Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, August 28, 2019.

And we begin with Taylor Swift getting the last laugh, nearly 10 years to the day

when she was blindsided by

Koney West on stage at the Video Music Awards,

Swift was back on top, again winning the night's big award

for her summer hit, you need to calm down.

This time, no one interrupted her honor, but

actor John Travolta almost botched delivery of the statue when he tried to hand it

to one of her backup dancers who looked remarkably like Swift by accident.

Winds and performances by Missy Elliot, Myly Cyrus, and Ariana Grande were the other highlights

of the night.

Weather has gotten in the way of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

The Swedish 16-year-old is yach

yachting across the Atlantic to reach a global warming summit in New York City.

Greta refused to take a plane because of its

environmental impact, but a storm off Nova Scotia has slowed her progress. So instead

of pulling in yesterday, she's expected to dock today or tomorrow. Her journey is zero emissions thanks to

solar panels and underwater turbines that generate electricity. Greta has

become the poster child for a growing movement of young activists after her weekly protests

helped inspire student climate strikes in more than a hundred cities worldwide.

The regular football season hasn't even started, but Patriots quarterback Tom Brady already

has won in the loss column. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected the six-time

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