Good morning and welcome the Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Thursday, September 12th, 2019 and we begin with

Team USA's 58 game international win streak on the hard courts snapped.

It all went down at the Theba World Cup in China,

where France blew the USA men's basketball team

out of metal contention for the first time since 2006.

The U.S. was bidding to become the first nation to win three consecutive royal cups

while winning three consecutive Olympic golds.

Now the best they can hope for is fifth. while winning three consecutive Olympic golds.

Now the best they can hope for is fifth place.

The United States has dominated the competition

ever since a rules change allowed NBA players

to participate.

This year, however,

a-listers like James Harden, Anthony Davis,

and Zion Williamson all passed on making the trip

due to concerns about injuries during the off season.

For a family of stranded hikers, an SOS stuffed into a green now gene water bottle was a quick thinking clever save.

Curtis Witson, his girlfriend, and 13 year old son got stuck atop a 40 foot waterfall

in California's Arroyo Seco.

They had planned to repel down using a rope that's usually there, but it wasn't.

And with rising waters, they were stuck. With no one around and no cell service, they penned a note with the date and the words stuck here at the waterfall,

get help please, put the message into the bottle, carved help on the side, and tossed it downstream. Two campers found it, turned it over to Park Rangers

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