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Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (552+ words) Australian e-Safety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant appears before the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP) Observers said on Friday the government was responding to evidence that the…...
A Texas family is racing against time to save their baby " and the cure may depend on raising $3 million.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1155+ words) AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) " A Texas family is racing against time to save their baby boy from an ultra-rare genetic disease " one so uncommon, fewer than 50 people in the world are known to have it. "Everett is a cuddle bug. He…...
NASA funds Ole Miss research on space dust
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (156+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. " NASA is funding two new space research projects at the University of Mississippi. Associate chemistry professor Ryan Fortenberry will lead both studies, focusing on how planets form and what materials exist across the universe. One project will examine…...
It's Amazing!' Performing Arts Program at Smilow Prep helps students shine
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (230+ words) JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) " Smilow'Prep'Middle'Charter School is opening doors for students to explore their creative side. School leaders at the Jackson charter school say, this is the first year they have a performing arts program. "When I first started, I was…...
867-5309: Famous "80s song phone number now directs to cancer support line
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) (The Hill) " It likely won't be hard to remember the new phone number for a cancer support line: CSC-867-5309. The seven digits, made famous by the 1981 Tommy Tutone hit, "867-5309/Jenny," now directs callers to the Cancer Support Community (CSC), the…...
United Way of West Central Mississippi awarded federal literacy grant
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (169+ words) WJTV (WJTV) - United Way of West Central Mississippi was selected as one of 24 recipients nationwide to receive a prestigious federal literacy grant announced by the U. S With the $10 million award, officials with United Way of West Central Mississippi said they…...
Greenville native wins Mississippi Poetry Out Loud competition
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) GREENVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) " The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) announced that Elayjah Earles, of Greenville, and a senior at Mississippi School of the Arts, is the 2026 Mississippi Poetry Out Loud (POL) State Champion. Atheena Bloodgood, a senior at Pascagoula High School,…...