Online Harm Gangs Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says U.K. Crime Agency

Online Harm Gangs Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says U.K. Crime Agency

Britain’s National Crime Agency has warned of an “unprecedented risk” to young people from online groups that encourage teenagers to share sadistic and misogynistic material and to coerce others into sexual abuse, self-harm or violence. The agency, which is responsible for combating serious and organized crime in Britain, said Tuesday in an annual assessment of … Read more

Online Harm Groups Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says U.K. Crime Agency

Online Harm Groups Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says U.K. Crime Agency

Britain’s National Crime Agency has warned of an “unprecedented risk” to young people from online groups that encourage teenagers to share sadistic and misogynistic material and to coerce others into sexual abuse, self-harm or violence. The agency, which is responsible for combating serious and organized crime in Britain, said Tuesday in an annual assessment of … Read more

Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children

Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children

The Trump administration notified aid organizations across the country on Friday that it would cancel a contract that funds the legal representation of more than 25,000 children who entered the United States alone, a decision that leaves them vulnerable to swift deportation. In a memo reviewed by The New York Times, the government instructed more … Read more

How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

A few years ago, George Lewis was driving back from performing in a comedy club when he realized he had to change his life. He had played the same club several years earlier, also for just a few minutes and also for little more than gas money. Both times, he did what he had to … Read more

As Children, They Fled the Nazis Alone. Newly Found Papers Tell Their Story.

As Children, They Fled the Nazis Alone. Newly Found Papers Tell Their Story.

When Hanna Zack Miley boarded a German train in July 1939, she did not know that the journey would permanently change her life. She was 7 at the time, about to travel to Britain without her parents. She remembers saying goodbye to them on the platform of the train station in Cologne, Germany. “They told … Read more

Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia

Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia

The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and American officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter that U.S. lawmakers plan to send to Secretary of State Rubio on Wednesday. The work on the abducted children by … Read more

Pope Francis Hospital Children – The New York Times

Pope Francis Hospital Children - The New York Times

Flying balloons in the Vatican colors of yellow and white, dozens of children gathered on Sunday in the square of the Policlinico A. Gemelli, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized for more than four weeks, and chanted “Papa Francesco” and cheered, “Viva la Pace” — hurray for peace. Many held up signs, hoping that the … Read more