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Italian postal service sees surge in mail for Pope Francis, much sent from children
The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalizationABC News - 4h -
A Lebanese Woman Fights for Women’s Rights in the Middle East
Lina Abou-Habib is fighting inequality, working to change laws that make it difficult for women to keep custody of their children and block residency for children in a mother’s home country.The New York Times - Mar. 7 -
Canada's next prime minister managed the financial crisis, then Brexit and now Trump's trade war
Canada’s next prime minister has helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis before and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a ...ABC News - Mar. 10 -
MP calls for inquiry into labelling of black pupils as ‘educationally subnormal’
Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70s. The historic injustice of a scandal in which black children were incorrectly ...The Guardian - 6d -
Landmines in Syria kill hundreds of civilians returning home after fall of Assad
Children particularly vulnerable to unexploded war remnants scattered throughout country as more than a million people return. More than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed ...The Guardian - 2d -
Ukrainian family reunited after visa changes reversed
Parents are once again able to bring their children to join them in the UK, after months of being separated.BBC News - Mar. 9 -
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
WATCH: This family of musicians wants to spread love with their brand of soul music
The Curtis Family C-Notes is a funk and soul band composed of Maestro and Nola Curtis along with their five talented children.ABC News - Mar. 12 -
Keep kids off Roblox if you're worried, its CEO tells parents
The gaming platform is wildly popular, but has been rocked by allegations it exposes children to harmful content.BBC News - 6d -
Measles highest in 25 years in Europe, WHO says
Children under five constituted more than 40% of the cases reported in Europe and Central Asia last year.BBC News - 6d -
Measles Can Damage the Immune System for Years
An infection can also leave children and adults with other long-term health problems.The New York Times - 5d -
Tiger Woods reportedly dating Vanessa Trump, Donald Jr.'s ex-wife
Trump's daughter, Kai, and Woods' children attend the same high school in Palm Beach, Florida.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Derry girl becomes Liverpool's official mascot for cup final
Hannah O'Carolan, 11, from Londonderry, was chosen from thousands of children to be Liverpool's only official mascot.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families
Two facilities in South Texas are being readied for undocumented parents and their children. One site began receiving them earlier this month.The New York Times - 2d -
Trump revokes Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden
The president extended Secret Service protection for his own children before he left office in 2021.CBS News - 1d -
Trump to end Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden
When President Joe Biden took office, he extended protections to Trump’s adult children for six months.NBC News - 1d -
Experimental treatment borrowed from blood cancer shows promise for pediatric brain tumors
An experimental version of CAR-T therapy doubled the survival time for children a deadly and aggressive form of brain cancer called DIPG.NBC News - 7h -
Neurologic Complications of Flu in Kids May Be Up This Year
This is a MedPage Today story. Public health officials are looking into reports of a small potential uptick in neurologic complications of influenza in children -- particularly a rapidly ...ABC News - Feb. 25 -
Supreme Court to take up bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ kids, in Colorado case
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado caseABC News - Mar. 10 -
What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The Department of Education cut nearly half its civil rights investigators, which experts say could have a major impact on children with special needs.NBC News - 6d -
Houthis Vow Retaliation After U.S. Strikes in Yemen
The Iranian-backed rebels, who have targeted Israel and shipping in the Red Sea, said children were among those killed in the strikes ordered by President Trump.The New York Times - 3d -
Linda McMahon’s haphazard cuts to the Department of Education will be costly
The Trump administration would be wise to reverse course and implement a logical, evidenced-based approach to improving the Department of Education that does not harm children now or in the future.The Hill - 2d -
Trump is ending Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden
President Donald Trump is ending U.S. Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden's adult children, Hunter and Ashley Biden.ABC News - 1d -
More older women becoming first-time moms amid U.S. fertility rate declines
As U.S. fertility rates continue to slide, a growing number of women older than 40 are having children, and a record low number of teenagers are giving birth.NBC News - 1d -
Family and friends kept abuse by French doctor a secret, but his crimes spanned decades
Joël Le Scouarnec, a once highly respected surgeon, is now standing trial after being charged with raping and sexual abusing 299 people, many of whom were children.NBC News - Mar. 8 -
Alice Weidel doesn’t fit the profile of a far-right politician. The German AfD is willing to look past it.
MUNICH — She has two children with a Sri Lankan-born woman, speaks Chinese and previously worked at global financial institutions — an unconventional profile for the leader of a male-dominated ...NBC News - Mar. 9 -
Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard proved the pen could be mightier than the sword
An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, including 'Blood Knot,' 'Boesman and Lena,' 'A Lesson From Aloes' and 'My ...Los Angeles Times - Mar. 10 -
Want your kids to be caring and sharing? Feed them fish
A new study shows that children who eat seafood are more likely to share their toys and help their friends. But why?. Name: Fish.. Age: 530m years. Continue reading...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Murray says CDC nominee believes 'lie' on vaccine-autism link
Dave Weldon, President Trump’s nominee to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told a top Democratic senator that he believes there’s a link between vaccines and autism and ...The Hill - Mar. 12 -
Nebraska lawmakers advance bill allowing parental notification for school library checkouts
Nebraska may soon require public schools to inform parents about the books their children check out from libraries if they want to monitor their reading materials, with a vote expected soon.The Hill - Mar. 12 -
Trump administration resumes immigrant family detentions
The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants, a legal nonprofit said, reigniting a controversial practice largely curtailed under the Biden administration. Fourteen families ...The Hill - 6d -
Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?
Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.The New York Times - 6d -
Google signals support for app store age verification law with changes
Google is pushing back against other major technology companies' efforts to put the responsibility of age verification on the app stores, arguing the onus is on both the stores and developers to ...The Hill - 6d -
Mothers demand justice as London case over Brazil dam collapse concludes
Nineteen people died in the Mariana disaster, prompting a claim of up to £36bn claim against the mining firm BHP. With tears in their eyes, mothers of children who died in Brazil’s worst ...The Guardian - 6d -
Connecticut's 'lax' homeschooling rules could have aided boy's abuse, some education advocates say
After a Connecticut woman was accused of holding her stepson captive for two decades, education advocates said the state’s largely unregulated homeschooling system could allow abusive parents to ...NBC News - 5d -
Study finds ingredient in slushies made kids sick
Doctors in Europe are now saying kids under eight shouldn't drink slushies after a study found one of the ingredients sickened children. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Ellen Crushell, joined ...CBS News - 5d -
OpenAI’s story about grief nearly had me in tears, but for all the wrong reasons | Kathryn Bromwich
If Sam Altman’s new model were a creative writing student, you probably wouldn’t stop them pursuing other job prospects. Like all parents who pretend to be impressed by their children’s terrible ...The Guardian - 4d -
Adm. William McRaven and Kelly Marie McRaven on the power of storytelling
The retired Navy four-star admiral and his daughter, who have co-authored the children's book "Be a Hero with Skipper the Seal," discuss a family tradition of telling stories – and the lessons that ...CBS News - 3d -
Adm. William McRaven and Kelly Marie McRaven on the power of storytelling
The retired Navy four-star admiral and his daughter, who have co-authored the children's book "Be a Hero with Skipper the Seal," discuss a family tradition of telling stories – and the lessons that ...CBS News - 3d -
"The Dish: Recipe": How to make pozole con pollo
New York Times food reporter Priya Krishna brings a simple, family-friendly recipe to "The Dish: Recipe" from her illustrated children's cookbook, "Priya's Kitchen Adventures." With the help of an ...CBS News - 2d
