[music] What's up, sunshine?
Happy Friday Eve.
I'm Koi Wire with your news for Thursday, October 15th.
Let's get curious, get smarter, and rise up.
We begin with a health update involving one of the world's most recognizable religious leaders, Pope Leo.
The 71-year-old head of the Catholic Church is recovering in a Rome hospital after undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
Doctors removed part of his right lung along with a mass confirmed to be a pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.
The procedure itself lasted about 90 minutes and the Vatican says it was successful with no complications.
Doctors had discovered the growth during routine testing and Pope Leo said it was caught at a very early stage.
>> We think the decision to proceed with the surgery is encouraging.
Now, surgery is only offered when the cancer is localized and potentially curable.
Most patients diagnosed with lung cancer cannot undergo resection.
Lung cancer typically presents at a much more advanced stage because when it's small and localized to the lung, it generates no symptoms.
We only find these cancers if we go looking for them or by chance.
>> Poplio is not known to have been a smoker.
And here's the important medical knowledge bomb for you.
Lung cancer can occur in people who've never smoked.
Popio does have a history of cancer in his family.
Both of his parents died of it.
His brother is being treated for multiple myoma, a blood cancer.
The Pope has canceled all public events through October 20th as he continues to recover.
Now to France, where investigators appear to have cracked a multi-million dollar art heist.
Two Renoir paintings stolen last month have been recovered.
Six people were arrested in connection with the case.
On September 8th, thieves cut through the fence at the Renoir Museum, climbed through a window, and stole four paintings by legendary French impressionist Pierre August Renoir.
Police arrived so quickly the thieves abandoned two of them as they fled.
The entire robbery targeting millions of dollars of art took less than three minutes.
Investigators say DNA left behind along with surveillance footage and vehicle tracking helped lead them to suspects and the two stolen paintings hidden behind a cinder block wall.
NASA's Perseverance rover just drove straight into the record books.
It's now traveled 28.1 miles across Mars.
Might not sound like much, but it's farther than any vehicle was driven on another world.
And it broke the record distance in just 5 and a half years when it took its predecessor, Opportunity, nearly 15 years.
Why?
A huge leap in autonomy, self-driving technology.
AutoNav software lets the rover examine terrain, spot hazards, and choose routes without waiting for step-by-step instructions from Earth.
And remember, Mars can be more than 20 light minutes away, so you can't exactly yell turn left in real time.
NASA has extended the mission through 2028.
And this isn't just some Martian joy ride.
Perseverance is searching for clues about Mars' ancient environment and whether microbial life might once have existed there.
While we have seen many states and cities in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and beyond implement bans or restrictions on plastic straws in an effort to preserve the planet.
We've also seen a boom in plastic straw alternatives.
glass, metal, bamboo, paper, but which one's the best for our planet?
We sent a crew of some sincere sippers to a lab for a taste test and straw the data with an environmental expert.
The results might make you rethink what you're sipping on.
Here's Vanessa and our sip squad with more.
>> We have seven straws here.
One is best for the environment.
Can you [music] guess which one?
>> The straw.
just one of hundreds of plastic items that we use that companies say they've now made eco-friendly.
So, we invited the most honest and impartial straw experts to CNN.
>> Now, we're on CV.
>> Let's all start with the glass.
>> What you think?
>> Satisfying to put them in.
>> Well, I already bumped my tooth.
So, >> glass straws are reusable and could last a long time.
>> It wouldn't be a straw that I would use all the time.
I might use it a few times, but like not all the time.
But glass straws have a big problem, and it's similar to the issue posed in our next test.
Stainless steel.
>> I like the feeling of the the cold metal in my mouth.
>> I think I tasted a different flavoring.
>> Yeah.
Like the first sip, they taste almost kind of like different, but as you kept drinking it, it tastes like water.
>> Here's our professional straw expert.
The kids will hear from him after their final vote.
>> The pros for the metal straws are obviously it lasts a long time.
Katons come in the raw material extraction to the energy needed to produce that metal.
If you're washing that straw every day, that takes water, that takes soap, etc.
And all of that requires energy.
>> Let's try the bamboo.
>> This tastes like bamboo.
>> Yeah, it does.
That's what I thought, too.
[laughter] Bamboo itself is a pretty sustainable material with regards to water usage, but you still have to grow those plants and then you have to manufacture them into the straw and that also requires a lot of energy.
