LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Since the production of motor cars and aircraft, people have looked forward to the possibility of flying cars. In 1962, the animated TV show The Jetsons only amplified the desire to create a vehicle that could fly. Several prototypes have… Read More

There has been a lot of hand-wringing and a few admissions of fault from the Secret Service but, so far, little in the way of discernible action after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. There are good reasons for figuring… Read More

Giving his official address at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday evening, July 17, vice-presidential candidate JD Vance hit all the high notes that the audience expected. From family to jobs, the Ohio senator delivered the soul – if not… Read More

The smell of fresh Australian air in Julian Assange’s nostrils is a liberty neither he nor most of the rest of the world thought would ever be afforded a man who so tenaciously defied the planet’s strongest superpower. Credited with… Read More

A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows a wide gulf between Trump and Biden supporters on the importance of marriage, family, and traditional values. The poll, released earlier this month as part of Pew’s wider report on cultural… Read More

Bowing to relentless pressure from members of his own party more than three weeks after his disastrous debate performance on June 27, President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he will not seek re-election. With three and a half months… Read More

Flight delays and cancellations are taking place across America and the world, in the wake of a Microsoft Cloud outage that began yesterday, July 18. The global tech issue has reportedly impacted a number of major airline carriers and other… Read More

Manhattan prosecutors agreed on July 2 to delay the sentencing of Donald Trump for his conviction in New York on 34 felony counts relating to allegedly fraudulent characterizations of hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Pending consideration by trial judge… Read More

President Joe Biden signed a ten-year defense pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, an agreement intended to show America’s enduring commitment to the beleaguered country. Both leaders extolled the virtues of the agreement as a statement of intentions to ensure… Read More

The United States of America is often called the land of the free, but that was not always the case. Long before there was the United States, explorers from Europe sailed across the Atlantic to America and set up colonies…. Read More

In April 1775,  colonial militiamen and British troops fought in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, starting the American Revolution. Citizens of the 13 colonies were tired of English rule and rebelled. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress decided it was… Read More

Is social media adding to mental health issues among the young? Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy seems to think so. In fact, he feels so strongly, he’s asking for Congress to put a warning label on platforms. Social Media and… Read More