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Ingreso en la historia

April 26, 2019

El 20 de julio de 1969, más de 500 millones de personas alrededor del mundo miraron en vivo un evento especial por televisión. Vieron imágenes graneadas en blanco y negro emitidas desde el espacio. Luego, escucharon la voz del astronauta…

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Wildlife Lessons

April 12, 2019

The elephants stood face-to-face in a cloud of dust. Their big ears fanned out. Their tusks almost locked. A group of schoolkids gazed in awe from a truck. They had come from a village just outside Makgadikgadi Pans National…

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La vida en la línea

April 9, 2019

En 1953, una guerra de tres años en la Península de Corea, al este de Asia, finalizó con un acuerdo de cese de fuego. El acuerdo estableció un área que divide Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur. Esta área…

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Community

Orgulloso de ser púrpura

March 22, 2019

Alaysia Thomas tiene 16 años. Ella fue a un campamento de estadía prolongada por primera vez el verano pasado. En el campamento, anduvo a caballo. También anduvo en canoa. Pero su cosa favorita fue hablar con otros acampantes. “Hice muchísimas…

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World

Plight of the Pangolin

March 15, 2019

On February 7, police in Malaysia raided a factory and a warehouse in the state of Sabah. They seized more than 30 tons of pangolin products. Pangolins are also known as scaly anteaters. The raid captured 1,800 boxes of frozen…

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Health

Un Deporte Más Seguro

March 8, 2019

Danny Lee quería jugar al fútbol americano con tacles en quinto grado. Su papá tenía otra idea. “Él dijo que, si me lesionaba ahora, podría terminar mi carrera de fútbol americano”, dijo Danny a TIME for Kids. Peter Lee aconsejó…

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Time Off

In Your Dreams

March 6, 2019

The new animated film Wonder Park tells the story of Wonderland. It’s an adventure-filled amusement park that June and her mother create in their imagination. The park is inhabited by a crew of furry friends, including beaver brothers Cooper and…

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Fabricante de Momentos

February 15, 2019

El año pasado, Izzy Goldstein, de 12 años, aprendió que podemos reducir la polución del aire al usar fuentes de energía naturales, como el viento y la energía solar, en vez de gasolina. Esto la hizo pensar qué podía hacer…

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United States

Border Fight

January 25, 2019

In early January, President Donald Trump went to McAllen, Texas. He wanted to make his case for building a wall along the southern U.S. border. “What [we] need more than anything is the barrier, the wall,” Trump said. “Whether it’s…

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A New Congress

January 11, 2019

The 116th U.S. Congress opened on January 3. It is the most diverse Congress in history. The Senate and the House of Representatives have more women than ever before. New House members include Native Americans, Latinos, Muslims, and African Americans.…

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National Treasure

January 11, 2019

For Kari Cobb, hiking in the Grand Canyon is a journey through history. At the bottom, the Colorado River flows as it has for 6 million years. Cobb gazes up at the cliff face. She thinks of the indigenous, or…

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Technology

Best Inventions of 2018

January 4, 2019

Each year, TIME magazine picks the best of the year’s inventions that will change how we live, work, and play. Here, TFK highlights 12 that we think will make the world better. Some help people overcome obstacles. Others help protect…

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TFK Explains: The Government Shutdown

January 4, 2019

What is a government shutdown? Government agencies depend on funding from Congress to operate. A government shutdown happens when lawmakers are not able to pass a federal budget. The budget funds these agencies. During a shutdown, some parts of the…

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Pictures of 2018

December 7, 2018

A lot happens in a year. There are happy moments and sad moments. There are reasons to celebrate and cry. There are big events and small ones. Some marvels are natural; others are human-made. Of course, 2018 was no…

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United States

Visiting Day

December 5, 2018

FOLSOM, California — Most kids are asleep at 2:45 in the morning. But on a Saturday this past summer, two sisters were up past their bedtime. They were waiting for a bus. When it pulled up outside Saint Columba church,…

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Water Run

December 4, 2018

Addyson Moffitt is an 8-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri. Maurine Chelagat is a 9-year-old from a village in Kenya called Bartabwa. It might not seem as if the girls have much in common. But when they met at a dinner…