Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now 🗞️
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The Ten News Season 3: Episode 10
Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now
1. 🗳️ It's Election Day!
2. 🎵 Swift Sweep
3. 🐤 Tough Times at Twitter
4. 🏀 Personal Foul by Irving
5. 🌌 A Black Hole Down the Block
6. 📱 Discarded by Discord
7. ⚾ Houston, We Have a No-Hitter
8. 👑 Prime Minister Part Two?
9. 🧑⚖️ No Mercy in Moscow
10. 🤗 Freedom for All
Links
Taylor Swift First With Entire Top 10 on Hot 100, ‘Anti-Hero’ No. 1 – Billboard
Twitter layoffs: Elon Musk's Twitter cuts jobs across the company | CNN Business
Kyrie Irving suspended over anti-Semitic posts - BBC News
Discord Bans 68,000 Servers, 55 Million Accounts (thegamer.com)
Astros throw the World Series' first combined no-hitter against the Phillies | CNN
Netanyahu faces balancing act after Israel election comeback | Reuters
Brittney Griner faces bleak life in Russian penal colony | Reuters
WORLD FREEDOM DAY - November 9 - National Day Calendar
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TRANSCRIPT:
Ryan Willard 0:00
Hey Pamela. Ooh, nice sticker.
Pamela Kirkland 0:03
Thanks, Ryan. I voted.
Ryan Willard 0:04
Uh Oh.
Pamela Kirkland 0:04
Did you vote yet, Ryan?
Ryan Willard 0:07
I'm voting right after this.
Pamela Kirkland 0:09
Well, then let's get to it. I'm Pamela Kirkland.
Ryan Willard 0:12
And I'm Ryan Willard. It's Tuesday, November 8th.
Pamela Kirkland 0:15
This is the Ten News.
Ryan Willard 0:22
Here are Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now.
Pamela Kirkland 0:25
The number one thing you need to know today is that it's election day.
Ryan Willard 0:30
Democracy, baby. Let's go to vote.
Pamela Kirkland 0:33
Remind your grownups to vote.
Ryan Willard 0:35
Hey, grownups. Go vote.
Pamela Kirkland 0:38
Now, on to other news, a swift sweep. Swifties rejoice. Taylor Swift is the first musician to have songs in all 10 of the top 10 billboard music charts, all from her new album midnight. That's incredible.
Ryan Willard 0:53
A rough time for the Twitter bird. In sad news for Twitter staff Elon Musk laid off about half of Twitter staff. That's 3700 people around the world. The job cuts were across many roles at Twitter and were part of Musk's plan to restructure the social media company.
Pamela Kirkland 1:10
Kyrie Irving apologizes on Twitter, Brooklyn Nets NBA player Kyrie Irving shared a documentary film that has anti-Jewish content. He was invited to apologize in a televised interview, but didn't he did later apologized directly to Jewish families on Instagram.
Ryan Willard 1:33
Our neighborhood black hole, astronomers have just found the closest black hole to Earth but don't worry it's still 1500 light years away.
Pamela Kirkland 1:44
Discord cleans the house. Social media company Discord is cleaning house removing a staggering 55 million accounts, many of which were spam or fake accounts. They're hoping to make the site safer for users.
Ryan Willard 2:00
World Series surprise which will make my mother happy. The Astros had a historic no-hitter. The Houston Astros pitchers threw a no-hitter, which means none of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a pitch stare, Ike, the only other time that's happened in the 118 years of the World Series was in 1956. The Astros went on to win the next game and take the World Series 4 games to 2, my mom is still overjoyed and won't stop talking about it.
Pamela Kirkland 2:28
Netanyahu returns as Israeli PM, Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reelected. He's also under investigation for bribery and other charges and will have to build government allies while facing legal battles.
Ryan Willard 2:45
Brittney Griner loses appeal WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested in Moscow in February for allegedly possessing cannabis oil. Now she has lost her appeal and was sentenced to nine years of labor and a Russian work prison.
Pamela Kirkland 2:58
World Freedom Day. November 9th is World Freedom Day a holiday commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. When the Berlin Wall fell, uniting East and West Germany, it signaled the end of the Soviet Union and a return to democracy. Awesome. That was the Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now.
Ryan Willard 3:24
Check out tomorrow's episode where there might be some banana pudding. I love banana.
Pamela Kirkland 3:29
I'm Pamela Kirkland.
Ryan Willard 3:30
And I'm Ryan Willard. Thanks for listening to The Ten News.
