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Good morning and welcome to Kid News.
I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, and we begin with a big change at the top.
After a decade on the nightly anchor desk, NBC News' Lester Holt is stepping down.
Mr. Holt has been the face, voice, and steady editorial hand of the evening program since June of 2015, when he took over from Brian Williams.
Since then, he's covered such major stories as the COVID pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the October 2023 attack in Israel, and three presidential elections.
Always ending his newscast with a signature sign off, please take care of yourself and each other.
In a note to colleagues, he wrote, as a 20 -year -old radio reporter on the police beat chasing breaking news around San Francisco, I could never have imagined my career path would unfold in the way it has.
What an amazing ride.
Holt plans to leave the nightly news at the beginning of the summer.
No word yet on who will replace him.
Here come the Jetsons.
U .S. automaker Aleph Aeronautics just released what it says is the first ever video of a car driving along a road, then lifting off vertically to pass over another car.
The company's CEO likened the milestone to the Wright Brothers' revolutionary Kitty Hawk video from 1903.
He hasn't announced a release date for the all -electric two -seater Model A, but over 3 ,000 people have pre -ordered one.
Orlando International Airport, meantime, is seeking partners who can help it develop a flying car landing pad.
Orlando's mayor says he sees the airport as being a multimodal hub of the future, where airplanes, helicopters, and cars can come and go.
Archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery beneath an office building in London's bustling financial district.
It's a Roman basilica built nearly 2 ,000 years ago in 70 AD.
It reportedly served as an administrative, legal and political center of the Roman Empire's London outpost for several hundred years until its decline 16 centuries ago.
The building was about 130 feet long, 65 feet wide, and stood two and a half stories tall.
Historians say this is one of the most significant discoveries in the British capital since an ancient amphitheater was unearthed back in the 1980s.
The site's developer has promised to place some of the ancient artifacts they've uncovered on display for the public to see.
Google is turning to AI to figure out which of you are under 18.
It's reportedly part of an effort to provide more age -appropriate content, as well as block material that's inappropriate for young teens and tweens.
The machine learning algorithm will look at the user's browsing history, YouTube viewing habits, and age of their online accounts to make its determination.
The program is not without its critics.
Some fear the technology could lead to companies collecting more and more of kids' personal data, raising privacy concerns.
They also question what would happen if the data fell into the hands of hackers.
Despite these concerns, Google plans to start testing the new technology later this year.
There's now a date to go with the honor.
As we reported last year, actress Betty White, who died three years ago just shy of her 100th birthday, will be the subject of a new stamp.
This week, the United States Postal Service announced that her first -class forever image will be available on March 27.
The Golden Girls actress and eight -time Emmy Award winner was just 17 days shy of her 100th birthday when she passed away on December 31, 2021.
Some magazines had already printed their issue celebrating Betty reaching the 100 milestone.
Since it was too late to make changes, they simply released the copies, even though she had passed.
The Postal Service says that in addition to her many acting honors, Betty White was also a compassionate advocate for animals.
And she was the oldest person ever to host an episode of Saturday Night Live in 2010 when she was 88 years old.
Still to come, what's a snow village without snow?
How a place in China tried to trick visitors into thinking they were seeing the real deal.
Now, today's Kid News Quiz.
A U .S. carmaker just released the first video of what?
A car driving horizontally, then lifting off vertically to pass over another vehicle.
Which major nightly news anchor is stepping down?
NBC's Lester Holt. What was just unearthed in London?
A Roman basilica built nearly 2 ,000 years ago.
When will the post office release the stamp featuring beloved entertainer Betty White?
March 27th. In today's Kid News Kicker, the M .O.
in China seems to be fake it till you make it.
We recently told you about a Chinese zoo painting chow chow dogs black and white to look like pandas, then another using orange and black dye to make its chow chows resemble striped tigers, a third painted donkeys to look like zebras.
All were attempts to make guests think they were seeing things they weren't.
Not to be outdone, a village in the country's Sichuan province is now apologizing for using cotton, wool and soapy water to create a fake scenic snowscape.
Upset visitors posted photos showing wisps of cotton strewn across a greenish -brown field and tangled in bushes.
In some of the pictures, what seemed to be bedding material was stapled to the roofs of buildings, with the staples clearly showing.
The Chengdu Snow Village has explained that the weather was unusually warm during the recent Lunar New Year holiday, so they decided to fake the snow.
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