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Father of slain Iowa student decries using her as 'pawn'

Father of slain Iowa student decries using her as 'pawn'

The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts in a Saturday opinion piece spoke out against using his daughter's death in support of "views she believed were profoundly racist."
by Associated Press

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Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns

Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns

Drag Queen Story Hours have been held at libraries or book stores in big cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and the Twin Cities. In some smaller communities, however, the programs have sparked protests from conservative and religious groups.
by Associated Press

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Elite wildland firefighters are the pride of the Blackfeet Reservation

Elite wildland firefighters are the pride of the Blackfeet Reservation

No drinking, no drugs, no tardiness, and they have to run a seven-minute mile. They're the Chief Mountain Hotshots, the all-Native firefighting crew from Montana's Blackfeet Reservation.
by Nate Hegyi

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5 proven benefits of play

5 proven benefits of play

The nation's doctors are being enlisted in a new fight: reclaiming children's right to play. A research paper urges pediatricians to prescribe playtime.
by Anya Kamenetz

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Parents of twins run higher risk of depression than other new parents

Parents of twins run higher risk of depression than other new parents

Expectant parents of twins and other multiples may be ready for the joy and extra physical demands of caring for more than one baby. But few know the risk of depression and anxiety runs higher, too.
by Juli Fraga

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Farmington woman who fostered pets charged with animal cruelty

Acting on a search warrant, officers and an agent from the Animal Humane Society allegedly found 43 cats and five dogs roaming around inside a Farmington home. Many were emaciated.
by Matt Sepic

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The school shootings that weren't

The school shootings that weren't

The federal government said schools reported 235 shootings in one school year. But an NPR investigation finds that more than two-thirds of these reported incidents never happened.
by Anya Kamenetz, Alexis Arnold and Emily Cardinali

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Raising kids in an 'age of fear' results in impossible choices for parents

Raising kids in an 'age of fear' results in impossible choices for parents

"There's now the expectation that to be a good parent in this country you have to have your eyes on your children every second," says author Kim Brooks -- and that's stressful for adults and kids.
by Mary Louise Kelly

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