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Good morning and welcome to KidNews.
I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, April 10th, 2025.
And we begin with live streams hitting a dead end for some teens on Instagram.
Meta says it's expanding its safety measures to block kids under 16 from using Instagram Live without parental permission.
According to The Guardian, the changes were announced as the company introduces teen accounts for its Facebook and messenger platforms that will also give parents the ability to set time limits and allow them to see accounts where their kids are exchanging messages.
The teen accounts on all the META platforms are being rolled out gradually across the U .S., U .K., Australia and Canada, while META says they've been largely successful, with than 90 percent of under 16s respecting the restrictions, critics argue more needs to be done to prevent harmful material from appearing on the social media sites to begin with.
Spring has sprung and boy is it breezy.
According to The Washington Post, data shows this has been the windiest start to spring in nearly 50 years and the second windiest march on record in the US overall since 1940.
Winds were particularly strong in Michigan, where gusts reached over seven miles above average for this time of year.
Adding insult to injury, four hundred and seventy three tornadoes were reported across the country so far this year, well over the year -to -date average of two hundred and sixty.
Why all the wind? Meteorologists say it could be due to unusually large temperature differences over short distances that create unique atmospheric conditions.
They predict the winds to die down somewhat in the weeks ahead.
Speaking of spring, the first full moon of the season is set to rise Saturday, and this one is a micromoon.
The opposite of a supermoon, a micromoon occurs when the moon is in apogee or at its farthest from the Earth.
According to the Associated Press it will look slightly smaller and dimmer, and this one will also be a pink moon appearing pink in the night sky.
Peak viewing time is 822 Eastern Saturday, but you should still be able to see it all weekend if the sky is clear.
This is the fourth full moon of this year.
Another micro moon will return in May, as well as three super moons in October, November, and December.
The San Francisco home featured in a beloved sitcom has officially found a new owner.
Seen in the opening credits of Full House and its spinoff, Fuller House, the Lower Pacific Heights Victorian, sold for $6 million to an undisclosed buyer, slightly below its initial listing price.
The 3 ,700 square foot Broderick Street residence was originally built in 1900, and according to the San Francisco Chronicle has four bedrooms and three and a half baths.
As part of a sale, the house comes with plaster hand prints in the backyard of Full House cast members, including Bob Saggit and John Stamos.
But the actual interiors of the show were filmed not at the house, but at a Warner Brothers studio.
Music Golf stars are gathering in Augusta, Georgia for the kickoff today of the 2025 Masters Tournament.
But yesterday, many of them took part in one of the event's most storied traditions.
91 players, including current and former champions like Rory McIlroy, Bryson Deschambault, and Gary Player, played in the Par 3, a one -round contest on Augusta's 9 -hole, Par 3 course.
The atmosphere is more relaxed as some invite family members to caddy for them, even at times allowing them to play shots on their behalf.
While there's no money for the winner, there is a trophy but also some believe a curse.
According to Yahoo!
Sports, no golfer has won the Par 3 and the Masters in the same year.
Still ahead, puppies getting in on the Easter peeps action.
but first we want to wish Graham Mackey of Tallahassee, Florida a happy 12th birthday.
Graham is an avid rock climber and proud member of the preppy prime penguins math club and the Mclay dungeon and dragons club.
Graham, your family wants you to know what a great adventure life is with you in it.
They are so proud of the person you are and look forward to each new day they get to spend with you.
Have a great day, Graham.
Now, today's kid news quiz.
What Instagram feature will soon require for parental permission for under 16s.
Instagram live. Where was the full house home that just sold located?
In San Francisco's lower Pacific Heights neighborhood.
How many tornadoes were reported across the US so far this year?
473. What is the name of the full moon set to make an appearance Saturday night?
A micromoon. In today's Kid News Kicker, Easter's most divisive delicacy is going to the dogs.
Few Easter candies are more controversial than Peeps, the colorful, sugar -coated marshmallow sweets that some love to eat and others love to hate.
As Peeps have evolved from basic yellow chicks to all sorts of colors and seasonal flavors, so too have their target palates.
According to the Associated Press, Milk Bone has come out with Peeps -inspired dog biscuits as a puppy safe alternative to the off -limits goodies in their Humans Easter Haul.
The crunchy canine snacks come in festive spring colors in the shapes of a classic bone, a peeps bunny and a chick.
And what do they taste like?
Marshmallows, of course.
Thanks again to the Mackeys of Tallahassee, Florida for sponsoring today's quiz.
Shout out to Graham Mackey on his 12th birthday and hello to all his friends and awesome teacher, Mrs. Sloan at McLean school.
And now shout outs for our other KidNews classrooms. Mrs. Lipkey's Rams at Resurrection Lutheran school in Rochester, Minnesota.
Miss Utes' Dolphins at Bridgeport in Valencia, California.
Mrs. Green's sixth grade social studies class at Columbia Falls Junior High in Columbia Falls, Montana.
And Mrs. Gavin's Panthers at Stuart R.
Paddick in Palatine, Illinois.
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