Good morning and welcome to Kid News, generously sponsored today by the Vitaly Siebers of

Menlo Park, California, to wish a big happy eighth birthday to Violet.

On this special day Violet, your mom wants you to know how loved you are by her, your

papa, and of course, Mr. Newman, Ricky, Tessa, and Beezus, and that your creativity, intuition

and strength make your whole family proud.

I'm Tori, it's Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, the last day of February.

And we begin with the search over, as the man known as the catch-up boat guy has been found.

Hines, which is one of the makers of this popular hamburger topper, wanted to find this

sailor who had been lost at sea off the coast of Columbia and survived on nothing but catch-up

and some spices for 24 days. 47-year-old Elvis Francois, who had been tossed off course by

bad weather, was finally spotted by a plane and rescued. Hines wanted to give him a special gift,

but had a hard time tracking him down on his home island of Dominica.

So the catch-up maker posted a Facebook live video asking for help and the effort paid off.

Hines plans to give Francois a new state-of-the-art boat, which according to the business insider,

the brave sailor says he'll use for fishing or giving tours.

Exactly what caused the COVID-19 pandemic? It's still not entirely clear, but the US Energy

Department now believes an accidental leak from a laboratory in China is to blame. The department's

findings are based on new intelligence and first reported in the Wall Street Journal. The conclusion

is considered significant because the Energy Department runs many US labs, some of which conduct

advanced biological research. But while the FBI agrees with the lab leak theory,

four other spy agencies still disagree, saying they think this pandemic was started by

natural transmission. While two other agencies stayed, there's not enough evidence to come to a

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