Prince Harry meets, funds youth groups advocating for social media and AI safety
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walked into the sunlight-lit hotel conference room in Brooklyn on Thursday to meet with a dozen youth leaders working in tech safety, policy, and innovation….
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16-year-old arrested in connection with South El Monte hit-and-run
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Friday on suspicion of running over and killing a man who was trying to stop shoplifters at his brother’s store in South El Monte early…
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Three drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
Three youths suffered drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Friday, the latest scandal at a beleaguered facility that was supposed to close last year after a…
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L.A. youth soccer coach faced earlier abuse allegations
The charging of a Los Angeles-area youth soccer coach in the killing of 13-year-old boy whose body was found along a road in Oxnard is raising new questions about earlier…
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Youth Law Day Brings 200 High School Students to the College of Law
The College of Law’s annual Youth Law Day event recently brought more than 200 high school students from schools across Central New York to Dineen Hall for an introduction to…
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Western Sahara youth organization urges UN Human Rights Council to safeguard Saharawi peoples’ rights – JURIST
Saharawi Youth Union, advocating for the independence of Western Sahara, and the International Service for Human Rights urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to “take action” and uphold…
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‘There’s a meal on his head’: Behind the ‘gladiator fights’ in L.A. juvenile halls
The teenager didn’t always have to eat the drab grits and sausage at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. For kids like him — kids willing to fight — there was another…
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Authorities Search for U.S. Student Missing in the Dominican Republic
The authorities have been searching by land, air and sea for a University of Pittsburgh student who disappeared last week while on spring break in the popular Dominican Republic resort…
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CHLA hasn’t reversed restrictions on transgender care for youth
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is keeping its recent restrictions on gender-affirming care in place as hospital officials review decisions by federal judges to pause parts of President Trump’s executive order…
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At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictment, sources say
At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictments after an investigation by the California Attorney General’s office into their work with youth in the county’s beleaguered juvenile halls,…
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Protesters rally near Children’s Hospital L.A. for care for trans youth
Hundreds of protesters rallied Thursday night in the rain outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, calling for the hospital to roll back recent restrictions on gender-affirming care for youth. Denying such…
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Children’s Hospital L.A. stops initiating hormone therapy for trans youth
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said Tuesday that it is pausing the initiation of hormonal therapy for “gender affirming care patients” under the age of 19 as hospital officials assess last…
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Luddite Teens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members…
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Canada judge slams youth strip-search policy as violation of charter rights – JURIST
An Ontario Court judge ruled on Tuesday that the two teenage girls charged in the swarming death of Kenneth Lee had their charter rights violated and called the provincial government’s…
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Troubled juvenile hall gets another lifeline on potential closure
More than a month after the state ordered Los Angeles County’s sole juvenile hall shut down due to paltry staffing, a judge has once again spared the troubled facility from…
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L.A. County probation chief to quit as juvenile hall closure looms
L.A. County’s chief probation officer said he plans to leave the troubled agency as a deadline to evacuate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall approaches, sources said, potentially leaving over 200 incarcerated…
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Man fatally shot near son’s youth football game at St. John Bosco High
A man was shot to death Saturday morning in the parking lot of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, where he came to watch his son play in a…
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Amnesty International calls for immediate release of Cameroon youth organization’s detained supporters – JURIST
Amnesty International called on Cameroonian authorities on Thursday to immediately release three supporters of a youth organization—Moustapha Tizi, Mohamadou Ballo, and Ibrahim Oumarou—and their relatives. Tizi, Ballo, and Oumarou were…
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China’s youth unemployment signals its economic woes are far from over
TAIPEI — A harbinger of China’s economic decline is back. The rate of urban youth unemployment has been a commonly-cited gauge of the country’s financial stability. Last year — amid a…
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Newsom signs California bill to limit ‘addictive’ social media feeds for kids
California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on a bill to limit the ability of…
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