The New York Times reports that a bipartisan federal bill — the Promoting Childhood Independence and Resilience Act — is making its way through Congress specifically because parents are being investigated by CPS for letting their kids play outside unsupervised, with only nine states currently having explicit free-range parenting protections. Also: a Zety survey and multiple HR industry reports confirm that parents are showing up at job interviews, contacting recruiters, challenging performance reviews, calling in sick on behalf of adult children, and intervening in layoffs — with one survey finding 77% of Gen Z job seekers have brought a parent to an interview at least once. And a new iScience study using fMRI brain scans finds that dogs can distinguish not just positive from negative emotions but fear from anger and sadness from fear — with happy human faces activating the dogs' reward centers. Plus the TSA's live-animal-in-electronics plea, 7UP's formula change, a bird strike flame landing, and the boy who listened to cicadas for four hours.
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