Let's start with some wild news from down under. A man in Australia managed to save himself from the jaws of a crocodile. Marcus McGowan was snorkeling off the coast of Australia when he felt what he thought was a shark biting him. When he realized it was a crocodile. He used his bare hands to pry the crocs Jaws off his own head. He's now recovering. Crocodile attacks are rare in Australia. Although there have been more than usual this spring. Just a reminder, crocodiles can swim in the ocean.

Ryan Willard 01:05

Some US politicians may have felt like they had a crocodile biting their heads these past few weeks after weeks of arguing. Congress finally passed an increase to the US debt limit. The debt limit is how much money the US can borrow. Since taxes don't cover all the government's costs. The US must borrow money to pay government employees to provide government services and cover retirement plans. Congress sets a limit to how much the US can borrow and every so often it needs to be increased. Conservative Republicans hit the brakes on raising the limit and leaders spent a tense few weeks figuring out a compromise, President Biden will sign the bill into law avoiding a US default.

Pamela Kirkland 01:47

In other news around the US. It was a rough week for Amazon. Amazon employees staged a walkout last week to protest the company's climate impact. The massive Corporation was also fined $30 million by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice for violating customer privacy. That's unbelievable. Amazon was fined for privacy violations around their ring camera. The company also kept Alexa recordings of the kid’s voices and location data, even when parents requested that the child's information be deleted.

Ryan Willard 02:26

Wait, why would Amazon keep recordings of kids?

Pamela Kirkland 02:29

Apparently to train their voice recognition software? Kids’ voices are particularly hard for AI to understand. So they use the recordings as AI training.

Ryan Willard 02:41

I told you the robot uprising was coming.

Pamela Kirkland 02:45

Moving on to Oklahoma. An indigenous teen is suing her school for discrimination. At her graduation ceremony, Lena black wore a sacred eagle feather to honor her Otoe-Missouria Community. But two teachers told her to remove the plume from her cap and then attempted to remove it themselves, damaging the feather. Eagle feathers are among the most sacred gifts an indigenous person can receive. And Lena Black has carefully cared for hers since she was three.

Ryan Willard 03:19

And in Florida, an international animal smuggling ring was busted by the chirps of newly hatched baby parrots. The chicks started cheeping in the Miami Airport and officials quickly realized the carry-on they were inspecting contained 29 Rare parrot eggs and hatchlings. The birds were taken to a special foundation where they're being cared for until homes can be found for them. I'm sure wherever they live, it'll be parrot-dise.

Pamela Kirkland 03:43

Wow, Ryan, that poem was exquisite.

Ryan Willard 03:47

I like to think on the fly.

Pamela Kirkland 03:49

Okay, you win. Well, we'll be right back with big news from space after this message for the grown-ups. We're back with two big stories from space. First up, NASA's James Webb Telescope has spotted something that has never been seen before. Saturn's small icy moon Enceladus is spouting a plume of water 6000 miles long, and the moon itself is only 300 miles wide. The telescope gave scientists a close-up view of water spouting out of the moon's southern pole, the water becomes part of Saturn's ring system. Scientists say Enceladus could be a home for possible life in our solar system. It's completely encased in ice. But under the ice is a saltwater sea. And the oceans are where life on Earth began.

Ryan Willard 04:48

And that's not the only space news we have today. NASA gave a press conference sharing its investigations into 800 unidentified aerial phenomena, the phenomenon formerly known Known as UFOs Nasus shared that between two and 5% of the sightings remain a mystery and they did not rule out extraterrestrial causes.

Pamela Kirkland 05:10

Aliens!

Ryan Willard 05:12

Maaaaybe. They also stressed they need more data and ask for less stigma around sightings of UAPs and one UAP turned out to be a Bart Simpson balloon. Eat my shorts. Meanwhile, Mexico is BookBook at the BET volcano began pouring out smoke and ash in late May. 3 million people who live very close to the volcano have been warned that they may have to evacuate and travelers have seen delays due to ash in the atmosphere. But book at the bet is just 45 miles south of Mexico City. The area around the city has a population of about 22 million people. And Canada is experiencing its most severe start to wildfire season ever. 211 fires are currently burning with 82 considered out of control. 1000s of Canadians have been evacuated and smoke from the fires has traveled 1000s of miles into the northeastern United States. nearly 7 million acres of land have burned so far. The Canadian Armed Forces and US firefighters have joined the fight but wildfire season is just beginning. Okay, that's bad.

Pamela Kirkland 06:23

And finally, can you spell ‘psammophile?’

Ryan Willard 06:27

No I cannot, and uhhh, Gesundheit.

Pamela Kirkland 06:30

No, Ryan, I’m not sneezing; it’s the word this year’s National Spelling Bee champ won with! ‘Psammophile, P-s-a-m-m-o-p-h-i-l-e, psammophile’ is an organism that lives in sand. It’s also the word 14-year-old Florida student Dev Shah had to spell to become the National Spelling Bee champ!

Ryan Willard 06:57

Wow, congrats to Dev and to all the finalists - you’re all winners to me.

Pamela Kirkland 07:03

That was Ten Things You Need to Know!

Ryan Willard 07:05

Check out tomorrow’s episode, our Pride Month Celebration, where we’re talking to a Queen named Lil Miss Hot Mess!

Pamela Kirkland 07:12

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

Ryan Willard 07:13

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

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