children

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The most-recent survey available, from January 2025, puts the homeless population in the U.S. at about 746,000, including about 134,000 children, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“We’re scared, we’re children, and we’re in a facility that looks like a jail.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

By 2035, EHCPs will be reserved for children with the most complex needs.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"This raises a question. Perhaps it's time to look for other ways to combat paedophiles and provocateurs who target children online?" she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

But the children had run directly northwest, along the seam between Peace and Progress, and if Clare stayed in the sweet spot where those realms met, their gravities would work against each other.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman