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How to help your kids get enough sleep, especially during the Covid pandemic
Getting enough sleep was tough even before the pandemic. With disrupted routines, extra screen time and the incredible amount of stress most people face now, sleep routines seem to have gone quickly but quietly downhill. And from what I'm seeing in my child psychiatry practice — kids are suffering especially hard.
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Fauci calls loosening Covid-19 restrictions inexplicable as variants threaten another surge
While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some state leaders are loosening Covid-19 restrictions against the recommendations of health experts.
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This essential worker needed to glam up for the Golden Globes. So, she turned to a Facebook community to help make her dazzle
One essential worker who was invited to attend this year's Golden Globes gave new meaning to the question, "who are you wearing?"
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Libraries oppose censorship. So they're getting creative when it comes to offensive kids' books
It's a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have enjoyed.
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Women leaders you should know and the causes they champion
With the global pandemic, 2020 proved to be a tough year for everyone -- especially girls and women.
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Friends find out they're biological sisters years after they met working at the same restaurant
It started as a joke. Cassandra Madison, 32, and Julia Tinetti, 31, began telling people they were sisters not long after they met in 2013 while working at The Russian Lady restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut, but a recent DNA test confirmed that they are actually biological sisters.
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13 people were killed in horrific crash after entering US through hole in Mexico border fence, officials say
The 13 people killed when an SUV was struck by a semitruck in California's Imperial Valley are believed to be among dozens of undocumented migrants who entered the United States through a hole in the border fence with Mexico, the US Border Patrol said Wednesday.
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With the clock ticking, Georgia lawmakers want the state to end daylight saving time
Last week, Georgia's Senate passed a bill 46-7 that would end the state's observance of daylight saving time.
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Chicago mayor unveils changes to search warrant policy in the fallout of a botched raid on social worker's home
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city officials unveiled a series of proposals to reform the city's policy and procedures on search warrants in the fallout of a botched raid on the home of a social worker in 2019.
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It's hard for homebound seniors to get vaccinated. One city found a novel solution
They are usually eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations, but homebound seniors can often struggle to find a way of making the appointment to get the shots
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Student shot in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, school shooting has died
A 15-year-old boy who was shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, has died from his injuries, police said.
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Most states still require face masks to reduce the spread of Covid-19. These are the ones that don't
While health officials agree face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19, state and local governments have varied widely on implementation of mask rules. Now, President Joe Biden wants to change that.
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Surfer Billy Kemper says he glimpsed at death after a wave broke his pelvis in half
It was a tiny error in judgement, but within seconds he realized that the consequences could be potentially life threatening.
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1-year-old baby accidentally shot by officer in deadly shooting, police say
A mother who pulled into a southwest Houston gas station overnight could never have imagined what happened next. Her 1-year-old baby in the backseat of her car was shot. The pair was caught in the middle as police confronted a chase suspect.
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Here's what we know about the Senate stimulus plan
The Senate is negotiating how much to adjust the Democrats' massive coronavirus relief package that passed the House last week.
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Double Entendre Harden’s victorious return to Houston leads to the 13th consecutive loss for the Rockets.
The number 13 can now be considered a double entendre in the city of Houston. It is the jersey number worn by former Houston Rockets superstar James Harden and in his return to the Toyota Center on Wednesday night, the number also represented the amount of consecutive losses for the Rockets.
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Prodigal Son James Harden returns to Houston for the first time since being trade.
If you are or have been a regular parishioner at any church in your city you have heard the story in the Bible about the prodigal son. It’s a parable based on redemptive mercy, love, grace, and forgiveness. The premise of the story is based on a father excepting one of his son’s back home even though he left on bad terms. On Wednesday, former Houston Rockets player James Harden will play the role of the prodigal son as he returns to the Toyota center as the starting point guard for the Brooklyn Nets. It will be a site very unfamiliar to fans who have watched him go up and down the court in a Rockets uniform for the past eight-plus seasons. The former MVP was traded to the Nets back in mid-January after what some considered as a half-hearted effort on the court to open the season.
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Facebook to lift its ban on political advertising
Facebook said it plans to lift a moratorium on US political advertising this Thursday, ending a ban that had been in place since the November elections.