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A one-minute video reduced kids’ unsafe behavior around guns, study finds 08/03/2023 11:55am • (CNN) — Sixty seconds might be all it takes to keep some kids safer around guns, a new study suggests. The new report, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, explored how short safety videos can cause children to behave around firearms. Among more than 220 kids who participated in Today in Sports - Week Ahead, August 4 - August 10 08/03/2023 10:05am • Aug. 4 1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record. 1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a rec Bank of England hints that UK borrowing rates will stay high after its new hike 08/03/2023 09:33am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England raised its main interest rate Thursday to a fresh 15-year high and indicated it would stay high for some time to bring down persistently high inflation — another potential blow for those seeing their rents and mortgages rise during a cost-of-living crisis. The w A car-carrying ship that burned for a week on the North Sea is towed to a Dutch port for salvaging 08/03/2023 08:45am • EEMSHAVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Tugboats towed a freight ship that burned for a week on the North Sea while carrying thousands of cars into a Dutch port on Thursday for salvaging, laying to rest fears that it could sink close to shipping lanes and a protected habitat for birds. The Fremantle Highway Cars.com: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/03/2023 07:38am • CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Cars.com Inc. (CARS) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $94.1 million. The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $1.37 per share. The online automotive marketplace posted revenue of $168.2 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts South Korea police say 13 people injured after man rams car into sidewalk and stabs pedestrians 08/03/2023 07:27am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea police say 13 people injured after man rams car into sidewalk and stabs pedestrians. Highway bridge in northern China collapses due to flash floods and casualties are unknown 08/03/2023 07:15am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A highway bridge in northern China collapsed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains, and two cars fell into the river, state media reported Thursday, as parts of China are experiencing the worst floods in decades. There were no known casualties as of Thursday afternoon Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians? 08/03/2023 02:22am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be upheld. But the pro-democracy movement lacks any clear message of opposition to Israel’s open-ended military rule over millions of Palestinians. This contradiction reflects a widely he Gunman and police dog killed in confrontation at community college campus in San Diego 08/03/2023 01:11am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police shot and killed a gunman who fatally wounded a police dog Wednesday in a confrontation at a community college campus, authorities said. The 33-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital after the confrontation at San Diego Mesa College, according to a statemen Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths 08/02/2023 11:27pm • ZHUOZHOU, China (AP) — China's capital recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region, turning streets into canals where emergency crews used rubber boats to rescue stranded residents. The city recorded 744.8 millimeter Family of a Black man killed during a Minnesota traffic stop asks the governor to fire troopers 08/02/2023 10:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Racial justice groups and relatives of a Black man shot and killed this week by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper demanded Wednesday that the governor fire three officers who were involved in stopping the man on a Minneapolis freeway. The groups and relatives of 33-year-old Ricky The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $1.25 billion. Here's how hard it is to win 08/02/2023 09:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no shaking it. Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim. After no big winner Tuesday night, the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.25 billion. If someone wins it all on Friday, when the next Mega Millions drawing takes place, the prize would o False alarm: Police search Senate office buildings after report of active shooter 08/02/2023 08:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order and searched Senate office buildings near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon after a 911 call warned of a possible active shooter. But a floor-by-floor search of the three buildings found nothing, and Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger s FBI looks for more possible victims after woman escapes from cinder block cell in Oregon 08/02/2023 06:51pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locked her in a cinder block cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape, the FBI said Wednesday. Negasi Zuberi, 29, faces fed CFPB sues auto dealer for illegally locking cars, re-possessing vehicles, other shady activities 08/02/2023 06:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday sued USASF Servicing, the financial arm of a chain of auto dealerships found mostly in the South, alleging the company committed a laundry list of illegal practices, like disabling borrowers' cars, double-billing customers, and