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Good morning, good afternoon, good

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evening, wherever you are in this world.

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I'm Koi Wire here with your news for

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this Thursday, December 11th, Random

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Thought Thursday. Is cereal a type of

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soup? Take a minute, Stonyie, think

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about it, then snap, crackle, and pop

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your opinion on my Instagram. Now, let's

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get you your news. We start with some

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weather news and a concerning situation

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at the National Weather Service, which

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is responsible for forecasting severe

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weather events in order to help keep us

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safe. Right. The agency is currently

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struggling to hire back hundreds of

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critical positions ahead of this year's

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winter storm season. In April, nearly

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550 jobs were cut by President Donald

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Trump's administration as part of Elon

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Musk's now disbanded Doge Initiative, or

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Department of Government Efficiency.

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We're talking hundreds of

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meteorologists, hydraologists, and other

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specialized staff who forecast weather

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and essentially protect the public from

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hurricanes, floods, blizzards,

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tornadoes, etc. By July of this year,

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the agency received permission to add

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about 450 of those jobs back after

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lawmakers expressed concern over public

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safety. But 5 months later, they have

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only been able to fill about 80 of those

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positions. That means more than a dozen

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key forecast offices remain severely

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understaffed, potentially undermining

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the accuracy of forecasts and severe

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weather warnings. Current and former

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agency officials say some stations are

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missing as many as eight of the 13

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meteorologists needed to run those

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offices around the clock. They've also

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expressed concerns that even if all 450

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openings are filled, replacing the

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centuries of experience held by the

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former employees could take years.

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10sec trivia. Which of the following is

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true about reindeer? Only male reindeer

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grow antlers. Reindeer cannot swim.

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Reindeer can see ultraviolet light.

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Reindeer hibernate during the winter.

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If you said ultraviolet light, you are

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bright. Arctic environments contain lots

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of UV. Reindeer eyes change seasonally

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to adapt. In winter, their eye structure

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boosts their ability to detect very

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faint and high contrast wavelengths,

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including UV. In Finland, some locals

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are blaming their dwindling reindeer

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populations on Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Reindeer have a significant economic

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impact in Finland, booming tourism,

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leather, and meat sales, creating loads

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of jobs. But some Finnish reindeer

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herders say an influx of wolves from

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Russia in recent years are attacking and

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decimating their herds, ergo their

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livelihoods. Finland and Russia share an

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800mile border, and herders say that the

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young Russians who typically hunt and

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control the wolf population are now off

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fighting in their war. Our Isabelle

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Young met with a herder and rode along

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with some troops in Finland for a

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firstirhand look at this growing crisis.

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Reindeer hering is at the heart of

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Finland's culture and economy.

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>> Uh Kujala's family have been hering

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reindeer for over 400 years.

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>> But all that is now under threat.

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>> Oh, poor reindeer.

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>> From a surge in the number of predators.

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>> What is it that's killing the reindeer?

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>> Wolf is the worst.

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>> And they just kill kill kill kill kill.

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>> It's awful this area. wolves. Most of

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them come for the east, the Russian

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side.

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>> How do you know that?

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>> You see the tracks, they come for the

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Russian side.

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>> Why do you think there are more Russian

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wolves?

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>> That's the Putin who changed the world.

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>> Putin.

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>> Yeah. The soldiers and the young

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hunters. They hunt the wolves, but now

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they're hunting people in Ukraine.

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There's nobody anymore there left who's

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hunting wolves.

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>> So, do you blame Vladimir Putin for

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these dead reindeer?

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>> Uh, who could I blame? I could blame the

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whole world. Why this happen? It's

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getting worse after the Ukraine war.

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>> Russian men are paid bounties by the

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state for every wolf they hunt. But

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recruitment drives into the war in

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Ukraine have been intense, leaving fewer

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people to hunt the wolves. Now, reports

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in Russian media say wolves are

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increasingly entering villages and

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towns. And it seems they're crossing the

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border into Finland. Extensive wolf DNA

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testing supports that theory. In

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Finland, there's been a dramatic rise in

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wolves, which are killing reindeer in

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record numbers. Sightings like these are

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increasingly common all along eastern

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Finland. And that's something that will

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be difficult to stop as tensions along

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this over 800 mile border are at their

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highest point in decades.

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So right now we are with some Finnish

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conscripts in the northernmost part of

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the European Union.

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>> Finland has increased its defense

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spending and is carrying out large scale

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military training. We're about 25 miles

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or so away from the Russian border right

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now. And we know that the Russians have

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been building up military bases just on

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the other side of the border. Finland

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seems like a very optimistic but also

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very prepared country.

