Date: 15/09/25

Information: Rita Narayan talks about how she wants to improve school buses, not only by making them less loud, or more accommodating, but also by making them more sustainable to the environment.

Important people: An important person in this CNN10 is Rita, she is the person that came up with the idea of Zūm buses.

Important Statistics: “74 buses in Oakland are giving 2.1 gigawatts hours of energy which is equivalent to powering 400 homes annually”

Potential argumentative question: Should all buses be required to switch to electrical energy?

Article: Buckley, Cara, and Annick Sjobakken. “Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and so Did the Air.” The New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/iowa-city-free-buses.html?searchResultPosition=2.

Information: Donald trump and his wife Melania trump do a historic visit to the United Kingdom.Important people: Important people in this CNN10 are Donald Trump and King Charles.They are important because the visit caused many opinion from the UK citizens, and King Charles is the king.Statistics: “Trumps first state visit happened in 2019”Potential argumentative question: Should these state visits be implemented to all other countries?

Article: Aleksic, Adam, et al. “Opinion | Trump Is America’s First Meme President.” The New York Times, 23 Sept. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/trump-meme-language-social-media.html?searchResultPosition=56.

Information: A girl named Tala spotted what looked like a weird rock, it ended up being an extremely rare, one in a million find fossil.

Information: The latest Nobel Prize in Physics was handed to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their knowledge and work in Quantum Physics.

Important people: John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret, and John Clarke.

Important Statistics: "Their experiment, done more than 40 years ago, helped revolutionize our understanding of quantum mechanics."

Potential Argumentative Question: “Did the work of Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis really change how we understand quantum physics?”

Article: Miller, Katrina, and Ali Watkins. “Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics.” The New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/science/nobel-prize-physics.html?searchResultPosition=1.

Information: Following the government shutdown, people who relied on the government's food assistance program (SNAP benefits) struggled to obtain food for their families and themselves. That is, until the community awoke to help those in need.

Important People: AJ Owen(the dad who went viral on TikTok after setting up a free pantry in his front yard for people in need to use), Carla Stokes(executive pastor, new birth missionary baptist church, who tries to bring awareness after speaking up about the people who are struggling during these times).

Important Statistics:

Article: Harris, Elizabeth A., and Alexandra Alter. “Bookstore Food Drives Help Food Stamp Recipients.” The New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/bookstores-food-banks-snap-recipients.html?searchResultPosition=1.

Information: Video games and habits such as "binge gaming" have both positive and negative impacts on the brain. Some positive aspects would be developing fellowships, preparing people for real life situations, helping with attention problems, and helping with mental disorders such as depression or anxiety. Some negative aspects would be the decrease in interaction with family, and the possible development of "gaming use disorder" which could stop an individual of doing their daily chores without them thinking about gaming.

Important people: Dr. Sanjay Gupta. He talks about the topic while providing information about how there are both positive and negative aspects to gaming.

Statistics: 72% of people game to play with others, 42% have claimed that they made friends online, and 32% have said that it helps with their mental health.

Potential argumentative question: Are violent video games actually related to aggressive behavior?

Article: Miller, Claire Cain, and Amy Fan. “How Video Games Are Shaping a Generation of Boys, for Better and Worse.” The New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/video-games-boys-young-men.html?searchResultPosition=1.

Information: Guyia Jordet, a Psychology professor, believes that Psychology is usually undermined during the exchange of soccer players and should ba taken account of more.

Important People: Guyia Jordet is an important person form this CNN10 because he is the one that talks about Psychological impact in picking players.

Important Statistics: 5,000 behaviors were produced from one soccer match, and women are more expressive than men.

Potential Argumentative Essay: Are women more expressive than men in other sports aswell?

Date: 09/02/26

Information: Lindsey Vaughn, a skiing legend, crashed during the women's downhill finals and had to be airlifted from the course during an comeback attempt.

Important People: 41 year old Lindsey Vaughn.

Important Statistics: "She was determined

to compete despite completely rupturing

her ACL or anterior cruciate ligament in

her knee during a training run just nine

days earlier.

Potential argumentative question: Should athletes be allowed to compete after a serious injury, even if it puts their long-term health at risk?

Information: A landslide in Brazil created tragedy for several families as loved ones went missing and homes were destroyed.

Important People: President Luis Enasio Lula Da Silva has mobilized the government to help families and those affected.

