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Monday, October 26, 2020

Officials have finally tracked down a nest of Asian giant hornets in Washington state. The invasive species, which can kill a person or an entire beehive, showed up last year, and entomologists have been trying to track some back to their nest. First, they tried gluing it to one - it fell off; they also tried floss - that didn't work either. Finally, they used a combination of the two to get the tracker to stick. The nest was found on private property and vacuumed out. The fires in northern California have burned many homes, and a CNN Hero is donating RVs to help those in need. In fact, many firefighters have seen their homes burned down as they fight to rescue others, and they have received gifts as well.

World Series 2020: Tampa Bay Rays revel, Los Angeles Dodgers despair as Game 4 delivers baseball bliss

By Jeff Passan

    Just after midnight on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays stole Game 4 of the World Series in the most ridiculous series of errors ever.

    Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had chosen to keep reliever Pedro Baez in after he blew a lead earlier in the game. The Dodgers had retaken the lead, but Baez blew it a second time, after which Roberts chose to use Kenley Jansen as his closer after a rookie finished the 8th, hopeful that Jansen could record a save and save his name. Classic example of the Dodgers' bullpen mismanagement.

    Jansen struck out the Rays' first batter, and the scattered Dodger fans at Globe Life Park came to life, hoping that this would put them up 3-1 and set up Clayton Kershaw to bring home the trophy. But it was not to be. Keiermaier hit a broken-bat single, Wendle flied out, and Arozarena was walked. With two outs and two on, Brett Phillips came up. Of course, no one was worried. Phillips was one of the only two batters remaining on the Rays' roster, and he hadn't gotten a single hit in the postseason in two at-bats. But none of that mattered when he hit a looping double just past the infield, which Chris Taylor, playing center field due to Cody Bellinger's bad back, bobbled. Keiermaier scored. The ball went to first baseman Max Muncy, who threw home to Will Smith. Perhaps if Smith knew that Arozarena had slipped, he wouldn't have been in a hurry. As it happened, he thought he had to hurry, and the ball slipped out of his glove. Arozarena scored, pounding home plate with his fist, and just like that, the series was tied.

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Monday, October 19, 2020

Fighting is breaking out in Asia between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Both countries claimed freedom from the USSR in 1991, and they have long disputed a territory called Nagorno Karabakh. The area is within the borders of Azerbaijan, but it declared independence in 1991 and has ruled itself with the help of Armenia. In 1994, a fragile ceasefire was declared, but on September 27th, one of the countries fired a shot, reigniting fighting in Nagorno Karabakh. A week ago, the two countries agreed on another short-lived truce, and the government in Nagorno Karabakh says that more than 700 members of its military were killed in the fighting. Internationally, Armenia is backed by Russia, and Azerbaijan is backed by Turkey. The UN, EU, NATO, and the US are all afraid that a large scale conflict could force these two larger countries into a war, and are urging the two nations to end the fighting. Music can help heal the brain, and a CNN Hero is helping senior citizens with dementia to help them get through these challenging times. Listening to music can help people with memory loss connect the song to something they have heard in the past, and it momentarily brings them back to who they are and where they are. A bacon company has created a bacon-scented mask. It uses something similar to scratch and sniff stickers on the fibers, and it can be won through a raffle.

In the Time of the Butterflies

By Julia Alvarez

A high school Contemporary Heritage book

    Based on a true story, this novel is set in the mid-1900s Dominican Republic during the reign of the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and revolves around 4 Mirabal sisters, who work to free their country. Three of them, Minerva, Patria, and Maria Teresa, were killed by his secret police on November 25, 1960. The fourth, Dedé, was not with them and is portrayed throughout the book as a woman telling the story of the others to a reporter who resembles the author.

    The four sisters grew up in Salcedo province, in Ojo de Agua. Patria, the eldest, is shown as a religious character, who evolves throughout the book as she loses her faith with the death of her third child, then regains it in a new fashion during a pilgrimage. Dedé, the second daughter, is weaker than her sisters and was prevented from joining her sisters' revolution by her husband, which is why she survived them. Minerva, the third eldest, is the most headstrong and courage of the four, leading two of her sisters into the revolution. Maria Teresa, or Mate, is the youngest, and she evolves as well, going from always admiring Minerva to realizing that she can choose her own path.