Friday night’s entertainment at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center was a whole lot better than Sunday’s debacle in New Orleans. In front of a full house, prominent author and speaker Temple Grandin entertained, enlightened and…

TOPEKA — A new mandate from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly requires federal cash benefits, like social security and disability, to go directly to foster children after decades of using them to pay for state agency…

What is U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson waiting for? Months ago, the Louisiana Republican was handed broadly popular legislation to protect children from the harms of social media. But he vowed this week not to…

ATLANTA — Cases of “walking pneumonia” have been rising sharply in the United States since the spring, especially among young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said it’s closely…

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I keep searching for the words to tell my adult children that I am so sorry I failed them so completely. I’m not seeking anything for myself, I…

TOPEKA — As Kansas officials, foster care service providers and advocates work to improve a system with a checkered past, new initiatives bring optimism for kids who have historically been left behind. The fewest number…

NEW YORK (AP) — A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims’ relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks. “I never got to meet you.” It is the…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I don’t know if I’m rushing things or if my girlfriend of six months is holding back. I’m 40, she’s 36, and we are both in the process…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital this week, forcing the evacuation of dozens of its young patients battling…