WEBVTT 00:11.440 --> 00:13.280 What's up, sunshine? I'm Coy Wire here 00:13.280 --> 00:15.280 with your news for Thursday, March 12th. 00:15.280 --> 00:16.720 I am so excited to bring you another 00:16.720 --> 00:18.800 fresh episode of the best 10 minutes in 00:18.800 --> 00:21.279 news because of you. Let's get to it. We 00:21.279 --> 00:23.600 begin in Cuba, which is enduring a 00:23.600 --> 00:26.400 critical energy crisis amid an ongoing 00:26.400 --> 00:29.199 oil embargo. The embargo or government 00:29.199 --> 00:31.119 sanctioned trade restriction was 00:31.119 --> 00:33.200 implemented by US President Donald Trump 00:33.200 --> 00:35.200 earlier this year. It's the latest 00:35.200 --> 00:36.960 chapter in a long-running series of 00:36.960 --> 00:39.200 tensions between the US and Cuban 00:39.200 --> 00:41.600 governments dating back to the Cold War. 00:41.600 --> 00:43.760 The move has largely cut off sources of 00:43.760 --> 00:45.760 gasoline and fuel to the Caribbean 00:45.760 --> 00:47.920 island nation, dramatically reducing 00:47.920 --> 00:50.800 electricity generation, causing dayslong 00:50.800 --> 00:52.480 power blackouts. And without 00:52.480 --> 00:54.640 electricity, the country's economy is a 00:54.640 --> 00:56.960 at a standstill. Cuban residents are 00:56.960 --> 00:59.280 feeling desperate and outraged. Some 00:59.280 --> 01:00.800 have taken to the streets to burn 01:00.800 --> 01:03.440 garbage and bang pots in protest of the 01:03.440 --> 01:05.519 conditions. University students in the 01:05.519 --> 01:08.400 capital of Havana staged a sitin to 01:08.400 --> 01:10.000 bring attention to how these blackouts 01:10.000 --> 01:11.760 have impacted their education. Our 01:11.760 --> 01:14.880 Patrick Ottman has more from Cuba. 01:14.880 --> 01:16.560 >> So, this would be a pretty unremarkable 01:16.560 --> 01:18.320 scene anywhere else in the world. A 01:18.320 --> 01:20.479 group of students doing a sit in at a 01:20.479 --> 01:23.600 university demanding better conditions. 01:23.600 --> 01:25.840 Uh in Cuba, this kind of thing is just 01:25.840 --> 01:28.960 simply not allowed. And so around us, 01:28.960 --> 01:31.040 there's a lot of university officials, 01:31.040 --> 01:33.119 government officials, uh people who are 01:33.119 --> 01:36.240 quite clearly plain close police. Only 01:36.240 --> 01:38.960 about 20ome students here. Wouldn't be a 01:38.960 --> 01:41.119 big deal except the Cuban government 01:41.119 --> 01:43.119 knows that in other countries when 01:43.119 --> 01:45.119 you've had moments of tension like we 01:45.119 --> 01:46.799 are experiencing right now, all it 01:46.799 --> 01:49.040 needs, all you need is a spark. And so 01:49.040 --> 01:51.119 these students uh at this moment say 01:51.119 --> 01:53.360 that they can't study because the power 01:53.360 --> 01:55.200 is out so often that the internet has 01:55.200 --> 01:58.560 become so expensive and so unreliable 01:58.560 --> 02:00.560 and and those are among the many 02:00.560 --> 02:02.240 complaints complaints that many of the 02:02.240 --> 02:04.640 people in on this island share at the 02:04.640 --> 02:07.280 moment. We've seen protests uh at night 02:07.280 --> 02:08.800 taking place. People going out with pots 02:08.800 --> 02:10.720 and pans uh beating those pots and pans 02:10.720 --> 02:14.319 to get the lights back on. And so that 02:14.319 --> 02:16.720 is a situation uh that is happening 02:16.720 --> 02:18.160 right now in Cuba. The government of 02:18.160 --> 02:19.840 course blames 02:19.840 --> 02:21.360 the problems here on the Trump 02:21.360 --> 02:23.280 administration's increased sanctions on 02:23.280 --> 02:25.200 this island, but there are people here 02:25.200 --> 02:26.560 who feel the government has a role to 02:26.560 --> 02:28.400 play. They can make things