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News Articles: family

Dunbar hands cotton candy to Israel on Tuesday.

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  • National

In Uvalde, a woman in clown colors makes kids smile

A few yards from the central memorial for the shooting victims, a clown hands out snow cones and toys for free to all. She says it's her way to give back — and she wants the gun violence to stop.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Annie-Lois Acheampong, 13, from Accra, Ghana, reacts during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday in Oxon Hill, Md.

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  • National

The National Spelling Bee returns to its usual venue for the first time in 3 years

Spellers were greeted with a new preliminary-round format that gave them no time to get comfortable. They had to get through three words in one turn at the microphone to continue in the bee.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Vikki and Mark Pier visit the grave of their son, Noah, who was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in July 2011. They used to visit every few months, but they have been unable to make it in recent years.

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  • National

'My heart is in Arlington': What Memorial Day means to one Gold Star family

Vikki and Mark Pier used to regularly travel to Arlington National Cemetery to visit their son's final resting place. But due to health issues, they have been unable to visit for the past four years.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
The baby-formula shortage has led some to question why the U.S. doesn't provide more support for breastfeeding. Here, a woman breastfeeds her son outside New York City Hall during a 2014 rally to support breastfeeding in public.

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  • Children's Health

The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

As parents scramble to find scarce baby formula and the government races to boost production and imports, some advocates say the U.S. should do more to encourage breastfeeding.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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  • Family

Cómo hablar con los niños cuando las noticias dan miedo. Una guía bilingüe

Cuando ocurren tiroteos u otras tragedias, ¿cómo podemos hablar con los niños sobre lo que ha pasado? Tenemos consejos de expertos sobre cómo apoyar emocionalmente a los pequeñitos.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz,
  • Cory Turner,
  • and 1 more
Robert E. Penn (L) and B.Michael Hunter (R) at the OutWrite Conference in Boston, October 1993.

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  • Arts & Life

Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Allyson McCabe
Sharon Macharia read in a Kenyan newspaper that baby bottles would be banned. As a working mom, she depends on bottles to feed her youngest baby. She was happy to learn that the report was untrue — although the government is introducing a new law to clamp down on ads that promote the use of baby formula.

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  • Children's Health

There's a baby formula controversy in Kenya, too. But shortages are not the issue

Some media reports say the government is banning baby bottles. Not true. A new law clamps down on advertising for bottles and infant formula. But bottle users are still concerned.

May 26, 2022
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By:
  • Thomas Bwire
Abortion-rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court last December as it heard a case that could strike down the constitutional right to abortion. Economists say decades of research show that doing so would limit women's economic prospects.

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  • National

Women who are denied abortions risk falling deeper into poverty. So do their kids

A large body of research shows being denied an abortion limits women's education, time in the workforce and wages. It also finds long-term negative impacts for their children.

May 26, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
A man brings flowers to Robb Elementary School on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

How world leaders are reacting to the Uvalde school shooting

Officials around the world are responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest such incident to take place in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Alex Leff
Matthew McConaughey attends a movie premiere on Dec. 12, 2021, in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Here's what Matthew McConaughey said about the shooting in his hometown

McConaughey urged people not to accept such tragedies as the status quo.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Baby Randall, Milo Ventimiglia as Jack, Baby Kevin, Baby Kate, Mandy Moore as Rebecca.

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  • Television

NBC's 'This Is Us' creator wanted the finale to end with hope

Dan Fogelman says much of the show's finale was filmed years ago.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

How to help Uvalde families following yesterday's elementary school shooting

The community is looking for blood donations, legal assistance and funds for victims' families.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

All of the Uvalde school shooting victims were in the same 4th grade classroom

The 19 students and two teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, shooting were all in the same classroom, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a statement by videolink during an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday.

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  • National

Ukrainian officials offer their condolences to Uvalde

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders took to social media to stand in sympathy and solidarity with a tragedy unfolding across the world.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • Family

A child trauma expert explains how parents can support kids in Uvalde and elsewhere

Melissa Brymer says talking to kids about school shootings can be upsetting; you may need to have conversations in small chunks for them to understand.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Clark
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