FDA cracks down on teen vaping, – juuling’
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday they will take steps to crack down on the sale of e-cigarette products to children and teenagers.
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‘The bus driver was trying to kill us’: Parents outraged at driver
Parents of students at an Illinois elementary school are outraged after their children reported a scary and dangerous bus ride. The children said their bus driver screamed profanities at them and slammed the brakes in a way to throw them from their seats.
Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics
One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won't cover: Methadone is the oldest, and experts say, the most effective of the three approved medications used to treat opioid addiction. It eases cravings without an intense high, allowing patients to work with counselors to rebuild their lives.
COMMENTARY: On Democrats, walls and voter ID
Please ignore the advertising slogan "What happens here, stays here." It's not true.
The Health 202: Medicare is the name in Democrats’ health-care game
If you want to sell Americans a bill expanding the government's role in health care, be sure to include "Medicare" in the title. A crop of health-care legislation named after the popular and well-known federal insurance program for the elderly has sprung up over the past six months.
Your Views: Funding childhood initiatives is a bipartisan issue
As a soon-to-be graduate with a degree in social work, the importance of advocacy and being politically involved, both locally and nationally, is becoming abundantly clear to me. I was given an opportunity to let my voice be heard, and it was an experience I'll always be thankful for.
‘Find the joy’: The day Barbara Bush wowed Wellesley’s feminist protesters with a graduation speech
Commencement speeches are as much a part of a modern first lady's job description as hosting state dinners and reading to school kids.
The U.K. has DREAMers, too. And Britain is trying to deport them.
These immigrants have lived and worked in Britain for decades. Now, some face deportation because they lack the official paperwork needed to stay.
The anti-choice movement is suddenly obsessed with Cardi B
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and media personality Cardi B arrives for the traditionnal Clive Davis party on the eve of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018, in New York. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD Everyone has an opinion on Cardi B's decision to have a baby, and now so do the anti-choicers.
Company owned by Carolyn Maloney once discriminated against kids
A company that Rep. Carolyn Maloney and her siblings owned was once found to have discriminated against children over age 5 at its Virginia Beach property, according to court records. Maloney and her siblings jointly owned the land through Sea Bay Development Corp. Her sister Virginia Bosher and brother-in-law Phil Upton owned Holiday Trav-L-Park, a company that leased the Sea Bay property to run a campground and rent space to RVs and trailers.
Pro-Family? The GOP kneecapped itself with latest abortion push | John L. Micek
On Wednesday, Republicans who control the state House efficiently batted aside family-friendly amendments to a bill they fraudulently claimed was an attempt to help disabled kids and their families -- but was really just another sham attempt by culture warriors to restrict a woman's right to choose. "Republicans are pro-life until birth, then you're on your own," fumed Rep. Peter Schweyer, D-Lehigh, who saw his attempt to amend a bill banning abortion because of a diagnosis of Down syndrome, frustrated by the GOP majority.
Thousands of Kentucky teachers rally for education funding
Thousands of Kentucky teachers hoisted signs and chanted "we love our children" on Friday as they called on legislators to reject the Republican governor's vetoes and restore increases in education spending. Classes were canceled around Kentucky as teachers descended on the Capitol, wearing red T-shirts and carrying signs that said "I love my public school."
What Mark Zuckerberg said about Facebook Messenger Kids
Facebook's Messenger Kids app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The app lets kids under 13 chat with friends and family, is ad-free and connected to a parent's account.
Boehner Wags Finger at Republicans Opposing Legalization of Weed an hour ago
Super Lemon Haze . He says he's never tried the weed he once demonized, that when it's time to relax he prefers a healthy pour of red wine.
Teens help rescue six people from capsized boat off the Florida Keys
Two teenagers with a natural affinity for the sea assisted in rescuing two families - including a 4-year-old boy and 3-month-old baby - after the boat they were in capsized near the Florida Keys over the weekend. Mason Baker, 17, Will Coffin, 18, and Will's uncle, Dave Tolhurst, 54, were fishing for Yellowtail just north of the Conch Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area in the upper Keys on Saturday when Tolhurst noticed the 23-foot boat overturned about 500 yards away, Baker told ABC News.
If broadcasters get what they want in the budget, Australian television is doomed
There are widespread and justifiable concerns about what the future might hold for the Australian TV industry. Specifically, these fears relate to the upcoming federal budget and the possibility that lobbying by the commercial free-to-air networks will be successful, resulting in the relaxation or removal of requirements on them for minimum levels of investment in local drama and children's programs.
Don’t revoke Obama school discipline letter. Don’t signal that discrimination is OK.
We're black women who were labeled disruptive and rude as kids for qualities that made us leaders. Don't signal it's OK to discriminate in discipline.
Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube
Read carefully through the fine print of YouTube's terms of service and you might notice that you've affirmed you are old enough to watch it. "If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the service," the terms say.
Ariz. GOP lawmakers skip student-led March for Our Lives town halls
Ariz. GOP lawmakers skip student-led March for Our Lives town halls The gun-control movement continued nationwide and with two town hall events in Phoenix on Sunday. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https://azc.cc/2GJ88TK Protesters and marchers faced off and debated gun control at the March For Our Lives at the Arizona State Capitol on March 24, 2018.
Trump’s sending troops to the border to take on 200 kids and parents
According to President Donald Trump, the mightiest, richest country in the world is under a threat so huge and scary that it will require the deployment of military forces -- as many as 2,000 to 4.000 , Trump said Thursday -- along its 2,000-mile southern border. The danger consists of a ragtag caravan formed by several hundred impoverished people, many of them children from tiny Central American nations.