>> Many straws are meant to be biodegradable or composted like paper or pasta.
And this one is made from a biodegradable plant-based plastic called PLA.
Nearly 60% of this type of plastic, like the straw we tested, won't fully break down in home compost, according to a UK study in Frontiers.
When I started to research this topic, the most surprising thing to me was that single-use plastics were the most environmentally friendly option.
>> I think I'm a little more confused.
>> You can't get it right with something as simple as a straw.
What about bigger things in the world?
>> Pop quiz shot.
Who's the original author of Winnie the Pooh?
Aa Mil, Walt Disney, Brix Potter, or EB White?
If you didn't say aa Mil drew inspiration for the characters while watching his young son play in the woods with his stuffed animals.
His son's name Christopher Robin Mil.
Winnie the Pooh turns 100 years old this week for a character described as a bear of very little brain.
He's given us some surprisingly big ideas.
Friendship, patience, kindness, being present.
Our Anna Stewart traveled to England's Ashtown forest, the real life inspiration for the 100 acre wood to see why Pooh's legacy still has plenty of honey in the jar.
Winnie the Pooh first floated into bookstores on October 14th, 1926, 100 years ago.
British author AA Mil and illustrator Eh Shepard introduced Pooh Bear in a collection of short stories about the iconic character and his animal friends, including Piglet and Eeyore.
It's now gone on to sell tens and tens of millions of copies around the world.
Every generation, it's something that there's fans and families take it with them.
And it's so beautiful to see how many families and and different generations that have carried on the tradition of bringing Winnie the Pooh into their lives.
The stories also feature Christopher Robin, a young boy who Mil modeled and named after his own son and his toy bear.
Many of their adventures take place in the fictional 100 acre wood, a place inspired by Mil's walks with his son in England's Ashdown forest.
Neil Reed runs a nearby pooh museum.
>> The amazing thing is is Mil works so hard to bring the forest into the book.
So by reading the book, you really get a sense that the Ashdown forest is part of the story.
So the forest really is the the glue of the piece.
It's the reason the book exists because it makes sense to allow the characters to have that that freedom of the location.
>> Visitors can now walk through the forest and see sites that inspired Mil such as Pooh Sticks Bridge, Gallian's Lap and the Enchanted Place.
And it's such an important thing that we maintain this landscape and we hope that it's something that people are visiting in another hundred years time.
>> The story has been a success since its initial release 100 years ago.
But Pooh gained a whole new following after Disney acquired the story rights in 1961, turning the character into a worldwide phenomenon and a beloved Disney staple.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is brought to you by a whole lot of blubber and apparently zero respect for traffic laws.
Things have taken a turn for the scenic route in Moss Landing, California with hundreds of sea lions causing a major traffic jam near the Harbor Bridge.
On Monday, the road was cleared by crews who cleaned up the road having to try all sorts of measures.
>> They use the shovels to squirt the make the noise and push them on the other side.
And then I come back a half hour later and here they come again.
>> Officials are asking people to keep their distance because these animals may look cuddly but they are wild, they are fast and big.
Important traffic note for all of our drivers in Cali.
If a 700lb sea lion wants the right away, give it to them.
No honking, no road rage, just deal with it.
That's our 10 for the day.
But before we go, shout out time.
This one goes to Mr.
Ian friends at Clearwood Junior High in Slidell, Louisiana.
Thank you for this epic throwback Bills jersey with some seriously sweet autographs.
Thank you for showing us some love.
Now we have a very special guest for our next shout out of the day.
Our CNN sports anchor extraordinaire Andy Scholes.
What's up buddy?
>> What is up coin?
What's up everybody?
So my son Camden school watches CNN 10 in their journalism class every single day.
So we're going to send a huge shout out to Mrs.
Barnes class at Hopewell Middle School, Milton, Georgia, Camden.
Henry, better be paying attention in that class.
>> And Anda, I love you, but you better tell those kids of yours, do not take my job [laughter] just yet.
Stay kind, stay curious.
And as the show taught us today, sometimes the smallest clue solves the case.
>> And the shortest drive can make history.
>> Yes.
And as Eeyore would say from Winnie the Pooh, it never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.
I'm Koi Wire.
>> And I'm Andy Scholes.
