JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A bill to more than quadruple the time childhood sexual abuse victims have to sue their abusers stalled this week in the Missouri Senate after Democrats accused insurance ...

Republican state Sen. Brad Hudson of Cape Fair, the bill's handler in the Senate, told The Independent that above all, he is "in support of getting this child sex abuse statute of limitations reform ...

Over the years, my husband and I have wondered when to let our kids have more freedom. I'm not sure how old they should be before they start having sleepovers or riding bikes alone. My perspective ...

Missouri child care providers would get additional tax breaks under terms of a bill before the Missouri legislature. A House bill, versions of which have made it to the Senate several years in a row, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Flu vaccine effectiveness ranged from 34% to 60% among children and adolescents from 2021 to 2024. The ...

CDC surveillance data show that by April 18, 2026, 48.8% of U.S. children had received a flu shot for the 2025–26 season and 9.5% had received the COVID-19 vaccine. These figures come alongside ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Feb. 3, 2026) — Save the Children and its political advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), welcome congressional passage of full-year appropriations for the U.S.

A Missouri bill to extend the time for childhood sexual abuse survivors to sue has stalled in the state Senate. The bill combines the extension for abuse survivors with a reduction in the time limit ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced the military is doing away with a longstanding vaccination policy that required service members to receive the flu shot. In a video post on X on April 21, Hegseth ...

ON April 24, the life of an adopted girl-child was cut short in the most brutal and avoidable way in the Igando area of Lagos. Faith, 12, who should have been nurtured, protected, and given the chance ...

THURSDAY. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR THE WEEKEND COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. GIVE LOCAL YORK A 24 HOUR COUNTY WIDE GIVING SPREE STARTS THIS WEEK AND ...