A 13-year-old girl is one of 11,000 youth living in foster care in North Carolina. Children’s Home Society of North Carolina is working to recruit a family to adopt Billie. She said she is eager to ...

The second annual Ava’s Way Teen Girl Empowerment Day brought together 22 senior girls from Wilkes-Barre Area High School to ...

In 2009, Ayanna Pressley became the first Black woman elected to the Boston City Council. She made history again in 2018 as the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from ...

Marlie Sullivan's life was cut short in a traffic crash. But the teen's name will be honored at the Marlie Center, Rock ...

Teen girls and boys in the U.S. face different pressures and report different experiences at school, though they have many of ...

Navajo Times | Quentin Jodie Crownpoint’s Courtney Craig (24) blocks a shot attempt by Wingate Lady Bear Morning Sky Iron ...

Discover how female leaders are transforming education on Women’s Day 2025. From global changemakers to Indian pioneers, ...

This year the theme is Accelerate Action, and international children’s charity World Vision is joining with IWD to urge the world to push for more action when it comes to supporting women and girls.

Lancaster 2-22 • At 10:48 a.m., officers responded to reports of shoplifting from a department store on Transit Road. A man described as wearing a black hat, medical mask, black... Lancaster 2-15 • At ...

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