The 'Orbeez Challenge' is causing harm in some communities, police warn
Police in at least two cities are warning their communities that a new TikTok challenge is taking off and potentially causing harm in the process.
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One man's journey to view his family's complicated history with Ukraine differently
As Putin invaded Ukraine, Franklin Foer found the Russian leader's justification for violence uncanny. Foer shares how he once came to believe Putin's myth, and his journey to Ukraine to debunk it.
Rebuild or leave? In a flood-prone Tennessee town, one family must decide
Weather disasters displaced thousands of Americans in 2021. In one Tennessee town, a family decides whether to rebuild or leave for good after a deadly flood sparked by a catastrophic rainfall.
A Texas judge blocks the state from investigating parents of transgender youth
The judge halted the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to launch "child abuse" investigations against parents getting gender-affirming care for their transgender children.
PHOTOS: The precarious lives of India's COVID widows
No matter how the pandemic proceeds, women who lost a husband — and sole family breadwinner — will lead irrevocably altered lives in the patriarchal society that is India.
A transgender woman remembers her aunt who always made her feel comfortable
Dee Westenhause came out as a transgender woman at the age of 63. Growing up in El Paso, Texas, in the 1950s, she remembers having a hard time fitting in.
The child tax credit was a lifeline. 2 months after it ended, families are struggling
Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped back into financial trouble.
New York City will stop collecting Social Security money from children in foster care
New York City officials announced the city will no longer take all Social Security checks from children to pay for foster care. Last year NPR and The Marshall Project investigated the common practice.
Virginia woman sends along a collection of love letters found in her attic
The letters were addressed to a Betty McGhee from Vance Long. Turns out Betty and Vance married in 1955. After some internet sleuthing, Anna Prillaman sent the letters to the couple's grandchildren.
The war in Ukraine has derailed one American family's adoption plan
The Bell family has been trying to adopt Vanya and Serogzha from Ukraine for about two years.