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According to Poteet city officials, on Tuesday, the child was found deceased inside a vehicle near the corner of Avenue E and Boyd Street. Poteet Police are reportedly working alongside Texas Rangers ...

Britons woke up last week to discover that their firehose of digital smut had been strangled, albeit temporarily for ...

A major shift is coming to TX classrooms: beginning on September 1, 2025, House Bill 1481 bans students from using personal communication devices—cell phones, smartwatches, earbuds, tablets, even ...

ISD and Gregory-Portland ISD are two school districts that have announced how they intend to comply with a new state cell ...

After years of legal battles, Uvalde County commissioners vote to release records from the 2022 school shooting ...

Many migrant minors are without legal representation in Arizona immigration courts, after federal funding was cut by the ...

In 2025, Utah, Texas, and Louisiana passed laws requiring tech firms to verify users' ages, get parental consent for minors, ...

A recent drowning of a 5-year-old girl at a west Houston apartment complex has sparked the conversation about the safety and ...

As the U.S. defines its AI policy, we must ensure states continue to have the authority to protect kids from new technologies ...