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Election 2024

Trump Wins

November 6, 2024

Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. Results of the November 5 election were announced the following day. Trump spoke to the nation after the polls had closed. His win looked certain. “I…

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Sports

Let's Go!

November 1, 2024

Jaxon Porter, 11, is happiest behind the wheel. He’s too young to have a driver’s license. He races go-karts. “I just love going fast,” Jaxon told TIME for Kids. He races at speeds up to 70 m.p.h. Jaxon started racing…

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History

A Big Race

November 1, 2024

The first New York City marathon took place in 1970. It was hosted by New York Road Runners (NYRR). Only 127 runners entered the 26.2-mile race. Now it’s the world’s largest marathon. It’s held on the first Sunday in November.…

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Space

Polaris Dawn

October 18, 2024

On September 12, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis made history. They became the first civilians to perform a spacewalk. Past spacewalks had been done only by professional astronauts. During a spacewalk, an astronaut leaves a spacecraft. They do not actually…

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Space

Snapshot

October 10, 2024

Here, teams from Boeing and NASA tend to the Starliner spacecraft. It returned to Earth on September 6. It landed in White Sands Space Harbor, in New Mexico. The Starliner arrived without its crew members. They are at the International…

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Environment

Unwelcome Object

October 10, 2024

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a system of caves. It is in New Mexico. In September, a bag of Cheetos was dropped there. It caused problems for cave life. Food and drink are not allowed in the caves. A spilled…

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Election 2024

Election 2024

October 4, 2024

A United States presidential election is coming up. Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5. Some people will vote by mail even sooner. The winner of the election will lead the country for the next four years. …

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Bee Champ

June 3, 2024

On May 30, a seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, became the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ. Bruhat Soma, 12, crushed a lightning tiebreaker round by spelling 29 words correctly in 90 seconds. The winning word was abseil. It’s a word…

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Books

Lessons from a Master

April 19, 2024

Maurice Ashley is the first Black chess grandmaster. He’s also the author of The Life-Changing Magic of Chess. The book presents the basics of chess. Ashley uses his experience with chess to explain them. TFK Kid Reporter Sophia Zhang spoke…

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Space

A Year in Space

March 6, 2024

Frank Rubio is an astronaut. On September 27, 2023, he broke a record. He completed the longest U.S. spaceflight. When he got back, he ate a salad. That’s the food he craved most while at the International Space Station. …

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