NEW CITY, N.Y. — Some parents who had resisted having their children vaccinated reluctantly brought them in for a measles shot Wednesday as a state of emergency took effect in a county in New York City's northern suburbs. Rockland County enacted the emergency order Tuesday night to fight a measles...
APNewsBreak: Border Agents Using Firearms at a Lower Rate
WASHINGTON — Firearms use by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agents is declining, and less-lethal force is also down, according to data obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The decrease comes as fewer people are crossing the border illegally and after the agency overhauled how force should be...
Nearly 6,000 Abuse Complaints at Migrant Children Shelters
WASHINGTON — Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday. The cases include allegations of inappropriate touching, staff members allegedly watching minors while they...
Watchdog: Many More Migrant Families May Have Been Separated
WASHINGTON — Government investigators say many more migrant children may have been separated from their parents than the Trump administration has acknowledged. A report from the Health and Human Services inspector general's office finds that family separations were taking place before the spring of last year, when the administration announced...
US Fires Tear Gas Across Mexico Border to Stop Migrants
TIJUANA, Mexico — U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement later Tuesday that the gas was used to target...
My Turn: We Must Build Strong Children
Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom has made early childhood development one of his signature issues. We at First 5 Los Angeles and First 5 organizations across California stand ready to help him turn that pledge into reality. The new governor’s goal of prioritizing funding for “cradle-to-career” programs gives me hope that in ...
As Thanksgiving Arrives, US Abets the Starving of Yemeni Children: Editorial
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Amal Hussein, the Yemeni girl in the photo accompanying this editorial, recently died of severe malnutrition. Mariam Ali, Amal's mother, told the Associated Press that she was walking in the rain for more than an hour to reach a health center when her daughter died...
NYC’s Homeless Include Large Numbers of Homeless Children
Children only 1 years old are most likely to be homeless in New York City's shelter system. In fact, 11,234 children under 6 live in a shelter system that houses about 60,000 people daily, writes New York Times Reporter Nikita Stewart. In her article, "Baby Antonio: 5 Pounds, 12 Ounces and...
FDA Plans Strict Limits on Sale of Flavored E-Cigarettes
NEW YORK — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to require strict limits on the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes, including age verification controls for online sales, in an effort to curtail their use among children and teenagers. FDA officials told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday the actions are expected...
More Than 300 Older Children Split at Border Are Reunited
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration said Thursday that it has reunified 364 children ages 5 and older with their families after they were separated at the border, still leaving hundreds to go before a court-imposed deadline a week away. The Justice Department reaffirmed in a court filing that it...