Books showing Black children spending time with family, or playing at home, help Black kids see themselves in literature and give all kids a window into others’ experiences.
July 14, 2026
A distinguished American marine biologist was shot and killed by three men in the central Philippines at the weekend
July 14, 2026
The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded a $10 billion freeze on child care subsidies and social services
July 14, 2026
Johnson gambles on ambitious summer agenda as GOP anxiety rises ahead of midterms
July 14, 2026
4 people have been killed this year in shootings by federal agents linked to Trump’s immigration crackdown
July 14, 2026
Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand called on Monday for President Donald Trump's administration to disclose within the next
July 14, 2026
Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries
July 13, 2026
A judge has ruled that a Vermont man who was 17 when he and a friend killed a pair of married Dartmouth College professors 25 years ago will have a chance at parole in about 20 years, when he reaches the age of one of his victims
July 13, 2026
'I'm so touched': Principal gets surprise retirement party after 55 years in Baltimore City Schools
July 13, 2026
Around 400 pairs of shoes intended for charity giveaway stolen from Detroit nonprofit, organization says
July 13, 2026
Thousands of San Francisco residents participate in city-wide beautification event
July 13, 2026
ARC Guitar teaches the rare craft of building acoustic guitars
July 13, 2026
Portuguese tall ship Sagres brings hundreds of letters to students
July 13, 2026
A top European Union official is calling for limits on children using social media
July 13, 2026
Missouri National Guard rescues more than 200 from flooded Camp Taum Sauk
July 13, 2026
Buttigieg urges Iowa Democrats to focus on affordability ahead of 2026
July 13, 2026
Joe Nuxhall Miracle League gives people of all abilities chance to compete
July 13, 2026
Meta said on Monday its data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, will expand to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, with investment in the project increasing to more than $50
July 13, 2026
Instead of schools trying to replace teachers with AI, teachers could use AI to become better educators.
July 13, 2026
The beating of Sen. Charles Sumner in 1856 by Rep. Preston Brooks over a speech against slavery sparked a nationwide debate over free speech, political violence and the relationship between the two.
July 13, 2026
Cubans are living in a state of limbo, and it’s not clear that US military intervention would revitalize the Cuban economy.
July 13, 2026
Research shows that losing coverage, even temporarily, tends to make people less healthy, and it exposes them to financial losses.
July 13, 2026
Venus and Earth share some atmospheric quirks – but how did Venus get so unbearably hot, while Earth is mild and temperate?
July 13, 2026
A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records — and possibly disappear forever
July 13, 2026
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July 13, 2026
The University of Oxford has launched the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, seeking to accelerate efforts to combat an outbreak spreading in the
July 13, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds that support for Israel is a key component of the religious identity of many Jewish adults ages 45 and older in the United States, but younger Jewish adults are more likely to prioritize other forms of connection, like celebrating Jewish holidays
July 13, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” opens July 17 amid international anticipation and controversy over its casting
July 13, 2026
Parents and educators sometimes avoid having conversations about grief with children because they don’t know what to say. Here are some tips for how to approach it.
June 23, 2026
This is not a one-year blip. The US has been underperforming in terms of health, education and more for the past 25 years.
June 26, 2026
Doctors warn that children are microwaving NeeDoh toys – and risking serious burns
July 12, 2026
Freedom Schools across the Twin Cities foster environments that support young people
July 12, 2026
A teen football player’s death has sparked scrutiny and speculation. Here’s what’s happening with the investigation
July 11, 2026
A judge has set a plea and sentencing hearing for a teenager accused of killing four people in a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia
July 12, 2026
It was supposed to be Trump’s big legislative achievement. It could be a weapon for Democrats to win in the midterms
July 12, 2026
The legislation is the first major housing bill to pass in decades.
July 11, 2026
The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first pick of the MLB amateur draft
July 11, 2026
Colorado firefighters get some help from "Goldie" the goat while fighting Rock Creek Fire
July 12, 2026
For these children, the earthquakes in Venezuela changed everything
July 12, 2026
NYC children hoping to set world record visit over 40 playgrounds in 1 day
July 11, 2026
The Nigerian government has announced the rescue of students abducted by militants in Oyo state in May
July 11, 2026
The parents of 18-year-old Nolan Wells talk about what they've been able to learn about their son's death and the questions they are still desperate to have answered.
