Teens

Nearly two dozen youth, including minors, were arrested at a "teen takeover" event at Tampa's Curtis Hixon Park last Friday. The city is partnering with organizations to host a community event.

Four South Florida men have been convicted in the 2021 assassination plot targeting Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. But there are lingering questions over what really happened in the months leading up to the killing.

An Associated Press investigation finds that a business known for tough-love boarding schools for rebellious, rich teenagers has set its sights on a different demographic: adopted kids.

Teen drivers are at an increased risk of being involved in fatal crashes over the next few months.

A small but growing group of young teens are turning to drastic treatments to lose large amounts of weight, things like body-altering surgery and new drugs that rewire metabolism.

The homicide rate for older teens rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, researchers say.

High school students are having less sexual intercourse. But that doesn’t mean they’re having less sex. The language of young love and lust, and the actions behind it, are evolving.

At the "strong urging" of the state Department of Education, the Duval school district says it will no longer participate in the federal questionnaire for teens.

The study of military dependents found more than 40 percent reported low mental well-being, often because of separations and a lack of connections in their lives.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to require strict limits on the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes, including age verification controls for...

The number of crashes caused by distracted drivers is growing. Last year in Florida more than 50,000 accidents resulted from drivers who weren’t focused...

Six teenagers who were involved in the crash of a stolen vehicle that killed three of the teens in a violent wreck had been arrested 126 times in recent…