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and giano caldwell, but first this. >> john: to kick off "america reports," life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. >> sandra: im sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. >> john: p...

Social media plays an important role in the lives of many tweens and teens. More than one-third (35%) of 13- to 17-year-olds reported using social media sites such as YouTube,

The way the program is expected to work is at risk teens in the citys most violent neighborhoods will be paired up with mentors who are former convicts themselves. the teens will make career goals like graduating high school or getting a drivers license. when they reach those goals, theyll get paid a stipend. for each month they stay in the program and out of trouble, they get paid again. city leaders havent said just how much those payments will be but the pilot program reportedly has a one mil...

Theyre really good. hln anchor michaela perfect era, taking us on her journey inside the opt mist youth home helping at risk teens. how her work there is helping them but helping her too. and two in the reserves. our 18 year old was in an accident. when i call usaa it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" thats where i felt relief. it actually helped to know that somebody else cared and wanted make sure that i was okay. that was really great. were the rivera family, and we will be wit...

Sex ed counseling services to at risk teens. in arkansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would defund an hiv and std, sexually transmitted disease program, because planned parenthood administers. in texas republicans are proposing a bill that would stop planned parenthood from distributing sex ed materials to students. elizabeth nash tells the "huffington post," "for a couple years weve been dealing with attempts to defund planned parenthood but now were seeing that potentially expand to t...

In north dakota republicans trying to block a $1.2 million federal grant that would provide sex ed counseling services to at risk teens. in arkansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would defund an hiv and std, sexually transmitted disease program, because planned parenthood administers. in texas republicans are proposing a bill that would stop planned parenthood from distributing sex ed materials to students. elizabeth nash tells the "huffington post," "for a couple years weve been dealing...