,800. And
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  XRP is down 1%. to $1 .09. Moving on to a more
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  local vibe. In our community spotlight on health
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  and wellness, we are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  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. The Chinese
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  space age is upon us. The People's Republic is
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  pioneering various space initiatives, solidifying
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  its role as a power player in Earth's orbit and
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  beyond. A Chinese spacecraft is now within mere
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  miles of one of the Earth's seven mysterious,
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  quasi -moons, the asteroid known as Kamoalua.
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  Launched in May of 2025, the Chinese spacecraft
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  Tianwen -2 is now just 12 .5 miles from the asteroid's
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  surface. After traveling around 620 million miles,
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  the craft will spend nearly a year studying the
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  asteroid before attempting to scoop up samples.
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  Should it succeed, China could become the third
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  country to pull a sample from an asteroid. And
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  in entertainment news, Paramount is reportedly
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  considering leaving California. As the Golden
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  State and others prepare a lawsuit over its planned
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  $111 billion takeover of Warner Brothers' discovery.
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  On Sunday, Semaphore reported that friends and
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  advisors to Paramount chief David Ellison are
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  urging him to relocate his corporate headquarters
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  out of the state. The news follows reports that
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  California is preparing to file a lawsuit to
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  block the merger, according to the New York Times.
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  Ellison is being pushed to consider relocating,
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  which would move $30 million in planned spending
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  out of California if Attorney General Rob Bontas
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  is. However, no decision has been made regarding
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  a move. Paramount bought space in New Jersey
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  last year, signing a 10 -year lease for over
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  285 ,000 square feet of 1888 Studios Production
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  Campus in Bayonne. This makes Paramount eligible
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  for a tax credit of up to 40 % for movies and
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  television shows filmed in the state. Meanwhile,
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  California has reportedly taken the lead on a
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  potential lawsuit to block the merger, with states
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  including New York, Washington, and Connecticut
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  planning to join in. A draft lawsuit claims the
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  merger would hamper competition for major films,
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  among other concerns. Paramount argues the deal
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  will boost competition in Hollywood, saying it
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  is necessary to compete against tech giants like
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  Netflix, Amazon, and Apple. Waiters reported
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  that a lawsuit could be filed as early as this
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  week, while Paramount aims to close the deal
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  in the third quarter of 2026. Paramount expressed
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  confidence in the transaction, stating, We are
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  confident the facts and the law support this
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  transaction. and we will continue to defend it
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  vigorously." The studio added, we continue to
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  engage constructively with regulators around
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  the world and are prepared to address any legitimate
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  antitrust issues. Last month, news surfaced that
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  the European Commission is expected to approve
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  the merger ahead of an impending deadline, while
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  competition authorities in China, South Africa,
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  Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia, and North Macedonia
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  have already cleared it. A Paramount spokesperson
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  emphasized their constructive engagement with
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  all regulatory bodies. 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 author and
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  motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar. And he said,
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  success is not a destination. It's a journey.
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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.