Important Statistics: 30 were found dead, 39 were missing, and more than a dozen were rescued from the debris.

Potential argumentative question: To what extent should the government be responsible for responding to natural disasters like the landslide in Brazil?

Information: Professionals such as doctors have been teaching AI techniques to better develop AI in the workplace. This causes a lot of stress for people who believe that AI will replace people in the workplace.

Important People: Brendan Footy is a 22-year-old co-founder and CEO of Merur. And Dr. Alice Chow, who is one of the experts teaching AI.

Important Statistics: "CEO of Merur, one of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley, valued at $10 billion."

Potential Argumentative Question: IS teaching AI how to do our jobs really worth it in the long run?

Information: Two brothers, Ethan and Desmond Hua, created an organization called HOPE (Help Our Planet Earth) in their parents’ garage. Their program collects slightly used school uniforms and gives them to families who cannot afford new ones.

Some important people are: Ethan Hua (one of the brothers who started the nonprofit), Desmond Hua (the Co-founder of the program), and a classmate who could not afford pants and inspired the idea.

Important Statistics: 13,000 pieces of clothing have been saved from becoming textile waste, and 9 schools in the district participate in the program.

Potential Argumentative Question: Should schools encourage or support programs like uniform recycling to reduce waste and help families who cannot afford school clothing?

Information: A British startup, Physical Mind London, created a new space-exercise device called Hi-Fi M that allows astronauts to jump and train in zero gravity.

Important people: Physical Mind London developed the Hi-Fi M device. Astronauts are the people who will use the equipment in space.

Important Statistics: Astronauts can lose up to 20% of their muscle mass in two weeks and about 1–2% of bone mineral density each month. The Hi-Fi M device allows more than 300 exercises in space.

Potential argumentative question: Should space agencies invest more in new exercise technology to keep astronauts healthy during long missions?

Information: Hawaii was hit by a second Kona low storm within a few days, which caused severe flooding across the islands. The storm also destroyed many homes, hospitals, and even airports.

Important People: Governor Josh Green gave official updates on the disaster and said there were no reported deaths.

Important Statistics: The storm brought between 40 and 50 inches of rain, making it one of the worst floods in 20 years, and at least 236 people were rescued.

Potential argumentative question: Was Hawaii properly prepared for extreme weather events like this storm?

Article: https://time.com/article/2026/03/23/hawaii-flooding-storms-damage-how-to-help/?

Answering Prompt Question: This article explains in more detail how the storm caused extreme flooding across Hawaii and led to major destruction of homes, hospitals, and airports. It also describes how people were forced to evacuate and how emergency services had to respond quickly to rescue those in danger. This helps contribute to the conversation by showing how serious and widespread the damage was, not just in one area but across multiple parts of the islands. It supports the idea that Hawaii may not be fully prepared for extreme weather events, especially as storms become stronger and more frequent. The article also adds a broader perspective by highlighting the need for better infrastructure, planning, and response systems to reduce damage in the future.

Information: A group of high school girls attend Camp Fury, where they train for a week like firefighters, learn skills such as CPR and rescues, and build confidence while exploring firefighting as a possible career.

Important People: Alyssa Harris: participant who became interested in firefighting and later made it a career. Camp leaders/instructors: teach the girls and encourage them to try firefighting.

Important Statistics: Women make up less than 10% of firefighters in the U.S.

Potential Argumentative Question: Should more programs like Camp Fury be created to encourage women to join male-dominated careers?

Information: A high school in Tennessee has a real bank inside the school run by students to teach them about money and finance.

Important People: Students run the bank, while teachers and Redstone Federal Credit and Union employees guide and supervise them.

Important Statistics: The program started about 5 years ago and more than 100 students have taken the course.

PAQ: Should schools include programs like student-run banks to better prepare students for managing money in the future?

Information: A French teenager in Singapore is facing legal consequences after filming himself contaminating a public straw dispenser in a vending machine, this shows how strict the country’s cleanliness laws are.

Important People: Ddier Gaspard Owen Maximillian is the French student that was involved in the incident.

Important Statistics: He could face up to 2 years in prison, fines in Singapore can reach $1,000 and the company had to replace 500 straws.

Potential argumentative question: Should strict laws like Singapore’s be used in other countries to keep public spaces clean?