nytimes.com For all the news that’s "fit to print". You can view up today’s news, but will need to pay a fee for the archives.

  Boston.com Your connection to The Boston Globe. You will b charged a fee for archives.

NPR.org The national Public radio website. Excellent link to national, and international news.

   BBC.org Get a more global perspective from one of the leaders in British News

ABC News 4 Kids. ABC News 4 Kids posts new stories every Tuesday and Thursday appropriate for elementary and middle school students. Each news article has an interactive, animated presentation. Also included is an archive of previous articles.

Brain Bowl. Brain Bowl, from the Learning Network, is a weekly current events game which can be played by one player, two players, or Kid vs Parent. Players can view answers from previous weeks' games.

Children's Express. Children's Express WorldWide (CE) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated international youth news service produced by kids and teens 8-18 for adult print, radio, TV and online media. CE stories cover serious issues such as youth violence, homelessness, politics, teen pregnancy and race relations, and are updated weekly on the CE site. The CE site also features polls, reader feedback, stories by readers (and a form for submitting stories), and detailed information about the CE organization itself and its news bureaus in the United States and United Kingdom.

CNNfyi.com. CNNfyi provides teachers with instructional materials for integrating current events across the curriculum. A student section keeps students in grades 6-12 aware of the latest news of interest to them. Lesson plans, background material, profiles, links to useful Internet sites, and forums for interaction with other teachers are also included.