July 11, 2026
Court documents indicate teen in Apalachee High School mass shooting to change plea later this month
July 11, 2026
Maria Alejandra Sanz turned away when she heard rescue workers had pulled the lifeless body of one of her best friends from the rubble of a
July 11, 2026
Michigan Democrats are angry at their party. Abdul El-Sayed thinks he knows why
July 11, 2026
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma
July 11, 2026
If students choose to listen to music while studying, they should consider music that is less distracting – and save high-energy playlists for when they don’t need to focus.
June 29, 2026
The New York Times in a court filing on Friday accused the U.S.
July 11, 2026
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July 11, 2026
Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are trying to sow doubt about the case
July 10, 2026
Nolan Wells’ body was found after a July 4 boat trip. His death has fueled speculation, grief and racial tension
July 10, 2026
At least 39 schoolchildren and six teachers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state nearly two months ago have been rescued by security forces, a
July 11, 2026
A preliminary hearing in the case of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is done, for now
July 10, 2026
The discovery of 16 siblings who authorities say were held at a home for years in squalid conditions is straining their rural Ohio county’s resources as it works to prosecute their parents and two grandparents and address the needs of so many children at once
July 11, 2026
Families withdraw lawsuit over New Hampshire's transgender athlete law
July 11, 2026
Several cats, kittens rescued from York County hoarding situation
July 10, 2026
Arizona teen honored for helping elderly woman with dementia in 100+ degree heat
July 10, 2026
CSU-Pueblo becomes ‘Firefighter City’ for crews battling Aspen Acres Fire
July 10, 2026
Ohio community teaches kids with Down syndrome, other disabilities to ride bikes, honoring beloved cyclist
July 10, 2026
Arizona seniors among highest risk for heat-related death, groups trying to change that
July 10, 2026
WATCH: Phoenix piano teacher celebrates student who beat the odds to make history
July 10, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds that many Jewish Americans feel unsafe in the United States, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel
July 10, 2026
Ashleigh Hallam teaches English at her local library in Indiana
July 10, 2026
From homeless to a place of their own: How ‘A Tiny Home for Good’ is helping people rebuild their lives
July 10, 2026
As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.
July 10, 2026
A group of retired federal and state judges has been barnstorming through Ohio and Pennsylvania on the nation's 250th anniversary to defend judicial independence and bolster the rule of law
July 10, 2026
Regardless of whether Americans think socialism is bad or good, or how they define it, most of them embrace socialist policies and programs – as long as no one calls them that.
July 10, 2026
At least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving support within the last year due to global donor aid cuts, a new United Nations
July 10, 2026
UNESCO has urged governments and international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps to help tackle a worsening education financing crisis, warning that
July 10, 2026
Fossils reveal the earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’
July 10, 2026
Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
July 07, 2026
The U.S.
July 10, 2026
An Ohio judge has granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA to be eligible, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition
July 10, 2026
California teen develops drone rescue system to help first responders
July 10, 2026
Senior British policing officials say technology and online platforms are increasingly being exploited for threats to the United Kingdom
July 10, 2026
OpenAI showcased a new AI agent on Thursday meant to help white-collar workers access the power of coding tools without the sticker shock.
July 09, 2026
Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who trained as an early female astronaut, dies at 87
July 10, 2026
As schools focus more on evidence-based reading instruction, less time is available for children to practice reading for pleasure.
July 07, 2026
Noah Kahan, Keegan Bradley join Boston Common Golf to boost youth access
July 10, 2026
Some students might arrive at college with already formed cheating habits, and a mentality that justifies the practice.
June 17, 2026
Louisville community leaders address police response to mental health crises
July 10, 2026
Former employees arrested following abuse investigation at Bright Beginnings Childcare Center
July 10, 2026
Community rallies around small but mighty marching band
July 10, 2026
The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry
July 09, 2026
The US Supreme Court ruled that states could exclude transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports teams.
