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These victories include an insulin co-pay cap, new money for public schools, lowering the cost of health care and child care, opening up mental health programs, connecting young adults to job opportunities, and reforming our juvenile justice system.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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For the new study, Yun and her colleagues removed the thymus from several juvenile axolotls.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
14 Feb. 2026
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There's no exact cause known for the rise in cancers among young people, according to experts, but researchers are trying to figure it out.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Meta, TikTok and Snap will be rated on their teen safety efforts amid rising concern about whether the world’s largest social media platforms are doing enough to protect the mental health of young people.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Detectives also have talked to Melinda's old friends, boyfriends and the teenage boy with whom she was caught.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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In her message, Previn blamed the teenage victim for the scandal.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
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Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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The scale of underage wagering is hard to measure, but a recent survey of 1,017 adolescent boys nationwide, found 36% gambled in the last year.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Getting forced to play little league baseball is about as emo as youthful tribulations get.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
10 Feb. 2026
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Korinek is youthful and slender, with delicate wire-frame glasses and a faintly red beard.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Epstein later pleaded guilty to Florida state charges in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, in exchange for avoiding federal criminal prosecution.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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But among the newsletters are correspondence between Musk, Epstein and Epstein’s friend Boris Nikolic between 2012 and 2015, years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl in Florida.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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The film’s vintage patina doesn’t detract from rising actor Will Price’s confident performance as an immature mobster who prefers bitcoin to stacks of Benjamins.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Unlike older drugs, this formula safely accounts for a baby’s immature metabolism.—
Kwesi Akonu Adom Mensah Forson,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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After acquiring veteran pitcher Mitch Spence from the Athletics on Thursday, the Royals stayed busy Friday by signing lefty pitcher John Means to a minor-league deal.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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The driver, who was believed to have had a medical emergency prior to the accident, was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Subadult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subadult. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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