'News' skill doesn't clear it's gui screen - won't allow top-control to goto 'Standby Face'

[Olzeke51]

Describe the bug
system has been running since "2021-05-06 01:15:03.787" per the 'bus.log' [a long time for me]
system was basically useable [ wakeword - excepted]

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
long running on latest(s) ???
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long running issue -- the 'News' skill doesn't release it's gui after doing the news AND the top-control/pull down menu won't select the 'Standby Face' !!!! [I usually ask for 'time' and it is back to normal]

Expected behavior
News to timeout and revert to Standby Face
PullDown menu should be able to select 'standby face' option

Log files
mycroft-05-15_am_multiple.tar.gz

Environment (please complete the following information):

Device type: Mark2-Dev_kit , on network cable, uSDC
OS: default Ubuntu
Mycroft-core version: 20.08.1 -per Device setting @ home.mycroft account
Other versions: latest 05-13 02:22:00 on top of MarkII_arm-rpi64_Prod_005-stable_2021-04-08.img.gz

Additional context
have not changed any git-hub settings or manual configs (except web settings),
not on 'dev' afaik - unless it is part of a 'latest'