Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim, today is Wednesday, July 21st, 2021, and

we begin with Skittles, sharing the edge of space stage with Jeff Bezos. Yesterday, the

former Amazon CEO rode his own Blue Origin Rocket Skyward from Texas. There was no pilot,

just Mr. Bezos, his brother Mark, 18-year-old Oliver Damon, and 82-year-old Wally Funk, all

strapped inside a capsule atop a booster that launched them 66 miles high, 10 miles higher

than Richard Branson flew just nine days earlier. Video from their few moments of weightlessness

shows the force of doing summer salts, throwing balls, and tossing candy. 11 minutes after

liftoff, they were back on the ground, where Mr. Bezos thanked Amazon employees and customers

for bankrolling the trip and helping to usher in space tourism for regular people. Blue

Origin plans two more private trips before the end of the year. The price of a seat, however,

has yet to be revealed. You are back to school supply list might have to include a mask after all.

This week, the nation's pediatricians split with the CDC and said all kids, regardless of whether

they've gotten the shot, should cover up indoors this fall. Dr. Fauci seems to agree, calling

the extra layer of protection reasonable in light of the new Delta variant, which is reportedly behind

83 percent of all new cases. But where you live will have a lot to do with whether you have to

wear one. According to CNN, at least nine states, Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Oklahoma,

South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Vermont have passed laws to make sure their school districts

aren't allowed to require kids to wear masks in class. We're just two days from the start of

the Olympics, and even its organizers aren't sure the games will go on. The head of Tokyo 2020

told a press conference yesterday that a late cancellation isn't out of the question, especially

if there's a spike in COVID cases. The U.S. women's gymnastics team is taking no chances. They've

ditched the Olympic Village to stay in a hotel outside. Advertisers are also on the move, afraid

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