Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, August 13th, 2019.

And we begin with a hit song Old Town Road causing trouble in one Massachusetts town.

Some people are so taken with the tune. causing trouble in one Massachusetts town.

Some people are so taken with the tune

that they've been stealing street signs from a road that shares its name.

In recent months, at least three old town road signs

have disappeared from the suburb of Wellesley,

leaving residents and emergency workers at a loss. At $280 a pop plus labor to replace the signs,

the town's department of public Works has decided to stop replacing

them for now, hoping that the song's popularity will fade.

That could take a while.

Not only is Lil Naus' X's Smash at number one for a record 18 weeks in a row, it just took Best

R&B hip-hop song at this weekend's Teen Choice Awards.

Big changes could be coming to a law that protects animals.

The Trump administration is planning to alter the Endangered Species Act.

The landmark legislation first went into effect in 1973 and is credited with saving the bald eagle, the

grizzly bear, and the American alligator from extinction. The new rules will

change the law in a couple of ways. Instead of only relying on science to decide which animals need protection,

decision makers may now also consider the cost.

Plus, the new language will make it harder to factor in the effects of climate change on wildlife

habitats.

Supporters say the new language will make the process more transparent, but critics warn the

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