Oklahoma Girl, 12, Shoots Intruder During Home Burglary
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Kendra St. Clair, 12, was at home alone in Oklahoma, when loud banging began on the door to her family’s home. Soon, the glass shattered and an intruder had entered. “I was scared and I didn’t know what to do next,” Kendra told…
UPDATE: Pakistani Girl Nearly Killed by Taliban Arrives at UK Hospital for Treatment
Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images(LONDON) — Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was targeted and nearly killed by the Taliban for supporting education for girls, has been flown to a hospital in Birmingham, England, for medical treatm…
Pakistan Rallies Around Young Activist Shot While Riding School Bus
Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images(ISLAMABAD) — Malala Yousafzai has become an icon of hope in Pakistan.At vigils on Thursday, people prayed for the 14-year-old Pakistani rights activist who dared to speak against the Taliban.“Malala can be anybody&…
Madonna Dedicates Concert to Girl Shot by the Taliban
Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Madonna hasn’t been shy during her current tour about speaking out on issues that concern her, and her Wednesday show in Los Angeles was no different. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the …
Mystery Illness Leaves Florida Girl Unable to Walk, Talk
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Brianna Skriver was a bouncy, blond “wild child” who loved playing dress-up and jumping rope with her fellow 5-year-olds, according to her mom. But a mysterious illness swiftly stole her ability to walk and talk, leaving her famil…
Eight-Year-Old Girl Battles Ovarian Cancer
Melinda Cosman(NEW YORK) — In June 2011, Melinda Cosman, of Manchester, Conn. found out her 7-year-old daughter Natalie was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Throughout the previous year, Natalie complained of stomach pains, sometimes so excruciati…
3 Killed in Pa.; Girl Taken, Discovered in Ohio
Hemera/Thinkstock(QUINCY, Penn.) — Kevin Cleeves is in custody after a triple-homicide in Quincy, Pennsylvania.Authorities say there was a child-custody dispute, where Cleeves shot and killed a man and two women before grabbing his 4-year-old daughter…
New Search in 1989 Massachusetts Cold Case
Comstock/Thinkstock(STONEHAM, Mass.) — Cadaver dogs and searchers are combing an area of a Massachusetts state park today in hopes of solving the 1989 cold case disappearance of a local teenager. Melanie Melanson was 14 years old when she went a party…
11-Year-Old Girl Dies After Fight with Classmate over Boy
KABC-TV/ABC News(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Health officials and police in Long Beach, Calif., are trying to determine how an 11-year-old girl died after getting into a fight with another girl over a boy.Joanna Ramos, a fifth grader at Willard Elementary S…
Maryland Fourth Grader Suspended for Composing ‘Kill List’
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(DEALE, Md.) — A nine-year-old Maryland girl was suspended from school for what administrators claim was a hit list she put together.They discovered two weeks ago that the fourth grader from Deale Elementary School in Anne Arun…