better. Uh, 02:28.400 --> 02:31.040 and they're demanding those changes. For 02:31.040 --> 02:33.040 many people, a day at the beach might 02:33.040 --> 02:35.280 mean a dip in the sea and sand between 02:35.280 --> 02:36.800 your toes. But for many people with 02:36.800 --> 02:38.959 disabilities, accessing the shoreline 02:38.959 --> 02:40.879 isn't always so simple. In Rio de 02:40.879 --> 02:42.720 Janeiro, one project is helping to 02:42.720 --> 02:44.720 change that at Brazil's famous Copa 02:44.720 --> 02:47.360 Cabana Beach. Volunteers with the Beach 02:47.360 --> 02:49.440 for All project are helping people with 02:49.440 --> 02:52.160 disabilities experience the ocean, some 02:52.160 --> 02:54.160 for the very first time using 02:54.160 --> 02:56.239 specialized wheelchairs designed to roll 02:56.239 --> 02:58.720 across sand and float in water. 02:58.720 --> 03:01.120 Participants are guided safely into the 03:01.120 --> 03:04.000 sea. The program launched in 2008. It 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 provides accessible equipment, ramps, 03:06.000 --> 03:07.599 and trained volunteers to help 03:07.599 --> 03:11.519 participants swim and enjoy the beach. 03:11.519 --> 03:13.519 >> It's a free project. We're here to offer 03:13.519 --> 03:15.360 the welcoming and receptive environment 03:15.360 --> 03:17.680 that people with disabilities deserve to 03:17.680 --> 03:19.280 have a complete and quality beach 03:19.280 --> 03:21.440 experience. The program is about more 03:21.440 --> 03:23.599 than a swim. It's about inclusion and 03:23.599 --> 03:25.599 making sure everyone can experience the 03:25.599 --> 03:26.879 ocean. 03:26.879 --> 03:28.319 >> Before the accident, I lived at the 03:28.319 --> 03:30.080 beach. And after the accident, I went a 03:30.080 --> 03:31.840 year without the beach. The first time I 03:31.840 --> 03:34.319 saw it, I cried. It's really good. 03:34.319 --> 03:35.599 Really, really good. 03:35.599 --> 03:37.360 >> Scientists are getting some welcome news 03:37.360 --> 03:39.440 about an asteroid once thought to be on 03:39.440 --> 03:41.599 a collision course with our moon. The 03:41.599 --> 03:44.959 huge space rock known as Y R4 is about 03:44.959 --> 03:47.599 the size of a 15story building and was 03:47.599 --> 03:49.920 discovered at the end of 2024. It was 03:49.920 --> 03:53.040 initially given a 3.1% chance of hitting 03:53.040 --> 03:55.440 Earth. Subsequent observations ruled 03:55.440 --> 03:57.280 that scenario out, but scientists 03:57.280 --> 03:59.200 worried it may slam into our moon 03:59.200 --> 04:02.000 instead, giving it roughly a 4% chance 04:02.000 --> 04:05.519 to happen late in 2032. While that 04:05.519 --> 04:07.360 collision wouldn't have put our planet 04:07.360 --> 04:09.439 in danger, they feared it could impact 04:09.439 --> 04:11.360 potential lunar bases or put 04:11.360 --> 04:13.519 communication satellites at risk. 04:13.519 --> 04:15.360 Astronomers didn't expect to get an 04:15.360 --> 04:17.759 update on this path until the asteroid 04:17.759 --> 04:19.680 came back into our field of view in 04:19.680 --> 04:22.720 2028. But thanks to the James Web Space 04:22.720 --> 04:24.800 Telescope, the most powerful one ever 04:24.800 --> 04:27.040 built, they were able to catch a glimpse 04:27.040 --> 04:28.880 earlier than expected. They've 04:28.880 --> 04:31.919 determined that the moon is safe and YR4 04:31.919 --> 04:34.240 will pass by at a relatively close 04:34.240 --> 04:37.360 distance at about 14,000 mi. While that 04:37.360 --> 04:39.759 may sound close in space terms, it's 04:39.759 --> 04:41.759 about three and a half times longer than 04:41.759 --> 04:44.960 the total distance of the Amazon River. 