All articles tagged with #teenager
A 17-year-old girl was killed in a sword attack at a Swedish school, prompting an investigation and underscoring ongoing concerns about violence in educational settings, with past Swedish attacks providing grim context.
A 19-year-old man declines to wake his girlfriend, who has a migraine, to walk the family dog. He offers to wash the dishes instead, but his parents call him immature and manipulative. He argues that he doesn’t want to wake her and would rather help later, illustrating the tension between family obligations and caring for a partner, with readers weighing who’s in the right.
A 14-year-old student opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School north of Bangkok, killing at least six people (three teachers and three students) before turning the gun on himself; the suspect’s grandparents were killed earlier at home and more than 20 others were injured. The toll and circumstances have been revised as the investigation continued. The incident spurred calls for tighter school security and firearm controls, while UNICEF urged heightened mental-health support for children and authorities pledged compensation to victims’ families and a review of safety procedures.
A 15-year-old boy in a clown costume is in custody and charged with first-degree murder after a random stabbing killed 78-year-old John Wesley Allen Sr. in East St. Louis; Ring camera footage captured the suspect nearby before the attack, which police say was unprovoked.
During the MLB Home Run Derby in Philadelphia, 17-year-old Reed Weiner, who was shagging balls with a friend, misread a pop-up and was booed by fans; the moment went viral, but Weiner says he loved the reaction and treats the boos as an honor, noting he often boos opponents at games and that the Derby experience was helped by a Phillies-connected setup for the shagging duties.
A 17-year-old girl mistook dehydration headaches during a heatwave for dehydration, but a CT scan revealed a slow-growing brain tumor (a dermoid cyst). She had a craniotomy to remove it, but three blood vessels were cut during surgery, causing a stroke and paralysis on her left side. After months of physiotherapy, she regained movement and even resumed dancing; her family is fundraising for intensive private neurorehabilitation as NHS rehab limits posed challenges.
An Australian man, 46, was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on suspicion of murdering 17-year-old Thai girl Tunchanok Donhomla, whose naked body was found inside a black suitcase beside a Pattaya railway line after CCTV showed them together; police say he picked her up from Pattaya, and he fled with the luggage; he has been charged initially with taking a minor for the purpose of committing an indecent act and denies the murder; murder in Thailand can carry severe penalties.
A 17-year-old Florida teen, Joziah Thompson, is hospitalized at Studer Family Children’s Hospital in Pensacola with a severe Vibrio vulnificus infection after swimming in coastal waters with his siblings in Niceville; the infection has required multiple surgeries to remove infected tissue and ongoing wound care as doctors work to save his leg. His mother has started a GoFundMe and is urging awareness and local water-quality monitoring to prevent future cases.
A 17-year-old Florida boy contracts a rare Vibrio vulnificus infection from a park swim, facing potential limb amputation as doctors treat him at a Pensacola children’s hospital while his family raises funds on GoFundMe.
19-year-old Joao Fonseca stunned Novak Djokovic in a five-set thriller at Roland Garros, overturning a two-sets deficit to reach the round of 16. The upset makes Fonseca the first teenager in 30 years to win back-to-back two-set comebacks at a Grand Slam and leaves no former Grand Slam champions in the Roland Garros Round of 16 for the first time since 1968.
Brazilian 19-year-old Joao Fonseca rallied from two sets down to defeat Novak Djokovic in five at Roland Garros, becoming the first teenager to beat Djokovic at a Grand Slam and advancing to the fourth round in a four-hour, 53-minute thriller.
An 18-year-old Norwich girl contracted meningitis after sharing a vape with friends during a night out in October 2024. She was placed in a medically induced coma, with doctors warning she might not survive the next 24 hours, but she recovered with no lasting brain damage. Now 19, she’s wary of nightlife and urges others to seek prompt medical care for meningitis symptoms and to avoid sharing vapes, amid a UK outbreak linked to clubs.
A 17-year-old Roswell, GA, Centennial High School junior and soccer player Mustafa Elhaj remains in the ICU fighting a severe MRSA infection that led to septic shock and ARDS, requiring ECMO and ventilation; he has begun breathing on his own again, and a GoFundMe has been set up to support his family.
A Texas 12-year-old, Aiden MacMillan, says he built a home fusion reactor and detected neutron production, potentially becoming the youngest to trigger fusion; experts caution that sustaining continuous energy and full validation remain uncertain, but a Guinness World Record could follow if confirmed.
Bailey Cruse, a 16-year-old student at South Paulding High School in Paulding County, Georgia, died three days after flu-like symptoms led to sudden cardiac arrest and multi-organ failure; doctors say it’s rare for healthy teens to suffer such complications. Her family noted she had no preexisting conditions and was recovering at home before the sudden event, and the school will provide counselors upon return from winter break.