WEBVTT 00:00:01.540 --> 00:00:04.540 Good morning and a warm welcome to your show, 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.119 Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa, 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:14.080 and it's Tuesday, October 28th. You'll be interested 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:19.280 to know. Today is National Chocolate Day. This 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.160 decadent day celebrates chocolate's rich history 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.579 from ancient cacao ceremonies to modern treats, 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.230 inspiring chocolatiers. home bakers and candy 00:00:29.230 --> 00:00:33.829 lovers to share joyful bites. Join a sweet celebration 00:00:33.829 --> 00:00:36.850 with friends or savor a quiet chocolate tasting 00:00:36.850 --> 00:00:40.130 at home. And don't forget to indulge and celebrate. 00:00:41.289 --> 00:00:45.909 So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather 00:00:45.909 --> 00:00:52.070 report. This morning, it's partly sunny and it 00:00:52.070 --> 00:00:56.189 feels like 34 degrees with 9 mile per hour wind. 00:00:56.810 --> 00:01:00.189 The sunset will take place at 540, and it will 00:01:00.189 --> 00:01:04.530 rise again tomorrow at 714. It looks like we're 00:01:04.530 --> 00:01:07.769 in for a mostly sunny day with a high near 55 00:01:07.769 --> 00:01:11.450 and a gentle north wind around 10 to 14 miles 00:01:11.450 --> 00:01:16.310 per hour. Tonight, expect a chance of rain showers 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:20.150 after 9 p .m., mostly cloudy skies with a low 00:01:20.150 --> 00:01:23.890 of 45 and a northeast wind near 10 miles per 00:01:23.890 --> 00:01:27.349 hour. For all you beach runners out there, the 00:01:27.349 --> 00:01:30.670 first low tide Tuesday will be just before 1030, 00:01:31.049 --> 00:01:35.709 with a high tide at 430. The nearshore buoy at 00:01:35.709 --> 00:01:39.870 Cape Cod Bay reads 57 degrees for the water temperature. 00:01:42.230 --> 00:01:44.969 Looking ahead in the weather, Wednesday will 00:01:44.969 --> 00:01:47.890 be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and 00:01:47.890 --> 00:01:51.019 a high near 54. with a northeast wind around 00:01:51.019 --> 00:01:55.239 12 mph and rain chances increasing into the night. 00:01:56.420 --> 00:01:59.040 Thursday brings steadier rain with gusty northeast 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:03.620 winds up to 24 mph. Then showers and thunderstorms 00:02:03.620 --> 00:02:07.159 continue into Friday with highs near 61 and a 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:11.020 southwest breeze. A drier Saturday is mostly 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.580 sunny and breezy with highs near 58 and gusts 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:18.479 near 30 mph. Then nights cool into the low 40s. 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:22.860 Bonjour, food enthusiasts. 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On Monday morning, a cruise ship grappling 00:03:01.629 --> 00:03:05.169 with a serious norovirus outbreak docked in Boston. 00:03:06.250 --> 00:03:09.110 The Oceania insignia, which had recently been 00:03:09.110 --> 00:03:13.110 in Portland, Maine, arrived around 8 a .m. According 00:03:13.110 --> 00:03:16.009 to News Center Maine, approximately 12 percent 00:03:16.009 --> 00:03:20.030 of passengers, or 74 individuals, fell ill during 00:03:20.030 --> 00:03:23.990 their voyage, which began in Montreal. Concerns 00:03:23.990 --> 00:03:26.129 were raised in Maine about the ship's impact 00:03:26.129 --> 00:03:29.509 on local hospitality workers who frequently interact 00:03:29.509 --> 00:03:33.310 with visitors. Community leader Joan Lockdove 00:03:33.310 --> 00:03:36.629 advocates for an alert system to inform residents 00:03:36.629 --> 00:03:41.280 about sick passengers on visiting vessels. Norovirus, 00:03:41.419 --> 00:03:44.599 highly contagious, causes gastroenteritis with 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:47.960 symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea, affecting 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.860 up to 21 million people in the United States 00:03:50.860 --> 00:04:00.520 each year. Now on to sports. The National Basketball 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:04.020 Association is facing a gambling crisis after 00:04:04.020 --> 00:04:07.020 a sitting head coach, a current player. and a 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:09.139 former player were all arrested in connection 00:04:09.139 --> 00:04:12.300 with two federal indictments related to illegal 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:15.120 gambling on games and raked poker games that 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.399 had mafia ties. Portland Trail Blazers coach 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:23.040 Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rosier, 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:27.019 and former NBA player Damon Jones are facing 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:30.620 criminal charges. Federal authorities allege 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:33.639 the extensive scheme spanned years, involving 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:37.490 more than 30 co -defendants. Billups and Rozier 00:04:37.490 --> 00:04:39.870 have been placed on immediate lead from their 00:04:39.870 --> 00:04:43.850 teams. And last night, on Monday night football, 00:04:45.009 --> 00:04:47.730 the Chiefs blew out the commanders in Kansas 00:04:47.730 --> 00:04:53.110 City 28 to 7. Patrick Mahomes was 25 for 34, 00:04:53.529 --> 00:04:59.129 with 299 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. 