What's up, sunshine? Coy Wire here with
your CNN 10 minutes of news for July
17th. Another summer Friday edition
catching us up on some of the biggest
storylines of the week. If you're
wondering about the background, it's
because this dude wore this shirt and I
just look like a floating head. So, here
we are. Let's start today with a little
brain teaser. If you have three, you
have three. If you have two, you have
two. But if you have one,
you have none. What is it? Give you a
second.
Give up? Answer is a choice. Because if
you only have one, it's not a choice.
So, thank you for choosing to spend part
of your day with us. Now, let's get to
your news. We're kicking off this with
world's biggest sporting event. Earlier
this week, the World Cup semifinals took
place in Dallas. France's Kylian Mbappé
and Ousmane Dembélé looking to reach a
third straight World Cup final facing
Spain with 19-year-old sensation Lamine
Yamal, who plays like pressure is just
another defender to dribble past. Then
in Atlanta, it was defending champs
Argentina led by 39-year-old Lionel
Messi in what could be his final World
Cup taking on England looking to lift
its first World Cup trophy since 1966.
Now, the stage is set. It'll be Spain
taking on Argentina on Sunday in New
Jersey. One match, 90 minutes, maybe
more, and a chance to become the team
their nation remembers forever. Now to a
microscopic menace that's having a huge
impact on cookouts all across the
country this summer. It's a
single-celled parasite called Cyclospora
wreaking havoc in several states. It
causes a condition called
Cyclosporiasis, which can include weeks
of uncomfortable gastrointestinal
issues. While state and federal
investigators say they've yet to
determine the source behind the surge in
cases, Cyclospora commonly passes to
humans via raw fruits and vegetables.
Our Jacqueline Howard has some tips on
what to do to avoid it and what to do if
you come down with a serious stomach
bug.
>> Here's what you need to know. In some
cases, this illness has been tied to
eating fresh produce. And the illness
that we're talking about here is called
Cyclosporiasis.
It's caused by the parasite Cyclospora,
and health officials are investigating
cases across several states. In some of
those states, Illinois, New York,
Pennsylvania, and Texas, cases have been
linked to eating fresh produce from
Mexican-style restaurants, local chain
grocery stores, and catered events. Some
examples of produce potentially include
cilantro, onions, and cucumbers. Now,
there are at least eight additional
clusters of cases that are still under
investigation in several other states as
well. And Cyclosporiasis, it causes
intestinal illness. So, symptoms include
watery diarrhea, in some cases,
explosive diarrhea, and these symptoms
can last for weeks. The illness can be
treated with antibiotics, but it can be
a very miserable illness. So, you want
to avoid getting sick in the first
place. To do that, avoid food or water
that may be contaminated with feces.
Experts say that's how this parasite can
spread. Also, make sure you thoroughly
wash any fresh fruits or vegetables that
you have. If you have firm fruits like
melons, scrub them with a brush. And
basic hygiene goes a long way. Wash your
hands with soap and water, especially
before preparing food.
Back to you.
>> All right. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers
are remembering a long-time public
servant whose career stretched across
decades. South Carolina Republican
Lindsey Graham died last Saturday after
suffering an aortic dissection caused by
cardiovascular disease, according to the
DC medical examiner. The 71-year-old
served in the Senate for 23 years, was a
congressman before that. He was an Air
Force veteran, also ran for president in
2016. Senator Graham was also up for
re-election and the filing period for
candidates interested in running for the
seat begins next Tuesday.
Pop quiz, Ashat, a group of rhinos is
known as what? A thunder, a crash, a
rumble, or a stomp?
If you said crash, you rhino your stuff.
And if you're wondering where the term
originated, just picture a pack of these
prodigious pachyderms charging through
the brush. Between their massive size
and poor eyesight, rhinos are not
exactly known for their agility.
On the black market, a single rhino horn
can fetch tens of thousands of dollars,
making the animals dangerously appealing
to poachers. But in South Africa, one
remarkable team is fighting back.
