Suspect dead after 8 children killed, 2 women wounded in Louisiana shooting
A man in Louisiana killed eight children Sunday in a shooting that authorities described as a domestic violence incident and was later killed by police after he fled in a carjacked vehicle, officials said.
Chernobyl: Humans, Not Nature, Pose Real Threat
“The ecosystem in Chernobyl is abundant. It’s similar to other nature reserves in the region,” Jim says. “And it’s better than it was before the accident. Not because the radiation is good for the animals, but because of human habitation – the things we do by occupying an ecosystem, so hunting, fishing, forestry, agriculture – just being in an ecosystem is far worse than the world’s worst nuclear accident.”
Declining societal religious norms are linked to rising youth anxiety across 70 countries
“Some outlets shared the study claiming that people who are more religious do better mentally,” Kulisch explained. “Our study does not back such claims. Actually, we find that religiosity within a child’s family is less important than the overall religiosity in the whole population. Large-scale transformations on societal level are important as they potentially shape sources of belonging and meaning.”
Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, including three children
More than 20,000 children were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in two years of its genocidal war, according to a Save the Children report in September. The charity said that, on average, at least one child was killed every hour, over 1,000 of them under one year old, with thousands more suffering injuries, trauma or separation from parents.
Evolving Folks Project 