The Trump Administration last week moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Is the goal to reduce America’s collective IQ? The main practical effect of the Justice Department’s ...

It’s never too early to instill in your children a love for printed matter. Magazine subscriptions make great last-minute holiday gifts and, while the effort to sign up is minimal, your recipient will ...

Winter break is days away for most Milwaukee area schools — exciting for kids, potentially stressful for parents and guardians who find themselves without childcare. If you're without childcare this ...

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WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

In today's hyper-connected world, cyber threats are more sophisticated and frequent than ever - ransomware attacks, data breaches, social engineering scams, and advanced persistent threats targeting ...

Throughout this series, we've explored how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping childhood, examined how it might undermine creativity and critical thinking in schools, and looked at the essential ...

Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her ...

Kids today consume far more sugar than recommended, but the effects don’t stop in childhood. New research reveals surprising ways early sugar exposure shapes long-term health. It's not just candy.

A judge who helped orchestrate one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history — a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks — was among the 1,500 people whose sentences ...

A disgraced Pennsylvania judge sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for accepting money to send young offenders to privately run juvenile detention centers is now a free man. On Thursday, ...

President Biden commuted the sentence of former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan, who was convicted in the "kids for cash" scandal. Conahan accepted bribes in exchange for sending children to ...