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In New Mexico, child care workers got pay raises. In Iowa, 16-year-olds can now supervise 15 children. In Montana, caregivers can watch more toddlers at a time.With sweeping federal child care legislation...

The bipartisan gun control bill being hashed out in the Senate this weekend leans heavily on a muscular but mistake-plagued bureaucratic workhorse familiar to any American who has bought a firearm recently:...

PHILADELPHIA — A pizzeria collapsed in Philadelphia early on Saturday morning, killing one firefighter and injuring four other firefighters and a city building official, the Philadelphia Fire Department said.The building collapsed shortly...

For many parents across the United States, the long-awaited news that young children would soon become eligible for a coronavirus vaccine was met with a rush of relief.“I just got goose bumps!”...

“This is something that Black folk deserve and it was like we had to almost prove ourselves to get them to agree,” said Anthony Nolan, a state representative in Connecticut, where legislators...

The police at the United States Capitol have arrested members of the CBS show “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” who were filming a segment featuring a salty canine puppet voiced by...

Facing withering pressure from medical professionals and the federal government, Florida began to allow pediatricians, children’s hospitals and other physicians on Friday to order coronavirus vaccines for the youngest children, according to...

The father of a teenage girl filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against three police officers in Loveland, Colo., who arrested her in 2020, saying the men used excessive force when they slammed...

A North Carolina charter school violated female students’ constitutional rights by requiring that they wear skirts, a federal court ruled this week, in a case that weighed whether a privately operated institution...

It’s peak produce season in California, as the state’s 700-some farmers’ markets abound with fresh strawberries, sweet cherries and heirloom tomatoes.My colleague Shawn Hubler wrote earlier this month about how farmers’ markets...