Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Friday, September 6, 2019.

And we begin with a freaky first week of school at Fond du Lac High School in Wisconsin.

Right before classes were supposed to begin, the principal realized a three-foot ball python

was missing from its cage in the science lab.

Apparently the snake named Kai popped the lid to make his escape.

The fire department brought in heat sensors to find him but had no luck.

So far, Kai remains MIA, and classes remain in session on the word of the biology teacher

who also happens to be Kai's owner.

He swears the snake is a gentle python and not a danger while he's on the lam.

Soon you'll have to hand it to Amazon.

Literally, the e-tailing giant is about to roll out sensors across its whole food stores that will allow customers to pay with a wave.

Shoppers won't even have to touch a screen.

Instead, the sensors will use computer vision and depth scanners to identify the shape and size of someone's hand

and then link it to a credit card on file. Amazon employees in New York City are being used

as guinea pigs and so far the system is reportedly accurate to one

ten thousandth of one percent. Company engineers reportedly want to improve that

to one millionth of one percent before launch. If successful shoppers will no longer need a

credit card, cash, or even their phone to make a purchase. Hurricane

Dory and flexed its muscles one last time. The storm temporarily strengthened back to a category 3 and even generated at least one destructive tornado when it pounded the Carolina coastline yesterday.

Hundreds of thousands of people lost power while officials and residents alike braced for a storm surge and flooding.

Who wasn't worried? The 100 famous horses of North Carolina's outer banks.

The wild mustangs rode out the storm like they have for centuries,

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