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Candy shaped like marijuana that's showing up on store shelves around the country won't get kids high, but aghast city leaders and anti-drug activists say the product and grocers carrying it represent a new low....

A Riverside woman pushing her 2-year-old in a stroller is killed by a train near her home Saturday. The stroller was twice lodged on the tracks, but the woman pushed her daughter out of the way. A Riverside woman died Saturday evening as she struggled to push a baby stroller over a gated railroad crossing and was struck by a passing train.

The number of athletic children going to hospitals with concussions is up 60 percent in the past decade, a finding that is likely due to parents and coaches being more careful about...

Health officials are concerned about the trend at a time when many infectious diseases are making a comeback.

A teacher says students are trying to disrupt class with blessings after sneezings, but his prohibition on the practice is upsetting some parents.

Bumble-Ardy, Maurice Sendak’s first full-production picture book since Outside Over There (1981), is both ageless and fresh. Kids will delight in its whimsical, dangerous world—where grotesquery is the norm and anything can happen. Parents will appreciate the tale’s reflection that even wild revelries have their purpose.

A couple used a jug to make their 10-month-old daughter take solid food which eventually killed her, a court hears.

“The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive,” the group One Million Moms posted on its website.

Last week, the College Board dealt parents, teachers and the education world a serious blow. According to its latest test results, "SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995."

This month, young adults across the nation are donning graduation robes and tweaking resumes, while parents ready their Canons and Kleenex. At the podium, guest speakers will motivate and inspire, but they will likely omit one tiny detail: Many of those grads will remain financially dependent on their parents for years.