Tag: girl

8-Year-Old Girl Fatally Struck by Stray Bullet in Chicago Identified

By Tatyana Turner From Chicago Tribune CHICAGO—One minute 8-year-old Melissa Ortega was walking with her mother through their Little Village community Saturday afternoon. The next, gunshots rang out, and mother and daughter broke into a sprint, trying to run to safety in a nearby bank. But it was too late. One of those bullets had…


Search on for Missing Texas 3-Year-Old

Police in San Antonio are searching for a 3-year-old girl who was last seen Monday evening at an apartment complex playground. Authorities don’t yet know whether Lina Sardar Khil wandered away from the playground or if she was taken by someone. Police Chief William McManus says the child was last seen between 4 p.m. and…


Indiana Toddler Still Missing After Father Rescued From Submerged Truck: Officials

Officials in Indiana continued to search for a missing 2-year-old girl over the weekend after discovering her father inside a submerged truck. Jeremy Sweet, the father, was taken to a hospital for hypothermia after being extracted from the White River on Friday morning, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office in an update. His daughter, 2-year-old Emma…


Girl, 12, Dies Following Assault After Christmas Lights Switch-On in Liverpool

A 12-year-old girl has died following an assault in Liverpool city centre in northwest England. Merseyside Police said Ava White suffered “catastrophic injuries” in an assault following a verbal argument in the city at 8.39pm, shortly after the Christmas lights switch on took place. Four boys—one aged 13, two aged 14 and one 15-year-old—have been…


Man Charged With Abducting Australian Girl Flown to Maximum Security Jail

MELBOURNE—The man charged with abducting a four-year-old girl from an outback campsite in Western Australia was flown 960 km (600 miles) to a maximum security prison in Perth on Friday, the state’s Justice Department said. TV footage showed the 36-year-old man walking shackled and barefoot from a police car to a light plane at an…


Mother Refuses to Abort Baby Who Has No Hands

Little Ivy is beautiful, and perfect, and was born into the right family. She is a blessing!


Friendly Bus Driver Assists Visually Impaired Girl, 9, Who Is Determined to Ride Bus to School

A Texas school bus driver has stepped up to champion a visually impaired fourth grader after she made it known to her parents that she wanted to ride the bus by herself. When A’Delyn Williams, 9, told her mother, Ambrea Strang, that she wanted to ride the bus for her fourth grade year at Carver…


Little Girl Encourages Best Friend to Drive New Motorized Wheelchair

Look at that smile when her friend comes into her view! This is how we all should be. Loving, kind, and helpful when called for.


Video: Bullied Girl Who Attempted Suicide 2 Years Ago Shares Message for Children

A bullied girl who tried to commit suicide two years ago has shared a message of hope for all children. Ava-Lilly Sterland, now aged 10, from Solihull, West Midlands, England, was a victim of playground bullies for two years before she was diagnosed with depression at the age of 7. The primary schoolgirl thought “the world would…


Girl Injured in Suspected Shark Attack in Maryland

OCEAN CITY, Md.—A 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl suffered injuries after a suspected shark attack in Maryland that left her with 42 stitches for 20 cuts, family members said. Jordan Prushinski and her family told WBRE-TV that they were on vacation Monday at the beach in Ocean City when Jordan went into knee-deep water. She was swimming…