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Should young kids have smartphones? These parents in Europe linked arms and said no 06/21/2024 01:13am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Try saying ���no��� when a child asks for a smartphone. What comes after, parents everywhere can attest, begins with some variation of: ���Everyone has one. Why can���t I?��� But what if no preteen in sight has one ��� and what if having a smartphone was weird? That���s the Should young kids have smartphones? These parents in Europe linked arms and said no 06/21/2024 01:10am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Try saying ���no��� when a child asks for a smartphone. What comes after, parents everywhere can attest, begins with some variation of: ���Everyone has one. Why can���t I?��� But what if no pre-teen in sight has one ��� and what if having a smartphone was weird? That���s th Hershey Bears beat Coachella Valley Firebirds 3-2 in Game 4 to tie AHL's Calder Cup final 06/21/2024 01:03am • PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) ��� Joe Snively broke a third-period tie on a power-play scramble and the defending champion Hershey Bears held off the Coachella Valley Firebirds 3-2 on Thursday night in Game 4 to tie the American Hockey League's Calder Cup final. After Ryker Evans tied it for Coachella Today in History: June 21, U.S. Constitution goes into effect 06/21/2024 12:10am • Today in History Today is Friday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2024. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins today. Today���s Highlight in History: On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. On this date: In 13 Thousands in Kenya demonstrate against proposed new taxes 06/21/2024 12:06am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Thousands of mostly young people demonstrated Thursday in Kenya���s capital and across the country against new tax proposals by the administration of President William Ruto in its annual budget legislation. The protests brought Nairobi���s central business district to a stand After decades of advocacy, Fairfax Co. community gets school bus service 06/20/2024 10:40pm • For decades, students who lived in the Mount Vernon Square community have had to cross busy residential streets and walk along an unpaved and unmaintained path to get to the nearby Hollin Meadows Elementary School. Some of the trek for the Fairfax County, Virginia, students included a wooded area Hyattsville woman indicted in deaths of two kids who died after being hit near school 06/20/2024 08:25pm • A Hyattsville, Maryland, woman has been indicted in the deaths of two young children who were walking to an elementary school in November 2023. Olga Lugo Jiminez, 51, is facing criminally negligent manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of 5-year-old Sky Sosa and 10-year-old Shalom Mbah. How to Choose a Career 06/20/2024 08:00pm • Choosing a lasting and fulfilling career is a big decision, but getting to that point involves a lot of smaller considerations. If you think of your career journey as fluid, you can explore and try different things to craft the career you ultimately want. That's according to job search and career ad TikTok accuses federal agency of 'political demagoguery' in legal challenge against potential US ban 06/20/2024 05:56pm • TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in ���political demagoguery��� during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. The letter ��� sent to David Newman, a top offici New York moves to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids 06/20/2024 05:24pm • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive. Under the legislation, feeds on apps like TikTok and Instagram would be limite A kindergarten student and his mother were struck and killed by school bus while walking to school 06/20/2024 05:01pm • MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) ��� A kindergarten student and his mother were struck and killed by a school bus on Thursday while walking to school in suburban New York, authorities said. The crash happened just after 8:30 a.m. in the village of Mamaroneck in Westchester County. The 6-year-old boy and his 43 Orange County judge can stand trial for murder in wife's shooting death, judge says 06/20/2024 03:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A Southern California judge can stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, another judge ruled Thursday, after finding there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. The decision came after a preliminary hearing for Orange County Superior Court Jud 'Teflon Mark' Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief 06/20/2024 02:11pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he's on track to bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to the int DC psychiatrist weighs in on proposed social media warning labels for kids 06/20/2024 07:47am • This week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to add warning labels to social media platforms, similar to the warnings on tobacco products. The goal of the label is to let parents know how harmful social media can be for children. ���I really applaud Dr. Murthy for championing t What Is Frailty and How Can You Avoid It? 06/19/2024 08:00pm • The word "frail" typically conjures up a mental image of an elderly person who has difficulty with mobility and perhaps chronic health problems. However, in reality, the term does not refer to a strictly senior condition. It can affect anyone at any time in certain circumstances. In this article, we