in parte patriae Afghanistan, nomine Nuristan, sunt multa animalia. terram transire in hac parte difficillime est. nuper, physici in Nuristan iter fecerunt animalia petitum. volebant animalia videre et intelligere vitas animalium. in Nuristan sunt pardi et ursae nigrae Asiaticae et capri qui montes ascendunt. physici erant attoniti quod, cum iter per terram facerent, animalia mirabilia viderunt. primum, viderunt simias (nomine Anglice "rhesus macaques"). sunt simiae solae in Afghanistan. quoque cervos viderunt. nemo hos cervos abhinc sexaginta annos viderunt. 

Resources:
- "'The Snow Leopard Project' Put Spotlight on Afghanistan's Wildlife". Barbara J. King, NPR

Mariano Rivera, qui Yankee erat, iam est in grege notissima basipilae. homines lusores in gregem notissimam eligunt. nemo de Mariano Rivera dissentiebant. Rivera accepit CDXXV vota. Rivera a patria nomine Panama est. puer Rivera pauper erat. 

Resources:
- "Rivera, Halladay, Martinez, Mussina elected To Baseball's Hall of Fame". Richard Gonzales, NPR

Our first news cast begins on Monday! I am so excited! I have chosen a fun, science story to share next week to start us out. 
That being said, a few things I would ask that you bear in mind as you read (and hopefully find use for) these casts. 

1. I am writing, initially for my students. I write these news stories for Latin II and IV, so sometimes the grammar or vocabulary may be specifically something I'm using a lot. 
2. There may be mistakes or better ways to say these things. Please let me know in the comments on the post and I'll make sure to update the post with any suggestions/corrections. Ideally this would lead to multiples of the same story using a variety of ways to say things! 
3. If you have a suggestion for news or if you would like me to look into a specific story, let me know! 
4. I tend to use NPR and the BBC as my sources. 

All that said, I hope you enjoy these news stories!