And here are Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now. Back to the Polls in Georgia. Today, December 6th is the Senate runoff in Georgia. It's the last race of the 2022 midterm election. Democrat and current Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock is in a tight race against Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in November's election, which triggered an automatic runoff in Georgia. We will update you on the results next week.

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Let's do this. The Right to Wed. The US Senate has passed a bill that protects the rights of LGBTQ+ people to get married and also protects the rights of people of different races to wed. It's already legal in the US because of Supreme Court cases in the past, but after the current court overturned Roe v Wade this past June, US lawmakers are trying to prevent other rights from being rolled back.

Ryan Willard 1:24

Mauna Loa Making Moves. Hawaii's, and the world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa started erupting last week. The National Park Service has warned visitors to look out for Payless Hair, which is hair-thin pieces of sharp volcanic glass that could be floating in the air. I am glad I visited Hawaii last month because I am scared of lava and razor-thin air.

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Protesting the Pandemic. Over in China where there are rarely political demonstrations. Youth are leading protests demanding an end to China's zero COVID policy, which uses strict measures to keep the number of COVID cases down. Whoa. Protesters have had enough of COVID lockdowns one apartment building that was in lockdown caught fire killing 10 some even called for President Xi Jinping to step down. Yikes.

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World Cup Wins. The World Cup is up soccer teams from around the world meet every two years to play in a huge tournament and this year it's in Qatar. The finals will be on December 18th. But history has already been made with the World Cups’ first all-female referee team repping the match between Germany and Costa Rica spoiler Germany won, 4 - 2.

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Zombie Virus. Did you know a quarter of the northern hemisphere is frozen ground called permafrost? It's true. But climate change is causing that permafrost to melt in viruses and bacteria that have been frozen for 1000s of years are thawing. Okay, that's bad. Scientists brought some of the viruses found in Siberia back to life to study them, in case any of the microbes could infect humans. One virus had been dormant for 50,000 years.

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Picky Penguins. Inflation is causing prices to go up all over the world. And it's not just humans that are affected. zoos in Japan had to buy lower-priced fish but the penguins and otters are refusing to eat the cheap stuff. Penguins and otters apparently have really good taste. Ah, birds battling the flu. In the US, Europe, and South America. Avian Flu is infecting wild birds and poultry man, also known as bird flu. In this year's outbreak, many 1000s of birds had to be killed to avoid the virus spreading. Bird Flu rarely infects humans but doctors and scientists are warning people not to interact with birds that might be sick.

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Rights for Railroad Workers. Railroad workers have been threatening to strike if rail companies don't improve their working conditions. Congress just passed a bill that President Biden urged them to pass granting rail workers some of the things they were asking for like better pay, and slightly lower health care costs high five, but the bill does not give real workers any paid sick days and makes it illegal for them to strike because the US depends so much on their labor seriously.

Ryan Willard 4:37

A Meteorite in the Spolight. Two new elements which have never been seen before were discovered in a meteorite in Somalia. Local residents say the meteorite has been famous for at least five generations and the space rock even has a cool name. Nightfall. Cool beans, man.

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Pong Turns 50. Pong which was not the first video game but was the first hugely popular one just turned 50 years old. It's a video game version of table tennis where you bounce the ball back and forth across the screen. It might sound simple, but if it weren't for Pong, we'd never have gotten Zelda, Mario, or Minecraft. Happy Birthday, Pong. That was Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now.

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Check out tomorrow's episode where I'll ask some questions that I've been embarrassed to ask.

Pamela Kirkland 5:32

Wow. Nothing embarrasses you Ryan, so I'm curious to hear your questions. I'm Pamela Kirkland.

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

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