04:44.960 --> 04:46.880 Pop quiz hot shot. What was the first 04:46.880 --> 04:49.600 text message ever sent? Did it say who 04:49.600 --> 04:52.880 is this? Hello, merry Christmas. or test 04:52.880 --> 04:55.880 test. 04:58.639 --> 05:00.240 If you said Merry Christmas, put 05:00.240 --> 05:02.160 yourself on the nice list. It was sent 05:02.160 --> 05:04.639 by software engineer Neil Papworth on 05:04.639 --> 05:07.520 December 3rd, 1992 from a computer to a 05:07.520 --> 05:10.000 mobile phone on the Vodafone network in 05:10.000 --> 05:11.600 the United Kingdom. It was sent to 05:11.600 --> 05:13.440 Richard Jarvis, his boss, who was 05:13.440 --> 05:16.160 attending the Vodafone Christmas party. 05:16.160 --> 05:18.000 If a picture is worth a thousand words, 05:18.000 --> 05:20.240 emojis might be worth a whole vibe. I'm 05:20.240 --> 05:22.639 a big fan of the 10 hands. Apple is 05:22.639 --> 05:25.600 about to expand their emoji vocabulary. 05:25.600 --> 05:27.919 According to Emojipedia, the company's 05:27.919 --> 05:30.000 latest developer is previewing eight new 05:30.000 --> 05:33.039 emojis, including a highly anticipated 05:33.039 --> 05:36.320 distorted face, a cartoon style fight 05:36.320 --> 05:38.560 cloud, and even a Bigfoot looking legend 05:38.560 --> 05:40.320 ready to make large footprints in our 05:40.320 --> 05:42.960 texts. Those new icons come from 05:42.960 --> 05:46.479 Unicode's emoji 17.0 0 list approved in 05:46.479 --> 05:49.120 September 2025 by the Unicode 05:49.120 --> 05:51.039 Consortium. It's an organization that 05:51.039 --> 05:53.440 standardizes characters across devices 05:53.440 --> 05:56.400 and reviews proposals for new emojis. 05:56.400 --> 05:58.479 Yes, this is a thing. Did you know that 05:58.479 --> 06:01.360 emojis themselves date back to two major 06:01.360 --> 06:03.520 Japanese telecommunications companies in 06:03.520 --> 06:06.240 the late 1990s? The most famous set was 06:06.240 --> 06:09.199 created by designer Sheagitaka Korita in 06:09.199 --> 06:12.400 1999, kickstarting our emojiations. 06:12.400 --> 06:14.880 These early symbols included icons for 06:14.880 --> 06:17.360 weather, time, transportation, and they 06:17.360 --> 06:18.960 had some simple face and hand 06:18.960 --> 06:20.400 expressions as well, laying the 06:20.400 --> 06:22.000 groundwork for the thousands of 06:22.000 --> 06:24.160 characters we know today. Since then, 06:24.160 --> 06:26.800 emojis have exploded into a global form 06:26.800 --> 06:29.440 of communication. Remember in 2015 when 06:29.440 --> 06:31.919 the laughing, crying emoji became Oxford 06:31.919 --> 06:34.479 dictionary's word of the year? Yes, an 06:34.479 --> 06:36.880 image, winning a word award for the 06:36.880 --> 06:38.639 first time. The new designs are 06:38.639 --> 06:40.720 currently in beta testing, but they 06:40.720 --> 06:42.400 could reach our smartphones later this 06:42.400 --> 06:45.039 spring, giving us a few more ways to say 06:45.039 --> 06:47.120 exactly how we feel without saying a 06:47.120 --> 06:49.120 word. Rush Hour is about to take on a 06:49.120 --> 06:50.639 whole new look on the streets of 06:50.639 --> 06:53.120 Washington DC. Officials unveiled the 06:53.120 --> 06:55.840 track for the Indie Car Freedom 250 06:55.840 --> 06:57.919 Grand Prix, the new race planned for 06:57.919 --> 06:59.759 August in the nation's capital as part 06:59.759 --> 07:02.080 of the grand celebrations being rolled 07:02.080 --> 07:05.440 out for America's 250th anniversary. The 07:05.440 --> 07:07.120 first ever street race on the National 07:07.120 --> 07:09.919 Mall will be 1.7 mi long, featuring 07:09.919 --> 07:12.080 seven turns around some of the country's 07:12.080 --> 07:14.639 most iconic landmarks. Congress usually 07:14.639 --> 07:16.639 isn't in session, and we're going to 07:16.639 --> 07:19.280 bring throngs of Americans into our 07:19.280 --> 07:22.000 capital city and we are going to 07:22.000 --> 07:25.120 celebrate our birthday with a free 07:25.120 --> 07:28.319 awesome Indie car race, 190 miles an 07:28.319 --> 07:31.599 hour. Last time we did this 1801, we had 07:31.599 --> 07:34.800 a horses race in the capital. 