SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone during a surge in 2021, the agency’s internal watchdog has found.

Baking teamwork

Western Oklahoma Christian School 4-H Club members who competed in the recent Custer County 4-H Cupcake Wars held April 15th, from left, are Mia Foster, Lydia McElwain and Ava Johnson. They placed third in their division.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms are now on strike. It’s the first writers’ strike — and the first Hollywood strike of any kind — in 15 years. Here’s a look at the storylines the fight has spawned.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama announced that she has cofounded a new company to make and sell healthier food and drinks for kids, products that she says will be less detrimental to their long-term health because of their lower sugar and higher nutrient content.

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID- 19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide.

Where do vegetables come from

Paeton Eaton, left, and Adrianna Lewis look at each other’s plants they are currently growing at Eastside Academy as part of a project to learn where their food comes from, including vegetables.

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