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From sleeping in a car to Ivy League: California teen earns admission to 65 elite colleges with 4.4 GPA | World News

Lamont Newell, a 17-year-old student from South Los Angeles, has drawn national attention after earning admission to 65 colleges while overcoming homelessness and family hardship. The valedictorian of Verbum Dei Jesuit High School graduated with a 4.4 GPA and has chosen to attend Columbia University on a reported full-ride scholarship to study industrial engineering. According […]

Indian-origin Texas teen brings two grandmothers to prom, says choice to take Ba and Ma was simple

Indian-origin Texas teen Reeyan Mistry takes his two grandmothers to prom. Two grandmothers attended their first prom ever at a small private school in Addison, Texas as Reeyan Mistry, the high school senior, did not have to think twice over whom he would ask to be his prom date. It was his Ba and Ma, […]

British-Pakistani teen among 3 more arrested over arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in London

Three men, including a British‑Pakistani teenager, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green, north London, police said.The suspects, aged 20, 19 and 17, were detained at separate addresses in east London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, the Metropolitan […]

South Asian-origin man in Ohio charged over deadly crash pleads not guilty; pregnant teen killed in accident

Tarsem Singh pleads not guilty after crash-killing 17-year-old pregnant teen in Ohio. Tarsem Singh, a South Asian-origin man, accused of causing a high-speed chase and deadly crash in Ohio that killed 17-year-old Ashlee Holmes, who was pregnant at the time, has pleaded not guilty. The crash took place in February when Singh was driving 100 […]

Teen wellbeing talks between tech rivals Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook spark new questions: Landmark trial puts Meta in hot seat over kids safety, social media addiction

Mark Zuckerberg Called Apple CEO Tim Cook About Teen Safety: What Happened Next? In a high-stakes trial unfolding in Los Angeles Superior Court, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, has taken the stand in a lawsuit that could reshape how social media giants are held accountable for youth safety and online harm. The case centers […]

Who was Ofelia Torres? Chicago teen who fought for father’s release from ICE detention dies of cancer

Ofelia Torres, the 16-year-old Chicago student who publicly appealed for her father’s release from immigration detention while battling a rare cancer, has died, reports NBC news. Ofelia passed away on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that affects soft tissue. She had been diagnosed in December 2024 and had spent […]

‘Lots of foreigners on the beach’: Australian teen whose family was swept away in the sea struggled to get help on shore

A 13-year-old Australian boy swam for hours through the sea to get help when his mother and two younger siblings were swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.Austin Appelbee was kayaking and paddleboarding with his family near Quindalup in Geographe Bay on Friday morning when strong winds began dragging them further offshore. […]

Meet Stephen Spencer Pittman: Teen baseball player jailed for burning a Mississippi synagogue under influence of online hate | World News

Stephen Spencer Pittman, a 19-year-old from Madison, Mississippi, is at the centre of a federal arson case after authorities say he set fire to Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, the state’s largest synagogue and the only one in the capital city. Investigators say the attack was motivated by antisemitism, citing the synagogue’s Jewish identity and […]

Body found near San Antonio home of missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos | World News

A body has been found near the San Antonio home of Camila Mendoza Olmos, the 19-year-old Texas teen who went missing shortly after leaving her house on the morning of Christmas Eve. Authorities said the discovery was made during a renewed search effort, but the body has not yet been formally identified, and no official […]

Super rare case: 17 year old teen wakes from knee surgery speaking only foreign language |

17-year-old boy in the Netherlands temporarily lost the ability to speak his native Dutch after waking from knee surgery/ Representative image When a 17-year-old boy in the Netherlands woke up from routine knee surgery, hospital staff initially noticed something unusual but not alarming. Instead of speaking Dutch, his native language, he was communicating only in […]