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Teen Jobs That Pay Well 04/20/2023 08:00pm • Check out these top jobs for teens.If you're a teenager or a college student, there's a good chance you will have a job this summer. If you look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, during July 2022, 55.3% of young people -- persons aged 16 to 24 -- were employed.So what's realistically out there for 9 Best Gen Z Stocks to Buy 04/20/2023 08:00pm • Americans born between 1997 and 2012 belong to Generation Z, meaning Gen Z workers and consumers now range from 11 to 26 years old. As with any generation, young Gen Z adults interact and shop differently than older generations, and long-term investors would be wise to recognize key trends among the Parents urged to have open dialogue after TikTok 'Benadryl challenge' turns deadly 04/20/2023 07:00pm • There's a new warning for families about dangerous TikTok challenges after a teenager in Ohio died after doing the so-called "Benadryl challenge," in which people overdose on the allergy medication in an effort to experience hallucinations, similar to the effects of taking psychedelics. Jacob Ste BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move 04/20/2023 06:50pm • Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that���s shedding about 15% of its entire staff, adding to layoffs made earlier this year. In a memo sent to staff, Buzzfeed Inc. co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti sai An end to the reading wars? More US schools embrace phonics 04/20/2023 06:32pm • Move over ���Dick and Jane.��� A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of the so-called reading wars. The battle has reached into homes via commerci North Carolina GOP closes in on transgender athlete ban 04/20/2023 05:59pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina schools cleared a second legislative chamber this week when the state Senate approved a bill Thursday. The passage means the Republican-dominated General Assembly appears poised to work out in Transgender children, families sue Tennessee over care ban 04/20/2023 04:21pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Three transgender children and their parents sued Tennessee on Thursday over a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The law, scheduled to go into effect on July 1, prohibits health care providers from providing hormone treatments or surgeries for transgender Ugandan president refuses to sign LGBTQ bill, seeks changes 04/20/2023 03:53pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new bill against homosexuality that prescribes the death penalty in some cases, requesting that it should be amended. Museveni's decision was announced late Thursday after a meeting of lawmakers Michigan committee gives $175 million for EV battery plant 04/20/2023 03:44pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� A Michigan Senate committee gave final legislative approval to allocate $175 million in state funds to a factory planned by Chinese manufacturer Gotion in northern Michigan that proponents say will create thousands of jobs and be a boon for the local economy. The funds wer Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/20/2023 02:38pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Biden labor secretary nominee Su faces doubts in Senate 04/20/2023 02:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden's nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su, won praise at her Senate hearing Thursday as ���a champion of the working class��� even as some key Democrats were unwilling to voice support, creating uncertainty about her confirmation prospects. A handful of moderat Common mistakes, uncommon reactions in 4 separate shootings 04/20/2023 01:51pm • In the span of six days, seven people across the U.S. have been shot ��� one fatally ��� for making one of the most ordinary and unavoidable mistakes in everyday life: showing up at the wrong place. A North Carolina man shot a 6-year-old girl and her parents Tuesday night after children went to retr 'Too much to learn': Schools race to catch up kids' reading 04/20/2023 01:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. ���Give us some vowels,��� says his teacher, La���Neeka Gilbert-Jackson. His eyes search a chart, but he doesn���t land on an answer. ���Let���s help him ou Review: 'Natural Beauty' is a cautionary tale about wellness 04/20/2023 12:32pm • ���Natural Beauty,��� by Ling Ling Huang (Dutton) From bee sting facials to fish pedicures, to Instagram filters and apps that allow us to completely edit our appearance in photos, it seems people will try almost anything to look better. It also makes the posh wellness and beauty store setting of Li Veto stands: Transgender pronouns OK in North Dakota schools 04/20/2023 12:22pm • Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers on Monday failed to override the governor���s veto of a controversial bill to place restrictions on educators. House lawmakers fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to block the