Report: One-in-Five Americans Has Family Member Killed by Guns According to data published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than half of US adults recently surveyed claimed they or a family member have experienced a gun-related incident. The data comes amid a wave of continued gun violence in America.... Children and youth
Shooting in Louisville, Ky. Leaves 4 Dead At least four people were killed and nine others critically injured in a mass shooting at Louisville's Old National Bank on Monday morning. Among those shot were two officers, one of whom is undergoing surgery.... Murders and attempted murders
Kansas Bans Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports Overriding Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly's veto, the Kansas state legislature Wednesday passed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports after failing to gain the two-thirds majority needed for an override in 2021 and 2022.... Abortion
Brazil: Kindergarten Attack Leaves 4 Children Dead On Wednesday, a 25-year-old man armed with an axe jumped over a wall to enter the playground of Cantinho Bom Pastor, a kindergarten center in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau, where he killed four children and injured another four victims before turning himself in at a police station.... Brazil
Kentucky, West Virginia Move to Limit Transgender Therapies For Minors Kentucky and West Virginia have advanced laws to limit access to gender-reassignment therapies for children. The legislations increase the total number of states attempting to restrict such treatments to 11.... Children and youth
CDC: Mental Health Issues Rising in Teens, Especially Girls A new report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday details increased levels of violence, sadness, and suicidal thoughts among teenagers, especially girls, over the past 10 years.... Children and youth
FDA Proposes New COVID Vaccine Strategy The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday announced plans to structure its COVID strategy similar to its flu vaccine process — including streamlining the vaccine's composition, updating, and scheduling of vaccine and booster doses Medicine & healthcare
Texas Inmates Continue Hunger Strike Prison inmates across Texas have entered their second week of a hunger strike in protest of the use of solitary confinement Education