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Family details challenges with foster care system
KOB 4 - New Mexico
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July 8, 2025
One couple has done their best to raise the foster children in their care while still acknowledging the system's issues. RIO RANCHO, N.M. — For weeks, we’ve had questions and concerns about a series of troubling situations involving kids in our...
Did Adoption Fraud Steal My Family Story?
Asume Tech
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July 8, 2025
Aaron Grzegorczyk’s life took a disorienting turn when an investigation suggested he might be a victim of adoption fraud. For years, he believed his birth mother left him at a South Korean clinic in 1988, a narrative he accepted without question....
TikTok Bows To Citizens’ Gavel On Child Safety Reforms
Daily Independent
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July 8, 2025
1 In a major win for digital safety advocacy from Nigeria, Citizens’ Gavel has announced that several of its core demands for improved child protection have been adopted in TikTok’s newly updated Terms of Service, set to take effect globally on...
Welfare Dept SOP gives baby hatch users one-month window to reclaim children, says Fatimah
Borneo Post
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July 8, 2025
Fatimah speaks to reporters during the press conference. – Photo by Mohd Faisal Ahmad KUCHING (July 8): The Welfare Department offers mothers who use baby hatch facilities in the state a period of one month to reclaim their children, said Dato Sri...
Have children? How the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' could affect you
KNWA - Arkansas
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July 8, 2025
(NEXSTAR) – In the nearly 900 pages of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill are several provisions that parents and guardians may want to pay close attention to. Child tax credit Under Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” the child tax credit...
Rights groups sound alarm over alleged exploitation of Sahrawi children in Polisario’s 'holidays for peace' program
Hespress
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July 8, 2025
The controversial “Holidays for Peace” program, overseen by the Polisario Front and supported by sympathetic European organizations, is under fire from Moroccan and Sahrawi rights activists who accuse the initiative of using Sahrawi children for...
Planned Parenthood Wins Freeze on Trump Admin’s ‘Backdoor Abortion Ban’
The Daily Beast
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July 8, 2025
A judge has ruled to temporarily freeze President Donald Trump’s megabill provision that will strip Planned Parenthood of federal Medicaid funding. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued the administration a temporary restraining order...
Judge halts Planned Parenthood 'defund provision' in Trump's bill
United Press International (UPI)
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July 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge has awarded Planned Parenthood a win over the Trump administration, halting a provision in President Donald Trump's massive tax cuts and benefits bill that prevents patients from using Medicaid at its healthcare...
Planned Parenthood Florida plans to expand care as organization fights Medicaid restrictions
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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July 8, 2025
As Planned Parenthood sues the Trump administration over Medicaid restrictions passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Planned Parenthood in Florida is expanding, merging its two East Coast and West Coast affiliates. As of July 1, the...
Federal District Judge Temporarily Blocks Big Beautiful Bill Measure Aimed at Defunding Planned Parenthood for One Year
The New York Sun
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July 8, 2025
Planned Parenthood’s funding will not yet be cut off after a federal judge on Monday evening temporarily blocked a provision of the Ong Big Beautiful Bill Act aimed at defunding the group for one year. The judge says the temporary order will only...
“Devastating”: Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration
Salon
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July 7, 2025
Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over planned cuts to health center funding in President Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts and spending package. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts named Health and...
At pioneer Legacy Parenting conference: ...
The Guardian Post
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The event was organised by Kalm Parenting, led by Dr Cece Fomenky, who is also a Pediatrician and Endocrinologist. The conference's central theme, “Legacy parenting”, focused on the idea of critically examining inherited parenting styles,...
Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over new defunding act
American Catholic Tribune
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July 7, 2025
Marjorie Dannenfelser - President, Susan B. Anthony Pro Life America | Official website Planned Parenthood has initiated legal action against the Trump administration following the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The legislation,...
Madonna, 66, enjoys a day of 'margaritas and meditation' with toyboy Akeem Morris, 29, as they celebrate July 4 with her children
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
Do YOU have a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By JASON CHESTER FOR MAILONLINE Published: 06:28 EDT, 8 July 2025 | Updated: 06:45 EDT, 8 July 2025 Madonna's on-off relationship with her latest boyfriend appeared to be very much on as she enjoyed...
Planned Parenthood, family planning clinics in Wisconsin face cuts under new federal law
Wisconsin Public Radio
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July 8, 2025
Family planning clinics in Wisconsin are facing funding cuts under the massive law signed by President Donald Trump last week. For decades, another law known as the Hyde Amendment already banned using federal money to pay for almost all abortions....
Rethinking Stability: Why Young Vietnamese Are Opting Out of Pensions, Parenthood, and Property
The Vietnamese Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Lê Hướng Dương wrote this article in Vietnamese, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on February 13, 2025. For generations, stability was the ultimate goal in Việt Nam: a steady job, a secure home, and a family to grow old with. But for many young...
5 things to know for July 8: Texas floods, Immigration, Planned Parenthood, Ukraine, Veterans Affairs
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
By Jade Walker, CNN Shifting perspectives on the terrorism front. Last week, Russia became the first nation to formally recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021. And today, the Trump administration’s revocation...
Olympic shooter Kim Ye-ji leaving sport to focus on parenting and 'husband's athletic career'
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 8, 2025
Published: 08 Jul. 2025, 19:15 Olympic silver medalist sport shooter Kim Ye-ji [PLFIL] Olympic silver medalist sport shooter Kim Ye-ji, 32, is putting down her pistol — at least for now — as she shifts her attention on motherhood and family. “Kim...
I work in AI, and now I use it for parenting my 5 kids. Shielding them from it would be a mistake.
Business Insider
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July 8, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Adam Lyons, partner and chief AI officer at chiefAIofficer.com. It has been edited for length and clarity. As a dad of five kids ranging in age from 5 to 15, I use AI throughout the day. It's...
TWU helps students navigate college after foster care, and lawmakers put $3M to expand those services
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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Texas Woman's University has seen its FAST Academy bridge high school and college for young adults who've been in foster care. The Texas Legislature just gave the university $3 million toward two efforts. Lawmakers gave $1.4 million to continue...