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Nov 28 2024WEATHER

Seeing Northern Lights This Thanksgiving: A Possibility!

Get ready! This Thanksgiving, a special treat might be in store for parts of the U. S. Solar storms could paint the night sky with faint auroras. It's a fun natural show, but it depends on how strong the solar storms are. Some states are in a great spot to catch a glimpse: Washington, Montana, the D

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Nov 28 2024HEALTH

Health Predictions: Dutch Researchers Mix Old Data with Personal Insights

Imagine you're trying to guess something really important, like pregnancy problems. That's exactly what Dutch researchers attempted, but with a twist. They didn't just rely on old data. Nope, they combined it with something no computer can predict alone—a woman's feelings about her health, money, an

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Nov 27 2024POLITICS

ICC Seeks Arrest of Myanmar's Military Leader for Rohingya Abuse

The International Criminal Court (ICC) wants to arrest Myanmar's military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. He's accused of horrible things against the Rohingya people, like forcing them to leave their homes and treating them badly. The ICC's boss, Karim Khan, said he'll ask for more arrest war

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Nov 27 2024POLITICS

Transgender Care Fight: A Conservative Divide on Parental Rights

Imagine a battle over who decides what’s best for kids. That’s what’s happening as the Supreme Court prepares to tackle a case about puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender youth. Many conservatives who’ve long fought for parental rights are now divided. Some back Tennessee’s ban on

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Nov 27 2024TECHNOLOGY

Tech and Women's Perspectives on Abuse

Imagine this: a woman in Bangladesh who watches TV or uses a computer weekly might have a different view on whether it's okay for a husband to hit his wife. Sounds surprising, right? A recent study found that tech access can indeed change women's minds about intimate partner violence (IPV). Over 20

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Nov 27 2024SPORTS

Teens Fight for Fairness on Girls' Sports Team

Two high school girls, Taylor and Kaitlyn, are standing up for what they believe is fair. They're cross-country runners at Martin Luther King High School in California. They sued their school district because they think a transgender teammate is getting special treatment. The district says this is a

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Nov 27 2024CRIME

Caught After 20 Years: The Fugitive Animal Rights Activist

You might think that hiding for over two decades would be enough time to escape justice, but that's not the case for Daniel Andreas San Diego. This suspected animal rights extremist was recently caught in the UK, after being on the run for over 20 years. San Diego is wanted in the US for planting bo

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Nov 27 2024POLITICS

Transgender Lawmakers: A Global Perspective on Bathroom Battles

Back in 2006, Italy saw its first openly trans lawmaker, Vladimir Luxuria, face a brief bathroom ban in Parliament. This wasn't unique; a similar challenge happened to New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, the world's first trans lawmaker elected in 1999. Now, Sarah McBride, the first openly trans U. S. Con

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Nov 26 2024POLITICS

US and Allies: Standing Up to China's Aggression

President Trump has a tough job ahead, especially when it comes to dealing with China. Recently, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said he wants to work with the new administration. But let's not forget, China's been up to some shady stuff, like cyberattacks on our telecoms and pushing around other countrie

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Nov 26 2024EDUCATION

A Runner's Dilemma: Transitioning Teammates

What happens when a transgender athlete joins a school's cross-country varsity team? In Riverside, California, this shift caused a bit of a commotion. A faster runner, who happens to be transgender, took a spot on the girls' team. The co-captain, Taylor, got bumped down to the JV squad. She wasn't t

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