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Today is Thursday, March 5th, 2026.
And we begin with a major airline taking a new rule to new heights.
United says passengers who refuse to use headphones while listening to audio or video content, including social media, will be removed from the flight and possibly even banned from the airline for life.
The rule even applies to kids, and it's meant to keep the peace at 35,000 feet.
According to USA Today, the change to United's policy went into place last Friday and is the strictest of any airline to date.
However, travelers who forget their headphones don't need to sit in silence.
United says free earbuds are available on most flights for those who request them.
British Columbia is going where the U.S. has not.
The Canadian province is permanently adopting daylight saving time, making it spring forward this coming Sunday, March 8th, its last
B.C.
Premier David Ebby announced Monday, We are done waiting.
British Columbia is going to change our clocks just one more time and then never again.
Clocks will no longer be turned back an hour in November.
Ebby said, the twice-yearly flip-flop causes all kinds of problems, from sleep issues to dogs getting up at the wrong time, to more car accidents.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadians are now hoping their southern neighbors will follow suit.
The United States Congress however, has not passed needed legislation to make the change countrywide, despite years of negotiations.
And that means all US states except Hawaii and most of Arizona, which locally decided to stay on standard time all year round, will be changing the clocks again this weekend.
It was chaos and now heartbreak for several competitors of the Women's USA Track and Field Half Marathon Championship last weekend
With less than two miles to go.
Jess McLean, Edna Kurgot and Emma Hurley were in first, second and third when the vehicle guiding them steered them off course.
According to The Guardian, Molly Bourne, who had been more than a minute behind the leaders, stayed on the right path to win the race, with Jess, Edna and Emma dropping to 9th, 12th and 13th.
When you're in the heat of the battle, you don't necessarily listen to people yelling at you from behind.
You don't check if you're still on course.
You're following a lead vehicle, said a race commentator.
34-year-old Jess missed out on the $20,000 prize awarded to the winner.
USATF said the error happened because the course was not adequately marked but ruled.
At this time there is no way to rectify the results.
The race serves as a qualifier for the 2026 World Road Running Championships.
But the team is not selected until May.
So organizers say they will review the Atlanta incident carefully to come up with a solution in the best interest of all athletes involved.
Dictionary.com is getting with the times.
The site's latest winter word drop officially added Swifty to its digital archives, defining it as a fan of the music of Taylor Swift.
According to TV station KTLA, the word earned its spot because it's widely used, well understood and likely here to stay.
Taylor formally trademarked Swifty in 2017 and has used it on bags, totes, and other merchandise.
The word joins other fan-identifying terms on Dictionarycom, like beehive for Beyonce fans, Janeite for fans of Jane Austen and Trekkie for fans of Star Trek.
You may be getting a raise from the Tooth Fairy.
According to Delta Dental's 2026 original Tooth Fairy poll, payouts under the pillow have jumped 17 just this year, averaging about 584 a tooth.
However, that's still a bit less than the record peak of $6.23 in 2023.
Axios reports.
Non-cash gifts are also up, with nearly one in three kids receiving a toy or other type of trade for their tooth.
And across the board.
The first tooth comes with a bonus fetching, on average, about 23 more than the others.
Still ahead, a wedding dress that was not made to last.
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Now, today's Kid News quiz.
What is United Airlines' new headphone policy?
Refusing to wear them while listening to a device could get you kicked off the flight and possibly banned from the airline entirely.
What happened to the three leaders of the U.S.
Half Marathon Championship?
A vehicle led them off course and they dropped to 9th, 12th, and 13th place.
What new word was just added to dictionary.com?
Swifty, how much has the average tooth fairy payout gone up this year?
17% according to a Delta Dental survey.
In today's Kid News Kicker, it was not happily ever after for a wedding dress sculpted from snow in New York City.
Colette Calm, known for her couture wedding gowns, created a snow mannequin in Central Park last week following the region's most recent snowstorm.
She used a 12-inch serrated bread knife to create the masterpiece over the course of two days and said she was most proud of the skirt's hem that made it look like it was twirling.
Alas, snowmaid wedding dresses don't last as long as real ones.
Collette urged people on social media to view the dress before it melted and, according to People magazine, posted a video with the following caption on Instagram Monday
Snow mannequins succumbed to the effects of solar radiation at 3.47 p.m.
There was no foul play involved.
Despite the demise of her dress, Collette says she's happy it brought New Yorkers together.
Now, shout-outs for our Kid News classrooms.
Mrs. Ramsey's Tenacious Trojans at Moroa Forsyth in Forsyth, Illinois.
Mrs. Lorette's Bears at Lake of the Woods School in Bedette, Minnesota.
Mrs. Sudney's Lightning at Lincoln in Warren, Michigan.
Miss Ashley's Room 11 Dragons at Downtown Montessori Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
And Senora Vega's Geckos at Tanque Verde in Tucson, Arizona.
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