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UN urges action to end child soldiers in Myanmar
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice and discharge child soldiers. In the new report to the U.N. Security Council, Ban also urged the government to close a loophole that ...
NM judge poised to uphold law on private schools
A judge appears poised to rule that the state can continue to pay for textbooks for private school students in New Mexico. District Judge Sarah Singleton concluded a hearing Monday by saying nothing in the New Mexico Constitution bars the state from paying for private schools' instructional materials. Paying for ...
Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado
Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including over 70 children, since a tornado ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb. Dozens of patients remained hospitalized Tuesday following Monday's tornado. Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) says Integris Southwest Medical Center has seen 90 patients, including five children who have been ...
Texas district that axed sports gets new life
A South Texas school district that shut down its sports programs amid years of academic struggles has been granted approval by the state to remain open. The Texas Education Agency confirmed Tuesday that Premont (PREE'-mahnt) Independent School will continue operations thanks to a partnership with the Texas A&M University System. ...
NJ priest jailed after working with kids
A judge on Tuesday ordered a New Jersey priest held while a grand jury considers whether he violated a legal agreement to stay away from children. Michael Fugee, who recently resigned from the Archdiocese of Newark, flouted a 2003 order he reached with the Bergen County Prosecutor's office that allowed ...
SD social services wants tribes' lawsuit tossed
The head of South Dakota's Department of Social Services asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by two tribes alleging that the state routinely breaks federal law governing foster care and adoptions for American Indian children. Lawyers for DSS Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon wrote in a motion to dismiss ...
N. Ky. health department stops well-child exams
The health department in northern Kentucky says it plans to stop offering well-child visits because Medicaid no longer offers reimbursement for them. Health department spokeswoman Emily Gresham Wherle told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/18eOAvu) that the agency will not schedule any new appointments at their locations in Boone, Campbell, Kenton and ...
2 lawsuits filed against Maine Catholic church
Two brothers are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on claims church officials knew a priest was sexually abusing them and other children but did nothing to stop it. In complaints filed in Cumberland County Superior Court, Jeffrey and Frederick Conroy say the late Father James Vallely abused them ...
In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community. For many families, the ordeal ended in ...
20 Wayne High students barred from grad ceremony
About 20 Wayne High School students are barred from the school's graduation ceremony because of a senior prank that damaged the building. Media outlets report that the Wayne County Board of Education suspended the students from school property at a special meeting Monday night. The graduation ceremony will be held ...
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