They're called the Black Mambas, an
all-woman group of wildlife rangers
protecting wildlife from poaching not
with guns, not with bullets, but with a
keen eye and relentless patrols.
Arbazhan Hoseini rode along to see how
they get it done.
>> This is Greater Kruger National Park in
South Africa. Nearly 5 million acres of
wilderness and home to some of the most
extraordinary wildlife on the planet.
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>> Including some of the last black rhinos
on Earth. There are just over 200 of
them left in this park.
Protecting them is a group unlike any
other.
The Black Mambas.
36 strong, battle-hardened, relentless,
and unapologetically entirely female.
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>> Rhino poaching across South Africa fell
16% last year according to government
data, but inside Kruger it nearly
doubled. Here a black or white rhino is
poached on average every 50 hours.
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>> Rhinos here are targeted for one reason,
their horn.
The black market is mostly driven by
demand in Vietnam and China, where it's
used in traditional medicine and as a
status symbol, despite the fact that it
has no proven medicinal value at all.
To stop this trade, the Mambas patrol
nearly 40,000 acres every single day.
And they do it completely unarmed. It's
an unconventional approach in a world
where most anti-poaching units carry
weapons. It's not an oversight, it's a
philosophy.
>> Poachers are dangerous.
>> Very.
>> And you all operate unarmed.
That that seems like a bad idea to me.
>> Actually, it is a good idea to us.
Because it's been 12 years doing this.
None of us has been killed by poachers,
and that's because we constantly get
trained, but also we not threats to the
poachers. So, with that
>> do you prevent them if they know you
don't have guns, if you can't hurt them?
>> So, they know that we're not going to
hurt them. Then there's no need for them
to use their bullets on us as we're not
going to respond.
>> But but your presence will still scare
them away.
>> Our presence scare them away because
they don't want to be seen, they don't
want to be arrested. So, they just want
to come inside the reserve, kill the
rhino, get the horn and out, and that's
why they're always running.
>> [music]
>> Before the Black Mambas, women were
largely shut out of frontline ranger
roles in this region.
These women didn't just change how this
reserve is protected. [music]
They opened a door that didn't exist.
>> So many people didn't believe in us, but
we have proved a lot of them wrong. The
land owners in the reserve, when we do
road block sometimes [music]
um in those first years some of them
they wouldn't even allow us to search
them or to touch their car. Well, now
they have uh elephants are breaking into
their house, into their lodges, and like
[music] things are missing. Now they
call the black mambas.
>> Today's story getting a 10 out of 10, a
new twist on summer camp where sparks
are flying, literally. They're calling
it the heavy metal summer experience.
The point is to give teens hands-on
experience with trades like welding,
HVAC repair, and electrical work. It
started as one camp in Palo Alto,
California. It's now expanded to 62
locations in the US and Canada.
>> When we got hands-on with uh power
drills and saws and uh all kinds of
different things, I was really really
excited.
>> There's historically a stigma with
blue-collar and construction, and we
need to eliminate that.
>> This actually provides a 5-year college
program through Foothill.
>> It was free, and I was getting paid to
work, so it was great.
>> Organizers say one motivation, looking
to address a major labor shortage across
these industries. It's estimated that
there will be a need for 2 million
skilled trades workers in under 5 years,
and they tout that an apprentice can
earn a six-figure salary by their
seventh year. All right, sunshine, we
have two shout-outs today. This first
one goes to Mrs. McNeal and Mr. Terway
at Northeast Regional Correction Center
in Saginaw, Minnesota. Thank you so much
for making us a part of your summer, and
keep up the great work. Next shout-out,
this one goes to Mrs. Allard at St.
Thomas the Apostle School in West
Springfield, Massachusetts. Thank you
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you have an awesome weekend. Keep asking
great questions. Keep chasing curiosity,
and remember you are more powerful than
you know. See you next Friday. I'm Coy
Wire and we are CNN 10.
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