Our hearts go out to Oklahoma
TeenSpot sends its sympathy to those affected by the Oklahoma tornado yesterday. At least 51 people have died and an additional 150 people were taken to area hospitals after an EF4 level tornado hit outside of Oklahoma City yesterday, in…
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Legal suicide in Vermont
Vermont became the 4th state to legalize doctors giving lethal doses of medication to terminally till and mentally competent patients this week. The other states that allow what some call “death with dignity” and some call “physician-assisted suicide” are Washington,…
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Ice tsunamis destroy homes
I had no idea until today that “ice tsunamis” were a thing. But they are! And this is the second time in two days that Minnesota makes TeenSpot headlines, who’d have thought? Residents of lakeshore towns in Minnesota are dealing…
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Girl with cerebral palsy named prom queen
This is one of those news stories that just warms the heart. Desaray Carroll is an intelligent and friendly senior in high school, and she also has cerebral palsy. Her cerebral palsy causes her to have trouble moving the right…
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Minnesota becomes 12th state to pass marriage equality
Minnesota is set to become the 12th U.S. state to allow gay marriage this week, after a bill to create marriage equality passed handily in the state legislature yesterday. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton has pledged to sign the bill into…
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Science experiment gone wrong causes student to get expelled
16-year-old Kiera Wilmot of Bartow High School in Florida has been expelled after a science experiment gone wrong. Kiera was mixing household chemicals in a plastic jug on school grounds when the chemicals interacted in a way she didn’t expect,…
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Some Saudi girls will be allowed to play sports
A year after two Saudi Arabian women were allowed to compete in the Olympics for the first time, regular Saudi girls will now be allowed to play sports. Female students at Saudi schools will finally be allowed to play…
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