Good morning and welcome to Kid News.
I'm Tori. Today is Wednesday, November 6, 2024.
And we begin with a familiar face returning to the White House.
Early this morning, CNN called the 2024 presidential race for Republican Donald Trump.
In the end, it wasn't even close.
Mr. Trump won both the popular vote and the all -important electoral college, making him only the second in history elected to two nonconsecutive terms.
Who was the other? Grover Cleveland way back in 1892.
The former president celebrated his win with a 2 a .m.
party at West Palm Beach, Florida, promising supporters a new golden age for America and pledging to make the country safe and prosperous.
Kamala Harris did not take the stage last night at her election watch party, opting to wait until this morning to make any statements.
Tiny Dixville Notch, New Hampshire has a tradition allowed by law to open polls at 1201 a .m.
on election morning.
All eligible voters gather at the Balsam's Hotel, cast their ballots, and the results are tallied and announced almost immediately, hours before any other town or state in the nation.
That makes it a destination for journalists hoping for a hint on who the nation might send to the White House.
This year, Dixville Notch didn't provide much clarity.
Six people turned out, three voted for Donald Trump, and three voted for Kamala Harris, a split that mirrored the polls but ultimately did not reflect the reality of yesterday's results.
School kids in Brooklyn, New York have a tenacious classmate to thank for an extra day off during the holidays.
We told you about 7th grader Isaac Renier last spring when he formally asked the Department of Education to cancel classes on Monday, December 23rd, the only day that week kids were expected to show up.
Ridiculous, thought Isaac, and the tens of thousands who signed their name to his petition.
Last week, success.
That random December school day has now been tacked on to the end of the school year instead.
Isaac said he's proud of all the work he did to get it moved.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is also celebrating the win and the bigger message.
Young people are going to know that their voice matters, he told reporters.
This is what leadership is about.
Lizards the size of dogs.
You heard that right.
Argentine black and white tegu lizards can grow up to four feet long and according to the state, sightings in South Carolina have now topped 100.
The Department of Natural Resources requires a photo or capture as confirmation, so its official count is 32, which is still 32 too many.
The species was banned in 2021, but those who had them were allowed to keep them.
Now officials suspect owners, shocked by the reptile size, are setting them free.
They're not picky eaters and they're making a mess of the local ecosystem.
The good news? They're not hard to catch.
One expert says he's had great luck just throwing a sheet over them.
They seem to think they're hidden and they'll stay put.
Use the time to call animal control, but whatever you do, don't pick them up.
They're not venomous, but their bite is unpleasant, to say the least.
The holidays have arrived early on the International Space Station.
CBS News reports an unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship carrying all the fixins caught up with the astronauts and their floating home away from home yesterday.
The delivery included lobster, crab and quail, along with apples, sweet onions and blueberries, just in time for Thanksgiving and end of year celebrations.
If that were all, it would be quite an expensive door dash.
But NASA mixed the fun food in with thousands of pounds of equipment, clothing, supplies and experiments, one of them involving a first of its kind wooden satellite made by researchers in Japan.
They'll test how it holds up in space because if it does, it'll be less polluting than current satellites.
The cargo ship will remain docked at the station for another month before returning to Earth with a load of space station trash.
Still to come? Sounds a little weird, but someone will soon be the proud new owner of a lock of George Washington's hair.
But first, today's kid news quiz.
What's the name of the tiny town that's traditionally the first to vote and the first to report election results?
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.
A seventh grader from Brooklyn, New York successfully petitioned the Department of Education to do what?
Move a school day from Christmas week to the end of the school year.
How big are the lizards whirring wildlife experts in South Carolina?
Argentine tegu lizards grow up to four feet long.
What just arrived on the International Space Station?
Holiday food and the first ever wooden satellite.
In today's kid news kicker, does the election have you focused on all things presidential?
If so, an upcoming auction might be right up your alley.
Later this month, a lock of George Washington's hair will be up for grabs.
According to CNN, it was preserved in a locket given to a family friend and passed down through the generations.
Also for sale, two historic U .S.
flags, one that was draped on Abraham Lincoln's casket in 1865 as it traveled from Washington, D .C.
to Springfield, Illinois, and another that is a rare 49 -star flag made after Alaska joined the Union, but before Hawaii was added.
Before we go, shoutouts to our kid news classroom starting with Ms.
Z and her Raptors at the Rondo School of Discovery in Eastvale, California.
Mrs. Pavloski and Leo the Lion at Lions Park in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
And Mrs. Greenwood and her Smithsburg Leopards and the Connections Classroom at Smithsburg High School in Smithsburg, Maryland.
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