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Superintendents’ Early Childhood Plan: A Decade Of Omaha Metro Success
Omaha Daily Record - Nebraska
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July 8, 2025
As superintendents of the 11 school districts that make up the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties, we want to take full advantage of the awe-inspiring early years when children’s brains develop most rapidly. We want young children,...
"To be super involved" — Love Island USA’s Nic shares parenting goals with Olandria after baby challenge
Sportskeeda
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July 8, 2025
As the baby challenge unfolded on Love Island USA season 7 episode 31, Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen took the opportunity to explore their dynamic beyond the typical villa setting. In a moment of reflection, Nic outlined his expectations...
Washington Streamlines Foster Care Process for Relatives
Apple Valley News Now (KAPP) - Washington State
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The Brief • Washington launches new kinship licensing standards that cut paperwork in half for relatives wanting to care for foster children • The Department of Children, Youth, and Families aims to remove unnecessary barriers while maintaining...
Judge blocks Medicaid, Planned Parenthood provision in Big Beautiful Bill
The Metropolis Planet - Kentucky
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Paducah, KY (42003) Today Considerable cloudiness. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 88F. Winds light and variable.. Tonight Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms later at night. Low 72F. Winds light and...
The scandalous, little known 'Arizona Incident' marked the beginning of foster care in the U.S.
KJZZ - Arizona
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July 7, 2025
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, industry was booming in big cities back East. With the rapid expansion of jobs came a population explosion. In New York City, so many children were being born that families couldn’t keep up, and an...
What We Should Be Doing for the Children of the Incarcerated
Governing
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July 8, 2025
Amid growing clashes between the right and left, there is one point of agreement: The urgent need to make it easier to raise a family in America. President Donald Trump has proposed $1,000 savings accounts for every newborn. Senate Democrats are...
Ranbir Kapoor’s parenting wins: Books, races, and pure love for Raha
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 8, 2025
Ranbir Kapoor ran a race for his daughter Raha and even won it. However, he suffered a muscle pull in the race and still turned up for shoot of Ramayana the next day, reveals co-star Indira Krishnan L-Indira Krishnan; R- Ranbir with Raha Stories...
COPF chief slams govt., Customs for failing to adopt proper tax system
The Island
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July 8, 2025
The Presidential Fund has initiated a programme to recognise outstanding district-level performers in the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations over the past two years (2023 and 2024). A ceremony was held at the Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium...
Call for tough new rules over Preston houses being turned into children's homes
Lancs Live
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July 8, 2025
There are calls to toughen up the rules governing the conversion of ordinary houses into children’s homes in Preston. It comes amid claims that many of the privately-run facilities are not catering for vulnerable Lancashire youngsters – some of...
Federal Judge Blocks Planned Parenthood Defunding
LifeNews
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July 8, 2025
A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the portion of the One Big Beautiful Bill that President Trump signs that defunds Planned Parenthood. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued the temporary nationwide restraining...
UAE: What is International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum? Why an IB school is the best choice for your child
The Times of India
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The IB includes six subject: language, second language, humanities, sciences, math, and arts, plus core parts like Theory of Knowledge and CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service)./ Image: File TL;DR The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a globally...
UN adopts resolution on Taliban rule over US objections
Awaz The Voice
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July 8, 2025
United Nations The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Monday over US objections calling on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist organizations. The 11-page...
Plea as children going hungry at schools
Ludlow and Tenbury Wells Advertiser
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Stuart Anderson MP wants the Government to roll out breakfast clubs in all primary schools as soon as possible. The call comes after his visit to Kinlet C of E Primary School on June 27, where he met the 'Courageous Advocates', a group of Year 6...
Planned Parenthood Sues Trump Admin Over Yearlong Funding Ban
The Epoch Times
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July 8, 2025
The Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis on June 24, 2022. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Planned Parenthood’s national organization sued on July 7 to block a provision in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act...
Adopt-a-Student’s 18th year underway
The North East News-Journal - Pennsylvania
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NORTH EAST — In conjunction with the North East School District (NESD) and the Council of Churches, Holy Cross Episcopal Church is coordinating and preparing for the 2025 school year being the site of this outreach ministry again this year....
Being adopted doesn’t change how teens handle love and dating
PsyPost
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July 8, 2025
A new study published in the Journal of Adolescence provides evidence that adoption status had no bearing on whether 15‑ to 18‑year‑olds had a boyfriend or girlfriend or on how long those relationships lasted. The adopted group did report slightly...
UN adopts resolution on Afghanistan's Taliban rule over U.S. objections
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 8, 2025
Published: 08 Jul. 2025, 09:31 The results of the United Nations General Assembly vote on a draft resolution are displayed on screens during an emergency session at the UN headquarters in New York City on June 12. [REUTERS/YONHAP] The UN General...
Birth Choice Jackson officially becomes an adoption agency
WNBJ 39 - Tennessee
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Birth Choice, a pro-life pregnancy center in Jackson, announced in April they had been seeking to add adoption to their services. They received their temporary adoption license from the state of Tennessee. "We will be here to navigate that process...
India abstains in UNGA on draft resolution on Afghanistan
The Hindu
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July 8, 2025
India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution on Afghanistan, noting that a “business as usual” approach is unlikely to deliver outcomes that the global community envisions for the Afghan people. The 193-member U.N. General...
NPSC Raises Concern About Impact of Permissive Parenting
Jamaica Information Service
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July 7, 2025
The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is raising concern about the impact of permissive parenting in Jamaican households, warning that this trend may cause behavioral challenges in children. Permissive parenting is characterised by low...