The Mysteries About True Histories podcast is back for season two.
If you're a kid who would love to travel through time, to solve cool mysteries, perplexing puzzles and tricky riddles, then this podcast is the perfect audio treat for you.
Every week, join me, Molly and my best friend Max, as we take our problem-solving skills to amazing places like ancient Egypt, ancient Greece or the Galapagos Islands in 1875 to help out the one and only Charles Darwin.
We never know where we're going to wind up or what we're going to find, which is all part of the fun.
So put on your time traveling shoes and listen as a family.
You can listen to Mysteries About True Histories on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Good morning and welcome to Kid News.
I'm Tori.
Today is Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025.
Happy Rosh Hashanah, or New Year to our Jewish listeners.
And we begin with the free speech feud between late night host Jimmy Kimmel and ABC apparently over.
After a brief but unprecedented suspension that sparked debate from coast to coast, he'll be back on the air tonight.
The network pulled the show last week just hours before his Wednesday evening taping over comments he made about the Charlie Kirk case.
Disney, which owns ABC, announced its decision yesterday, saying in a statement We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy and after those conversations we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.
The San Francisco Bay Area is shaking off another reminder of its geography.
An earthquake measuring 43 on the Richter scale rolled through early yesterday morning, jolting residents out of a sound sleep.
It was centered one mile southeast of Berkeley.
So while not a particularly big quake as Bay Area temblors go, it hit a highly populated area.
In fact, SFGate reports that the epicenter was within blocks of the Hayward Fault, which runs alongside UC Berkeley and right under Memorial Stadium.
According to seismologist Horace Radmacher, Cal is the only major university in the world that has a dangerous earthquake fault running through its campus.
A smaller aftershock rattled nerves a few hours later.
No major damage was reported.
So much for being a sloucher storm.
Hurricane Gabrielle, which forecasters predicted would quickly peter out, instead gathered steam yesterday and intensified to Category 3 status, with winds of 120 miles an hour.
It may even reach a Category 4 today before spinning back out into the central Atlantic.
Heavy surf is pounding Bermuda and the storm's far-reaching swells could cause high waves and rip currents on the US mainland from North Carolina northward.
Gabrielle is the second hurricane of the season.
In August, Hurricane Erin rapidly became a Category 5, which is as powerful as a hurricane can get.
Everyone's heard of the Titanic and you've probably seen some of the artifacts recovered from the giant liner that sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
But now divers are bringing up treasures from the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, which also sank, this time when it hit a German mine during World War I.
The Britannic was serving as a hospital ship to soldiers wounded in battle when it sank in the Mediterranean Sea in November 1916.
The Culture Ministry in Greece has revealed an 11-diver team conducted a week-long operation back in May to recover artifacts including the ship's bell, a set of binoculars and the portside navigation light.
They will be included in the permanent collection of a new museum of underwater antiquities under development in Greece.
If you or someone you know is a redhead, today is your day.
It's officially Redhead Appreciation Day.
Fun facts, redheads are more likely to be left-handed.
That's the only group of people for whom that's true.
And the least common eye color for redheads is blue, while the most common is brown.
A blue-eyed redhead, like yours truly, is the least common combination in the world.
Some famous redheads from the past include Third American President Thomas Jefferson, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and Queen Elizabeth I, who ruled England in the 16th century during the time of William Shakespeare, who also may have been a redhead.
Scholars aren't sure.
Still to come, proof that rats in New York City know how to party.
But first we want to wish a happy ninth birthday to twins Mia and MJ Albazini-Price of San Francisco.
We're told you're double the trouble, but even more double the love, the laughter and the joy every single day.
And maybe too many stuffies, but never too much love from Mom and Dad, Martin and Sylvia.
Have an amazing day at La Scuola and out on the soccer field with all your friends.
Now, today's Kid News Quiz.
When will late-night host Jimmy Kimmel be back on the air?
Tonight.
How big was the quake that hit the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday morning?
4.3.
What's the name of the Titanic's sister ship that sank in the Mediterranean in 1916?
The Britannic.
People with what color hair get their own appreciation day today?
Redheads.
In today's Kid News Kicker, apparently nightlife is different in New York City, even for rats.
Scientists have been observing the behavior of the city's more than 3 million rodents, and what they learned surprised them.
The animals are more vocal, more aggressive, and more active than rats elsewhere.
Scientists eavesdropped using thermal cameras and ultrasonic recorders, discovering that rats are surprisingly chatty, adjusting their volume like seasoned commuters screaming over ambulance sirens, though in a register so high humans can't hear them.
The research revealed that young rats travel in groups of up to 20, like teenage friends hitting the town.
While older, wiser rats venture out solo as if they know all the best dumpster spots already.
Researchers say it's surprising how much rodent social behavior mimics that of humans.
Thanks again to the Albazini-Price family of San Francisco for sponsoring today's quiz.
Happy birthday to twins Mia and MJ, and hello to all their friends and teachers at La Scuola.
And shout-outs for our Kid News classrooms.
Mrs Thompson and her warriors at the Mossville School in Mossville, Illinois Ms.
Haley and her lions at Illuminate Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, and Ms.
Perry and her hawks at Halsburg School in Waco, Texas.
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