>> And we are CNN 10.
Happy Friday Eve.
I'm Koi Wire with your news for Thursday, October 15th.
Let's get curious, get smarter, and rise up.
We begin with a health update involving one of the world's most recognizable religious leaders, Pope Leo.
The 71-year-old head of the Catholic Church is recovering in a Rome hospital after undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
Doctors removed part of his right lung along with a mass confirmed to be a pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.
The procedure itself lasted about 90 minutes and the Vatican says it was successful with no complications.
Doctors had discovered the growth during routine testing and Pope Leo said it was caught at a very early stage.
>> We think the decision to proceed with the surgery is encouraging.
Now, surgery is only offered when the cancer is localized and potentially curable.
Most patients diagnosed with lung cancer cannot undergo resection.
Lung cancer typically presents at a much more advanced stage because when it's small and localized to the lung, it generates no symptoms.
We only find these cancers if we go looking for them or by chance.
>> Poplio is not known to have been a smoker.
And here's the important medical knowledge bomb for you.
Lung cancer can occur in people who've never smoked.
Popio does have a history of cancer in his family.
Both of his parents died of it.
His brother is being treated for multiple myoma, a blood cancer.
The Pope has canceled all public events through October 20th as he continues to recover.
Now to France, where investigators appear to have cracked a multi-million dollar art heist.
Two Renoir paintings stolen last month have been recovered.
Six people were arrested in connection with the case.
On September 8th, thieves cut through the fence at the Renoir Museum, climbed through a window, and stole four paintings by legendary French impressionist Pierre August Renoir.
Police arrived so quickly the thieves abandoned two of them as they fled.
The entire robbery targeting millions of dollars of art took less than three minutes.
Investigators say DNA left behind along with surveillance footage and vehicle tracking helped lead them to suspects and the two stolen paintings hidden behind a cinder block wall.
NASA's Perseverance rover just drove straight into the record books.
It's now traveled 28.1 miles across Mars.
Might not sound like much, but it's farther than any vehicle was driven on another world.
And it broke the record distance in just 5 and a half years when it took its predecessor, Opportunity, nearly 15 years.
Why?
A huge leap in autonomy, self-driving technology.
AutoNav software lets the rover examine terrain, spot hazards, and choose routes without waiting for step-by-step instructions from Earth.
And remember, Mars can be more than 20 light minutes away, so you can't exactly yell turn left in real time.
NASA has extended the mission through 2028.
And this isn't just some Martian joy ride.
Perseverance is searching for clues about Mars' ancient environment and whether microbial life might once have existed there.
While we have seen many states and cities in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and beyond implement bans or restrictions on plastic straws in an effort to preserve the planet.
We've also seen a boom in plastic straw alternatives.
glass, metal, bamboo, paper, but which one's the best for our planet?
We sent a crew of some sincere sippers to a lab for a taste test and straw the data with an environmental expert.
The results might make you rethink what you're sipping on.
Here's Vanessa and our sip squad with more.
>> We have seven straws here.
One is best for the environment.
Can you [music] guess which one?
>> The straw.
just one of hundreds of plastic items that we use that companies say they've now made eco-friendly.
So, we invited the most honest and impartial straw experts to CNN.
>> Now, we're on CV.
>> Let's all start with the glass.
>> What you think?
>> Satisfying to put them in.
>> Well, I already bumped my tooth.
So, >> glass straws are reusable and could last a long time.
>> It wouldn't be a straw that I would use all the time.
I might use it a few times, but like not all the time.
But glass straws have a big problem, and it's similar to the issue posed in our next test.
Stainless steel.
>> I like the feeling of the the cold metal in my mouth.
>> I think I tasted a different flavoring.
>> Yeah.
Like the first sip, they taste almost kind of like different, but as you kept drinking it, it tastes like water.
>> Here's our professional straw expert.
The kids will hear from him after their final vote.
>> The pros for the metal straws are obviously it lasts a long time.
Katons come in the raw material extraction to the energy needed to produce that metal.
If you're washing that straw every day, that takes water, that takes soap, etc.
And all of that requires energy.
>> Let's try the bamboo.
>> This tastes like bamboo.
>> Yeah, it does.
That's what I thought, too.
[laughter] Bamboo itself is a pretty sustainable material with regards to water usage, but you still have to grow those plants and then you have to manufacture them into the straw and that also requires a lot of energy.
