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with your news for this January 7th.
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Wednesday. One of you helped us write
today's show with a vocabulary word you
submitted on the social. So let's see if
you're the one that's expanding our
vocab today. Speaking of today, on this
day in history, January 7th, 1927 in
Hinckley, Illinois, the Harlem Globe
Trotters basketball team played their
first game. The Globe Trotters were the
creation of a basketball coach in
Chicago by the name of Abe Sapperstein.
At the time, only white men were allowed
to play on pro basketball teams. But
Sapperstein wanted to change that. He
created his team, then proudly promoted
its racial makeup, naming them after
Harlem, the famous African-American
neighborhood in New York City. The son
of a tailor, Sapperstein, actually sewed
their red, white, and blue uniforms
himself. The Globe Trotters trained,
played, and entertained, and they'd go
on to stun the world, beating the world
champion Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA
twice in 1948 and 1949. Two years later,
the NBA lifted its whites onlyly ban and
began to draft black players.
>> Madison Square Garden and basketball is
blended with comedy as the Harlem Globe
Trotters, complete with striped pants,
take the field against the New York
Celtics. Globe Trotter Nathaniel
Sweetwater Clifton became the first
African-American player to sign an NBA
contract when he joined the famed New
York Knicks in 1950. Also, did you know
that Sapperstein is also credited with
introducing the three-point shot to
professional basketball? It is, of
course, now one of the most exciting
aspects of today's game. Next up, news
that makes us consider the importance of
obeying laws, building safety codes, and
more. Officials in Switzerland are
investigating a fire on New Year's Eve
that took the lives of dozens of people.
The fire broke out as folks were
celebrating the new year at around 1:30
in the morning at La Constellation, a
popular bar in one of the country's most
exclusive ski resorts in Kran Montana.
At least 40 people were killed, 119
injured. The Swiss president has
described it as one of the most tragic
events in the country's history.
Officials believe sparklers caused
what's known as a flashover fire when
they got too close to foam ceiling
panels. Flash fires occur when hot gases
rise to the ceiling and rapidly rising
temperatures cause nearly everything in
a room to ignite almost simultaneously.
Witnesses say the blaze engulfed the bar
in a matter of seconds, sending people
rushing for the exits.
>> When I got back upstairs, I thought I
was either going to die or I'd managed
to get out. But the only way was through
a window, but the windows were blocked.
So I grabbed a table and tried to smash
it against a window. I couldn't, and I
thought, well, I'm going to die. But
finally, I managed to kick the glass. It
broke, and then we got out. Police have
opened a criminal investigation into the
bar's managers, who are facing multiple
charges. They're investigating whether a
rear exit was locked that night after
eyewitnesses described having to force
it open to rescue patrons. Officials say
the bar had not had a fire inspection
since 2019. One of the co-owners says
the bar had quote done everything
according to the rules unquote. Vigils
for victims have appeared throughout the
resort village and mourners gathered at
an outdoor church service to honor them.
Officials say at least 15 of the victims
were minors as young as 14. A troubling
revelation that's raising questions over
whether proper age checks were in place
that night. All right, you have to
listen to this. We have news out of
Italy where a photographer stumbled upon
thousands of footprints created by
dinosaurs right near one of the venues
for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Check
them out. You are looking at the oldest
and largest known collection of dinosaur
footprints dating back about 210 million
years ago. They were found by wildlife
photographer Ilio Dela Ferrer in Italy's
Stelvio National Park near the 2026
Winter Olympic venue of Bormio. Some of
the prints were 15 in across, showing
claw marks, even an estimated 20,000 of
these triacic period tracks were found
over a threemile span in what was a
coastal area in prehistoric times.
Experts say they are the first dinosaur
tracks ever found there and were likely
made by long necked bipedal or
two-legged herbivores that were up to 33
feet long, weighing up to 4 tons. That's
about the same weight as three midsize
cars.
Pop quiz hot shot. Roughly how many
pounds of trash does one astronaut
produce in one month while in space?
100, 275, 350, or 500 lb?
