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Sondeo: Los estadounidenses disminuyen su consumo de alcohol; los jóvenes encabezan la tendencia

WASHINGTON (AP) — Menos estadounidenses están bebiendo alcohol mientras se expande la creencia de que incluso su consumo moderado es un riesgo para la salud, según una encuesta de ...

Parents and child killed when tree falls on car amid heavy rain, flooding in Tennessee

An official in Tennessee says a mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain and ...

Migrant boat capsizes off Italy and leaves at least 20 people dead, UN says

The U.N. refugee agency says a boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 20 people and leaving another dozen missing. The UNHCR spokesman ...

Alert: 3 people were killed, including a child, when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain in Tennessee, official says

EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — 3 people were killed, including a child, when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain in Tennessee, official says.

How to get kids back on a sleep schedule for the school year

Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year. A good night’s ...

Mindfulness is gaining traction in American schools – but it isn’t clear what students are learning

Mindfulness has also been shown to help children emotionally regulate. Even before social media, teachers perennially struggled to get students to pay attention. Reviews of multiple studies have shown ...

Labor Day and May Day emerged from the movement for a shorter workday in industrial America

(THE CONVERSATION) Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United States and Canada. Instead, Americans and Canadians have ...

Grief feels unbearable, disorienting and chaotic – a grief researcher and widow shares evidence-based ways to face the early days of loss

Physically, grief floods the body with stress hormones, leading to insomnia, fatigue, aches, heaviness and chest tightness. After losing someone close, studies suggest a brief increase in mortality ...

Don’t write off the Putin-Trump summit just yet – its outcome might confound critics

Trump’s ongoing global trade war is also alarming for Russia. On Aug. 7, Trump slapped punitive new tariffs on 90 countries that failed to make deals before his deadline. Trump has shown himself ...

Where America’s CO emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts

The biggest source of additional CO2 is the combustion of fossil fuels – oil, natural gas and coal – to power vehicles, electricity generation and industries. Each of these fuels consists of ...

COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance

This year, many parents also face a question that’s more complicated than usual: Should my child get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, and will I even have that choice? For some, that decision may have ...

AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose

Cognitive skills aren’t the only thing at stake when we rely too heavily on AI to do our reading work for us. We also miss out on so much of what makes reading enjoyable – encountering a moving piece ...