LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Happy is an elephant currently living in the Bronx Zoo – her home of 45 years. The Asian-born pachyderm has been the subject of an animal rights movement inspired by the Nonhuman Rights Project. The group argued that Happy should… Read More

Welcome to LNGenZ’s round up of the week’s top news stories. NASA Will Study UFOs for the First Time NASA is putting together a team of scientists to get to the bottom of UFO sightings. UFOs have fascinated humans for… Read More

It was September 16, 1620, when the Mayflower set sail from England. Destination: the new world. The new colonies, to be exact, to escape religious persecution under the reign of King James I. The Mayflower was 106 feet long and… Read More

How much do young people need to know about money? When kids grow up they need to deal with finances, including how to manage the money they make. A lot of adults in the United States and around the world… Read More

Father’s Day is a time to celebrate dads and to thank them for all that they have given their children. Being a parent is hard, but imagine that responsibility coupled with being the leader of a nation. On this day,… Read More

UFOs have fascinated humans for decades – or even longer – but only recently has the US government started to openly study the airborne craft. The US military has quietly investigated UFOs, but now the National Aeronautics and Space Administration… Read More

Welcome to LNGenZ’s round up of the week’s top news stories. New York City Removes Last Payphone – Or Does It? A technological change is taking place in the Big Apple. The payphone – once the only option for stranded… Read More

The payphone – once the only option for stranded motorists, the way people could get in touch when out in public, and the changing room for Clark Kent’s transformation into Superman – is now becoming a thing of the past…. Read More

A meadow under the sea? A newly discovered plant found in Australia can be described just like that. The Posidonia australis is a marine flowering seagrass that stretches for miles under the shallow western Australian waters. It is so massive… Read More

The United States is often just called “America,” but the Americas actually include 35 countries. The area consists of two continents: North and South America. In addition, many islands of the Caribbean are considered part of the Americas. This week,… Read More

Welcome to LNGenZ’s round up of the week’s top news stories. Lifeguard Shortage Could Limit Summer Swimming Pools, beaches, and lakes across the US are struggling to deal with a short supply of staff. Summer is here, which means kids… Read More

It all came down to a seven-letter word for a little aquatic bird: moorhen. This was the winning word spelled in the final contest between 14-year-old Texan Harini Logan and rival wordsmith, 12-year-old Vikram Raju from Colorado. After several elimination… Read More