Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, November 5th, 2019.

And we begin with Better Late Than Never, a city official in Chicago says hundreds of overdue library books have been returned in the

last three weeks. That's a 240% increase and there's a simple reason why. The city

decided to eliminate overdue fines at all public libraries.

Many people who owe a fine are afraid to go to the library and these fines lead to

the loss of not just books but also patrons.

Chicago is now the largest city in the US to get rid of these fees but they're certainly

not the only one.

Salt Lake City and Boston public libraries have the same rules in place,

with Boston just making the change last Friday.

This is election day in the US.

It's considered an off-year election

because there are no national races to decide.

Those elections to determine all the members of the House, a third of the Senate,

and the U.S. President will take place next year.

But there are still some big races at state today.

Voters in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi will choose a governor.

And the state legislative elections will be held in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia, as well as for the New Jersey General Assembly.

Plus a lot of citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections will also

occur.

Schools have been closed this week in India's capital city because of really bad air pollution.

A measurement of air quality in New Delhi was recently recorded at 900.

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