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For kids with anxiety, parents learn to let them face their fears

For kids with anxiety, parents learn to let them face their fears

For some kids with anxiety disorders, a new study suggests the best treatment might be teaching their parents new parenting skills.
by Angus Chen

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Wisconsin students say gym teacher had black kids research slave games

A Wisconsin middle school gym teacher has been placed on indefinite leave while district officials look into claims that she separated students in one class by race and assigned the black children to research games that enslaved children played.
by The Associated Press

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Republican state lawmakers split over anti-abortion strategy

Republican state lawmakers split over anti-abortion strategy

Ohio is the latest Republican-led state to pass a ban on abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. But Tennessee this week backed off on a similar bill, fearing costly legal battles. What now?
by Blake Farmer and Jackie Fortier

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Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in tot ER visits

Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in tot ER visits

In 2015, there were nearly 43,000 such visits among kids under 6, compared with 22,000 in 1995, according to a study published Friday in the journal Pediatrics. The rate jumped from almost 10 per 10,000 ER visits to 18 per 10,000.
by The Associated Press

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Trump 'strongly looking' at releasing migrants in Dem cities

Trump 'strongly looking' at releasing migrants in Dem cities

There were no indications, however, that officials were taking any steps to move forward with the idea or considered the president's words anything more than bluster.
by The Associated Press

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White singers in Hungary claim to be African-American, for an opera

White singers in Hungary claim to be African-American, for an opera

The Gershwin estate stipulates that "Porgy and Bess" should be performed by an all-black cast. The Hungarian State Opera in Budapest reportedly asked its mostly white cast to say that they are black.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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A mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'

A mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'

At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.
by Lindsey Feingold and Aisha Turner

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