Brought to you by the people who make girl tales comes a new middle grade podcast ghost tour follow lee and verne to totally opposite teams as they explore jeppson widely known as the most haunted city in america they'll turn their local ghost tour company upside down when they meet an array of ghosts
revealing hard truths about their hometown and in turn themselves ghost tour a spooky and funny podcast you can listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts good morning and welcome to kid news i'm kim today is tuesday november 12th 2024 and we begin with monkey mayhem continuing in south carolina last
week 43 young rhesus macaws bolted from a research facility in the town of yamasi when an employee forgot to lock a door their break for freedom didn't take them far most are still hanging out in trees just outside the perimeter of the lab as of this recording at least 25 have been caught and all are said
to be in good health the rest are for now living levita loca and cooing to their friends on the inside police say the little monkeys which weigh only six to seven pounds are not a threat to nearby residents but that they should keep their doors and windows closed and avoid startling them if they happen
upon them president elect donald trump will meet with president joe biden at the white house tomorrow it's not known what the two will discuss but one topic likely on the table is ukraine president biden is expected to urge mr trump not to abandon support for ukraine in its war against russia national
security advisor jake silven says biden may also talk about ensuring the peaceful transfer of power in the coming months mr trump officially won the 2024 election with 312 electoral votes to miss harris's 226 he also won the popular vote someone else who's winning the popular votes at least in the music
world is superstar beyonce she's already the most awarded artist in grammy history with 32 wins a feat she achieved last year now she also holds the record for grammy nominations with a whopping 99 under her belt until friday's announcement she was tied at 88 with husband jay -z her latest 11 includes
song and record of the year for texas holdham the history -making release that made her the first black female ever to hit number one on billboard's hot country songs chart she also scored her fifth career nomination for album of the year for cowboy carter the grammys will air on sunday february 2nd
for over 80 years major league baseballs have had special mud rubbed on them before every game to make them easier to handle until now no one could figure out why it gives players a firmer grip but university of pennsylvania researchers say they figured it out they found that this particular mud has the ideal
proportions of sticky clay to sand particles so the material spreads smooth and evenly while making the ball easier to grip a third base coach for the philadelphia a's in the 1930s the a's were in philadelphia back then hunted for this perfect mud after an umpire rejected other substances he found it
in a location that's still secret near palm ira new jersey today mud from that special location is strained rinsed with tap water and given some treatments that remain industry secrets some of your parents may work at stand -up desks which became all the rage a few years ago the thinking if sitting is bad
standing must be better right even apple's ceo tim cook is reportedly a huge fan of working upright but new research from the university of sydney says these desks may not be the health booster many had hoped for the new study looked at 83 000 adults and found that standing for more than two hours a day
not only doesn't improve health and burn extra calories but it heightens risks of circulatory problems and could cause abnormally low blood pressure and blood clots sitting too much is still a problem say the researchers but instead of standing it may be best to get up and move around every 30 minutes
or so to get your circulation going still to come even a king can receive second -hand bling but first we want to do a triple shout out to the macrory kids of winston -salem north carolina for their big month of birthdays connor is at paisley middle school and plays soccer volleyball in the viola charlotte
goes to speeds global and does gymnastics and plays the ukulele and thomas is also at speeds global plays soccer and the violin they're all athletic and musical happy birthday month connor charlotte and thomas and now today's kid news quiz what kind of monkeys made a break for it in south carolina recess
macaws which pop superstar just broke the record for most all -time grammy nominations beyonce where does the special mud that major league baseball uses for its balls come from paul myra new jersey what office trend may not be as healthy as first thought stand -up desks in today's kid news kicker you
may be familiar with the enormous colorful and iconic burial mask of king tutt whose full name was toot in common it's perhaps the most famous icon in ancient egyptian history well turns out it probably wasn't made for him analysis of the golden burial mask of the boy king who died when he was around
18 indicates it was intended for someone else egyptologists say the chemical makeup of the gold on the face is different from the rest of the mask and that the lines where the two metals were joined can be detected some egyptologists have long suspected it was actually intended for a woman because it's
earlobes or pierced to hold jewelry tutt's death was sudden and there was little time for his funeral which is why the mask may have been repurposed known as the boy king tuten common became the ruler of egypt at the age of nine in 1332 bc appreciation to our quiz sponsor the macrorys of winston salem
north carolina who want connor charlotte and thomas to know that mom dad and branch love them very much and hope all three have a wonderful birthday month and as always we want to shout out our fabulous kid news teachers miss vicaro and her doublin shamrocks at doublin in white lake michigan mrs foster
and her road runners at forest road school in lagrange park illinois and miss sherley and her eagles at horizon in madison alabama thanks for listening please take a moment to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts and we'll see you back here for more kid news tomorrow morning
