Youth

Researchers in Canada have found that symptoms of depression and anxiety are two times higher in children and teens now than pre-pandemic estimates.

Sirens soon will sound each night in Atlantic City at 10, marking the arrival of a juvenile curfew prohibiting those under 18 from being on the streets.

Some young people in New England have shown symptoms of heart problems after receiving the COVID-19 vaccines, public health data obtained by NBC10 Boston shows. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating after a small number of teens and young adults reported having heart problems after being vaccinated against coronavirus. A CDC safety committee released an advisory last...

Arkansas lawmakers have made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor’s objections

Gov. Charlie Baker said the state is doing a “deep dive” into the numbers, but early data indicates the national trend of people in their 20s and 30s getting infected with the coronavirus is being seen here as well.

Allegations of sexual assault at a New Hampshire high school appear to have originated from a Snapchat message, not an actual crime, police said Friday after conducting an investigation. Nevertheless, hundreds of Pinkerton Academy students walked out of class Friday morning in protest over the allegations, whose discovery had been announced by the Derry school’s headmaster.

“Disturbing” allegations that multiple students at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire, sexually assaulted classmates are being investigated by the school, academy officials announced Thursday. The allegations were reported to law enforcement and the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families, Headmaster Timothy Powers said in a letter to the Pinkerton Academy community.

A New Hampshire man is accused of chaining a woman to a bed and locking her and an 8-year-old boy in a room while he was at work. Michael Grant, 33, of Keene, was indicted regarding an incident last month at a residence in Swanzey, according to court documents.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu says he’ll sign two bills aimed at helping New Hampshire children, putting aside his initial concerns about one of them.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a woman sentenced to 45 years to life in the beating death of her 3-year-old daughter. Katlyn Marin was convicted in the 2014 death of Brielle Gage and sentenced on a second-degree murder charge.

The death of a 9 year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was under the care of a single mother with seven other special needs foster children is prompting reforms at Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth and Families. The Providence Journal reports DCYF Director Trista Piccola announced on Friday a series of policy and personnel changes in response to the...

A Warwick, Rhode Island woman who has been reportedly accused of neglecting a 9-year-old girl with special needs was arrested Sunday after the child died. Michele Rothgeb, 55, was arrested at her Oakland Beach Avenue home and faces one charge of cruelty or neglect of a child, according to WJAR. Court documents obtained by WJAR state that the suspect has...

A Massachusetts woman is facing child neglect charges after she allegedly left a 3-month-old in a car parked outside Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

An Amesbury, Massachusetts police officer is facing charges for allegedly beating his 14-year-old autistic son.

A New Hampshire mother is facing multiple charges after police found her living with a 6-week-old infant inside a feces and trash-filled home with no heat or electricity earlier this week.

A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy was expected to be arraigned in juvenile court on Tuesday after police say he shot a 12-year-old following a possible dispute on Facebook.

A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy will appear in juvenile court Tuesday after he allegedly shot a 12-year-old boy with a rifle after an argument Monday.

Police and a New Hampshire prep school that was the focus of sexual-assault allegations have reached an agreement that says suspected acts of sexual abuse involving children will be reported to police and to a state agency.

A New Hampshire mother and father are facing charges in connection with the custodial kidnapping of their 2-year-old child.

In his first post-presidency event, former President Barack Obama emphasized the importance of preparing the “next generation” of leaders to navigate American politics. “The only folks who are going to be able to solve that problem are young people,” he said during his address at the University of Chicago.