Virginia Tech marks 10 years since deadly rampage Susan Miller , USA TODAY Ten years ago, Colin Goddard called 911 to alert police of a shooting taking place at Virginia Tech. Now, he is returning to the Blackburg, VA campus […]
Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Within a day of the Dec. 2 terrorist attacks that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., bomb-detecting dogs swept through local public schools that attacker Syed Farook had visited in recent weeks, a district official […]
Greg Toppo, USA Today If you’re worried that “new media” is turning our kids’ brains to mush, you are in good company. Socrates felt the same way. More than 2,400 years ago, the great Greek philosopher worried that an over-dependence […]
Kim Mulford, USA Today Authorities are urging parents to carefully go through the candy their children collected while trick-or-treating as there have been reports of needles and pins found in Halloween candy. In New Jersey, a Facebook post quickly went […]
Melanie Eversley, USA Today One in 14 children have at least one parent behind bars and children in these situations suffer from low self esteem, poor mental and physical health, and other problems, a national research organization says. Child Trends, […]
Susan Svrluga, Washington Post A shooting Thursday night at Tennessee State University in Nashville left a 19-year-old man dead and sent three 18-year-old students to the hospital, police said. It was the second shooting near the campus this month.After a […]
Richard Wolf, USA Today On his 16th birthday, Robert Holbrook tagged along on a drug deal in hopes of making a quick $500. Instead, he became an unwitting accomplice to murder and received a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility […]
USA Today It’s officially flu season. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu activity is currently low across the United States, but outbreaks can begin in October. The virus can hit kids particularly hard: More than 20,000 children […]
Heather A Prusak, USA Today BUFFALO, NY – Carley Lyons is one of the happiest little girls you’ll ever meet. Like any five year old, she loves to play video games, ride her bike and attend sporting events. Carley always […]
Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY Back to stress is inevitable, and a whole new round of classes means crazy schedules, after-school activities, and too little sleep. Without enough Z’s, we’re nothing more than a bunch of slobbering zombies, and we often forget […]
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