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An unusual bipartisan Senate group, all parents of young kids or teens, want new limits on social media platforms for kids. They say dangerous content fed to young users is hurting mental health.

America has a new crisis hotline.

Today, a mom shares her story about how her struggle to pay for childcare led to her family losing their home. And how having a crime on her record made it that much harder to rebuild her life. Reversing the spiral toward homelessness.

The ruling was the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and could go before voters this November.

A youth mental health crisis and a shortage of therapists and other care providers who take insurance are pushing many U.S. families into financial ruin. But it's rarely acknowledged as medical debt.

Attorney Rene Sandler talks to NPR's A Martinez about legal representation in criminal cases involving children, after a six-year-old is accused of shooting his teacher in Newport News, Va.

The U.S. Senate voted to block a sweeping criminal justice reform bill passed by local lawmakers in the District of Columbia.

A CDC report from 2011-2021 found that the amount of teen girls who feel persistently sad and hopeless in 2021 has grown by 60% since 2011. It also found ongoing, extreme distress among LGBQ+ teens.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

Media in Argentina have broadcast audio recordings of police wiretaps that prosecutors say includes the voice of the famed singer making plans for a sexual encounter arranged by the crime ring.

An art-school dropout seizes control of her life and livelihood by branching out into credit card fraud in this Los Angeles noir. Plaza is both vulnerable and fierce as a woman on the take.

The union representing Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists on their seventh week of striking said members "resoundingly rejected a contract offer" from Kaiser over the weekend.