Good morning and welcome to Kidnews. I'm Tori. Today is Friday, May 19, 2023, and we begin

with a hardworking teenager making her entrepreneurial dreams come true. At age 16 Samantha Fry was

washing dishes at Rosalie's restaurant in Strasbourg, Ohio. Now, at age 18, she owns

the place. The enterprising teen made the down payment using money she earned working

her way through high school, at times holding down three different jobs. The money had been

earmarked for college and she did attend one semester at Ohio State University. Yet, much

to her mother's initial dismay, Samantha chose to become a business owner instead, working

seven days a week. The close-knit community has rally behind Samantha's courage in pursuing

her dreams, and after warming up to the idea, her mom tells USA Today, she couldn't be

more proud. As expected, Montana's governor has told TikTok to take a hike. On Wednesday,

Governor Greg Gianforte signed the bill we told you about last month that bans the use of the

popular social media apps statewide starting in January. In a tweet, he explained the move is to

protect Montana's personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, a reference to

TikTok's Chinese-based parent company, Bite Dance. The law is expected to face numerous court

challenges, but if it does go into effect, violators, including TikTok itself and the app stores

that house it could face fines of $10,000 per day. How to enforce the law is still an open issue

because app stores currently can't control downloads on a state-by-state basis.

A city known for its rat-infested roadways may soon clean up its act. Yesterday, New York City

Sanitation Commissioner proposed a new rule requiring all 40,000 restaurants and food-related

businesses to deposit food scraps and trash in containers with tight-fitting lids. As it

stands now, leftovers are stuffed into black garbage bags that often leak. Too often, according

to the city's new Ratsar, those bags sit on the sidewalks for hours before getting picked up,

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