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Good morning and welcome to Kid News.
I'm Tori.
Today is Tuesday, October 21st, 2025.
And we begin with peanut allergies plummeting and credit may belong to a landmark 2015 study.
It showed that introducing peanut products to babies as early as four months old could prevent the onset of an allergy, which was a complete reversal of decades of advice.
Now, 10 years later, there's evidence this approach is working in a big way.
As published in the journal Pediatrics, as many as 60000 children have avoided developing peanut allergies since the guidelines were updated.
Author of the study, Dr David Hill, calls the findings remarkable and told the Associated Press I can actually come to you today and say there are less kids with food allergy today than there would have been if we hadn't implemented this public health effort.
What's rarer than a comet in the night sky?
How about two?
Tonight, a fireball named Lemon and another named Swan should both be visible right after sunset.
Lemon may be bright enough to be seen without visual aids, but for swan you'll definitely need binoculars or a small telescope.
Both will be easiest to spot away from light pollution.
And if you can't make tonight's doubleheader, all is not lost.
Lemon is sticking around and the best viewing dates will be next Saturday to next Tuesday, October 25th to the 28th.
It was lights out yesterday for many websites that rely on Amazon's cloud services.
From early in the morning stretching into the afternoon, users reported issues with Snapchat Roblox Fortnite Venmo, McDonald's and Delta.
According to CBS News, even Amazon's own sites weren't immune.
Down Detector noted problems with ring doorbells and Alexa-powered smart speakers.
Amazon said the problem might have stemmed from a system that balances internet traffic across its network.
But, as cybersecurity experts told the New York Times, the crash highlights the danger of relying on just a few major tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and how even a small breakdown in one of them can mean disruptions for millions.
Yesterday we told you about a brazen daylight heist at the Louvre in Paris.
The museum's been closed since Sunday and, because it's never open on Tuesdays, remains off-limits today.
As of this recording, the suspects and the priceless jewels they stole are still in the wind.
Not far away, another missing valuable.
It's a 1919 painting by Spanish master Pablo Picasso.
The 4-inch by 5-inch Still Life with Guitar is valued at almost $700,000.
It was one of 57 works being moved from Madrid to Granada in Spain for an exhibition.
But when the van arrived at its destination, the Picasso was missing.
Investigators are focusing on an unscheduled overnight stop in a small town where the drivers say they took turns sleeping and guarding their cargo, even though it's only a four-hour trip.
AI textbooks are being given a failing grade by South Korean educators, who are now rolling back a new program after only four months.
The idea was to lighten the burden on teachers by using AI to personalize lessons to match a student's pace and learning style.
Instead, the AI delivered inaccurate information, data privacy risks, and other issues.
About a dozen educational publishers collaborated to develop the digital resources, But both students and teachers found them confusing and even more time-consuming than regular textbooks.
The AI has since been relegated to supplementary status, while the old-fashioned learning materials have been brought out again.
Still to come, proof you're never too old to be a Swifty.
But first, today's Kid News quiz.
What kind of objects.
Two of them are appearing at the same time in tonight's sky, shortly after sunset.
Two comets, Lemon and Swan.
A miniature painting by what famous artist has gone missing in Spain?
Pablo Picasso.
What sort of allergy has been greatly reduced in children because of a landmark 2015 study that reversed decades of advice?
Peanut allergies.
South Korean teachers are saying no to what new digital resource?
AI textbooks.
In today's Kid News Kicker.
What does a 95-year-old retiree in Omaha Nebraska, like to do to fill his days?
If you're Frank Urias, you lead a Taylor Swift fan club.
Frank loves Swift's music, so he started a fan club at his Remington Heights retirement home.
It's grown to 100 people, though not all of them are from that community.
If you're not, someone from the home has to sponsor you.
It all started when a worker there said she was disappointed the pop diva hadn't answered any of her fan letters.
So Frank started the club to try to capture Taylor's attention.
He and other club members hope to get her to come to Omaha, where he says he'd like to give her a hug.
Oh, and Frank's also a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan and he would love to meet Traverse Kelsey as well.
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Mrs. Lutch and her Cougars at Hussman in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
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Fedora and her forest friends at Serene Hills in Austin, Texas.
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