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Mount Sinai health system will end gender-affirming care for youth, under agreement with Justice Department
51+ min ago (630+ words) The Department of Justice seal. Credit: AP/Jose Luis Magana The Mount Sinai health system has agreed to stop providing gender-affirming care for minors, pay a fine for performing such services in the past and spend $2 million to help people…...
The real cost of back to school
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (564+ words) My daughter all packed up and ready for first grade. Credit: Newsday/Tara Conry The sparkly cat backpack was all packed up. Every folder, notebook, crayon box and accessory labeled, properly placed in their assigned supply box or Ziploc bag…...
Long Island parks add tools for nonverbal communication
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (665+ words) This Rocco's Voice for Autism communication board, which was recently added to Blumenfeld Family Park in Port Washington, can help nonverbal individuals express themselves. Credit: Newsday / Steve Pfost It wasn't until Sonny Spagnuolo's son, Rocco, was about 9 or 10 that Sonny…...
Long Island students win PSEG competition
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (848+ words) The winning students in PSEG Long Island’s “I Am EM-Powered” contest, which challenged participants to create public service announcements about energy conservation. Credit: PSEG Long Island Twenty-five Long Island students have been honored for promoting energy conservation in creative ways....
Nonprofit Emmy Lights the Way empowers children with adaptive equipment
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (706+ words) Daniel Cavanaugh, 12, rides an adaptive tricycle alongside his father, Christopher, and sister, Nora, 9, near their Oceanside home. The trike was donated by the noprofit Emmy Lights the Way. Credit: Steve Pfost For the first time, 12-year-old Daniel Cavanaugh spent his…...
Sei Young Kim shoots 64 at TPC Boston for 1st-round lead in the FM Championship
1+ week, 1+ day ago (299+ words) Miyu Yamashita, of Japan, hits off the sixth tee during the first round of the LPGA FM Championship golf tournament in Norton, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Credit: AP/Charles Krupa NORTON, Mass. — Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with an…...
In Transit newsletter: What I learned on a 400-mile road trip with my 15-year-old son
1+ week, 3+ day ago (251+ words) Alfonso, right, and his son Chris eating a Cinnabon. Credit: Newsday/Alfonso A. Castillo I was brought back down to reality when I returned to work the next day and it took me over an hour each way to make the…...
Should kids have required summer reading assignments? These Long Island educators say no.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1197+ words) Julie Steinhauser, 11, holds books from her favorite series, “The Land of Stories,” at the Glen Cove public library. Credit: Dawn McCormick Eleven-year-old Julie Steinhauser is flipping the page on summer learning loss — one book at a time. The rising sixth…...
Musings: Where are the kids of summer?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (250+ words) A disbanded baseball field at Bethpage Community Park, donated to the community in 1964 by Grumman in 2019. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost On a recent bicycle ride through Seaford and Wantagh, I passed a few schoolyard baseball fields. They were carpeted with…...
Discord halts livestreams in Brazil after watchdog cites child safety failures
2+ week, 4+ day ago (782+ words) RIO DE JANEIRO — Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said on Monday it suspended its livestreams in Brazil after criticism that it failed to protect children and adolescents. The move takes place in the wake of a…...