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Very hot day ahead with some rain relief in view
Action News Jax’s First Alert Weather Team is tracking another hot day with rain on the way Friday.
- AFP
Video shows Indian actor at New York parade, not campaigning for Congress party
False information spreading online was rife ahead of India's national elections. In one case, a video of popular actor Allu Arjun waving to crowds circulated in Facebook posts falsely claiming it showed him campaigning on behalf of the oppostion Congress party. The clip in fact shows Arjun taking part in the India Day Parade in New York in August 2022.
- SWNS
Do kids have better taste in books than their parents?
Over half of parents admit their child is more well-read than them, according to a recent study. And kids agree: Six in 10 kids (59%) confirmed that they do, in fact, have better taste in books than their parents. A recent poll of 2,000 American parents and their kids, aged 8-17, investigated sentiments around reading habits, popular and classic books, summer reading assignments and why parents weren’t too shy to divulge their kids’ impressive reading accomplishments when admitting their child is more well-read (51%). According to the survey,commissioned by ThriftBooks for Children’s Book Week and conducted by OnePoll, parents conceded that their children are better readers because their child reads more books than they do (70%) and their child remembers more of what they read (27%).
