VERSAILLES, Ind.—A southeastern Indiana teenager has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for the suffocation deaths of his two young siblings months apart in 2017, when he was 13 years old. A Ripley County judge ordered the sentence Tuesday for Nickalas Kedrowitz. Jurors convicted him in August on two counts of murder for the…
Missouri Teen Who Was Turned Down By 17 Jobs Starts His Own Digital Marketing Firm
After trailing around 17 local fast-food joints looking for a job, and being rejected by all of them, a Missouri teen decided not to give up and instead change his track. “It got pretty tiring,” Jonathan Bell, 17, told The Epoch Times. “So that’s when I decided to start my own thing.” Bell, a full-time…
Ex-boyfriend Arrested in Death of Houston Teen Shot 22 Times
HOUSTON—An ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 16-year-old girl who was shot 22 times as she walked her dog in southwest Houston, police said Tuesday. Diamond Alvarez was fatally shot Jan. 11 a couple of blocks from her home near a field that was used as a neighborhood…
Los Angeles Police Kill Teen Girl While Firing Shots at Male Suspect
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room Thursday as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier, authorities said. Police also killed the male suspect, authorities said. He and the girl have not been named. The woman who had been assaulted was…
A New York Schoolgirl’s Christmas Wish: ‘Ask the Chinese Government to Release My Parents’
A 16-year-old Chinese girl, who is studying music in New York, hopes her one simple Christmas wish could be granted: the unconditional release of her parents who are detained in China for practicing Falun Gong. It has been more than a year since Grace Chen Fayuan, a talented erhu player, heard any news of what…
Man Sentenced to Minimum of 112 Years as Teen Gets Parole
A man who was effectively sentenced to life in a Missouri prison for a robbery he committed as a teenager in St. Louis has been granted parole, years after the judge who sentenced him had a change of heart. A state parole board granted parole to 42-year-old Bobby Bostic on Monday, and he will be…
Instagram Unveils Teen Safety Tools Ahead of CEO’s Senate Testimony on App’s Impact on Kids
Instagram said it has ramped up teen safety measures in its popular photo-sharing app, with the announcement coming as the firm’s chief executive is set to testify before Congress and following bombshell reports that it was aware of the app’s harm to teenagers. Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, said in a blog post that the company…
Hardworking Teen Trainee Nurse Buys First Home at 19: ‘I Am a Saver at Heart’
A teenager has purchased her first home while training to become a nurse and working weekends in a take-away. Just weeks after she turned 19, Isabella Hunter single-handedly bought her 107,000 pound (approx. US$146,300) two-bedroom, semi-detached home. The savvy youngster from Dearham, Cumbria, in England, stepped onto the property ladder in April and, unfazed by the…
DA: Remains Found in River Belong to Teen Missing 40 Years
BILLERICA, Mass.—Human remains found in a Massachusetts river this week have been positively identified as those of a 17-year-old girl who went missing almost 40 years ago, authorities said Friday. The remains were confirmed as belonging to Judith Chartier through dental records, according to a statement from the office of Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan….
Fifth British Teenager Convicted Over Death of 15-Year-Old Birmingham Schoolboy
A fifth British teenager has been found guilty of unlawfully killing Birmingham schoolboy Keon Lincoln after buying weapons used in the killing, including a hunting knife found in a getaway car. Kieron Donaldson was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter by a majority 10-2 verdict on Friday, a day after four other defendants were…
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