Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim.

Today is Wednesday, August 8, 2018.

And we begin with a wildfire in Northern California

taking just 10 days to burn its way to an unfortunate new record.

The Mendocino Complex Fire, which started as two fires before merging into one massive blaze,

is now the biggest wildfire in state history.

Its total size is bigger than New York City,

twice the size of Chicago, and almost as big as Los Angeles.

Firefighters think it'll take another week to get and almost as big as Los Angeles.

Firefighters think it'll take another week to get a handle on it.

Singer Pink took a lot of heat when she canceled a concert in Australia,

only to be photographed the same day relaxing on a beach.

Apparently the picture didn't tell the whole story.

The singer had an infection and was told by doctors to lay low, so she did, but it didn't work.

She's now been hospitalized with a stomach virus,

and a third show had to be called off.

The concerts will be rescheduled when pink no longer feels blue.

Flat earthers, people who believe the earth is flat, won't like this story one bit.

Google Maps just upgraded its system, and now when you zoom all the way out, you will see Earth as the round planet that it is.

The improvement will also more accurately reflect the size of countries and continents.

So far, this change is only available on desktops.

The maps you pull up on your phones will still show a flat version.

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