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Celtics Sweep Lakers, MBTA Fare Gates Struggle · 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, February 23rd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 72 years ago, today, in 1954, health
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  workers launched the first large -scale nationwide
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  polio vaccination campaign, getting millions
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  free doses of the polio vaccine. to protect children
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  and communities. That milestone proved that coordinated
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  public health effort could drastically reduce
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  paralysis and save countless lives, establishing
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  a model for future immunization programs. So
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  now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's heavy snow and areas
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  of blowing snow. and it feels like 16 degrees,
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  with 27 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 526, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 623. It looks like we're in for some blustery
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  conditions today, with heavy snow and blowing
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  snow, a high near 30, and a strong north wind
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  gusting up to 60 miles per hour, so be careful
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  out there. Tonight. Snow is likely before 1 a
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  .m. with mostly cloudy skies, a low around 22,
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  and a northwest wind gusting up to 38 miles per
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  hour. For all you beach runners out there, the
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  first low tide Friday will be at 7 Eastern, with
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  a high tide at 1 Eastern. The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 33 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Tuesday
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  will be mostly sunny, with a high near 32 and
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  a west wind near 10 miles per hour, gusting to
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  21. A slight chance of snow returns late Tuesday
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  night into early Wednesday, with heists climbing
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  to around 38 on Wednesday, and a chance of about
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  one inch of new snow before changing to rain
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  and snow. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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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. In local news, the new commuter rail
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  fare gates at South Station have faced issues
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  just weeks after their opening. The MBTA introduced
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  the gates late last year to curb fare evasion,
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  but they have struggled with functionality in
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  Boston's harsh winter conditions. After a severe
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  winter storm in late January, the gates were
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  shut down for over a week, reopening on February
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  4th. Currently, some gates remain closed due
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  to the impact of wind and snow, with alternatives
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  being considered for protection. The gates cost
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  about $1 .3 million to purchase and $2 million
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  to install, but the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
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  Authority remains optimistic about their long
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  -term benefits. Now on to sports. Team USA has
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  rewritten history with a logic -defying gold
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  medal victory over Canada on Sunday in Milan.
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  This triumph marks the end of a 46 -year wait
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  for American men's hockey gold. The thrilling
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  match concluded with a 2 -to -1 overtime win,
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  showcasing a team built to win, not just compete.
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  Jack Hughes scored the game -winning goal, while
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  Conor Helgwick delivered an outstanding goaltending
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  performance. making key saves throughout the
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  game. As Charlie McEvoy expressed, we did it,
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  marking a proud moment in American hockey history.
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  In local sports, Peyton Pritchard dazzled with
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  a step -back three -pointer, scoring 30 points,
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  and adding eight assists as the Seas beat the
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  Lakers 111 -89 in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
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  Jalen Brown also shined, contributing 32 points,
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  eight rebounds, and seven assists, helping the
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  Celtics secure their third straight win and eighth
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  out of nine games. With this victory, the Celtics
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  completed a season -series sweep over their historic
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  rivals, while Los Angeles struggled, recording
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  its second lowest point total of the season.
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  Next, the Celtics will face the Suns in Phoenix
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  on Tuesday. In top news, AARP is sending a strong
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  message about significant changes to Social Security
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  in 2026. In January 2026, a cost of living adjustment,
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  or COLA, will increase monthly paychecks by 2
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  .8 % for nearly 71 million beneficiaries. This
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  adjustment translates to approximately $56 more
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  per month for the average retiree. although higher
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  Medicare Part B premiums may offset some of that
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  increase. Additionally, the earnings limit for
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  individuals claiming Social Security before full
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  retirement age is rising, allowing them to earn
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  more before benefits are withheld. These updates
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  aim to enhance financial planning for retirees
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  and ensure long -term program stability. In business
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  news... NVIDIA's earnings and the Supreme Court's
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  decision on tariffs are this week's focal points.
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  The ruling, which struck down President Trump's
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  tariff regime, saw all three major indexes close
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  higher on Friday. The S &P 500 rallied, while
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  the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0 .5%,
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  and the Nasdaq Composite picked up 0 .9%. Oil
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  prices ended the week up roughly 5 .5 % amid
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  rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
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  This week, investors will watch for the producer
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  price index and NVIDIA's fourth quarter results,
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  which could signal shifts in the artificial intelligence
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  market. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 3
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  % over the weekend to $65 ,000. Ethereum is down
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  4 % to just under $1 ,900. And XRP is down 4
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  % to $1 .35. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In 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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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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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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  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. Google recently revealed how
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  hackers are turning artificial intelligence into
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  a super weapon. While artificial intelligence
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  programs can enhance productivity, malicious
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  actors are using them to steal sensitive information,
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  including passwords and bank details. The Google
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  Threat Intelligence Group published a blog post
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  -detailing these abuses, highlighting that artificial
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  intelligence is being exploited for intellectual
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  property theft. and creating new types of malware.
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  Hackers can quickly identify potential victims
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  and generate convincing phishing messages, making
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  their attacks more effective. This alarming trend
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  raises significant concerns about the future
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  of cybersecurity. And in entertainment news,
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  the Scrooge revival is garnering mixed reactions.
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  as millennials witness their cherished cultural
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  staples morph into cringe. The sitcom, which
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  aired on NBC from 2001 to 2008 and continued
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  on ABC until 2010, is quintessentially millennial.
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  While the revival attempts to rekindle nostalgia,
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  it feels off against today's standards. Under
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  showrunner Asim Batra, new characters are introduced.
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  yet they fail to match the charm of the original
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  cast. Despite advancements in the medical sitcom
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  genre, scrumps remain stagnant. The revival premieres
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  on February 25th at 8 p .m. Eastern Time on ABC,
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  with episodes streaming on Hulu the following
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  day. Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the
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  quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
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  from the American journalist and author, Hunter
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  S. Thompson. And he said, freedom is something
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  that dies unless it is used. 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.