FBI: Denver girls may have tried to join jihadis
Three teenage girls from suburban Denver may have been trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria after stealing their parents’ money and flying to Germany, authorities said Tuesday.
2 Mississippi girls found in Louisiana
Two girls who were subject of an Amber Alert in Mississippi have been found safe in Slidell, Louisiana.
Mississippi officers searching for 4 missing girls
Mississippi authorities were searching Thursday for four young girls last seen with their mother and stepfather who are charged with mistreating the children.
Leonard Pitts: Extremist Islam is scared of little girls
There was a method to this madness.
Drought, old purse solve four-decade mystery
Cheryl Miller and Pamella Jackson had planned to celebrate the end of the 1971 school year by gathering with classmates at a quarry along a gravel road.
AG Hood investigates harassment of girls online
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says his office is investigating a trend of inappropriate postings about young girls on a social media website.
Police review journal of Arizona teen held captive for clues
Police on Wednesday were poring over a journal they say a 17-year-old girl kept while she and her two younger sisters were imprisoned by their mother and stepfather for up to two years.
Two charged in Fla. after bullied girl’s suicide
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — It was a cold-hearted online post that a Florida sheriff said hastened the arrest of two girls, aged 12 and 14,
Social media fueling dangerous weight-loss goal
BALLWIN, Mo. — Experts in eating disorders are concerned about an Internet-fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly
Little women: A unique day camp celebrates the art and independence of ‘becoming a lady’
When novelist Louisa May Alcott penned her classic novel, “Little Women,” in the late 1860s, she captured the imagination of readers everywhere with four young, genteel sisters who mature throughout its pages and sequels.
Almost 150 years later, 10 modern-day little women aged 7 through 12 celebrated the art of being lady-like this past week.
Watch out guys: Boy Scout jamboree to host hundreds of girls
GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Make room, guys. The girls are coming to the Boy Scouts of America’s national jamboree. Hundreds of female participants will be
FDA allows OTC morning-after pill, lifts age limit
WASHINGTON — The morning-after pill is finally going over-the-counter. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, lifting all
Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold
The Obama administration’s appeal in the legal fight over morning-after pills has been officially put on hold until a judge weighs a new plan to allow girls of all ages to buy the contraceptives without a prescription, according to a government letter filed Tuesday.
Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls
NEW YORK — After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the
Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill for now
Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge’s ruling allowing the sales, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
Columbus needs to mature quickly
Columbus High School girls basketball coach Yvonne Hairston is anxious to see how quickly her team matures after its two biggest tests of the season.