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WBUR TODAY: ⚽ Foxborough's big World Cup finale

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  ❤️ Donate Thursday, July 9, 2026 ☀️ Sunny and hot, with a high near 92. Good Morning Boston, It's a good Thursday to wrap up work early. Kicking off one last time: Foxborough is hosting its final 2026 World Cup match this afternoon between two teams that are no strangers to Gillette Stadium — or each other. France and Morocco will take the field at 4 p.m. for a quarterfinals game that's also a rematch of the 2022 World Cup semifinals . (Both teams also won group stage games in Foxborough.) According to the Associated Press, it might be the most intriguing of the four World Cup quarterfinal matchups . Where to watch: The city of Revere, which is estimated to be 10% Moroccan, is sponsoring watch parties at five local bars , with free giveaways. Meanwhile in Boston, the city is holding a free outdoor watch party in the North End's Christopher Columbus Park, following a live soccer podcast taping   with Mayor Michelle Wu and former Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez at 1 p....

WBUR TODAY: How to spend $1 million

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  ❤️  Donate Monday, March 9, 2026 ☀️  Sunny, with a high of 65.  Good Morning Boston, Much of the United States and Canada switched over to daylight saving time over the weekend. But in British Columbia, there will be no going back to standard time. The Canadian province has  decided to make daylight saving time permanent . Now, to local news: The million-dollar question:   Cambridge residents have until this Sunday to vote on how the city should spend $1 million. This year's annual participatory budgeting cycle features 20 community-focused proposals submitted by residents last fall. Voting opened last Thursday and runs through March 15. Here's a look at what's on the ballot: The projects: The most costly ideas include  revitalizing the community garden  at Riverside Press Park ($275,000),  upgrading the city's basketball courts  ($250,000) and  deploying bike counters  ($209,000). But there are smaller projects as well — suc...