Tag: teen

Mom Says It’s a Miracle as Teen Survives Brain Aneurysm and Is Now Able to Stand, Walk

A mother who was told her teenage daughter may not survive a massive, sudden brain aneurysm insisted she be transferred to a different hospital, and never left her side. Miraculously, the teen survived. Now, her family is celebrating her gradual steps toward recovery. Fifteen-year-old Mionna Johnson of Canton Township, Michigan, was a healthy honor roll…


Transient Charged With Attacking Teen Girl in Orange

SANTA ANA— A 31-year-old transient was charged Feb. 3 with attempting to kill and rape a 16-year-old girl he met through a social media app. Jonathan Lee Gregg was charged with a felony count of attempted murder with a sentencing enhancement for attempted premeditated murder and a felony count of assault of a minor with…


Teen Charged in Fatal Shootings of 5 at Indianapolis Home

INDIANAPOLIS—A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives, and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s home, a prosecutor announced Thursday. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one count for…


Teen With Facial Difference Almost Ages Out of Adoption, Until Adoptive Mom Arrives to Bring Her Home

A teenage girl, abused and abandoned as a child, almost aged out of adoption in India before a forever family arrived in the nick of time. From her new home in Maryland, the United States, the teen penned a heartfelt essay about her life-changing adoption experience, and the piece went viral. Sony was formally adopted…


Teen Who Was a Victim of Bullying Enters ‘Miss England’ Contest in Hopes of Helping Others

A teen who rose above the bullying of her school years has got an opportunity to show the world how far she’s come by taking to the stage as a contestant in the Miss England beauty pageant. Seventeen-year-old model Rheanna Cartier, of Kingham in Oxfordshire, England, won the spot of the wildcard round of the Miss…


Teen Honors Fallen Marine by Playing Patriotic Hymns Outside Home for Two Weeks

A Texas high school student has used his musical talent to honor his neighbor, a U.S. Marine who died unexpectedly. The teen played the national anthem and patriotic hymns on his French horn outside his home in Cypress, Harris County, every night for two weeks. Ethan Martula, 15, from the Cypress Ranch High School marching band,…