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Penguins Ownership Change, Seahawks Rally, TikTok Deal · 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, December 19th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 27 years ago, today, in 1998, President
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  Bill Clinton faced formal impeachment proceedings
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  in the House of Representatives over charges
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  related to personal misconduct. marking a rare
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  constitutional test of presidential accountability.
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  That moment became a defining milestone in modern
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  civic life by prompting renewed public debate
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  about ethical leadership and strengthening norms
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  of oversight in national governance. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, there's a chance of light rain.
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  and it feels like 53 degrees with 14 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 413
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 708. It looks
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  like we're in for a rainy Friday with cloudy
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  skies and a high near 57, cooling down to around
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  50 in the afternoon, accompanied by a strong
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  south wind at 14 to 25 miles per hour, gusting
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  up to 49. Tonight. We may see a chance of rain
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  before 7 p .m., turning partly cloudy, with a
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  low around 27, and a breezy west wind at 15 to
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  20 miles per hour, gusting up to 37. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first Tide Friday
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  will be at midnight, with a tide at midnight.
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  The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 44 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 39 and a west wind 7 to 14 miles per
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  hour, gusting as high as 28. Sunday warms to
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  a mostly sunny high near 46 with west winds up
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  to 14 miles per hour and gusts near 25. Then
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  Monday turns sunny but much cooler with a high
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  near 31 and northwest gusts to 23. A chance of
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  mixed snow and rain arrives Tuesday, with highs
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  near 37 and overnight chances lingering into
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  Tuesday night. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
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  and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino
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  Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing eggs Benedict. or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, the Pittsburgh
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  Penguins will soon have new ownership as the
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  Hoffman family takes over from Fenway Sports
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  Group after four years. This marks the 13th ownership
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  change in the franchise's 58 -year history. The
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  sale price is expected to fall between $1 .7
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  billion and $1 .8 billion, subject to approval
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  by the NHL Board of Governors. Despite missing
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  the Stanley Cup playoffs for three consecutive
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  seasons, the Penguins maintain significant brand
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  value, fueled by their passionate fan base and
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  star player Sidney Crosby. Daggett Hoffman, the
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  family CEO, has a long -standing interest in
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  owning a national hockey league team. Now on
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  to sports. Sam Darnold connected with Jackson
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  Smith -Ndigba for a touchdown in overtime, then
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  hit a wide -open Eric Salbert for the winning
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  two -point conversion. And the Seattle Seahawks
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  rallied from a 16 -point fourth -quarter deficit
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  to stun the Los Angeles Rams 38 -37 on Thursday
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  night and take a one -game lead in the NSC West.
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  The Seahawks went 3 -for -3 on two -point conversions,
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  none more improbable than the one that tied the
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  game at 30 -all in the fourth quarter. Seattle
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  clinched a playoff spot and moved into position
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  for the top seed in the National Football Conference.
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  while Los Angeles faces a road playoff opener
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  if it cannot overtake the Seahawks in the final
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  two weeks of the season. In local sports, Mike
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  Vrabel knows as well as anyone how difficult
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  it is to stop Derek Henry. He's a very unique
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  player, great speed, great power, strength, Vrabel
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  said. Now he will face his former running back
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  on Sunday Night Football when the Ravens host
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  the Pats. With the Patriots leading the ASC East
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  at 11 wins and 3 losses, they can clinch a postseason
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  berth with a win, or a loss by Houston or Indianapolis.
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  Meanwhile, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson,
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  who has won the MVP award twice, is looking to
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  bounce back after an injury. New England remains
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  undefeated on the road this season. In top news,
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  North Korea stole $2 billion in cryptocurrency
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  in 2025, according to new research. This marks
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  the second consecutive year that North Korea's
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  extensive hacking operation has set a new record.
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  A report from the blockchain watchdog company
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  Chainalysis revealed that the country surpassed
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  its previous record of $1 .3 billion. In total,
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  North Korea has stolen around $6 .8 billion in
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  cryptocurrency. A significant portion of the
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  theft came from a hack of the Dubai -based cryptocurrency
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  exchange Bybit, where approximately $1 .5 billion
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  was taken, primarily in Ethereum. Experts note
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  that North Korea's hackers often fraudulently
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  obtain technical jobs abroad, facilitating further
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  thefts. In business news, TikTok has signed a
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  deal to sell its U .S. business to three American
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  investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake,
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  ensuring the popular social video platform can
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  continue operating in the United States. The
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  deal is expected to close on January 22, according
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  to an internal memo seen by the Associated Press.
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  The U .S. venture will have a new seven -member
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  Majority American Board of Directors, and it
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  will protect Americans' data and U .S. national
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  security. TikTok's algorithm will be retrained
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  on U .S. user data to ensure the content feed
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  is free from outside manipulation. This deal
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  marks the end of years of uncertainty about TikTok's
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  future in the United States. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is down 2 % for the week to about $87
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  ,000. Ethereum is down half a percent to just
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  over 2 ,900. And XRP is down 8 % to $1 .84. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents 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 science. On December
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  18, 2025, an enormous 68 million -year -old egg,
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  nicknamed The Thing, was excavated in Antarctica.
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  The fossil egg, laid during the Late Cretaceous,
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  measures about 11 inches long and 8 inches wide,
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  making it the largest soft -shelled egg ever
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  found. Researchers initially thought it resembled
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  a deflated bag, yet it revealed a delicate wall
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  under a microscope. This significant find suggests
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  that at least one marine reptile laid soft -shelled
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  eggs in water, offering insights into ancient
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  reproductive strategies. The study was published
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  in the journal Nature, highlighting the eggs'
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  importance in understanding prehistoric life.
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  Hugh Jackman transforms into a rugged Robin Hood
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  in the first look at the new A24 film, The Death
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  of Robin Hood. This film, directed by Michael
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  Sarnowski, tackles the myth head on. Jackman
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  shares that his character embodies scars, pain,
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  regret, and yes, love. Sarnowski, who spent a
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  year in Northern Ireland on this project, promises
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  a unique perspective on the legendary character.
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  He explains that Robin Hood is a real man, facing
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  his past and how he is portrayed. The film will
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  premiere in theaters in 2026. 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 author
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  and motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar. And he
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  said, The foundation stones for a balanced success
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  are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love,
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  and loyalty. 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.
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  you