Pneumonia continues to claim lives in Pakistan’s Punjab, recording deaths of at least 244 children over the course of the current month, according to ARY News. In the…
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Pennsylvania’s governor says he wants to ‘get s— done.’ He’s made it his slogan, profanity and all
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro has a new slogan for how he wants to run Pennsylvania — and it’s not fit for kids’ ears. “We’ve got a GSD attitude…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon. The first six minutes of Friday’s Alaska Airlines flight 1282 from Portland to Southern California’s Ontario International…
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A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Ohio over new law limiting kids’ use of social media
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent…
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Sen. Fetterman says he thought news about his depression treatment would end his political career
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. He remembers thinking about his three school-age…
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Perspective: Children born poor have little margin for mistakes or bad decisions, regardless of race
ALEXANDRIA, La. — ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the…
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Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published…
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DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban and restrictions, a judge says
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly…
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NEW ORLEANS — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his…
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Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don’t see the point
CONCORD, Calif. — Aylah Levy had some catching up to do this fall when she started first grade. After spending her kindergarten year at an alternative program that met exclusively…
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Families say autism therapy helped their kids. Indiana’s Medicaid cuts could put it out of reach
INDIANAPOLIS — Shaunna Thompson was running out of childcare options. Her daughter Abbie was expelled from daycare in 2022 because of “all over the place” behavior. Thompson found an in-home…
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SALISBURY, Md. — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed…