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It's Just Like Party of 5, Except It's a Party of 6

Michigan State defensive back Armorion Smith, 21, is raising his younger siblings after mom's death

(Newser) - Armorion Smith pressed his palms together over the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes, and leaned against the kitchen sink. The 21-year-old Michigan State defensive back needed a moment in the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home he shares with five younger siblings. He has a lot on his plate—more than...

Marine Accused of 'Stealing' Afghan Baby Has Custody Voided

He's been relying on the custody order to raise the child

(Newser) - A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a US Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he's relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody...

GoFundMe Campaign Surges for Boy Orphaned by Shooting

Online fundraiser for William Cho, 6, has raised more than $1.3M in Allen, Texas

(Newser) - One of the young survivors of the mall shooting in Allen, Texas, has evidently struck a nerve among Americans. A GoFundMe page for 6-year-old William Cho had raised more than $1.3 million as of Tuesday morning. William was orphaned in the shooting—his Korean-American parents, Kyu Cho, 37, and...

Ukraine's Children of War Are Being Taken to Russia

Thousands are adopted by families and raised as Russians, officials say

(Newser) - Russia's open effort to adopt Ukrainian children and bring them up as Russian is well underway, in one of the most explosive issues of the war, an AP investigation shows. Thousands of children have been found in the basements of war-torn cities like Mariupol and at orphanages in the...

Researchers Reveal 'Devastating' COVID Consequence for Kids

It's estimated that 10.5M children lost parent, caregiver to disease during pandemic

(Newser) - Last year, numbers emerged showing an estimated 5.2 million children had lost a parent or caregiver to COVID through October. Now, a "heartbreaking" update on that toll, per a new global study that finds almost 8 million kids 18 and under were left grieving one or both parents...

Study of Orphaned Elephants Surprises Researchers
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Jul 18, 2022 10:30 AM CDT

Study of Orphaned Elephants Surprises Researchers

If they stay with a pack, they don't seem to be stressed out more than non-orphaned peers

(Newser) - Researchers who set out to measure the stress levels of orphaned elephants expected to see sky-high levels because of the particularly strong bond evident between mother elephants and their offspring. "Until age 8 or 9, elephants are rarely more than 10 meters from their mother," Jenna Parker of...

America Is Failing Its COVID Orphans
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Apr 17, 2022 12:50 PM CDT

America Is Failing Its COVID Orphans

200K kids in US have lost a primary caregiver, and 'national response is not meeting the moment'

(Newser) - Because of COVID-19, more than 210,000 American children have lost at least one primary caregiver. Given that losing a parent is “one of the most destabilizing events of the human experience,” the consequences could be severe, writes Tim Requarth in the Atlantic. In some cases, children have...

Florida Parents Die Days Apart, Newborn Twins Orphaned

The twins were born as funeral services for their father were being held

(Newser) - Tragedy followed hard upon tragedy for a Florida family earlier this month as a toddler and her newborn twin siblings lost both parents in a matter of days. On July 11, 26-year-old Jevaughn Suckoo was shot and killed in the West Palm Beach apartment complex he shared with his pregnant...

Kids Lose Parents in Wreck, Cop Takes Unusual Step

Ga. Trooper Nathan Bradley didn't want to mar the memory of Halloween for them

(Newser) - Donald and Crystal Howard went out on Halloween to buy more face paint and candy. But the Georgia parents were killed in a car crash near their Morgan County home, leaving a young state trooper with a terrible task: breaking the news to their four kids, ages 6 to 13,...

Korean Sisters Separated 40 Years Ago Met at Work in Fla.

Adopted by different US families, sisters ended up working on same hospital floor

(Newser) - We've heard remarkable stories before about long-lost siblings being reunited , but this one is unlike any other. Two orphaned sisters from South Korea who were separated more than 40 years ago and adopted by different US families met by accident working for the same Florida hospital, during the same...

4 Siblings Orphaned After Parents Die Days Apart

Father is shot after mother dies in hiking accident

(Newser) - When Annalisa Santana was killed in the collapse of an ice cave in Washington state on July 6, she left behind four children. On Sunday night, those children became orphans when their father was shot to death outside a bar, reports the NBC Los Angeles . The kids range in age...

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