July 01, 2026
Trump Accounts are now live. Here’s what you need to know
July 04, 2026
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July 07, 2026
AI notetakers can quickly summarize meetings and create to-do lists, but they raise privacy concerns
July 09, 2026
Netflix is set to premiere a remake of “Little House on the Prairie” on Thursday
July 09, 2026
Yahoo Sports is launching college fantasy football leagues featuring a pool of players from Power Four conferences and Notre Dame
July 09, 2026
Jackson’s concurrence traces the 14th Amendment to work done by people ‘beyond Congress’ and Black Americans who ‘helped galvanize the push for full equality.’
July 09, 2026
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
July 09, 2026
The rulings are good news for borrowers who work for groups with missions at odds with the Trump administration’s agenda and those nonprofits themselves.
July 09, 2026
President Donald Trump's cancellation last year of a government food security survey could make it difficult to assess whether his cuts to the food stamp
July 09, 2026
Democratic socialists have recently won elections in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver
July 09, 2026
Enslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved people from receiving an education.
June 16, 2026
The US is striking Iran again. Can it ever deliver a knockout blow?
July 09, 2026
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch said a White House report that accused the institution's National Museum of American History of "thinly
July 09, 2026
Back-to-school spending among U.S. households with school-age children is expected to decline about 6% this year on an inflation-adjusted basis, as consumer sentiment weakens amid
July 09, 2026
Prosecutors in Utah played a video clip that provided a rare glimpse of Tyler Robinson after the defendant in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk first turned himself in
July 08, 2026
More than a thousand protesters chanting "ICE out of Houston" marched on Wednesday near the spot where a U.S.
July 08, 2026
Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the populist Platner resembles Donald Trump in key ways.
July 09, 2026
Over 60% of middle and high school students we surveyed from 2021-2024 said they wanted to be social media influencers, or picked their future careers online.
June 22, 2026
How will Democrats in Congress deal with the DSA-affiliated candidates likely to join their ranks in the new year? There are lessons from the tea party’s challenge to traditional GOP values.
July 07, 2026
A weeklong preliminary hearing for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has paused for the day and will resume Thursday
July 08, 2026
The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with the program
July 09, 2026
The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year are back in Florida, reunited with their capsule and launch team
July 09, 2026
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup’s Super Bowl-style halftime show
July 09, 2026
Seated in his office alongside sketches of elegant dresses, fashion designer Efrain Mogollon starts the workday in Venezuela like any
July 08, 2026
Greenlanders attending a traditional kayaking championship in Nuuk rejected U.S.
July 09, 2026
What do cacti spines and wasp stingers have in common? What about snail genitalia and shark teeth?
July 09, 2026
Roseville woman loses service dogs after getting hit by truck: 'My family is gone'
July 09, 2026
'My son's more than a data point': Concerns over state assessment tool deciding vulnerable Nebraskans funding for care
July 09, 2026
Leawood summer camp teaches visually impaired teens coding and web development
July 09, 2026
Hamilton community rallying around 4-year-old boy diagnosed with brain cancer
July 09, 2026
Norwalk City Council passes first reading of ordinance that could fine parents when kids violate e-bike laws
July 09, 2026
A former Wisconsin judge was sentenced to no prison time and fined $5,000 on Wednesday after a jury found she obstructed a
July 08, 2026
Researchers search for lost Revolutionary War burial ground in New Albany
July 09, 2026
UA student, house-sitter, dog killed in Brookwood; Suspect found hiding in attic
July 09, 2026
Tensions rise at Monroeville council meeting over removal of children's book Pride display
July 09, 2026
An influx of cash would help stabilize rural health systems, but the program’s focus on technology may leave other major issues unaddressed.
June 25, 2026
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership
July 08, 2026
Weekend storms impact commuters at Cromwell Light Rail station amid continued power outages
July 08, 2026
Stockton animal advocates outraged over image of dead dog in dumpster circulates social media
July 08, 2026
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
July 08, 2026
The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.
July 08, 2026
A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.
July 08, 2026
Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
July 08, 2026
For decades, zinemakers have used their self-published work to forge connections and nurture political movements outside of the mainstream.
