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News Articles: family

Vita Linnik (left) and Sofia Bretl smile and pose in a photo booth during happier times.

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  • Europe

When deciding to flee Ukraine means leaving a family member behind

Sofia Bretl lives in New York City but she was born and raised in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. As conditions in Kharkiv worsened, Sofia's family faces a difficult decision

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Nellie Gilles and
  • Joe Richman
19-year-old Pradeep Mehra on his 5-mile run home after his shift ends at McDonald's. A chance encounter with a filmmaker led to a video that's gone viral.

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  • Global Health

Nightly midnight jog by Indian teen inspires millions on Twitter

19-year-old Pradeep Mehra works 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., then runs home to keep in shape for his goal: joining India's highly selective army. A video of his nightly jog has become a Twitter sensation.

March 28, 2022
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
A photo of Joshua Lester, left, and his son Memphis, on Nancy Masters' phone.

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  • Law

A mother's son was killed in a Georgia prison. She's at a logjam for answers

Nancy Masters' son Joshua Carl Haynes Lester was killed while serving time at Central State Prison in Macon. She'd like to file suit for wrongful death, but first she needs documents the prison system won't give up. 

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Evey Wilson Wetherbee
MacKenzie Scott, shown here in 2017, has made a major donation to Planned Parenthood.

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  • Business

Mackenzie Scott just made the largest single donation in Planned Parenthood history

Scott, who divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, has given away more than $12 billion to nearly 1,200 groups.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
People pass through Przemysl station in Poland on their journey out of war-torn Ukraine on Thursday. One in four Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes in the past month.

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  • World

One month of war has displaced more than half of Ukrainian children

More than 4.3 million children have fled their homes in the month since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to UNICEF. It warns that consequences could last for generations to come.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A procedure room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state to offer abortions. Access to abortion is about to become even less available in the state as a six-week ban became law.

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  • National

Idaho prepares to ban most abortions in the state as governor signs Texas-style law

Barring legal challenges, Idaho's law is scheduled to take effect in about a month. It bans most abortions after about six weeks and allows health care providers to be sued.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Indianapolis.

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  • National

Governors in Indiana and Utah veto transgender sports bans

Eleven states have enacted transgender sports bans, though many have been snarled by lawsuits.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez

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  • Children's Health

The war is taking a toll on Ukraine's kids. Psychologists share how parents can help

Two psychologists in Ukraine tell what they are hearing from traumatized children — and how to give support to these youngsters. Although in the chaos of war, that can be a daunting task.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
Nomi Kline Solmsen prepares for her bat mitzvah, reading the Torah in her bedroom with her grandfather, Rabbi David Kline, and her aunt Shira Kline.

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  • Religion

The bat mitzvah turns 100. It marks more than a coming-of-age for Jewish girls

Since girls in the U.S. began having the public ceremony 100 years ago, more and more women have taken on a larger role in Jewish life, including becoming rabbis.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Deena Prichep

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  • Race

Unlearning anti-Blackness in therapy: 'The Buck Stops Here'

Twenty percent of American adults sought out therapy in 2020. But Grisell Valencia faced a challenge; she wanted a therapist who could respond to experiences she was dealing with as an Afro-Latina.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Isabeth Mendoza
The Peachtree City Police Department in Georgia shared an image of a young boy bloodied by an alleged assault by teens participating in the Orbeez Challenge.

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  • Family

The 'Orbeez Challenge' is causing harm in parts of Georgia and Florida, police warn

Police are warning their communities that a new TikTok challenge is taking off and causing harm in the process.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Children play a virtual reality game a Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Live Site set up on February 07, 2022 in Beijing, China.

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  • Technology

Facebook will block kids from downloading age-inappropriate virtual reality apps

Sister app Instagram is also launching new parental controls, as the social media company faces pressure to address safety risks to kids in virtual reality.

March 16, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
Gretchen Turner looks toward her home before making her way to Halloween festivities in downtown Waverly, Tenn.

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  • Climate

Rebuild or leave? In a flood-prone Tennessee town, one family must decide

Weather disasters displaced thousands of Americans in 2021. In one Tennessee town, a family decides whether to rebuild or leave for good after a deadly flood sparked by a catastrophic rainfall.

March 14, 2022
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By:
  • Damon Mitchell
Puzo the pug has provided his owner Jake an endless source of relief and affection during his journey west out of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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  • Animals

The power of the dog and how pets are helping Ukrainians cope with war

Hundreds of thousands of pets are estimated to have crossed into countries neighboring Ukraine since the war began.

March 12, 2022
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By:
  • Fernando Alfonso III
Demonstrators hold signs in support of transgender youth and rights in response to recent proposed legal action against parents seeking gender affirming healthcare for their children to be charged as child abuse at the Rally for Trans Youth at the Texas State Capitol earlier this month.

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  • National

A Texas judge blocks the state from investigating parents of transgender youth

The judge halted the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to launch "child abuse" investigations against parents getting gender-affirming care for their transgender children.

March 12, 2022
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By:
  • Julián Aguilar
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