Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. It's Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

And we begin with what will certainly be a very different NBA playoff season now underway inside the league's Disney World bubble in Florida.

After two weeks of getting everyone up to speed following a four month layoff,

the first round of the basketball playoffs opened yesterday with four games.

Still, nothing about these playoffs will be normal.

With no in-person fans or home court advantage,

the championship race is really up for grabs.

Even LA Laker's star, LeBron James admits he's been struggling to get used to the situation.

But as always, he's the man to watch. He's just 89 points away from 7,000 career

post-season points. No one else even has 6,000. Also chasing history, Kauai Leonard. If he wins the NBA's MVP award with the

Clippers, he'll be the first player to win it on three different teams. Summer Vacation is getting interrupted for members of the U.S. Congress.

Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she's bringing members back from their August recess this week to vote on a bill involving the US Postal Service.

The Postmaster General is cutting overtime and reducing post office hours to save money,

which has led to lots of undelivered mail.

And there could be more trouble in November with millions of adults voting by mail due to COVID-19.

So Congress is expected to see if they can find a way to give the

Postal Service more money and prevent any dramatic changes being made to its

operations at least for the rest of the year.

Danny's Rocket Ranch Space Salsa has launched in a business and hopefully into orbit.

Danny Jacques is a retired science teacher and self-described space

nerd who's been creating homemade salsa for a long time. Two years ago while

volunteering at space camp, Danny brought his salsa to a pool party where a

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