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When Anne Jakrajutatip was asked how she would evolve beauty pageants, the Miss Universe CEO didn’t hesitate. She didn’t believe evolution was necessary. “Evolution?” Jakrajutatip asked, her eyes widening as she sat alongside Victoria Kjær Theilvig during a press conference in November 2024 after the 21-year-old from Denmark was crowned Miss Universe. “We have blond and blue eyes,” Jakrajutatip continued, …

AUSTIN, Texas — The teenage gunman in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre entered school in Uvalde, Texas, as a bright learner before years of escalating academic and behavioral troubles that preceded him opening fire on a fourth-grade classroom, according to records released Monday. The school files reveal in greater detail 18-year-old Salvador Ramos’ downward spiral that authorities have well …

Giovanni Pelletier, 18, went missing on Friday, August 1 after sending a chilling text to his mom, Bridgette Pelletier, who was on vacation in Florida with him. 11:55 ET, 10 Aug 2025Updated 13:30 ET, 10 Aug 2025 Giovanni Pelletie, 18, went missing on August 1 while in Florida on vacation with his mother (Image: GoFundMe) Authorities have reportedly discovered a …

Authorities in Florida have found the body of missing North Carolina teen Giovanni Pelletier, 18, in a tragic end to the week-long search for the teen.  His decomposing remains were found in a retention pond off I-75 and State Road 70 on Friday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The body was formally identified on Saturday afternoon.  The area …

“You don’t understand.. she’s my idol,” Jenelle wrote, referring to the viral ‘Teen Mom 2’ scene, in which the reality star expressed her love for Kesha after learning her jail sentence was going to conflict with the date of the singer’s concert that she had tickets to. Teen Mom alum Jenelle Evans and singer Kesha just took fans back — …

The night before they went shopping for a dress for the 2023 Miss Teen USA pageant, UmaSofia Srivastava‘s mother had a dream. Her then-16-year-old daughter was wearing a purple gown — and a crown. That dream came true, complete with the purple dress, but there was no premonition of what would come next. Eight months after winning her title, Srivastava …

The 18-year-old’s mother says her son — who texted her “Mom help” in his final words before his disappearance — was found “after a desperate search by our family alone,” while authorities have yet to confirm the identity of the body. The body of the North Carolina teen — who vanished while on vacation in Florida — has been found, …

This article was produced with support from WIRED. A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the Wifi—“using the school network as a lab,” as he puts it—when he spotted a handful of mysterious devices with the identifier “IPVideo Corporation.” …

To hack the Halo 3C, they found that if they could connect to one over the network it was installed on, they could brute-force guess its password with virtually no rate limitations due to a flaw in how it tried to throttle those guesses. “It’s trivially possible to guess passwords as quickly as the thing can respond to you,” says …

Archaeologists in Iran have unearthed the lavish grave of a teenager who lived more than 3,000 years ago, when the region was part of the Greater Khorasan Civilization. The woman died at about age 18, probably of natural causes. Her rich grave goods, including gold jewelry, indicate that she came from a wealthy family with “inherited status,” according to a …