Target has recalled more than 200,000 children’s sandals due to a choking hazard. The retail giant told customers who had purchased its Cat & Jack-branded raffia sandals to stop using them immediately and take them away from children, according to a recall statement from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Target said it received 23 reports … Read more
A judge in Nashville granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday evening to stop the Tennessee Health Department from sharing identifying information of undocumented children who have critical illnesses or physical disabilities with the state’s immigration enforcement office. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The order … Read more
More than 40 years ago, a group of English professors at the University of Colorado wrote a children’s book called “The Weighty Word Book.” After a recent viral video post, the book sold more in a week than it had in nearly two decades. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
Federal law enforcement officials on Thursday announced that two Ohio state employees and two co-conspirators were indicted in connection with an alleged $30 million Medicaid billing fraud scheme involving children’s behavioral health services that were never rendered. As part of the investigation, 14 vehicles were seized, including a Maserati, a Mercedes, a Bentley and a … Read more
Federal authorities have busted what they say is a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children’s behavioral health services that were never provided, officials announced at a news conference in Ohio on Thursday. All four defendants involved in the case turned themselves in to authorities this week, a source familiar with the investigation told … Read more
Survivors described the same devastating cycle: children who tried to warn adults, pastors who minimized or ignored allegations, and church leaders who extended grace and protection to abusers, clearing the way for more children to be harmed. Davis’ account was one of the starkest examples. After NBC News’ investigation was published, more women came forward … Read more
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding. Children’s Hospital Colorado suspended medical treatments for transgender patients under 18 in January after it said … Read more
Texas Children’s Hospital must create the country’s “first-ever detransition clinic,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday in announcing a settlement agreement that concludes a yearslong investigation into the medical center’s treatment program for transgender youth. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As part of the … Read more
Janti Soeripto, the president and CEO of Save the Children who recently returned from a trip to the Sudan, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis is in Sudan,” and the situation is “probably also the one that gets the least attention relative to the need.” Source link
U.S. states can’t bar immigrant children – no matter their status – from attending public school. The Supreme Court said so in 1982. A growing chorus of Republicans wants to overturn that decision. Bills in state legislatures over the past year have unsuccessfully aimed to collect data on immigrant students without legal status or charge … Read more