00:05:00.209 --> 00:05:02.870 The Chiefs are now 5 and 3 after their rough 00:05:02.870 --> 00:05:06.230 start. and the commanders fall to three and five. 00:05:07.269 --> 00:05:11.209 Now, on to the World Series. In an extra inning 00:05:11.209 --> 00:05:13.810 nail -biter, the Dodgers were able to outlast 00:05:13.810 --> 00:05:17.189 the Blue Jays, winning six to five, to take the 00:05:17.189 --> 00:05:20.949 series lead two games to one. Freddie Freeman 00:05:20.949 --> 00:05:24.250 was the hero, with a homer in the bottom of the 00:05:24.250 --> 00:05:28.189 eighth. Game four is tonight, remaining in Los 00:05:28.189 --> 00:05:32.529 Angeles, with Bieber facing Ohtani. at a Eastern 00:05:32.529 --> 00:05:38.449 on Fox in local sports, and Fernie Simons made 00:05:38.449 --> 00:05:41.910 six three -pointers and scored 25 points, leading 00:05:41.910 --> 00:05:44.329 the Celtics to their first win of the season 00:05:44.329 --> 00:05:47.430 as they pulled away to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 00:05:47.430 --> 00:05:52.850 122 -90. Peyton Pritchard contributed 18 points 00:05:52.850 --> 00:05:56.149 for the Celtics, who outscored the Pelicans 31 00:05:56.149 --> 00:05:59.430 -4 in the final nine minutes and 14 seconds. 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:04.240 after leading by just five. Simons added 12 points 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:07.319 in the fourth quarter for Boston, which had previously 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:11.040 dropped its first three games. Luca Garza had 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:14.220 16 points, while Jalen Brown and Josh Menott 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:18.279 finished with 15 points each. Poole's three -pointer 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.959 cut the deficit to 91 -86 early in the fourth 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.860 quarter, before Simons made three three -pointers 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:28.379 and Sam Hauser added two during Boston's powerful 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:32.019 finish. Next up, the Celtics will host Cleveland 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:37.939 on Wednesday. In top news, Hurricane Melissa, 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:41.720 with no relation to me, by the way, has made 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.939 its way to Jamaica after strengthening to a Category 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:49.699 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 miles per 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:53.660 hour. Authorities have started mandatory evacuations 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:57.060 across the island as they move to close the nation's 00:06:57.060 --> 00:07:00.779 airports. More than 800 emergency shelters have 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:04.279 opened, following extensive damage in Haiti and 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:08.699 the Dominican Republic. Mahdi Kapuchi, a senior 00:07:08.699 --> 00:07:11.939 meteorologist at My Radar, emphasizes that this 00:07:11.939 --> 00:07:16.339 will be an unprecedented event for Jamaica. The 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:19.060 storm could lead to widespread destruction, flooding, 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.480 and long -lasting humanitarian crises. A miracle 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.759 is needed to avert disaster as the storm approaches. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.899 In business news, Wall Street's main indexes 00:07:32.899 --> 00:07:35.220 reached record -closing highs for the second 00:07:35.220 --> 00:07:38.120 day in a row, as investors remained optimistic 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:41.620 about a U .S.-China trade deal and anticipated 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:45.740 high -profile technology earnings. U .S. President 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:49.079 Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.680 are scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.220 a framework that could alleviate U .S. tariffs 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:58.050 and China's rare earth export limitations. U 00:07:58.050 --> 00:08:01.790 .S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant expressed 00:08:01.790 --> 00:08:04.670 hopes regarding China purchasing U .S. soybeans, 00:08:05.009 --> 00:08:09.089 which contributed to easing tensions. The S &P 00:08:09.089 --> 00:08:13.149 500 gained over 82 points, while the Nasdaq Composite 00:08:13.149 --> 00:08:17.870 rose by over 430 points. Shares of U .S. listed 00:08:17.870 --> 00:08:22.189 Chinese companies also experienced gains. In 00:08:22.189 --> 00:08:25.550 crypto movement, Bitcoin is down half a percent. 