June 17, 2026
What a young generation of basketball players can learn from Kyle Lowry
July 08, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll highlights divisions among American Jews regarding Israel
July 08, 2026
Democrats tend to give less than Republicans when it comes to earmarked funding for universities – but they give more to minority-serving institutions.
June 08, 2026
Two top United Nations officials are urging Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into instability
July 08, 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America, a left-wing political group, is now playing an influential role in the U.S. Democratic Party.
July 08, 2026
Utah prosecutors played a video on Tuesday that an investigator said showed the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk last year in a
July 07, 2026
The weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has entered its second day
July 07, 2026
Lack of accessibility; Woman and daughter stranded at auto repair shop
July 08, 2026
An Indian court directed the federal government to unblock the X account of the youth Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday, more than a month since it went offline
July 07, 2026
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wanted to talk about the league’s upcoming season, not the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga at Texas Tech. But that was the first thing Yormark was asked about Tuesday after his opening remarks at Big 12 football media days
July 08, 2026
Countries around the world must take decisive action to close a $4 trillion annual financing gap to ensure that sustainable development targets set just
July 07, 2026
‘We do need to defund the police’: 2020 interviews undermine Abdul El-Sayed’s claim he never advocated for unpopular movement
July 08, 2026
When tornadoes threaten in Nashville, Tennessee, many people here turn to Nashville Severe Weather
July 07, 2026
Vietnam veterans to be honored with traveling exhibit coming to Iowa
July 07, 2026
Fifteen-year-old from Grand Rapids called up for Guatemalan national team tryout
July 07, 2026
New World screwworm confirmed in South Texas, prompting Flour Bluff hobby farm to take action
July 07, 2026
Underground Railroad camp brings history to life for students
July 07, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel, after decades of bipartisan backing
July 07, 2026
Swim instructor saves woman from drowning at Wollaston Beach
July 07, 2026
Veteran-owned tree service helps neighbors clean up after severe storms
July 07, 2026
Clemson students surprised but hopeful after new president steps away
July 07, 2026
A film about the late disability rights activist Judith Heumann will open the 51st Toronto International Film Festival
July 07, 2026
The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.
July 07, 2026
Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?
July 07, 2026
Potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a strong message in Tel Aviv about U_S_-Israeli relations being "at a crossroads."
July 07, 2026
Too ugly, too noisy, too… American? France’s great air con debate
July 07, 2026
The world’s most livable city for 2026 has been revealed
July 07, 2026
A former campus police officer says he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a gravel rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated
July 06, 2026
A five-day preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has begun in Utah
July 06, 2026
The grandfather of a man shot and killed by two members of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis says he wants answers
July 07, 2026
The U.S.
July 07, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires age verification and parental consent for users seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones
July 07, 2026
Read texts police say Kirk shooting suspect and former roommate exchanged, which prosecutors could use as key evidence
September 17, 2025
12-year-old boy named hometown hero after saving drowning man
July 07, 2026
The United States today is home to countless stories
July 06, 2026
Flood recovery efforts underway at Parkside East Apartments, almost 400 displaced
July 07, 2026
'Live for Sterling': Family hopes teen's legacy inspires kindness
July 06, 2026
Marshall Fire survivor connects families to free trauma resources amid Colorado wildfires
July 06, 2026
Evacuation resource described as 'Uber for horses' aims to expand as wildfires continue to burn across state
July 06, 2026
Friendship bench reminds people they are not alone
July 06, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday the government had deposited the first $1,000 into more than 500,000 "Trump Accounts," a program
July 06, 2026
Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.
June 26, 2026
Educator spends 27 summers helping children with disabilities feel seen, included
July 06, 2026
Boston identifies gravestone believed to be among oldest of free Black person in America
July 06, 2026
Forsyth County Sheriff showcases humanoid robot with advanced capabilities
July 06, 2026
European banks set for profit boost from lending, trading windfall
Deadly heatwaves force an ageing France to confront a hotter future
UK wage growth holds steady in three months to May
Man stabs tourists near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece
Ski enthusiasts flock to sub-Saharan Africa and a snowy mountain resort in Lesotho
Judge to hear evidence against singer D4vd in killing, dismemberment of teen and decide on trial