LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Wikipedia defines a calendar as “explicit schemes used for timekeeping.” Basically, a calendar is a series of days, weeks, and months that repeat themselves every 365 days, with a leap year every four years. But how long have people used… Read More

The Pentagon was without a Secretary of Defense for nearly a week, and no one seemed to know. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized due to complications of prostate cancer surgery at the same time as his deputy and… Read More

This week, Congress put the border skirmish between Texas and the Biden administration through the lens of our Constitution. While the House Homeland Security Committee moved Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment along, another committee hearing focused on Texas’ declaration of war…. Read More

Microsoft has changed its buttons for the first time in nearly 30 years, adding an AI key for users to integrate artificial intelligence more easily into their daily online work routines. New AI Key for Computers Microsoft’s new keyboard design… Read More

Despite a Supreme Court ruling that federal agents are allowed – for now – to cut the razor wire and re-open the border, the standoff between Texas and the Biden administration continues. Governor Greg Abbott isn’t backing down, and the… Read More

New scientific studies have been released regarding the origin and formation of Earth’s gold and platinum, amongst other precious metals. Though somewhat mysterious, scientists initially theorized that massive meteor showers in the early years of our planet’s formation are responsible… Read More

While running for president in 2016, Hillary Clinton promised to put coal miners and companies “out of business.” That didn’t go over well, and so she apologized and claimed her remarks were a “misstatement.” But were they? Now, with Joe… Read More

Space mining is the new international space race, and according to witnesses testifying before the House Committee on Natural Resources on Dec. 12, the United States is way behind. So far behind, in fact, that it is being called a… Read More

The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing in December on the push to rewrite the rules to guarantee transgender athletes are allowed to compete in women’s and girls’ sports. Former NCAA swimmer and now… Read More

Every year, Americans hang Christmas stockings in hopes that Santa Clause will fill them with fun toys and delicious treats. While it may be a yearly occurrence in American homes, have you ever wondered how this tradition began? Several stories… Read More

Napoleon Bonaparte was emperor of France for about a decade in the early 1800s. He is celebrated in Western history for having improved military training, enhanced education, and the Napoleonic code, which influenced laws around the world. On Sunday, November… Read More

Eleanor Rosalynn Carter was born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith on August 18, 1927, in Plains, Georgia, and was the wife of former president Jimmy Carter. Although being a former first lady may be what she is best known for, Rosalynn Carter… Read More