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kid news good morning and welcome to kid news I I'm Tori. Today is Monday, the 30th of July, 2018.

And we begin this morning with the main part of one of the most popular national parks in the country,

staying closed longer than expected.

Yosemite officials say the smoke from a nearby wildfire is still too dangerous to let tourists

and employees back in.

So instead of reopening yesterday as planned, the Valley, which is home to Yosemite

Falls, El Capitan, and Half Dome will stay off limits at least until Friday. Anyone holding

a reservation for one of its hotels or campgrounds this week is out of luck.

The Magic Kingdom is the latest to jump on the bandwagon to ban plastic.

The Walt Disney Company announced that it will eliminate all single-use straws and stirs at all its parks with the exception of Tokyo by 2019.

Mickey's move alone will keep 175 million straws and 13 million stirrs out of

landfills.

Basketball legend LeBron James has admitted one regret.

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