Childish Gambino Wins Third Grammy of the Night for 'This Is America' at the 2019 Grammys

That’s a third Grammy for “This Is America”!Childish Gambino, néDonald Glover, picked up a song of the year Grammy on Sunday for “This Is America” alongside co-writers Ludwig Goransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams.Glover was not in attendance at the awards show, so hostAlicia Keysand presenter John Mayer accepted the award on his behalf.The award marks Glover’s fourth-ever Grammy win. His hit “This Is America” also picked up Grammys for best rap/sung performance and music video of the year....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · Adam Vaughan

Childish Gambino's Manager Refutes Claims the Rapper Plagiarized 'This Is America' in Deleted Tweet

The controversy began whenfans on social mediapointed out the similarities between the hit song and New Jersey rapper Jase Harley’s 2016 track “American Pharaoh” from his debut albumFree Pxrn: The Memoir of an American Heathen. “People are saying Donald Glover bit your song ‘American Pharoah’ with ‘This Is America.’ What do you think?” one fan wrote, inviting Harley’s thoughts. “I always felt my song inspired it lol from the first time I heard it,” Harley admitted before adding, “It’s cool tho…....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Andrew Christian

Children Advocates Tell Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook to Scrap Plans for Kids' Version of Instagram

Two children using a mobile device.Photo: getty A group of children advocates is taking a stand against Facebook and itsplans to create an Instagram tailored to children under the age of 13. On Thursday, nearly 100 experts and advocates called for Facebook to scrap its plans for the new platform, claiming that it would be “harmful” to adolescents' developmental growth. In a statement to PEOPLE, Facebook spokesperson Stephanie Otway says they have heard the group’s complaints and are working to find a middle ground....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Kristopher Smith

Children Found in 'Filthy' Compound Were Allegedly Being Trained to Be School Shooters: Reports

At least some of the 11 hungry childrenfound living in “Third World” conditions in a New Mexico compound late last weekwere being trained to be school shooters, prosecutors alleged in court documents filed Wednesday, according to multiple news outlets. The AP cited filings from the the Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office opposing bail for Siraj Ibn Wahhaj. According to prosecutors’ allegations in the documents, the AP reports that Wahhaj was “conducting weapons training” at the compound and “was training children to commit school shootings....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Ronald Ward

Children Have Sharper Vocabulary Skills by Age 3 When Parents Read with Them Early on: Study

Photo: Getty Good news for parents who read with their infant- and toddler-aged children: It’s making a big difference. Even more so, children “with sensitizing alleles on the dopamine receptor 2 and serotonin transporter genes” — a.k.a., genetic variants that could affect their learning ability — “fared [just] as well” on a vocabulary-comprehension test at age 3 “as children without these alleles when shared reading occurred.” “We found thatreading with very young childrencan be quite powerful and really makes a difference in a child’s development, particularly with children who may be vulnerable to developmental delays,” lead study author Manuel Jimenez, a pediatrician and assistant professor, told Rutgers....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Katelyn Berry

Children Hospitalized for COVID Hit Record High in the U.S. This Weekend, per HHS Data

Photo: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via GettyThe number of children hospitalized for COVID-19 reached an all-time high in the United States this weekend, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.A record-high 1,902 pediatric coronavirus hospitalizations were reported on Saturday,Reuters reports. Kids now make up 2.4% of those hospitalized with COVID-19 in the nation.As of Sunday, Texas leads the country with 311 pediatric hospitalizations for confirmed or suspected COVID-19,per HHS data....

March 16, 2025 · 9 min · 1860 words · Taylor Long

Children Killed During Sleepover After Fire Breaks Out in Chicago Apartment Building

Photo: Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/AP Six children and two teenagers died Sunday morning after a fire broke out at a Chicago apartment building on the city’s southwest side — and officials say some of the kids were at the building for a sleepover, according to reports. The fire broke out at around 4 a.m. on the second floor of the building on South Sacramento Avenue, Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago said, according toABC News....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Sean Moore

Children May Be More at Risk of Developing Diabetes Following COVID-19, According to CDC Report

Child at a hospital.Photo: Getty Images The report, which was released Friday, explored two large insurance claim databases in the United States, specifically examining the frequency of newly diagnosed diabetes cases among children under 18 who were COVID-positive at some point between March 1, 2020, and June 28, 2021. The diabetes diagnoses were from patients 30 days post-COVID-19 infection, compared to those who were not infected. Researchers found an increase in new diabetes cases in both sets of insurance databases....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · William Riley

Children of 'Amazing' Parents Killed in Limo Crash Are the 'Cutest,' But the Loss Is 'Tough'

Adam and Abigail Jacksonwere among 20 people killed on Oct. 6, 2018 when the party limousine they were in crashed in the rural town of Schoharie in upstate New York. The couple left behind two children and several loved ones still struggling to come to terms with the loss a year later. Justin Cushing, Adam’s longtime friend who served as his best man, says the last year has been “tough,” but that the Jackson’s children — Elle, 2, and Archer, 5 — are doing well in their grandparents’ care....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Megan Lopez

Children of Blood and BoneAuthor Tomi Adeyemi Has More Fantasy in Store (Exclusive)

Tomi Adeyemi with ‘Children of Blood and Bone’.Photo:Sam Vibes Sam Vibes If you haven’t read the book yet, you’ve at least seen the cover. Tomi Adeyemi’sChildren of Blood and Bonebroke records — as well as the internet — when it first hit the scene in 2018. Hitting No. 1 on theNew York Timesbestseller list, the novel won the author aTime100spot, Hugo and Nebula awards and her rightful place as all but a household name....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1206 words · Stacey Moss

Children of Bodom Frontman Alexi Laiho Dies at 41: 'Our Hearts Are Eternally Broken'

Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho has died. On Monday, the Finnish heavy metal band announced Laiho’s death after suffering from “long-term health issues” over the past few years. He was 41. “One of the most renowned guitarists in the world, Alexi Laiho, has passed away. The musician, most notably known as the frontman of Children of Bodom, died in his home in Helsinki, Finland, last week,” the band’s former members Henkka Blacksmith, Janne Wirman and Jaska Raatikainen wrote....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Candice Kim

Children of God Cult Survivor Speaks Out: 'We Were Told Sex Was How to Show God's Love'

Christina Babin spent most of her childhood in a controversial religious cult — and is now opening up about the trauma she experienced. Babin, now 44, grew up as a member of the Children of God cult: a sect that required its members to shed all earthly possessions and live together in communes. For Babin, the indoctrination started at a very young age. “We were told we were slaves,” she says in the second-season premiere ofPeople Magazine Investigates: Cults, which airs on Investigation Discovery on Monday, June 3, at 9 p....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Veronica Marsh

Children of Suspected Gilgo Beach Killer Are 'Caught Up in a Hellscape,' Lawyer Says

Rex Heuermann. An attorney representing the adult children of the allegedGilgo Beach serial killersays the children were caught up living in a “hellscape” and have been struggling since their father wastaken into custody last month. Heuermann, 59, was arrested last month in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killer case in Long Island, N.Y., which has been investigated for more than a decade with few developments until last month’s breakthrough....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Carolyn Stephens