🗞️ 10 Things to Know, from a Moon Landing to a Spotless Giraffe!

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The Ten News: Season 4, Episode 2

🗞️ 10 Things to Know with The Ten News

1. 🤸‍♀️ Gymnastic's GOAT Wins Gold

2. 🌑 India Makes Lunar Landing

3. 👔 Happy Labor Day!

4. 🦒 A Spotless Giraffe? You're Lion to Me.

5. ⛈️ Hurricane Idalia Slams Southern States

6. 🏃 The Fifth Fastest Woman in History

7. ☕ The Most Brew-tiful Time of the Year

8. 💉 Covid-19 Vaccine Update

9. 🪖 2 Years Since Afghanistan Withdrawal

10. 🐊 One Giant Gator

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Resources

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/simone-biles-wins-record-8th-us-gymnastics-title

• https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-3-first-photos-moon-south-pole

• https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/holidays-celebrations/a36597519/when-is-labor-day/

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/travel/giraffe-born-without-spots-scn-cec/index.html

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/weather/florida-hurricane-idalia-wednesday/index.html

• https://www.volunteerflorida.org/

• https://sports.yahoo.com/shacarri-richardson-100-meter-gold-world-athletics-124415241.html

• https://www.axios.com/2023/08/23/pumpkin-spice-latte-2023-starbucks-dunkin

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/health/covid-vaccine-release

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-honoring-sacrifices-of-the-service-members-killed-in-the-terrorist-attack-during-the-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-breaking-14-foot-long-alligator-that-weighs-more-than-800-pounds-captured-in-mississippi/

TRANSCRIPT:

00:00 RYAN: Hey Ten’ers, I gotta tell you something before Pamela shows up…The Word of the Week is GOAT. G-O-A-T. Everytime I hear the word GOAT, I’m going to make a weird noise. Like this: And I think you should help me out–

PAM: –Happy Tuesday Ryan!

RYAN: Happy Ten Things Tuesday!

PAM: We have so much to cover, with a new trip to the moon, Simone Biles triumphant return to gymnastics, and a surprisingly big gator.

RYAN: A big what?

PAM: A big gator.

RYAN: Gator. Got it. Let’s get into it. 

PAM: Happy Tuesday Ryan!

RYAN: Happy Ten Things Tuesday!

PAM: We have so much to cover, with a new trip to the moon, Simone Biles triumphant return to gymnastics, and a surprisingly big gator.

RYAN: And our new word of the week GOAT. 

PAM: No Ryan, I said gator.

RYAN: Gator. Got it. Let’s get into it. 

01:57 PAM: I’m Pamela Kirkland.

RYAN: and I’m Ryan Willard. It’s Tuesday, September 5th. 

PAMELA: This is the Ten News and here are Ten Things You Need to Know! 

PAM: It’s only fitting that today’s top headline goes to one of the top athletes in the world… in fact, one might call her the GOAT– 

PAM: Umm, what was that? 

RYAN: Nothing, please continue. 

PAM: Ahem. After taking a two year break to focus on her mental health, Simone Biles returned to the 2023 U.S Gymnastics Championship to win her record eighth all-around title! She’s truly the Greatest Of All Time.

RYAN: The what?

PAM: The GOAT. Speaking of sticking the landing, did you see that India’s Chandrayaan-3 stuck its landing on the moon!? As only the fourth country in history to successfully put a spacecraft on the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation shared images of the moon's surface from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.

RYAN: After all of this hard work happening around the world it’s a good thing that Monday was Labor Day! Labor Day is a U.S federal holiday that honors the women and men who fought for workers rights during the labor movement. And, although it's recognized on a Monday, it’s pretty much a weekend-long celebration for American workers to enjoy time off work with family and friends. But, today it’s back to work, no more monkey-ing around. Speaking of zoo animals, Bright’s Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee has welcomed a new, and rare, member to their animal family… a spotless giraffe! Born without any spots, the calf is a reticulated giraffe and Bright Zoo thinks that it could be the only one of its kind living on the planet!

PAM: From wildlife to wild weather, Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida last week bringing the most deadly storm surge the Gulf Coast has seen in 125 years. Parts of Florida and south Georgia saw wind speeds as high as 90 mph and storm surge as high as halfway up two story buildings. If you’re interested in helping victims of Hurricane Idalia check out our show notes for resources. We’ll be right back with sports news and a two year anniversary after this message for the grownups!

PAM: Some record-breaking sports news, Sha’Carri Richardson is bringing home the gold after winning the 100-meter sprint at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. With a final time of 10.65 seconds, Richardson is now tied for the fifth-fastest woman in history AND the first American 100-meter world champ in 6 years.

RYAN: I bet the caffeine from the three pumpkin spice lattes that I had this morning could make me pretty speedy. It’s officially pumpkin spice season so we’re sending Ten News Snaps to the Starbucks baristas who are about to make 17 gajillion pumpkin spice lattes. Starbucks even rolled out their fall menu 6 days earlier this year for all of you fall flavor-lovers out there!

PAM: The Ten News team likes Fall a-latte, but you know what we don’t like? Cold and flu season. It’s more common for people to catch a cold in the fall & winter due to changing conditions. But, the CDC and FDA are preparing for an updated Covid-19 vaccine to roll out in mid-September to fend off current variants of the virus. The vaccines have been updated to teach our bodies to fight sub-variants of Covid-19 and are expected to work against other strains, too. And before we dive into our next headline, let’s pause for a moment of silence to remember the 13 fallen service members lost in the Afghanistan withdrawal. On August 26, 2021, President Biden was facilitating the evacuation of US forces and Afghan partners from Afghanistan when Abbey Gate was attacked – taking the lives of 13 U.S. soldiers, 170 Afghans, and injuring others. Last week, President Biden honored those who lost their lives and who were wounded in the two decade war against Afghanistan. And, paid tribute to the 13 service members and their families for their unwavering sacrifice and bravery at Abbey Gate that day.

06:59 RYAN: And to wrap up today’s headlines, we’ve got a BIG story out of Mississippi. Last week, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, 4 hunters captured a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator! Officials out of Mississippi have stated that the alligator, the size of a small SUV, has broken a state record. You might call it the Gatorist Of All Time. 

PAM: Ryan you can’t just call everything the GOAT. 

PAM: Do we need an 11th story about why you’re making these weird noises?

RYAN: Nah, that was 10 things you need to know!

PAM: Check out Thursday’s episode where we’ll drop some back to school knowledge. I’m Pamela Kirkland.

RYAN: And I’m Ryan Willard, also, thanks for playing the Word of the Week with me.

PAM: The what of the what?

08:03 RYAN: The Bird of the Beak. Don’t worry about it. Thanks for listening to The Ten News.