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>> It's smart to prepare.

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>> As Finland preps for the worst, Kjala is

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hoping for the best.

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>> Hopefully, Mr. Trump, if you hear me, do

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everything to try to stop this war. If

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we cannot fix this wolf situation

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quickly, some part of the area going to

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be without reindeers.

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>> And what would that mean to you?

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like somebody somebody took my life

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away.

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>> The Nobel Prizes were awarded yesterday

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in Oslo and Stockholm, Sweden, marking

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one of their biggest celebrations of

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global science, literature, and

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humanitarian work. This year's Nobel

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Peace Prize went to Venezuelan

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opposition leader Maria Karina Machado.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored

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her, quote, for her tireless work

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promoting democratic rights for the

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people of Venezuela and for her struggle

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to achieve a just and peaceful

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transition from dictatorship to

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democracy," unquote. And while the

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spotlight was on yesterday's ceremony,

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the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm is

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offering another way to experience the

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impact of past laureates. The exhibit

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called These Things Change the World

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features more than 250 artifacts donated

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by Nobel laureates. From pieces of

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graphite used in physics research to

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paper cranes that became a global symbol

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for peace.

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>> According to the tradition, if you fold

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a thousand paper cranes, you can have a

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wish come true. A little girl who

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survived the atomic bomb in 1945 learned

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about this tradition and she got

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leukemia starting in the school years.

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So she folded over a thousand paper

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cranes to get rid of the disease. I'm

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sad to say it didn't work against the

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leukemia, but the paper crane became the

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symbol for the fight against nuclear

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weapons. From a single folded crane to

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global campaigns, it's a reminder of how

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ideas and actions can grow into real

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world change. What would you put in an

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airport to make it more familyfriendly?

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Well, the US Department of

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Transportation just launched a new

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campaign called Make Travel Family

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Friendly Again. They aim to divvy out

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parts of a $1 billion pot to airports

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that apply and submit eligible projects.

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Some examples, more children's play

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areas or exercise areas, more mom's

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rooms or nursing pods, family screening

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lanes at security, sensory rooms for

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children with special needs. They're

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also incentivizing airports to provide

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healthier food options. The Department

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of Transportation's website says the

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funding is from the Infrastructure

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Investment and Jobs Act's airport

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terminal program, which supports

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modernization at US airports and air

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traffic control facilities. Wintertime

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chills are sweeping parts of the globe,

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but firefighters are heating things up

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ahead of Christmas. Look at Santa coming

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in hot. Firefighters in Athens, Greece,

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got dressed up as jolly old Saint Nick

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and his elves this week, and they

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repelled down a children's cancer

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hospital. Mrs. Claus made an appearance,

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too. Look at everyone waving. Santa went

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inside, delivered some presents, spent

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some time with the kiddos, as well. And

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in Florida, a team of tactical elves

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from local fire and rescue teams took

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Elf on a Shelf to a whole new level.

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They were repelling on Galisano

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Children's Hospital, bringing smiles,

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waves, and Christmas magic to kids who

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have to spend the holiday in the

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hospital. What a way to spread some

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Christmas cheer.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A

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dedicated team of students honing their

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skills to breathe new life into an

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iconic hot rod. Back in 2017, local car

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enthusiast David Miller donated his 1955

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Chevy Bair to the automotive program at

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his alma mater, Western Iowa Tech

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Community College. He hoped students

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would be able to restore it and use the

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proceeds to help fund their program.

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Now, after eight years of painstaking

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work, the tired Bell Air is a

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masterpiece on wheels. students came in

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early, stayed late, even pitched in on

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their off days to help restore the car

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to its former glory.

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>> Certain students that'll focus on, hey,

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you take care of the brakes, they

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rebuilt the engine, certain group did

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the transmission.

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>> Some even got the chance to show off

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their work at the SEMA Auto Show at Las

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Vegas, one of their biggest car shows in

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the country. It's like the cherry on top

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because like I don't think any other

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college is going to like send you out to

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Las Vegas, build a car, and then yeah,

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just get to show it off at Las Vegas.

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Miller passed away in 2022, but not

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before he had the chance to see the

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result of all their hard work. And his

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wish came true. The car is now up for

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auction, and the proceeds will fund

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scholarships for the next generation of

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car lovers. Vroom vroom. Here we go.

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We've got a shout out today going to

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Mrs. Palma at Marco Antonio Fireball

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High School in Lynwood, California.

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Let's aim to be a little better today

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than we were yesterday. It's almost

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Friday, y'all. Happy Friday Eve. I'm Ky

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Wire and we are CNN 10.