This is the Ten News and the Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now. Swifties Bad Blood with Ticketmaster. So many fans tried to buy presale tickets for Taylor Swift's US tour that the Ticketmaster website crashed. Fans are upset and politicians took the opportunity to point out Ticketmaster is a monopoly.

Ryan Willard 0:42

A Poland Explosion. The explosion may have been caused by Ukrainian Air Defense. Ukraine is still under constant shelling from Russia but Ukraine's President Solinsky says the strike originated in Russia. If true this has the potential to bring NATO Allies into the war in Ukraine.

Pamela Kirkland 1:00

Disney price hike. For the first time, Disney World parks are each being priced differently. Magic Kingdom, the most visited, will now be the most expensive to go to while the Animal Kingdom's ticket price will stay the same.

Ryan Willard 1:17

Trump will run. former President Trump has announced that he will run for president in 2024.

Pamela Kirkland 1:24

Midterm Shakeup. Results are in and the GOP now narrowly control the House of Representatives. Democrats have won the Senate, so Congress will be split which could lead to stalled lawmaking. But there were big midterm wins for Asian Americans, women, black candidates, and Gen Z candidates. An end of an era, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will step down as leader of the Democratic Party but will serve the rest of her term which ends in 2025. When Republicans take control of the House in January, Pelosi would have become the Minority Leader with Republicans appointing the new Speaker of the House.

Ryan Willard 2:10

Grammy for Gaming? Yes, the music industry's big award show is playing games. The 2023 Grammys may have a category for best game soundtrack, so your favorite game might win a Grammy. Artemis heads to the Moon. The Artemis one moon rocket finally launched on November 16th. Launch attempts in August and September were canceled because of technical issues, but Wednesday's launch went off without a hitch. The unmanned Orion capsule is now headed toward the moon and is due to return to Earth on December 12th. And that's it for the headlines.

Pamela Kirkland 2:45

But Ryan, you forgot Black Friday deals. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. And is the one-day year when almost everything is on sale. Yes. And did you know it's called Black Friday because it is said to be the day that businesses go from in the red to profitable in the black.

Ryan Willard 3:06

Oh, I love a good sale when I'm doing my holiday shopping. This reminds me book nine in the Keeper of the Lost City series is out now. Last season, we sat down with the author Shannon Messenger and you can find a link to listen to that interview in our show notes.

Pamela Kirkland 3:21

And that was Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now.

Ryan Willard 3:25

Check out tomorrow's episode where we are hosting our Ten News Thanksgiving party and I might accidentally reveal which food makes me fart uncontrollably.

Pamela Kirkland 3:34

So gross. I'm Pamela Kirkland.

Ryan Willard 3:36

And I'm Ryan Willard. Thanks for listening to The Ten News.

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