07:34.800 --> 07:37.280 >> The Freedom 250 Grand Prix is one of 07:37.280 --> 07:40.240 many planned events. A UFC event is also 07:40.240 --> 07:42.160 set to be held on the south lawn of the 07:42.160 --> 07:46.199 White House on June 14th. 07:49.360 --> 07:51.039 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 07:51.039 --> 07:53.280 takes the saying give a dog a bone to a 07:53.280 --> 07:55.919 prehistoric level. While out for a run 07:55.919 --> 07:58.080 with his owner on a New Jersey beach, 07:58.080 --> 08:00.160 Charlie Brown, the German shorthaired 08:00.160 --> 08:02.240 pointer, made the discovery of a 08:02.240 --> 08:05.680 lifetime, a pristine prehistoric fossil. 08:05.680 --> 08:07.599 >> Charlie was chewing on the bone. Uh, 08:07.599 --> 08:10.400 he's a dog. He He gets in trouble a lot 08:10.400 --> 08:12.639 and he brings a lot of things back to 08:12.639 --> 08:14.639 me. Charlie's family thought it might be 08:14.639 --> 08:16.800 from a giant ground sloth. Talk about a 08:16.800 --> 08:19.440 slow reveal. But dinosaur megapan Matt 08:19.440 --> 08:21.840 decided to dig deeper using his dad's 08:21.840 --> 08:24.479 email to reach out to a local museum for 08:24.479 --> 08:26.960 answers. Turns out it belonged to an 08:26.960 --> 08:29.759 ancient walrus that roam New Jerseys icy 08:29.759 --> 08:32.800 coastlines more than 10,000 years ago. 08:32.800 --> 08:34.240 >> This is the head of the femur, which 08:34.240 --> 08:37.039 would fit into the hip sockets. And then 08:37.039 --> 08:38.959 this would be kind of the knee joint 08:38.959 --> 08:41.279 right here. The piece was put on display 08:41.279 --> 08:43.360 at the museum, but not before Matt got 08:43.360 --> 08:45.279 to bring it to school for a show and 08:45.279 --> 08:47.200 tell that really had some backbone to 08:47.200 --> 08:49.519 it. The family says the find has given 08:49.519 --> 08:51.440 them fossil fever, and they are hoping 08:51.440 --> 08:53.200 Charlie Brown can sniff out another 08:53.200 --> 08:54.320 bonafide treasure. 08:54.320 --> 08:55.760 >> So, it made me feel like I was a kid 08:55.760 --> 08:56.800 again. It was pretty neat. 08:56.800 --> 08:58.560 >> Thousands of people could look at it and 08:58.560 --> 09:00.080 say, "This is really cool." 09:00.080 --> 09:01.680 >> All right, everyone. Time for the best 09:01.680 --> 09:04.560 part of the day. You, Mr. Leaport, at 09:04.560 --> 09:06.480 Altuna Middle School in Altuna, 09:06.480 --> 09:08.399 Wisconsin. Our student Molly wrote to us 09:08.399 --> 09:10.399 to tell us how much she and her friends 09:10.399 --> 09:12.560 enjoy your history class. Thank you for 09:12.560 --> 09:15.680 tuning in in Altuna. And this shout out 09:15.680 --> 09:19.120 goes to our friends at Mount Pleasant 09:19.120 --> 09:21.200 Middle School in Mount Pleasant, 09:21.200 --> 09:24.240 Michigan. They sent us um a friend. This 09:24.240 --> 09:27.760 is Opie, a talking buddy who uh they use 09:27.760 --> 09:30.000 a form of this to help designate whose 09:30.000 --> 09:31.519 turn it is to speak during tough 09:31.519 --> 09:33.200 discussions or even light-hearted 09:33.200 --> 09:35.360 discussions. And yes, I can see how this 09:35.360 --> 09:37.200 would like calm the nerves a bit, take 09:37.200 --> 09:39.519 away some of that stress and anxiety. I 09:39.519 --> 09:41.440 love it. Thank you so much. Thank you 09:41.440 --> 09:43.519 for making our day. Hope you all have an 09:43.519 --> 09:45.760 awesome one. It is almost Friday. I'm 09:45.760 --> 09:50.600 Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.