Video-sharing social media app TikTok has been stopping some users from going viral. The move is said to have been intended to prevent certain groups of people, including disabled people, from getting cyber-bullied. It was uncovered by Netzpolitik, a digital rights group. The groups that TikTok are said to moderate,…
An outbreak of vaping illnesses. A surge in teens using electronic cigarettes. They’re often spoken of in the same urgent breath, but it’s not clear how — or even if — they are connected. Following a shakeup at Juul Labs Inc., the largest U.S. seller of e-cigarettes, here are some…
CINCINNATI (AP) — A decision will come next month on a request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student who died despite making two 911 calls after being trapped by a foldaway seat in a vehicle, a judge said after a hearing Thursday. County Judge…
A man has been found guilty for the overdose death of a 16-year-old in Anne Arundel County, Maryland ,the first time in county history someone was convicted of manslaughter for dealing drugs. A man has been found guilty in connection with the drug overdose death of a 16-year-old in Anne…
Source: Caspar Benson / Getty London Teen Murders Young Gang Rival Over Drug Turf 19-year old Ayoub Majdouline was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering 14-year old Jaden Moodie who was kicked off his electric scooter and stabbed nine times by local teenage gang members (a.k.a. The Mali Boys) back…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Blue Ribbon Task Force on Bullying is sharing seven recommendations for schools across the state in its final report. Starting in April , a group of 35 people held hearings all over the state. This report is the culmination of that months-long effort. The…
ICE had detained a student. “Everyone was worried and asking around,” says Sandy Martinez-Paz, a 17-year-old junior at the school. “We wanted to know who it was.” Students later learned that Mario Aguilar, an 18-year-old who enrolled in the school last year, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers…
Until recently, tobacco use was on the decline among Idaho’s youth. Vaping — smoking e-cigarettes — reversed this trend, and tobacco use is surging among those most likely to develop a lifelong addiction. As a mother of adolescents, here’s what I’ve learned about why: To a teen, vaping or Juuling…
The mother of a 5-year-old Illinois boy who was savagely beaten and then forced to stay in a cold shower pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday morning. JoAnn Cunningham, 36, now faces 20 to 60 years in prison in the death of AJ Freund—who was buried in a shallow grave…
Top-ranked Ohio State, at least for a half, didn’t make things easy for the selection committee on Saturday night vs. Wisconsin. Trailing by double digits at halftime of the Big Ten Championship Game, the same Buckeyes who have eviscerated the competition throughout the season showed up in the third quarter,…