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By Sanya Mansoor August 15, 2024 7:30 AM EDT When Madhvi Chittoor of Arvada, Colo., learned at the age of 6 that PFAS “forever chemicals” are found in all sorts of consumer products, she wanted to warn everyone. So she started with one person: Colorado state senator Lisa Cutter, a strong advocate for the environment. Cutter agreed to meet, and in 2021 she sat down with Madhvi—accompanied by her mom—at a Panera.

By Jaime Joyce August 15, 2024 7:30 AM EDT By the time Dominick Pecora was 10 years old, he’d broken and repaired his bicycle many times. He thought it made sense to upgrade to something sturdier, so he went to his mom with a big ask: “I wanted a really nice, expensive mountain bike,” Dom, now 15, says. His mom said no. But she did offer to help him raise the funds to buy the bike himself. Dom figured he could earn money by fixing bikes, a skill he’d honed by watching YouTube videos.

By Megan McCluskey August 15, 2024 7:30 AM EDT When Keivonn Woodard first appears as Sam Burrell in the fourth episode of HBO’s post-apocalyptic epic The Last of Us, he’s holding a gun and gesturing for quiet by lifting a single finger to his lips.