Teens

A Virginia teen was the victim of a freak accident while he was working off a community service sentence that was handed down to him after he was caught with stolen property. While halfway through his community service commitment, Clint Amaya had his arm cut off by an auger used to dig holes for fences. ... read more »

A 13-year-old girl, home alone and hiding in the shower, was brave enough to stare a burglar in the face and help police catch him. Sophie Castaneda was home alone in her Stockton, Calif. home when Lataurean Conway, 31, broke into the house.  Castaneda hid in the shower while the Conway burglarized the home.  Conway ... read more »

A tiny little pill has started to surface at high school parties throughout the U.S., posing a huge threat to teens who can easily pop the pill without much thought. The pill known at party scenes as “Molly” (also known as the compressed powder form of MDMA) is being billed as a completely pure drug, ... read more »

The Center for Disease Control have released results of a survey conducted last year, questioning teens on their risky habits, and one of the questions provided some shocking answers. A survey conducted last year in the United States has found that over half of the high school seniors questioned in the survey have admitted to ... read more »

Police arrested three Hesperia, California, Ranchero Middle School students after they allegedly attempted to kill the mother of one of the teens. Police responded after a call from the mother after she had been attacked in her bed on Tuesday morning and found her 13-year-old daughter to be missing from the home. According to authorities, ... read more »

A Panamanian teenager, 18, survived a harrowing 28 days at sea which brutally took the lives of his two friends and boat-mates. Adrian Vasquez set out to sea with his two friends on a fishing trip February 24th. The trio sailed out on a 10-foot fishing boat when the boat’s motor apparently stopped working, leaving ... read more »

Note to all texting pranksters: be certain of who you are texting before you hit send. Or at least be sure you aren’t messaging anyone in law enforcement. One Arkansas teen learned the perils of random texting the hard way when she decided to send “I hid the body … Now what?” to an arbitrary ... read more »

Lyle Topa won’t be behind the wheel of a car any time soon. After wrecking his car into a tree last October, the 17-year-old Rhode Island native was sentenced to the most severe driving penalty his state could impose: a lifetime ban from having a driver’s license. The ruling came down from Chief Magistrate William ... read more »

  CBS news reports that the unemployment rate in California is currently 11.1 percent. The lagging economy has put stress on many household budgets, and teens in record numbers are looking for work to contribute to the family. Sacramento based SETA, a organization that helps young people find work, reports that the number of teenagers ... read more »

A teen from Clinton, Miss. who posted a Craigslist ad offering to give away an infant could be in a lot trouble with police. The 18-year-old high school senior created the post to play a practical joke on a fellow student at Clinton High, using the friend’s phone number in the listing. Clinton Police Chief ... read more »

Just when you were beginning to wonder if there was hope for our future, along come some kids who are clearly trying to be part of the solution. Some of the smartest kids in the country were invited to the White House to show off their inventions recently. The “”science fair” of sorts was set ... read more »

The UK Mail is reporting that 17-year-old Stacey Irvine was recently rushed to the hospital for breathing problems. Doctors diagnosed her with massive vitamin deficiencies (anemia) and an inflamed tongue. They were shocked when Stacey reported that she has eaten little else besides chicken nuggets since the age of two. McDonald’s are her favorite, but ... read more »

A woman who’s leg caught on fire in a Walmart parking lot in South Jordan, Utah has four young boys to thank for potentially saving her life. The four boys, ages 12 and 13, spotted the woman in distress, who appeared to be on fire, and acted to smother the flames. The boys, Chase Johnson, ... read more »

According to a study conducted by the Crime Victims Institute at Sam Houston State University, an alarming number of college students are participating in the Fainting Game (also known a space monkey and choking game),  a dangerous practice that refers to deliberate strangulation, with the intention of inducing a temporary euphoria. Dr. Glen Kercher, director ... read more »

What has long been suspected has been given official credence. Experts at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law agreed that children who suffer bullying – whether at school or on the Internet – are more prone to long spells of depression and suicidal thoughts.  Dysthymia, or long-term depression (LTD), is characterized ... read more »