>> Many straws are meant to be biodegradable or composted like paper or pasta.
And this one is made from a biodegradable plant-based plastic called PLA.
Nearly 60% of this type of plastic, like the straw we tested, won't fully break down in home compost, according to a UK study in Frontiers.
When I started to research this topic, the most surprising thing to me was that single-use plastics were the most environmentally friendly option.
>> I think I'm a little more confused.
>> You can't get it right with something as simple as a straw.
What about bigger things in the world?
>> Pop quiz shot.
Who's the original author of Winnie the Pooh?
Aa Mil, Walt Disney, Brix Potter, or EB White?
If you didn't say aa Mil drew inspiration for the characters while watching his young son play in the woods with his stuffed animals.
His son's name Christopher Robin Mil.
Winnie the Pooh turns 100 years old this week for a character described as a bear of very little brain.
He's given us some surprisingly big ideas.
Friendship, patience, kindness, being present.
Our Anna Stewart traveled to England's Ashtown forest, the real life inspiration for the 100 acre wood to see why Pooh's legacy still has plenty of honey in the jar.
Winnie the Pooh first floated into bookstores on October 14th, 1926, 100 years ago.
British author AA Mil and illustrator Eh Shepard introduced Pooh Bear in a collection of short stories about the iconic character and his animal friends, including Piglet and Eeyore.
It's now gone on to sell tens and tens of millions of copies around the world.
Every generation, it's something that there's fans and families take it with them.
And it's so beautiful to see how many families and and different generations that have carried on the tradition of bringing Winnie the Pooh into their lives.
The stories also feature Christopher Robin, a young boy who Mil modeled and named after his own son and his toy bear.
Many of their adventures take place in the fictional 100 acre wood, a place inspired by Mil's walks with his son in England's Ashdown forest.
Neil Reed runs a nearby pooh museum.
>> The amazing thing is is Mil works so hard to bring the forest into the book.
So by reading the book, you really get a sense that the Ashdown forest is part of the story.
So the forest really is the the glue of the piece.
It's the reason the book exists because it makes sense to allow the characters to have that that freedom of the location.
>> Visitors can now walk through the forest and see sites that inspired Mil such as Pooh Sticks Bridge, Gallian's Lap and the Enchanted Place.
And it's such an important thing that we maintain this landscape and we hope that it's something that people are visiting in another hundred years time.
>> The story has been a success since its initial release 100 years ago.
But Pooh gained a whole new following after Disney acquired the story rights in 1961, turning the character into a worldwide phenomenon and a beloved Disney staple.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is brought to you by a whole lot of blubber and apparently zero respect for traffic laws.
Things have taken a turn for the scenic route in Moss Landing, California with hundreds of sea lions causing a major traffic jam near the Harbor Bridge.
On Monday, the road was cleared by crews who cleaned up the road having to try all sorts of measures.
>> They use the shovels to squirt the make the noise and push them on the other side.
And then I come back a half hour later and here they come again.
>> Officials are asking people to keep their distance because these animals may look cuddly but they are wild, they are fast and big.
Important traffic note for all of our drivers in Cali.
If a 700lb sea lion wants the right away, give it to them.
No honking, no road rage, just deal with it.
That's our 10 for the day.
But before we go, shout out time.
This one goes to Mr.
Ian friends at Clearwood Junior High in Slidell, Louisiana.
Thank you for this epic throwback Bills jersey with some seriously sweet autographs.
Thank you for showing us some love.
Now we have a very special guest for our next shout out of the day.
Our CNN sports anchor extraordinaire Andy Scholes.
What's up buddy?
>> What is up coin?
What's up everybody?
So my son Camden school watches CNN 10 in their journalism class every single day.
So we're going to send a huge shout out to Mrs.
Barnes class at Hopewell Middle School, Milton, Georgia, Camden.
Henry, better be paying attention in that class.
>> And Anda, I love you, but you better tell those kids of yours, do not take my job [laughter] just yet.
Stay kind, stay curious.
And as the show taught us today, sometimes the smallest clue solves the case.
>> And the shortest drive can make history.
>> Yes.
And as Eeyore would say from Winnie the Pooh, it never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.
I'm Koi Wire.
>> And I'm Andy Scholes.
>> And we are CNN 10.