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I'm Tori.
Today is Monday, September 8th, 2025.
And we begin with the king of all icebergs giving up its throne.
A23A, once the biggest in the world and described as colossal.
Stretching from horizon to horizon, a Game of Thrones-style wall of ice that towers above a ship is slowly but surely breaking apart.
The Berg was part of West Antarctica's Filkner Rhone Shelf before naturally splitting or calving in 1986.
It stayed pretty close to home until last year when it floated up to South Georgia Island, which the Associated Press refers to as the place icebergs go to die.
A23A was still as big as Rhode Island at the time, but is now down to the size of Houston.
By this November, says University of Colorado scientist Ted Scambos, it could face a sudden and spectacular collapse like an avalanche of ice at sea.
In the meantime, the new biggest berg is D-15A.
It's located in the Amory Sea, near East Antarctica.
The Powerball Watch is officially over.
Two winning tickets to Saturday's 18 billion jackpot were sold, one in Texas, the other in Missouri.
The prize money will be split, with each lucky winner taking home 410 million before taxes, if they won it all at once.
The next drawing is today and drops back down to the starting value of $20 million.
Lottery winners aside, there are plenty of millionaires and billionaires in the world, but to date there's never been a trillionaire.
That could change.
The board of directors at Tesla is dangling a carrot in front of Elon Musk's face to get him to focus more on the company and less on politics.
Mr Musk is already the world's richest man, but if he meets a dozen new benchmarks, he'll be astronomically richer, with a pay package worth a staggering 1 trillion.
Among the milestones he needs to reach?
Deliver millions more vehicles, boost self-driving subscriptions and get one million robots and robo-taxis into circulation.
Shareholders will vote on the new pay plan on November 6th.
It was a big weekend in sports.
At the U.S.
Open.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain is now the champion on the men's side, beating Italian Yannick Sinner yesterday.
The start of the match was delayed by nearly an hour to accommodate security for President Trump, who is the first sitting president to attend a men's final since President Bill Clinton in 2000.
On Saturday, Irina Sabalenka of Belarus won her second straight title, edging out American Amanda Anisimova.
Sabalenka is the first woman to earn consecutive U.S.
Open championships since Serena Williams won three straight from 2012 to 2014.
The NFL got underway with a spotlight on Aaron Rodgers, now with the Steelers squeaking out a win against his old team by a score of 34-32.
Afterwards, when asked if it was a satisfying victory against the coach who cut him, the quarterback said I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets.
And in news from the WNBA, the Golden State Valkyries are now the first expansion team to make the playoffs in their very first season.
And they remain the envy of the WNBA when it comes to crowds.
They sold out every one of their 22 home games, shattering a 23-year-old league attendance record long before the season ended.
Playoffs begin on Sunday.
Another team making a postseason run is the Indiana Fever, but they'll have to do it without star player Kaitlyn Clark.
An injury is keeping her sidelined until next year.
Still to come why a mom decided to make a name for herself by doing something most of us try to avoid.
But first we want to shout out and say congratulations to Jonah Danziger of Houston Texas, for a great start to his new school year with Miss Davis at the Schlenker School.
Jonah loves baseball, video games, building things, reading, and organizing epic freeze tag matches.
He's also a great friend and helpful classmate.
Way to go, Jonah.
Now...
Today's Kid News Quiz.
What is the name of the iceberg that was once the biggest on the planet but is now breaking apart?
A23A.
How many winning tickets were sold for Saturday's $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot?
Two.
Who won the U.S.
Open?
Carlos Alcaraz on the men's side, Irina Sabalenka for the women.
What record do the Golden State Valkyries set?
They are the first expansion team to make the playoffs in their inaugural year.
In today's Kid News Kicker, we've all done it, stepped on a Lego, and we all know how much it hurts.
So imagine running on thousands of them barefoot on purpose.
That's what a New Zealand mom did to set a new Guinness World Record.
Gabriel Wall earned the honor for fastest 100-meter sprint on Lego bricks back in January.
But it only went viral this past week when Guinness posted her run on Instagram.
While many social media users ask the question we all have, Why?
Gabriel told Guinness the challenge was a bucket list item after a 2022 health scare.
As for those colorful bricks themselves, they were invented by Danish carpenter Ulla Christensen back in 1932.
According to Britannica, he named his company Lego after the Danish phrase leg got, which means play well.
Thanks again to the Danzigers of Houston Texas, for sponsoring today's quiz, and a big hello to Jonah and all his friends at the Schlenker School.
And shout-outs to our other Kid News classrooms.
Mrs Chrisman and her Cougar Kids at Kenton Ridge in Springfield Ohio.
Mrs. Gomez and her Panthers at Pasadena Avenue School in Sacramento, California.
Mrs. Gold, the K-5 Mandarin teacher at Le Jardin Academy in Kailua, Hawaii.
And Mrs Manley Max, the resident axolotl, and all her students at York Prep in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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