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Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, May 8th, 2025.

We begin with Plain Overboard again. Tuesday, for the second time in eight days, a $70 million

F.A.18E Super Hornet fighter went over the side of the USS Harry Truman

and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea. According to CBS News, the jet was attempting to land on the

flight deck of that aircraft carrier, which is the same ship that made a sharp turn and sent a hornet

and his toe into the drink last week. This time,

a mechanism that slows the jet while landing failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard. The

two pilots in the aircraft safely ejected and were rescued by a helicopter, and no one on the ship

was injured.

A new Pope could emerge as early as today.

According to Reuters, before sequestering, some of the Cardinals said they hoped to wrap things up quickly, most likely by or even before tomorrow.

As expected, they voted only once yesterday, and the result was Black Smoke, the tell-tale signal for not yet.

They've been back at it for hours now and will take a total of four votes today, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, Rome time, or until one of the candidates received support from two-thirds of the Cardinals.

The price of a Barbie may soon be as steep as her high heels.

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