Good morning and welcome the kid news. I'm Tori. It's Tuesday, May 16, 2023. And we begin

with a 17-year-old female track star in Oregon having a hard time finding tough enough

competition. So the high schooler is now competing against boys and often winning.

Mia Brahe-Peterson took part in a rare mixed-gender 100-meter race created just for her earlier

this month at the Summit Invitational in Bend. And she beat all her competitors, including

her friend and prom date, Ethan Park. He told the Wall Street Journal, it was a really

cool special moment to see her beat everybody. Mia finished with a personal best 11.08 seconds

making her the third fastest U.S. high school girl of all time according to track and field

news. And she's not resting on her laurels. Mia has her sights set on beating that national

high school record, and then trying out for next year's Olympics. Adding, you can't

really get better competition than that.

Twelve million people have been sweltering under a heat advisory in the Pacific Northwest

since Saturday, but could finally get some relief today. The National Weather Service issued

the advisory for much of the western parts of Oregon and Washington state. Warning temps

in the 90s could raise the risk of heat-related illness, especially for those who are dehydrated

or don't have effective cooling in King County, Washington, where Seattle is located, public

transportation operators like bus drivers were told to let people ride for free if they

were heading to a cooling center. And after a very serious heat wave two years ago, the

state of Oregon passed a law requiring all new housing built after April 2024 must

have air conditioning installed in at least one room.

This may be man's best friend, but sometimes they can also be a life saver. That was the

case for a two-year-old Australian Labradoodle named Charlie in Clovis, California. At 2.45

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