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Children in Need raises more than £39m
Stars and the public came together to raise money for disadvantaged children across the UK.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
Watch: Children in Need 2024... in 91 seconds
Some of the key moments from Children In Need 2024 which raised nearly £40m by the end of Friday night's live programme.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
‘I just thought I’d made a crazy-ass exploitation movie’: Sean Baker on his Palme d’Or-winning lapdance film
Anora, his tragi-comedy about a lapdancer who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, is the latest in a line of acclaimed movies about sex work. The Hollywood outsider talks about his anxieties about ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
My grandmother gave her neighbor $6,000 to buy a car. There was no car. How can I protect her from further exploitation?
“The neighbor is living it up and — lo and behold! — there is no vehicle.”Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago -
Children greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside a Sydney church
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been greeted by children outside a Sydney church in their first public appearance of their Australian visitWorld - ABC News - October 19 -
Massive highway pileup in Poland kills 4, including children, and injures 15
Polish prosecutors say they will press charges against a truck driver they believe was responsible for an accident on a highway in northern Poland that killed four people, including two young boys, ...World - ABC News - October 20 -
Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations
Indoor facility in Cirencester removes objects resembling corpses covered in plastic after parents complain. A children’s soft play centre has removed its hanging “body bag” Halloween decorations ...World - The Guardian - October 20 -
Ukraine ballet touring U.S. to raise money for children in wartorn country
The National Ballet of Ukraine is touring several states in an effort to raise money for children stuck in the wartorn country. Nancy Chen reports.Top stories - CBS News - October 20 -
Crowd in Egypt attacks a railway guard after 2 children are run over
Angry residents have attacked a railway guard and his post in a town outside Cairo after a train ran over and killed two children crossing from an unauthorized areaWorld - ABC News - October 21 -
Fears children at risk due to out-of-town taxi licences
Children are being put at risk of abuse across the UK due to less stringent taxi rules, a Labour MP warns.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children
A new pilot scheme helps councils find eligible children who are unregistered for free school meals.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
Washington teen accused of fatally shooting 2 adults, 3 children
A teenager is accused of fatally shooting five people, including three children, at a home in Fall City, Wash. KING's Natalie Swaby reports.Top stories - NBC News - October 22 -
In Remote Eastern Congo,a New Mpox Variant Is Attacking Children
An earlier strain of the virus was concentrated among adult men. Now it is moving quickly between children, and in many cases it is proving fatal.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 22 -
Why is the House caving to tech lobbyists instead of protecting children?
By ensuring the Kids Online Safety Act remains focused on design regulation and safety, tech companies would be held responsible for the harm they have done. Only then will parents finally get the ...Politics - The Hill - October 22 -
Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children
Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’. Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of 15 as the government ramped up its campaign ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
E.P.A. Toughens Requirements to Remove Lead Paint Dust Around Children
The new rules consider any detectable level of lead dust in a building a “lead hazard,” requiring property owners to pay for cleanup.World - The New York Times - October 24 -
EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint
The Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilitiesHealth - ABC News - October 24 -
Biden to Apologize for Indian Boarding Schools Where Hundreds of Children Died
President Biden’s trip to the battleground state of Arizona will be the first time an American president has apologized for the abuses that happened at the schools over a period of 150 years.Top stories - The New York Times - October 25 -
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Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into federal boarding schools
His visit to Arizona's Gila River Indian Community was his first as president.Top stories - ABC News - October 25 -
Biden Apologizes for U.S. Abuse of Indian Children, Calling It ‘a Sin on Our Soul’
From the early 1800s to the late 1960s, the federal government forced Native American children into boarding schools where they faced abuse and neglect that led in some cases to death.Top stories - The New York Times - October 25 -
Children saved from car stuck in path of oncoming train
Two children were pulled from a back seat only moments before the vehicle was hit by a train in Redlands, California.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Australian police recover 40,000 stolen coins based on the children's series 'Bluey'
Australian police say they have recovered more than 40,000 stolen limited-edition coins based on the hit children’s animated series “Bluey.”Entertainment - ABC News - October 30 -
CDC issues alert on spike in "walking pneumonia" among children
ER visits for "walking pneumonia" have sharply risen in young children over the past six months. Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News and CBS News medical ...Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
Teen convicted after shooting mother as she protected her children
Lianne Gordon was trying to protect her children from gang violence when she was killed in her home.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
U.N. officials say more than 1,740 people were killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a nearly 30% increase over the previous trimesterWorld - ABC News - October 30 -
China halts foreign adoptions, leaving children and U.S. families in limbo
Last month, China announced that it would end foreign adoptions of Chinese children to foreign families other than to blood relatives. Parent Aimee Welch joins CBS News to discuss her ongoing ...Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
Restricting sugar in children helps prevent diabetes later in life: Study
Children whose parents keep them off sugar during their first two years of life have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure for the rest of their lives, a new study has found. That ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Montreal summit ends with pledge to return Ukrainian children deported to Russia
More than 45 nations signed a pledge in Montreal to repatriate to Ukraine the civilians, prisoners of war and children taken by Russia since it invaded the countryWorld - ABC News - October 31 -
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Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that ...Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Thousands of Children in Gaza Get 2nd Dose of Polio Vaccine
Aid agencies said that children in some areas of northern Gaza where Israel is mounting an offensive against Hamas will miss the doses, compromising the effectiveness of the campaign.World - The New York Times - November 4 -
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure
National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded. Children’s reading enjoyment has ...World - The Guardian - November 5
