‘What’s the worst thing that’s gonna happen?’ South Australia Premier says social media ban is about protecting children

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper his country’s world-first social media ban for children ...

Brian Walshe faces a first-degree murder charge, but the jury can convict him of a less severe homicide charge. Here’s why

Prosecutors say Brian Walshe planned to kill his wife Ana Walshe before her death on January 1, 2023, then dismembered her ...

Hunt for Brown University shooting suspect underway after 2 students killed, 9 injured

At least two students were killed and nine others wounded when a shooter opened fire during exams at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, according to officials. Follow for live updates.
Opinion

It’s time to do as the Australians do and ban your kids from social media

Your children don’t need a ban on social media for teens under age 16 for you to remove their access to social media. We know it makes them less healthy and happy ...

Smartphones could be putting your kids at risk

A new study on smartphone use and its effect on adolescents’ health may be one more reason parents should hold off on getting their kids the devices.

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed ...

Australian teens were kicked off social media this week. Some are back already

Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday.

Submit your questions for ‘Should Kids Be Allowed on Social Media?’

Australia now bans social media for children and teens under 16. The world-first nationwide legislation went into effect on December 10.

These empty kids’ bedrooms will break your heart

At 13, Gracie Muehlberger wrote a handful of hopeful letters to her future self. Her parents found them in her room, weeks after she was killed in a school shooting in California.

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit ‘farm-to-vase’ flower shop employs at-risk youth, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk young people to grow, arrange and sell the flowers, is the 2025 CNN Hero of the ...

$1.9 billion pledged in fight against polio. But huge gap remains after cuts from donor countries.

International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio ...

Flu season in the US is heating up, driven by new subclade K variant

The latest data on respiratory illness in the United States shows that shoppers and merry-makers are spreading more than just holiday cheer: They’re also passing around germs. In many cases, it’s a ...