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• Alexis Argüello Jr., Son of a Champion, Is His Own Man August 18, 2022
  Being the child of a famous athlete can come with unmatched privileges and unnerving scrutiny.
  David W. Chen
• How to Protect Against Monkeypox as School Starts August 18, 2022
  Experts say children are not at a high risk of infection. But they have advice to keep everyone — from toddlers to college kids — safe.
  Knvul Sheikh and Catherine Pearson
• An Ohio Family Plotted to Kill Another Family Over a Custody Dispute, Prosecutors Say August 17, 2022
  Eight members of the Rhoden family were fatally shot in 2016. Now, opening arguments are coming in the trial of one of two brothers charged in the killings, George Wagner IV.
  Michael Levenson
• Staying Cool on Coney Island August 17, 2022
  For The New York Times for Kids, two journalists tracked down trends at the famous summer getaway.
  Sarah Bahr
• Pain in Children is Often Ignored. For Children of Color, It’s Even Worse. August 16, 2022
  Racial differences in medical care are part of a theme experts are seeing “over and over” again.
  Rachel Rabkin Peachman
• I Was Skeptical of Baby Gear. Then I Became a Dad. August 16, 2022
  Fears of pointless consumerism were no match for the joy and relief our gear provided.
  Kevin Roose
• A Construction-Themed Amusement Park Answers the Question, ‘Can You Dig It?’ August 16, 2022
  At Diggerland U.S.A., children can experience the pleasures of heavy equipment firsthand. (Adults like it, too.)
  Janet Manley
• Texas Man Convicted of Sex Crimes Took Deadly Drink in Court, Lawyers Say August 16, 2022
  Prosecutors believe that Edward Peter Leclair slipped poison into his bottled water and drank it, choosing death instead of prison time.
  Eduardo Medina
• Lawmakers to Investigate Sexual Abuse in Junior R.O.T.C. Programs August 15, 2022
  The House oversight committee wants the Pentagon to report on sexual misconduct in the high school programs and how it holds instructors accountable.
  Mike Baker
• Reckoning With Memories of Budapest August 15, 2022
  A Times journalist spent three months capturing a contemporary portrait of Hungary’s capital, where he lived for several years as a child in the early ’90s.
  Stephen Hiltner