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FILE - In this July 23, 2021 file photo, Brazil's Rayssa Leal trains during a street skateboarding practice session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. Life has been nothing-but-normal for the Brazilian teenager who became an overnight sensation after winning a silver medal at the Olympics’ inaugural skateboarding competition. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
Brazilian teen enjoying new life after skateboarding success

By Tales Azzoni Oct. 02, 2021 07:52 AM EDT

Montreal Canadiens replacement coach Luke Richardson gives instructions during a break in play against the Vegas Golden Knights during the second period of Game 4 in an NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey semifinal in Montreal, Sunday, June 20, 2021. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Late daughter Daron inspires Canadiens coach Luke Richardson

By Stephen Whyno Jun. 21, 2021 04:04 PM EDT

Olivia Kilfoyle stands in her new apartment in Ogden, Utah, on Thursday, May 20, 2021, thanks to assistance from an injection of federal COVID-19 relief funds meant to help those in the foster care system or those who have recently aged out of it. (Tim Vandenack/Standard-Examiner via AP)
COVID-19 relief funds put former foster kid on stable ground

By Tim Vandenack May. 31, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

10 p.m. curfew to be lifted for Vermont bars and restaurants

By Lisa Rathke May. 28, 2021 02:00 AM EDT
Vermont restaurants, bars and social clubs can stay open past 10 p.m. starting on Saturday, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. Scott said...

2 Ajax teenagers in squad as Dutch head to Euros

By Mike Corder May. 26, 2021 11:53 AM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Netherlands coach Frank de Boer included two teenagers in his squad for next month's European championships, with both defender...

This August 2020 photo provided by Peyton Crest shows her with her dog at home in Minnetonka, Minn. The 18-year-old ays she developed anorexia before the pandemic but has relapsed twice since it began. ‘’It was my junior year, I was about to apply for college,’’ Crest says. Suddenly deprived of friends and classmates, her support system, she’d spend all day alone in her room and became preoccupied with thoughts of food and anorexic behavior. (Courtesy Peyton Crest via AP)
Pandemic has fueled eating disorder surge in teens, adults

By Lindsey Tanner May. 23, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2020, file photo, students and instructors at the STEM Santa Fe engineering camp gather on a video call as seen through the laptop of instructor Esther Lescht in her home in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico education officials are budgeting up to $10 million in pandemic relief money to create internships for high schools students, while nonprofits and school districts are bringing back summer enrichment opportunities to meet rising demand. As many as 2,600 students across New Mexico could participate in the internship program. according to the Public Education Department, which announced the program on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)
New Mexico summer programs for youth include new internships

By Cedar Attanasio May. 19, 2021 08:08 PM EDT

Eighth grader at Robinson Middle School, Jasic Helvey, 12, hears information about her COVID-19 vaccine Monday, May 17, 2021, at Topeka High School with by Shaunee Darrough, registered nurse with TrueCare Nursing, with her mom, Brandi Snyder, nearby. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
Students line up for vaccines amid push to relax masking

May. 18, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

Teens with substance abuse disorder get $1M boost from state

May. 13, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Three organizations across the state are sharing nearly $1 million in grants to help teenagers either struggling with or at risk of developing...

Licensed practical nurse Adrian McCain prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at a Montgomery County Office of Public Health vaccination clinic at the King of Prussia Mall, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in King of Prussia, Pa.,  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine

By Heather Hollingsworth, Kathleen Foody And Sophia Tareen May. 11, 2021 04:14 PM EDT

Rhode Island to open vaccinations to children ages 12 to 15

By Mark Pratt May. 11, 2021 11:10 AM EDT
Rhode Island expects to start offering Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to children ages 12 to 15 later this week now that the Food and Drug Administration has...

Olivia Edwards, left, 13, of Flourtown, Pa., receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from registered nurse Philene Moore at a Montgomery County, Pa. Office of Public Health vaccination clinic at the King of Prussia Mall, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in King of Prussia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Fewer renters applying for relief; pandemic rules easing

By Michael Rubinkam May. 11, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

State orders Chicago to fix special education in detention

By Kelly Garcia Of Injustice Watch Apr. 24, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Education has ordered Chicago Public Schools to fix problems with special education services for students at the...

FILE -  In this May 18, 2004 file photo inmates sit in one of the cottages at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility in Circleville, Ohio. A coroners report released Thursday, March 18, 2021,  indicates Robert Wright, 17, who was found dead last year at the Ohio juvenile detention facility suffered from heart disease and also had "amphetamine intoxication" at the time of his death. Wright was found dead by a guard who entered his cell to tell him it was time to take medication, said a report by the Ohio State Highway patrol that includes coroner's findings. (Tim Revell/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
Multiple violations found in probe of detained teen's death

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Apr. 23, 2021 04:31 PM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a protective face mask, talks during a meeting with medical staff members during a visit in a child psychiatry department at Reims hospital, eastern France, to discuss the psychological impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the lockdown on children and teenagers in France, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Christian Hartmann/Pool via AP)
France fights kids' mental health woes with free counseling

Apr. 14, 2021 02:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo, Texas Gov Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference about migrant children detentions, in Dallas. Texas child welfare officials say they've received three reports of abuse and neglect at a San Antonio coliseum that is holding more than 1,600 immigrant teenagers who crossed the southern border. Child welfare officials would not reveal details about who made the allegations, but Abbott said his understanding was that they came from someone who had been inside the facility. One of the allegations include sexual abuse, but no further details were provided. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Texas investigating abuse allegations at migrant facility

By Paul J. Weber And Nomaan Merchant Apr. 07, 2021 09:24 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 06:58 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ April 7 The Decatur Daily on vaccine technology: ...

FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, a cigarette burns in an ashtray in Hayneville, Ala. Anti-smoking advocates are warning that the stress and disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed efforts to get more Americans to quit in 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Did COVID-19 stress, uncertainty stall anti-smoking push?

By Matthew Perrone Mar. 28, 2021 07:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers. That alarms child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)
US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities

By Nomaan Merchant Mar. 27, 2021 02:05 PM EDT

New Hampshire considers separate children's services agency

By Holly Ramer Mar. 03, 2021 02:30 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s efforts to protect and help vulnerable children would be spun off into a separate agency under a bill before a Senate...

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