Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
and it's Monday, April 6th. You'll be interested
to know, 130 years ago, today in 1896, athletes
from several nations gathered in Athens to open
a revived Olympic competition celebrating athletic
excellence and the spirit of ancient Greece.
That return marked a major milestone for international
sports, setting a model for peaceful global competition
and inspiring modern organized athletic festivals.
So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
report. This morning, it's sunny and it feels
like 28 degrees with 13 mile per hour wind. The
sunset will take place at 7 .15. and it will
rise again tomorrow at 6 .13. It looks like we're
in for some mostly sunny weather today, with
temperatures near 49 and a moderate west wind
around 14 miles per hour. If you're inland, it
will hit a high of 49. Tonight, expect mostly
cloudy skies with a chance of rain showers after
midnight, a low around 35, and light winds around
10 miles per hour. The near -shore buoy at Cape
Cod Bay reads 41 degrees for the water temperature.
Looking ahead in the weather. Tuesday starts
with a chance of rain before 8 a .m. Then rain
is likely with a high near 48 and a northwest
breeze of 6 to 10 miles per hour. Tuesday night
stays partly cloudy with a low near 29 before
sunshine returns Wednesday. warming to near 49
then, climbing into the mid -50s on Thursday
and the upper 60s by Friday. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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Sunny mornings send you. In local news, recent
reports indicate that Catholic church attendance
is on the rise, especially among young people.
Local Catholic houses of worship are celebrating
this increase as Easter weekend passes. While
attendance traditionally spikes on Ash Wednesday,
Palm Sunday, and Easter, local priests note that
these higher numbers are staying consistent throughout
the year. The Boston Archdiocese has seen a 55
% increase in adults joining over the past four
years. Father Peter Sharippa from Gate of Heaven
Parish remarked that their Ash Wednesday Mass
in South Boston was packed with about 1 ,000
attendees. He believes that many people are yearning
to rediscover the sacred. Now on to sports. The
Michigan Wolverines are heavy favorites over
the Yukon Huskies in the men's college basketball
title game. After a dominant performance against
Arizona in the semifinals, Michigan enters the
national championship game as the favorite. DraftKings
opened with the Wolverines as 7 .5 -point favorites.
Early batting at DraftKings shows 56 % of wagers
backing the Wolverines. Michigan opened plus
285 to win the game outright. Tonight, tip -off
is at 8 .50 Eastern. In local sports, the Red
Sox fell to the Padres 8 -6 on Sunday, marking
their seventh loss in eight games. Jackson Merrill
led San Diego with three hits, including a solo
homer that sparked a comeback from a four -run
deficit. Manny Machado also made an impact with
a three -run homer, while shortstop Xander Bogarts
added three hits. Boston briefly tied the game
in the seventh with Masataka Yoshida's two -run
double, but it wasn't enough to secure a win.
The Sox will host Milwaukee for three games,
with Brian Baio set to pitch tonight against
Brandon Woodruff. In top news, it can be hard
to wrap your head around all the conditions neurologists
treat, including cerebrovascular disorders like
stroke and carotid artery disease, seizure disorders,
and movement disorders including Parkinson's
disease. Dr. Andrew Dorsch, Division Chief for
General Neurology at Rush University System for
Health, emphasizes that if there is a nerve somewhere,
a neurologist could get involved. He warns that
people often brush off neurological symptoms,
thinking they are just age -related aches. For
neurologists, recommend never ignoring symptoms
such as weakness in one hand or leg. In business
news. In a light earnings week, the focus will
be on the Consumer Price Index, the first inflation
report to reflect the impact of the Iran war.
We will also see data on personal consumption
and gross domestic product. Stocks rebounded
sharply last week, snapping their five -week
losing streak. The S &P 500 gained 3 .4%, and
the Nasdaq Composite jumped 4 .4%. This week
will bring the first inflation report capturing
the impact of the war in Iran. Headline inflation
is expected to show a 1 % month -over -month
jump, the most since June 2022. In crypto movement,
Bitcoin is down 1 .5 % over the weekend to just
over $69 ,000. Ethereum is down 0 .5 % to just
over $2 ,000. And XRP is down 8%. to $1 .34.
Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates,
with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
well -being. Scientific research affirms its
benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
to tell them, sunny morning sent you by. And
now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. On April
2nd, 2026, A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced
a bill in the House of Representatives that would
severely limit the sale of advanced semiconductor
manufacturing equipment to China and other countries.
Led by Representative Michael Bongartner from
Washington, the Multilateral Alignment of Technology
Controls on Hardware Act would tighten existing
export controls for semiconductor manufacturing
tools used to create artificial intelligence
chips. If passed, these new restrictions would
likely curtail China's ability to build a fully
domestic artificial intelligence supply chain.
China's imports of semiconductor manufacturing
machinery have surged from $10 .7 billion in
2016 to about $51 .1 billion last year. And in
entertainment news… Mixed reviews did not dissuade
mass audiences from buying tickets to the Super
Mario Galaxy movie, which scored the biggest
opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. The
Illumination and Nintendo co -production earned
$130 million and $900 ,000 over the weekend,
and $190 million in its first five days in North
American theaters, according to studio estimates.
With an estimated $182 million from 80 overseas
markets, the film is looking at an astronomical
$372 million debut. Well, alrighty folks, it's
time for the quote of the day. And today, our
quote comes from the American journalist and
author, Hunter S. Thompson. And he said, Freedom
is something that dies unless it's used. And
that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
captivating aerial videos with local news and
the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.