NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say the flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children — about the average toll. The flu season started earlier than usual and ended up being moderately ... Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than a fourth of all North Korean children are stunted from chronic malnutrition, and two-thirds of the country's 24 million people don't know where their next meal is coming from, the ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not uncommon for soap opera characters thought dead to spring back to life. Now, a pair of soap operas thought dead are being resurrected. Venerable daytime dramas "All My Children" and "One ... Read more
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One of Gregoria Contreras' first childhood memories was the moment she last saw her parents. Fighting between government troops and guerrillas had broken out around the ... Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama says that every four months, his hometown of Chicago suffers the loss of as many children as were killed in the Connecticut elementary school shooting. Obama says gun ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.-led international coalition on Friday rejected a U.N. rights group's concern about reports that U.S. military strikes have killed hundreds of children in Afghanistan during the ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-born children of Hispanic immigrants are more likely than their parents to identify themselves as Democrats as they integrate into American life, maintaining strong ties to their cultural ... Read more
DENVER (AP) — Two children under 10 years old and a woman were killed, and a third child was wounded in an apparent shooting at a house in the northeast part of the Denver, police said Wednesday. That child is ... Read more
DETROIT (AP) — Blinding snow squalls, high winds and a slick highway led to a mile-long series of crashes in Detroit that left at least three people dead, including a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl. Michigan ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Even Dennis Rodman laughs at the idea. "Kind of funny, huh?" he said. It's true, though. One of basketball's most outrageous personalities has written a book for kids. The Hall of Famer's book, ... Read more