Beyonce is undoubtedly the greatest of all time. But could she cause inflation? According to an economist? Yes. Beyonce is world tour kicked off in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden in May. And immediately Sweden saw an increase in the cost of hotels, restaurants and clothing. Tourists flocked to Sweden for the tour, driving up the price of accommodation and food. One economist said Beyonce alone was responsible for a point 3% increase in inflation in the country only Bay. Absolutely. And in a related story. You might remember hearing complaints a few months ago about Ticketmaster the main site to buy concert tickets. Ticketmaster couldn't handle the traffic for Taylor Swift Fans. ticket buyers complained about hidden fees. And even Congress started to investigate whether Ticketmaster has a monopoly on the live event industry last week after pressure from President Biden Ticketmaster and their parent company Live Nation told the President that they will start clearly displaying fees for all concerts and events beginning in September.

Ryan Willard 02:07

And it sounds like other ticketing sites like SeatGeek are joining Live Nation in the pledge for fair and open pricing. One place that will see fewer tickets sold is the Oakland Coliseum and California. It's the current home of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics, also known as the Oakland A's but the team's billionaire owner plans to move the team to Las Vegas. local politicians and fans say that the team's owner John Fisher let go of the best and highest paid athletes on the team then drove up ticket prices so that locals couldn't afford to attend games and didn't really want to. But fans want to show Fisher and the MLB that the team has support in Oakland. So last week after months of planning A's fan staged a reverse boycott. More than 27,000 fans turned up to watch their team take on the Tampa Bay Rays. That's three times as many fans as usual. But the very same day Nevada State Senate voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to bring the team to Las Vegas. Unfortunately for Oakland fans, the move seems like

Pamela Kirkland 03:15

But over in Denver there were big celebrations last week because the nuggets won the NBA Championship for the first time ever. Nicola Yogesh was named Finals MVP. No surprise there as he also got the first 30 point 20 rebound 10 assists triple double in finals history in game three, over a million people paraded through Denver last Thursday to celebrate the win. And head coach Michael Malone promised that the team wasn't done and they will win another title.

Ryan Willard 03:52

And we have an update on the war in Ukraine. After months of planning, Ukraine has launched a counter offensive against the Russian invasion. Slowly but surely Ukraine's military is liberating small towns in areas that were formerly occupied by Russia but the largest challenges for Ukraine are ahead. Russia created a strong defensive line that Ukrainian forces have not yet reached. Russia has been shelling the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Western nation provided equipment and artillery to Ukraine but the Jets they promised aren't ready for deployment yet.

Pamela Kirkland 04:29

We'll be right back with a breakthrough in treating peanut allergies and possible alien transmissions. We've got good news for kids with peanut allergies and their parents. Scientists have developed a skin patch to treat toddlers with severe peanut allergies.

Ryan Willard 04:55

So they'll be able to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Pamela Kirkland 04:57

Not quite, the patch enables kids with severe allergies to tolerate up to four peanuts. That may not sound like much, but it could save lives. Around 2% of the population in the US and other Western nations have peanut allergies. And there's no treatment for kids with severe allergies under the age of four. This clinical trial of the peanut patch could mean kids and parents don't have to worry about severe reactions to accidental peanut exposure.

Ryan Willard 05:27

Oh, that's very good news. Let's stick with scientific discoveries. A recent study showed that climate change has made flight turbulence worse. How researchers in the UK say the wind speed has changed at high altitude because of carbon emissions. And it's not just any old turbulence. It's a type of turbulence called clear air turbulence, which can't be predicted by pilots or spotted by satellites. The researchers said severe turbulence has increased 55% on transatlantic flights in the last 50 years. And while turbulence is normal increases in this kind of turbulence mean passengers really should keep their seatbelts fastened for the whole trip. I mean, that's what the pilots do. At this time, I'm going to ask that you fasten your seat belts.

Pamela Kirkland 06:14

Good to know. Speaking of wind speed, the southern US has seen days of strong winds and hail storm systems have swept the south with severe tornadoes and high winds causing power outages and damage from eastern Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The storms were so powerful it is possible the south saw direct shows which are essentially hurricanes on land, residents shared photos of hailstones the size of baseballs.

Ryan Willard 06:48

And now an update from space. SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is a scientific research organization that searches for alien intelligence. By analyzing radio and electromagnetic frequencies transmitted across the universe, they found a repeating radio frequency that originates at the center of the Milky Way which would be unlikely to occur naturally. Whoa, the scientists behind the study think it could be a form of communication and they hope to find other such signals furthering the Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe. Well, sounds like it's time for me to dig up my alien repellent.

Pamela Kirkland 07:28

Our final story is one of amazing survival for siblings ages 13, 9, 4, and 1 survived for 40 days in the Amazon Jungle after the plane they were traveling in crashed. That happened on May 1st and for the next 40 days, the kids use their indigenous knowledge and survival skills to find food filled shelters and stay safe in one of the world's most dangerous jungles. Hundreds of rescuers search 1600 miles of dense forest until the children were found. That was Ten Things You Need to Know.

Ryan Willard 08:07

Check out tomorrow's episode of our recycling robot reveal.

Pamela Kirkland 08:11

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

Ryan Willard 08:13

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