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, the 30th, the last day of September 2025, and we begin with a baseball comeback for the ages.
After trailing by 15 and a half games in July, the Cleveland Guardians stormed all the way back to claim the American Central Division over the weekend, entering the history books for the biggest turnaround in the majors ever.
Sunday's wild extra innings win capped off a red-hot September with Brian Rocchio's walk-off blast sealing the deal.
The record they beat dates all the way back to the 1914 Boston Braves, who went from 15 games down to winning the National League pennant and then the World Series.
The Guardians hope to follow in their footsteps.
Their first postseason game is today, when they face Detroit in the American League Wild Card Series.
A cosmic visitor is getting more mysterious.
Just a few weeks ago, 31 Atlas, the suspected comet that's making a beeline toward our neck of the solar system, changed color from a reddish hue to bright green.
Now new calculations suggest it may weigh more than 33 billion tons and measure 35 miles wide, which is apparently enormous for an interstellar object.
Not all scientists agree with those numbers, but they won't have to wait long to find out who's right.
In about a month, 31 Atlas will reach its closest point to the Sun and be at its brightest, making it easier to study.
Why so much intrigue?
Because it's only the third detected object to pay us a visit from beyond our solar system.
The first one was Oumuamua in 2017 and 21 Borisov in 2019.
A discovery in China may help rewrite the story of human evolution.
New digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull bone not only seems to suggest we emerged from our ancient ancestors 400000 years earlier than previously thought, but also calls into question the long-held assumption that the very first humans came from Africa.
The researchers said the finding may help resolve what's been called the muddle in the middle, which is the confusing array of human fossils that are between 1 million and 300000 years old.
Some anthropologists not involved in the study aren't as convinced and say the timeline is still up for debate.
The findings are published in the journal Science.
Dolly Parton is hitting pause on Vegas.
The 79-year-old legendary country singer made the announcement yesterday, telling fans that health challenges are forcing her to push her residency back nine months.
I'm not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see and the show that you deserve to see.
You pay good money to see me perform and I want to be at my best for you.
Dolly also reassured fans she isn't retiring, saying she'll continue working on projects from Nashville, and joked that doctors called it her 100000-mile checkup.
Probably more your speed, Selena Gomez.
The pop star tied the knot with producer Benny Blanco in Santa Barbara over the weekend.
About 170 guests attended, including her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Also on hand, Ed Sheeran and her BFF Taylor Swift.
Still to come, how Gen Z is embracing a certain TV habit even more than their grandparents.
But first, today's Kid News quiz.
Which baseball team mounted a historic comeback to reach the postseason?
The Cleveland Guardians When will mysterious interstellar object 31 Atlas be closest to the sun?
In one month.
Where was the million-year-old skull found?
That may help rewrite the story of human evolution.
China.
Which legendary singer is pausing performances over health challenges?
Dolly Parton.
In today's Kid News Kicker, TV subtitles aren't just for seniors.
A new poll actually shows young adults use them more than their parents and grandparents.
Why?
Because they're either multitasking with phones, laptops and cooking and don't want to miss anything, and or they're listening in a noisy environment.
The new study by the Associated Press and the University of Chicago found that Gen Z and millennials report they frequently use captions, while baby boomers are more likely to say they rarely do.
Before we go, it's time to shout out our terrific Kid News classrooms Mrs Cunningham, Mrs DeSoto and Mrs Silberman, and all their Huskies at Hicks Canyon in Irvine, California.
Mrs Ridley and Mrs McCleskey and their Longhorns at Lone Grove Intermediate in Lone Grove, Oklahoma.
And Mrs Hernandez and her Lincoln Lions.
She better hear you roar at Lincoln School in North Platte, Nebraska.
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