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:32.759 to about $114 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 % to just 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:39.840 over $4 ,100. And XRP is down 1 % to $2 .64. 00:08:41.539 --> 00:08:45.700 Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:48.639 spotlight on health and wellness, we are working 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.659 with a national Pilates studio to bring you some 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:56.240 free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.759 with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.220 presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:06.700 strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental 00:09:06.700 --> 00:09:10.019 well -being. Scientific research affirms its 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:14.139 benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:18.340 for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley, 00:09:18.700 --> 00:09:22.419 Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:26.399 to tell them... sunny mornings sent you by. And 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:32.179 now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. Amazon 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:36.080 plans to lay off as many as 30 ,000 workers starting 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.240 as early as Tuesday, according to sources familiar 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.600 with the matter. This latest cost -cutting move 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:45.700 aims to slim down the company and conserve cash. 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.480 The job cuts could affect roughly 10 % of the 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.000 corporate workforce, spanning across various 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.120 business units including human resources and 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:59.259 cloud computing. Amazon chief executive Andy 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:02.419 Jassy has been reducing expenses, especially 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:05.200 as the company invests in artificial intelligence. 00:10:06.259 --> 00:10:09.399 These layoffs would be the largest since 2022, 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:14.440 when around 27 ,000 roles were eliminated. Amazon 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.659 is also leveraging technology to boost efficiency 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:24.200 and reduce the need for human workers. and in 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.399 entertainment news. The new biopic, Springsteen, 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:31.460 Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:34.360 White, has struggled at the box office, making 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:37.500 just $9 million during its opening weekend in 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:41.559 North America. Despite Bruce Springsteen's iconic 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.480 status, the film fell short of its $55 million 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:49.820 budget. Experts suggest Springsteen's clean image 00:10:49.820 --> 00:10:52.700 may have hindered its success. as his life lacks 00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:56.559 the dramatic peaks of other musical icons. With 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:59.279 mixed reviews, the film is unlikely to compete 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.559 for awards, contrasting with successful biopics 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:07.019 like Bohemian Rhapsody. The top film this weekend 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:11.240 was Chainsaw Man, an anime that earned 17 million 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:14.320 dollars, showcasing the growing popularity of 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:19.019 Japanese animation. Well, alrighty folks, it's 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:23.000 time for the quote of the day. And today, our 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.220 quote comes from the American poet and essayist, 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:36.080 Walt Whitman. And he said, And that's a wrap 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.299 for this morning. You can check out our Instagram, 00:11:39.700 --> 00:11:43.299 YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:46.399 videos with local news and the weather reports. 00:11:47.470 --> 00:11:50.409 Had an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see 00:11:50.409 --> 00:11:53.509 you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings 00:11:53.509 --> 00:11:54.029 in Boston.