Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now: From Volcanoes to Railroads

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now 1. 🗳️ Georgia Goes Back to the Polls 2. 💍The Right to Wed 3. 🌋 Mauna Loa Making Moves 4. 😷 Protesting the Pandemic 5. ⚽ World Cup Wins 6. 🦠 Zombie Virus 7. 🐧 Picky Penguins 8. 🐦 Birds Battling the Flu 9. 🚃 Rights for Railroad Workers 10. ☄️ A Meteorite in the Spotlight 📧 Email us your fun facts, stories, and eye-rolling jokes at: [email protected] 📱 Follow the show on Instagram: @thetennews 🖱️ Visit our website for resources and a transcript of today's episode at: www.thetennews.com

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0:00.0	Pamela, my head is spinning like a basketball on a finger.
0:03.1	Um, are you okay, Rye?
0:05.2	There's so many crazy and cool things happening at the moment.
0:08.2	Yeah, like volcanoes and the Respect for Marriage Act and the zombie virus.
0:13.2	Yes, all of the above. Can we, can me, can we?
0:16.0	Yes, we can. I'm Pamela Kirkland.
0:19.3	And I'm Ryan Willard. It's Tuesday, December 6th.
0:22.0	This is the 10 News.
0:24.1	And here are 10 things you need to know right now.
0:31.9	Back to the polls in Georgia.
0:34.4	Today, December 6th, are the Senate runoffs in Georgia.
0:38.6	It's the last race of the 2022 midterm election. Democrat and current Georgia Senator Rafael Warnock is in a tight race
0:44.3	against Republican challenger, Herschel Walker. Neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote
0:49.4	in November's election, which triggered an automatic runoff in Georgia. We will update you on the
0:54.0	results next week.
0:55.0	Let's do this.
0:56.0	The right to wed. The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that protects the rights of LGBTQ plus people to get married,
1:05.0	and also protects the rights of people of different races to wed.
1:09.0	It's already legal in the U.S. because of Supreme Court cases in the past.
1:14.1	But after the current court overturned Roe v. Wade this past June, U.S. lawmakers are
1:20.1	trying to prevent other rights from being rolled back.
1:23.3	Way to go!
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