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The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

This Week's Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now! 🎙️

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Small But Mighty Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family, News

4.4702 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

While we are all busy getting ready for Halloween, here are this week's Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now. From a midterm update to a bread sculpture of Han Solo 🤨

Transcript

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Hey, Tenors, before you get ready for Halloween, it's time for this week's headlines.

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This is the 10 News.

0:04.9

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

0:06.4

And I'm Ryan Willard.

0:07.5

And here are 10 things you need to know right now.

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0:15.0

In some exciting news from the U.S. Treasury, Asian American movie star and activist

0:19.6

Anna Mae Wong will be the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency. Asian American movie star and activist Anna Mae Wong will be the first Asian

0:21.9

American to appear on U.S. currency. She'll be pictured on quarters that are being minted this year.

0:28.2

Do you love Girl Scout cookies? Well, we think McKenzie Scott does. Scott, the novelist and

0:35.0

philanthropist, just made the largest ever donation to the Girl Scouts

0:39.2

by a single donor. $84.5 million.

0:44.5

Whoa!

0:45.9

This gift is important because donations to organizations that help women and girls only account

0:51.6

for 2% of all charitable giving.

0:55.0

Are you kidding me?

0:56.0

A new species of whale that's native to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is already facing extinction.

1:01.0

The Rice's whale was recognized as a separate species in 2021, but drilling and oil exploration threatened their habitat.

1:09.0

Scientists have written to President Biden to give the

1:11.3

species protected status.

1:15.6

And we have an update on what's happening in the midterms. Polls showed that Republicans are

1:21.4

edging up in the lead. And voting is well underway. We're seeing record voter turnout in early voting in Georgia.

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