Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim.

Today is Wednesday, February 9, 2022.

And we begin with Billy Eilish stopping her concert to help a fan in need.

Videos from Atlanta show the bad guy singer looking out over the crowd,

realizing that one young woman was struggling to breathe,

then asking for someone to bring her an inhaler.

As Billy watched from the stage,

and told the Standing Room Only section to give the fan some space,

security moved in.

The singer checked that the fan was good, saying,

I wait for people to be okay until I keep going.

In the past, pre-COVID, she's even been known to give her water bottle to dehydrated fans.

The Billy News doesn't stop with her good deeds.

Yesterday, the 20-year-old was nominated for her first Oscar

for her original James Bond theme song, No Time to Die.

Little by little and state by state,

masks are coming off at least in schools.

New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, and Oregon all announce this week

that kids and teachers may show their smiling faces again as early as the end of this month.

California, meanwhile, is keeping masks on in the classroom,

but dropping the requirement elsewhere.

Starting next Tuesday, vaccinated residents there will no longer

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