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KidNuz: News for Kids

08.21.2020

KidNuz: News for Kids

Starglow Media

Kids & Family, Education, News

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Aunt Becky’s Day, Dodger Democracy, New Zealand Postpones, Mask Up and an Octopus Oops!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning and welcome the kid news sponsored today by Bamboo Learning. I'm Kim. It's Friday August 21st, 2020 and we begin with the biggest fish caught in the Admission Scandal headed to the friar.

0:15.1

Today it's sentencing day for actress Lori Laughlin who plays Aunt Becky on Fuller House.

0:20.7

She and her husband were charged last year in the college admission

0:23.9

scandal for paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of

0:29.2

Southern California as fake crew recruits.

0:33.0

Originally, the actress and her fashion designer husband said they were not guilty,

0:38.0

but this spring quickly changed course and took a plea deal.

0:41.0

Prosecutors recommend she get two months behind bars and he get five plus pay a steep

0:47.2

fine and serve 100 hours of community service. The judge will ultimately

0:51.8

decide the punishment for the high-profile pair.

0:55.0

Their two daughters, ages 20 and 21, have not been charged with any crimes from this investigation.

1:02.0

LeBron James is any crimes from this investigation.

1:03.0

LeBron James is straddling sports to bring out the vote in November.

1:08.2

The basketball great has teamed up with the Dodgers to turn their baseball home into a giant polling place.

1:15.0

Not only will Los Angeles County residents be able to cast their ballots with plenty of elbow

1:20.0

room on election day itself, but they'll be able to do so for the five days prior as well.

1:26.0

And while the Dodgers are the first baseball team to open their stadium to democracy, they

1:30.9

aren't alone in the sporting world.

1:33.0

Three basketball organizations are also pledging their arenas to the cause,

1:37.0

the Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, and Atlanta Hawks.

1:42.0

On the other side of the world, a different response to trying to hold an election during a

1:47.8

pandemic.

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