'Gossip Girl' star Taylor Momsen recalls 'alienating' experiences as child actor
"Gossip Girl" star Taylor Momsen has opened up about how "alienating" she found being a child actor.
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'More and more on the move'. Record number of migrant children in Latin America and Caribbean, UN warns
Children are migrating through Latin America and the Caribbean in record numbers, driven by gang violence, poverty, instability and climate change, the United Nations reported Wednesday.
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Child labour at 'critical moment' as more pushed into work: ILO
The head of the UN agency says the world needs to act fast to get children out of exploitative work.
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4 people, including 2 children, found dead at 'scene of violence' involving house fire
Two adults and two children were found dead at a "scene of violence" involving a fire at a house in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday, authorities said.
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Alligator bites child at closed New Orleans-area beach, officials say
An alligator bit a child at a New Orleans beach that has been officially closed to the public since 1964, a hospital spokesperson said.
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Texas drunk drivers will now have to pay child support if they kill a parent, guardian
A new law in Texas requires convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child's parent or guardian, according to House Bill 393.
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Murder, torture, sexual violence among thousands of Russian crimes against children, Ukraine says
Ukraine has opened more than 3,000 criminal cases over Russia's alleged crimes against children in the country, including dozens of torture cases, Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday.
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When a child is shot, doctors must heal more than just bullet holes
The number of youth who have been shot is on the rise in the US, especially after the pandemic.
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Miley Cyrus says intense childhood work schedule has earned her an 'endless summer vacation'
Miley Cyrus is reflecting on her childhood work schedule.
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New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary
A takahe pair were released near Wellington in a victory for efforts to save some of the world's rarest birds.
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The mobile game funding a revolution in Myanmar
Resistance to the military has come in many forms, including the development of an app-based game.
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Four million children in Pakistan have no safe water, a year after deadly floods
One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children's agency has warned.
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