General News
News for Kids - strives to provide "exciting, interesting articles written with kids in mind. Up-to-date news with pictures to help you see it and the background you need to understand it."
DOGOnews - includes a huge selection of articles that can be filtered by topics, such as civics, world and environment
KiwiKids News - This site from New Zealand offers a wide variety of articles from the serious to the entertaining. Look under the WORLD heading to find articles about US politics.
Health News
Science News for Students: Humans - Look here for articles on a wide variety of human health-related topics. Each article provides definitions for important vocabulary words.
Science News
Science News for Students - news and feature articles from all fields of science
Scientific American - an award-winning publication that has been covering developments in science and technology for more than 170 years
Discover Magazine - read about the latest news, theories, and developments in the world of science