If you said 275 lb, you're stellar. The
trash includes things like food wrappers
and packaging, fabrics and materials
such as plastics and metals used in
daily life and science experiments in
space. Next, some out of thisworld news
that comes with a $3 million prize. NASA
is planning its return to the moon with
the Aremis program and they want
astronauts to stay there for long
stretches of time. So, one big question
that is looming, what are we going to do
with all the trash they leave behind?
There are no garbage trucks in space, no
recycling plants. So NASA launched the
Luna Recycle Challenge, a $3 million
competition asking scientists,
engineers, and yes, students to come up
with ways to turn waste into useful
materials on the moon.
>> What does it take to keep a lunar base
clean and green? As NASA prepares to
establish a human presence on and around
the moon, reduce, reuse, recycle will
become a universal model, not just an
earthly one. Just like on our home
planet, future astronauts living on the
moon will need to process waste, things
like packaging, fabrics, and structural
elements.
>> In phase 1, NASA selected 17 winning
teams from the US and around the world.
Their ideas range from using microwaves
to break down plastic trash to
converting waste into feed stock and 3D
printed tools. Now, those teams and new
competitors are moving into phase two
with designs being tested and refined
ahead of a deadline later this month.
NASA says the technology could make
space exploration more sustainable and
improve recycling back here on Earth.
From interstellar trash on the moon to
an accidental garbage toss here on
Earth, a team of Adroid hospital workers
in Iowa went above and beyond to
retrieve a patients prized possessions
this week. Here's our Jeremy Roth with
the story.
A hospital maintenance department in
Iowa became the ward of the rings
temporarily after using medical X-ray
equipment to locate a family's lost
heirlooms in the trash. A patient
contacted Grundy County Memorial
Hospital saying they were fearful they
had thrown away a pair of family
heirloom rings in the hospital's
garbage. The facility's maintenance
department sprang into action and into
the dumpsters in search of the lost
trinkets. When they came up short, an
idea to use a mobile X-ray unit came
from the hospital's imaging team. The
gizmo was wheeled out, and after
scanning multiple bags, the rings were
spotted, retrieved, and returned to the
family. The hospital shared images and
the story on Facebook, saying, "Moments
like these remind them that care goes
beyond medicine." The state of Arkansas
has rolled out a new tool aimed at
making traffic stops safer for people
with autism and people with mental
illness. It's called the Blue and Green
Envelope Program. an idea designed to
prevent confusion in moments that can
quickly escalate and potentially turn
stressful. The blue envelope is for
people with autism. The green is for
those with mental illness. The idea is
the driver hands the envelope to an
officer if they are pulled over and that
allows the officer to consider their
approach and their interaction with that
driver.
>> Great. We had individuals uh from all
across the state kind of come and
testify and talk about some of the
experiences they had and how they
thought this simple change would uh
would help them with their traffic stop
with law enforcement.
>> Danny Graham's son has autism and he
says this feels like a layer of new
protection for his child when he's on
the road.
>> I just think the more education
everybody involved has, the better off
it'll be. But I think just it's just
just a safety issue for all parties
involved. Just another example of how
listening to people with differences and
trying to have some compassion can make
this world a bit of a better place.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Defying the odds by hanging 10 and
embracing the waves of positivity. Matt
Henry, a hubby and dad from California,
has terminal brain cancer, but it hasn't
stopped him. And last year he set an
ambitious goal.
>> Yeah. to set a goal for 365 waves, which
uh it seemed like a big goal at the
time.
>> He achieved his goal in October. And now
that he and his family are celebrating
another year of beating the odds,
there's a new goal.
>> And I decided, you know what? If I move
the goal one more time, I could get 365
waves three times, and I've outlived my
prognosis three times. So, how cool
would that be? His wife and six kids say
his ability to live in the moment has
helped the entire family face his
diagnosis with optimism and positivity.
>> When you don't know how much time you're
going to have left with your dad, it was
it was just such a blessing to be able
to hang out with him and like I got to
ride a lot of the waves with him.
>> One great quote from Mr. Henry, staying
positive is a huge weapon against any
adversity. Rise up. Thank you to Mr.
Fisel at Foley Middle School in Berea,
Kentucky for submitting our your word
Wednesday winner. Adroid, an adjective
meaning clever or skillful using the
hands or mind. Thank you for boosting
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Thank you so much. Go out, spread some
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