13yo New Mexico compound victim says he was trained to wage jihad – court papers

The chief suspect in the case of the New Mexico compound, where 11 children were kept in slum-like conditions, sought to build an army of child recruits to carry out jihad, according to an FBI interview with one of the victims. Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 37, who was arrested by the FBI and charged with child […]

Russian 13yo skater outscores Zagitova with ‘unofficial world record’ in junior world champs win

Thirteen-year-old Russian figure skater Aleksandra Trusova became the first female skater to land two quads in a program on Saturday on her way to winning the 2018 ISU World Junior Championships. Trusova’s technical score of 92.35 points – an unofficial world record – was 11 points higher than fellow Russian Alina Zagitova’s gold medal-winning total […]

13yo boy who shot himself in school bathroom planned massacre, but changed his mind

A 13-year-old student from Massillon, Ohio who shot himself in the head last week was initially planning a school shooting. Police have revealed evidence from the boy’s cellphone. Jackson Middle School student Keith Simons, 13, was found dead in one of the school bathrooms with a semi-automatic rifle. The seventh-grader first left the bathroom with […]

13yo killed in tragic water ski crash

A 13-year-old champion waterskier has died after crashing in a state title race, with his heartbroken father paying tribute to his “best mate”. Blake Tickell, from the Hills district in Sydney’s north-west, was rushed from the NSW State Titles at Wyangala Dam, southeast of Cowra, to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead with critical head injuries […]

More young Aussies watch porn, boys’ first exposure at about 13yo – study

More Australian youths are regularly watching porn and are exposed at quite an early age – 13 for boys and 16 for girls, a new study reveals. The researchers doubt the effectiveness of mechanisms meant to protect younger audiences from adult content. Burnet Institute researcher Dr. Megan Lim, who headed the study of 940 Australians […]