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US Teenagers Advocating For Their Digital Wellbeing As Schools Across The Nation Ban Phones 

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While educators and parents are looking forward to this upcoming school year without having to worry about screens, many students are advocating for their own digital wellbeing, and are trying to ensure they’re a part of the important conversations surrounding the internet’s impact on growing minds. 

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani And Barack Obama Lead Children Singalong To Promote Free Child Care

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The two met at a child care center in the Bronx, where after having a private conversation, led a sit down singalong and book reading to a group of young children as a means of promoting Mamdani’s plans to expand free child care programs all throughout NYC. 

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Half Of New Yorkers Approve Of Mayor Zohran Mamdani As He Approaches 100 Days In Office 

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“Mamdani, who faced doubts about his lack of management experience before entering City Hall, has emphasized his commitment to the brass tacks of municipal government: filling potholes, clearing snow and picking up the garbage.”

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Expedited Shipping Is Increasing Gas Emissions In The US 

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In today’s modern world of online shopping, consumers have the option to get their goods delivered within days, and even hours now. With that increased convenience comes consequences, however, as drivers are making multiple trips in the same areas daily in the US, increasing gas emissions and further driving the devastating impact of climate change.

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Hundreds Of Fired CDC Staff By Trump Administration Have Been Reinstated 

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Hundreds of staff members that were fired by the Trump Administration from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been reinstated.

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Loss Of Top Officials In CDC Could Harm US Health, Experts Say 

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Many top officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have left the agency under Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership. Now, many of those leaders and healthcare officials are saying that “Americans should be alarmed” about the future and rising public health threats.

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Scientists ‘Embarrassed’ Over Trump Administration’s Climate Report, Says It’s Full Of Misinformation

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A new climate report from the Trump Administration is attempting to justify a multitude of mass rollbacks of environmental regulations. Scientists and experts are warning readers that the entire report is full of misinformation, and not an accurate representation of the climate crisis and its major impact.

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Protestors Take Over Florida Everglades To Object Construction Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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Groups of environmental activists, Native Americans advocating for their homeland, and protestors have joined together in the Florida Everglades to voice their objection to the construction of an immigrant detention center being referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Children In The US Are Still Falling Behind In Reading And Math Since Covid-19 Pandemic 

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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, children in America have been struggling with their education, specifically with reading and math. According to the latest results of a national exam, their skills in these subjects are continuing to decline.

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Firefighters Around The US Are Working To Contain Wildfires On Both Coasts

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Wildfires are currently burning throughout both the East and West coast of the US. Firefighters throughout the nation are working to combat the massive blazes being fueled by historic droughts, strong winds, and dry conditions.

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