Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, September 9th, 2025. And we begin

with Apple set to debut its slimmest iPhone yet. Sometime this morning, California time at what the

company is calling an awe-dropping event, the wraps will come off the tech giant's latest device.

Bloomberg News reports the iPhone 17 Air will be just 5.5 millimeters thick,

about the width of a standard pencil eraser or four pennies stacked on top of each other,

and the first iPhone to carry the Air label,

a name Apple uses for its thinnest laptops and tablets.

The company is also expected to unveil updates to its watches, AirPods, iPods, and HomePod mini smart speaker. A middle

schooler from New Hampshire just reeled in the catch of a lifetime. On a Labor Day deep

sea fishing trip, 13-year-old Jackson Denio of Hampton hauled up a whale of a lifetime. On a Labor Day deep sea fishing trip, 13-year-old Jackson Denio of

Hampton hauled up a whale of a fish, a 177-pound Atlantic halibut, 100 miles off the New England

coast. Not only did the fish outweigh him by about 50 pounds, photos confirm the creature

towers over him as well. According to reports,

Jackson battled the hefty halibut for about 30 minutes without letting go of the rod or accepting

help from fellow passengers who cheered him on. His family is submitting the catch for official review

to the International Gamefish Association where it could break multiple world records.

We've put a link on our resource page if you'd like to see it.

The Ocean just got a new superpower, making electricity.

Starting today, EcoWave Power will officially turn on its wave-powered floats at the Port of Los Angeles,

the first ever onshore wave energy project in the U.S.

As part of this pilot program, seven bright blue buoys will bob with the waves and push a system that converts motion into clean power,

with the potential to expand and power up to 60,000 homes someday.

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