By : Maddison Raynor Source : News Center Maine Remote-learning, scrolling on TikTok and Instagram, Snachatting friends -- teens and young adults are constantly staring at screens and these distractions can prevent teens from getting restful sleep. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, teens on average spend up to nine hours watching screens, including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, TVs, and computers.  It seems like teens never get enough sleep, but the problem can be even bigger for children...
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By : Brooke Auxier and Monica Anderson Source : Pew Research Center Despite a string of controversies and the public’s relatively negative sentiments about aspects of social media, roughly seven-in-ten Americans say they ever use any kind of social media site – a share that has remained relatively stable over the past five years, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.  Beyond the general question of overall social media use, the survey also covers use of individual sites and apps. YouTube and...
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By : Elizabeth Kolbert Source : The New Yorker On July 26, 2015, William Merideth’s daughter was sunbathing on the deck of their house, in Hillview, Kentucky, when a drone flew over the back yard. The girl rushed inside to tell Merideth, who rushed out. The drone had whizzed on, but it soon returned. It was, Merideth would later say, “hovering” above him when he decided to plug it with his shotgun. The drone, which cost its owner some fifteen hundred dollars, crashed into a nearby field. Merideth argued that he was...
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By : Weston Blasi Source : Marketwatch American teens are spending their money on chicken sandwiches from Chick-fil-A, athletic gear from Nike NKE, -1.15% and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin BTCUSD, -2.12%. The investment firm Piper Sandler PIPR, -0.86% released a semi-annual research project detailing the spending and usage habits of teenagers with an average age of 16.1 years old. Chick-fil-A dominated their food rankings as 18% of the 7,000 surveyed said their favorite restaurant was Chick-fil-A. Coming in at No. 2 was Starbucks SBUX,...
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By : Kayla Keegan Source : Good Housekeeping Many folks who watched the 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards didn't think 2020's Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood got the love she deserved last night. While seeing Carrie and best-selling female gospel artist CeCe Winans crush their gospel medley at the 56th ACM Awards on Sunday night, some fans couldn't get over the fact that the American Idol alum hadn't been nominated this year in either the Female Artist of the Year or Entertainer of the Year categories.   read more...
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By : Jon Ackerman Source : Baptist Press Baylor jumped out to a 9-0 lead over Gonzaga on Monday night (April 5) and never looked back. By the time their dominating performance was over, the Bears had an 86-70 victory for the first men’s basketball national championship in school history. En route to the title, Baylor knocked off one of the greatest teams in NCAA history. The Bulldogs entered the championship game 31-0, looking to become the first unbeaten national champion since Indiana in 1976. They were the first undefeated team...
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