LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

When an American Airlines regional passenger plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided at Reagan National Airport, it sent shockwaves throughout the country. The midair crash occurred at approximately 8:48 in the evening, a couple of hundred feet… Read More

In 2023, Claudia Steffensen discovered an odd-looking rock while hiking in Italy with her husband. The rock turned out to be a fossil. For centuries, humans have located and studied these fossils to gain a better understanding of what creatures… Read More

Nebraska state Senator Tanya Storer, a Republican, recently introduced a bill that would require social media websites to verify age before allowing Nebraskans to create a profile.  If the bill becomes law, those younger than 18 would need parental consent…. Read More

One area for potential bipartisan political progress is improving the healthfulness of school lunches that feed 30 million US children each school day. As with many complex challenges, the Safe School Meals Act coming before Congress this year faces many… Read More

President Donald Trump set expectations high for day one executive orders. The various ceremonies and traditions of Inauguration Day leave little time for anything else – especially for the president being inaugurated. Still, President Trump managed to include them in… Read More

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said, “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back… Read More

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants. On Thursday, January 23, US District Judge John C. Coughenour ruled in a case brought by four states – Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and… Read More

January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump once again took the oath of office, beginning his second term as president of the United States. After this 60th inauguration, Trump officially became the 47th president. But what do those numbers mean, and… Read More

By most accounts, the United States has just concluded “the most important election of our lifetimes.” But perhaps we are living in a time much more significant than that. Maybe it’s an election that will usher in an era of… Read More

For the second time in modern history, Martin Luther King Day and the presidential inauguration will fall on the same day in 2025. The last and only other time this happened was in 1997, the year former President Bill Clinton… Read More

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, negotiators reportedly reached an agreement to enact a ceasefire that could mark the end of 15 months of fighting between Israel and the Hamas terror group. The deal, which has not yet been officially approved, was… Read More

Starting January 1, 2025, kids under 14 living in Florida will no longer be allowed to use social media, according to House Bill 3 (HB 3), one of the most restrictive bans for minors on social media. Entering the New… Read More