Pinterest is pushing teens to close the app and pause notifications at school: ‘Stay in the moment’
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Pinterest is pushing teens to close the app and pause notifications at school: ‘Stay in the moment’

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Pinterest is getting on board with the movement to get kids off their phones. The social-media platform is testing a new pop-up displayed to minors in the U.S. and Canada during school hours, encouraging them to close the app until the bell rings….

‘Oh no!’ Kool-Aid Man TikTok challenge back on Staten Island
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‘Oh no!’ Kool-Aid Man TikTok challenge back on Staten Island

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Oh no! Twisted teens have resurrected the “Kool-Aid Man Challenge,” which wreaked havoc across Staten Island and elsewhere between 2021 and 2023, leading to some arrests. The destructive TikTok challenge requires teens mimic the popular Kool-Aid commercials, in which the bright-red drink’s pitcher…

Calif. teen survives boating accident that killed 5 relatives by hiding in cooler
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Calif. teen survives boating accident that killed 5 relatives by hiding in cooler

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A 13-year-old boy survived a boating accident off the central California coast that killed his father and four others on board by hiding in a cooler. Juladi “Jude” Khammoungkhoune was out crabbing with his relatives just off Bodega Bay late in the evening on Nov. 2 when their boat was…

Boy, 15, charged with second-degreeeeeee murder in NYC slaying of another teen, 16: cops
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Boy, 15, charged with second-degreeeeeee murder in NYC slaying of another teen, 16: cops

ByNews Polite

A 15-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder Thursday night in connection to last week’s deadly shooting of another teen in Harlem, authorities said. The youth was nabbed around 11:30 p.m., when officers on patrol recognized him from a wanted poster as the suspect in the Oct. 24 fatal shooting…

Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’
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Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’

ByNews Polite

The heartbroken mother of a teenage girl who died after tumbling off the top of a subway car last weekend said she’s so distraught she doesn’t want to live — and begged other kids not to participate in the dangerous social media stunt. “Stop [subway] surfing — it’s not a…

Acne creams may contain high levels of carcinogen: study
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Acne creams may contain high levels of carcinogen: study

ByNews Polite

Another blemish on their record? A new analysis has once again found that dozens of popular acne creams and cleansers contain “unacceptably high levels” of a cancer-causing chemical. Professors from Yale and Long Island universities and a team from Valisure, a Connecticut-based laboratory, tested 111 benzoyl peroxide (BPO) acne products,…

High school dancer, 15, in a coma after fall from top of moving vehicle during ‘car surfing’ in Utah Park
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High school dancer, 15, in a coma after fall from top of moving vehicle during ‘car surfing’ in Utah Park

ByNews Polite

A 15-year-old dancer is in a coma after she fell off the top of a moving car in a Utah park as part of a dangerous online trend called “car surfing,” according to authorities and loved ones. Cyprus High School sophomore Ava Broadhead is fighting for her life following her…