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TIME Person of the Year

December 16, 2022

On December 7, Volodymyr Zelensky was named TIME magazine’s 2022 Person of the Year. He is the president of Ukraine. “Person of the Year has always been an occasion to step back and think about the year through the lens…

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Music for the People

December 15, 2022

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the stage. This is his second encore. It’s opening night for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The orchestra is based in California. The crowd spots the conductor. The volume inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall surges. Dudamel…

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Fair Play

December 15, 2022

If you enjoy learning about interesting jobs, find this article and more like it on Your Hot Job, TFK's new career-focused website for kids. What does your future hold? Sam Rapoport has a mission. It’s connecting women and girls to…

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8 Questions for Vanessa E. Wyche

December 14, 2022

Vanessa E. Wyche is the director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas. She oversees programs that will send astronauts to the moon and Mars. TFK Kid Reporter Shaivi Moparthi spoke with Wyche at the space center. 1. What…

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Pictures of 2022

December 9, 2022

What a year 2022 has been! It was a year of firsts: NASA’s Artemis rocket launched a new era in space travel. And the Webb telescope helped us see farther into the universe than ever before. But 2022 also had…

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The Best Toys of 2022

December 7, 2022

TIME for Kids editors rounded up some of our favorite toys of 2022. Our picks offer many new ways to play. Read below about the year’s best toys. Get Active Get moving with Vital Hero, by Bandai Namco. This wearable…

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Going for the Goal

December 1, 2022

Lionel Messi, of Argentina, and Jakub Kiwior, of Poland, vie for the ball at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, on November 30. The event runs through December 18. Teams …

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A Hard Recovery

November 10, 2022

Hurricane Charley hit Punta Gorda, Florida, in 2004. It demolished Monty’s restaurant. Diane Caputo is the owner. She needed more than three years to get her original location open again. But the restaurant fared much better with Hurricane Ian. It…

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Got Butter?

November 3, 2022

The United States Department of Agriculture tracks the butter supply. It’s lower than usual this year. It fell about 20% from 2021. One cause is a slowdown in milk production. Also, the cost of cow feed has gone up. Experts…

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Operation Asteroid

November 3, 2022

Mission managers at NASA sent a refrigerator-size craft 7 million miles into space. Its job was to punch an asteroid in the nose. We should be glad NASA did this. Earth feels a little bit safer now. The spacecraft is…

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In the Field

November 3, 2022

If you enjoy learning about interesting jobs, find this article and more like it on Your Hot Job, TFK's new career-focused website for kids. What does your future hold? Growing up, Danielle Belleny was “always outdoors, messing with plants and…

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TFK Explains: The Midterm Elections

October 21, 2022

On November 8, Americans will vote in the midterms. Here’s why these elections are important. What is a midterm election? Midterms are held almost halfway through a president’s four-year term. They elect members of the United States Congress. This year,…

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Peace Prize Winners

October 14, 2022

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winners have been announced. They all work in support of human rights. Ales Bialiatski is a founder of a pro-democracy movement in Belarus. Memorial is a Russian group. And the Center for Civil Liberties works…

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Liberty Rising

October 13, 2022

A full moon appears behind the Statue of Liberty, in New York City, on October 9. Two days later, the statue’s crown reopened. It had been closed since March 20…

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Murciélagos en peligro

October 13, 2022

El 13 de septiembre, el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE.UU. (USFWS) anunció una propuesta. Protegería a los murciélagos tricolores. El animal estaría ahora en la lista de la Ley de Especies en Peligro. Se hizo una propuesta…

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