Tag: Teen welfare
Sex abuse class-action suit tossed, individual claims stand
CONCORD, N.H. — A judge on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit involving 300 people who allege decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth...
Family of boy killed by officer plans home for at-risk teens
CHICAGO — Family members of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer announced plans Wednesday to build a home...
Wyoming candidate undeterred after teen pregnancy disclosure
GILLETTE, Wyo. — A U.S. House candidate in Wyoming who disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18 scoffed at the...
Pandemic has fueled eating disorder surge in teens, adults
Many hospital beds are full. Waiting lists for outpatient treatment are bulging. And teens and adults seeking help for eating disorders are often finding...
Alexandra Huynh, 18, is the new National Youth Poet Laureate
NEW YORK — An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate. Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a...
Alexandra Huynh, 18, is the new National Youth Poet Laureate
<p>NEW YORK — An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate. Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a...
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that...
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that...
Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
MISSION, Kan. — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children...
Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
<p>MISSION, Kan. — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children...