In the United States, there are about 13.7 million parents who have custody of 22.0 million children under 21 years of age, while the other parent lives somewhere else. Of these parents, about one in six are fathers, the majority of whom are divorced or separated (56.2%), while 24.5% are currently married or widowed, and […]
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If you’re a criminal, it might be tempting to “like” your own “Most Wanted” poster when it pops up on your Facebook timeline — it might be a really flattering mug shot, after all. However, doing so apparently got one Montana man arrested on felony charges. According to a May 5 NDTV article, police arrested […]
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More than 3.5 million Americans are currently living with an autism spectrum disorder, and the vast majority of both government aid and public awareness focuses on those individuals while they are children. But a new report from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute has examined what happens when those children reach the transitional age of young […]
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Researchers from the University of Washington (UW) have recently developed a new smartphone app to detect the signs of obstructive sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that causes a person to stop breathing temporarily while sleeping. The person often jolts awake when the breathing begins again, disrupting the sleep cycle and making it impossible to get […]
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The state of Connecticut needs money, and they’re looking to the vaping industry to fill in those funding gaps. On Monday, April 27, members of the finance & bonding committee in the state’s legislature heard testimony from vape shop owners and others who sell e-cigarettes and vaporizers, all of whom were opposed to a new […]
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A federal judge recently made a landmark ruling that will significantly impact the way South Dakota state officials handle Native American child-custody cases. According to Indian Country Today, Chief United States District Judge Jeffrey Viken ruled that state officials violated numerous provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and violated Native American parents’ rights […]
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