{"id":174938,"date":"2025-09-22T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/174938\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:09:10","slug":"scaled-down-cultural-celebrations-literacy-crisis-nasas-new-astronauts-catch-up-on-the-days-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/174938\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaled-down cultural celebrations, literacy crisis, NASA\u2019s new astronauts: Catch up on the day\u2019s stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                Tweet<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" href=\"mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F09%2F22%2Fus%2F5-things-pm-september-22-trnd\" data-type=\"email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"share with email\" title=\"Share with email\"><\/p>\n<p>                Email<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Link<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko000s2dqde2v99ddx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \ud83d\udc4b Welcome to 5 Things PM! \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/entertainment\/jimmy-kimmel-returning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will return to the air<\/a> Tuesday night, ABC announced. The show\u2019s yanking last week sparked a national debate about freedom of speech.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko000t2dqdhgl6aukq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here\u2019s what else you might have missed during your busy day.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2235425786.jpg\" alt=\"Mexican Independence Day parade in Chicago.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1664\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko000x2dqdcysqdamg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Despite concerns about immigration raids, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/us\/latino-celebrations-immigration-fears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">people took to the streets<\/a> of cities across the US to honor Mexican Independence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month. Some of the festivities were scaled down because the Trump administration has been making arrests during routine immigration checks, at courthouses and at worksites.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko000z2dqd085k23at@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Reading levels in the US dropped to historic lows during the pandemic. Now parents, teachers and tech companies are hoping artificial intelligence can help. Questions remain about whether AI is the solution or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/tech\/america-literacy-ai-schools\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">part of the problem<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko00112dqdg1dvblb9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In some cases, you can stop blaming yourself for that expanding waistline. A leading researcher, who busted some nutritional myths that have led to fat-shaming, says the food supply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/health\/food-intelligence-kevin-hall-wellness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is working against you<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p>        4\ufe0f\u20e3 \u2018Best and brightest\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko00132dqded9nbij9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/science\/nasa-new-astronaut-class-moon-mars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA introduced 10 new astronauts<\/a> as it races to return to the moon before attempting an unprecedented crewed mission to Mars. The six women and four men were selected from a pool of 8,000 applicants.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko00152dqddlo562ht@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A British couple were feeling lost while on vacation in the Bahamas. That\u2019s when an American couple stepped in to help. Nearly 40 years after meeting in a taxi line, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/bahamas-taxi-line-friendship-chance-encounters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they\u2019re still friends<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    GET &#8216;5 THINGS&#8217; IN YOUR INBOX<\/p>\n<p>       <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/113943-tunis-girls-interview-16x9-thumb.png\" alt=\"113943_Tunis_Girls_interview 16x9 thumb.png\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friends traveling across Europe end up in Tunis, Tunisia, instead of going &#8220;to Nice, France&#8221;\n                <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/113943-tunis-girls-interview-16x9-thumb.png&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"113943_Tunis_Girls_interview 16x9 thumb.png\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friends traveling across Europe end up in Tunis, Tunisia, instead of going &#8220;to Nice, France&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2:27     <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko00192dqd6zgagnev@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2708\ufe0f To Nice or Tunis? Two American friends who were traveling together ran into an unexpected detour when they ended up on a plane to Africa instead of France. It all stemmed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/12\/travel\/video\/tourists-accidentally-end-up-in-africa-instead-of-france-digvid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a misunderstanding in pronunciation<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/07-life-is-drag-amygdala-from-the-air-bts-03.jpg\" alt=\"Amygdala\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"9433\" width=\"6761\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko001m2dqdgp2ohpdv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \ud83d\udc60 Performance art: For her latest exhibition, visual artist Rachel Rampleman filmed drag performers and interviewed them about their philosophies. In today\u2019s political climate, the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/20\/style\/life-is-drag-rachel-rampleman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">takes on a new sense of urgency<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2188592753.jpg\" alt=\"GettyImages-2188592753.jpg\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2741\" width=\"4054\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko001u2dqd6w2m9hcy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \ud83d\udcf1 Which company will control TikTok\u2019s algorithm in the US after the deal with China is completed?<br \/>A. Oracle<br \/>B. Google<br \/>C. ByteDance<br \/>D. Intel<br \/>\u2b07\ufe0f Scroll down for the answer.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92hko00292dqd5rrh2sfb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \ud83e\udde0 Quiz answer: A. The White House said the popular video app\u2019s algorithm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/tech\/tiktok-sale-oracle-algorithm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will be overseen by Oracle<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr96f57000y3b6n7k7auppz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2705 Most popular in Friday\u2019s newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/19\/politics\/kamala-harris-2028-field-book\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris has some thoughts about her potential 2028 rivals<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr92pak00003b6nxjjsp9pc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \ud83d\udc4b We\u2019ll see you tomorrow.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfr966p0000v3b6n8dk54dvr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \ud83d\udce7 Check out all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters?source=nl-acq_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN\u2019s newsletters<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link \ud83d\udc4b Welcome to 5 Things PM! \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d will return to the air&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-174938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}