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Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, March 27th, 2025.

And we begin with opening day in Major League Baseball in a season that some predict is the Dodgers to lose.

Fresh off their World Series win, the L.A. champs made

several roster changes that, according to ESPN, could turn the team into an even bigger powerhouse.

Another L.A. Club is also making headlines, as Angels pitcher Ryan Johnson has been called

straight to the majors. If he hits the mound, he would be only the third player since 2001 to skip the minors and go straight to the big leagues. In all, 14 opening day games are scheduled for today. The first between the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees starts at 305 Eastern this afternoon.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are finding out what's making them sick,

and it's pretty much the opposite of what you might think. Being too clean, researchers say,

is the culprit behind rashes, infections, cold sores, and allergies.

Rob Knight, who studies microbiome innovation at the University of California, San Diego,

told the Wall Street Journal,

Your immune system needs exposure to a wide range of beneficial microbes from places like soil, healthy animals, and healthy plants. He and a crew mapped the germs

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