Good morning and welcome to Kid News! I'm Kim, today is Wednesday, May 17, 2023, and

we begin with chocolate milk, possibly getting the heave ho from school cafeterias. The Wall

Street Journal reports that federal food officials in the U.S. want to pull it off lunch

menus starting in 2025 because of its high sugar content. The issue is stirring up debate.

Backers of the band say flavored milk contributes to early weight problems and creates a habit

of preferring sugary drinks. While champions of chocolate milk say it's an important source

of protein and believe removing it will lead to kids drinking less milk overall because

many don't like it plain. Even the regulators who have to make the decision are torn and

suggest the solution may lie somewhere in the middle, where they allow it for lunches

but only if dairy companies can figure out a way to cut the amount of sugar per serving.

NASA spent a good part of yesterday keeping tabs on a massive space rock as it zipped past

earth. According to CBS News, asteroid 2023 JD2 is 360 feet in diameter, bigger than London's

Big Ben or New York Statue of Liberty. It made its closest approach at approximately 3 pm

eastern time, traveling at a speed of 29,000 miles an hour. Was it anything to worry about?

Nope, JD2 stayed 3.5 million miles away. Today, two other asteroids will make their flybys. They'll

be closer to earth but a whole lot smaller. These intergalactic guests are remnants from the early

formation of the solar system and are often referred to as minor planets. If you'd like to help

NASA spot them, consider joining the agency's new daily minor planet project. We've put a link

on our resource page. According to AAA, people just want to travel and that's the reason the

company predicts a super busy Memorial Day weekend both on the roads and in the air. All told more

than 42 million people will celebrate the unofficial start of summer by venturing more than 50 miles

from home. That's up 7 percent over last year. Most will travel by car but analysts expect historic

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