Don’t miss out on the best bargain of the summer. On July 1, Capital Area Transit (CAT) Summer Youth Passes will be on sale for $30, down from its original price of $50. The Summer Youth Pass offers kids between the ages of 13 and 17 years the opportunity to purchase a CAT bus pass […]
Texting while driving has surpassed drunken driving as the top cause of teenage deaths on U.S. roads, according to a new study. The study by Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New York found that more than 3,000 teens die each year as a result of crashes caused by sending text messages while behind the wheel, […]
Extensive marijuana use as a teenager could lead to cognitive decline–risking a long-term drop in their IQ. People who started smoking marijuana as teenagers and continued into adulthood showed an average IQ drop of 6 points between age 13 and age 38, according to the study, which followed more than 1,000 New Zealanders from their […]
VIA: WTVD.COM Police say four upstate New York teenagers who tried to hold their breath for the time it took their car to go a third of a mile were hurt when the driver fainted. Authorities say three 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy were traveling together late Monday night when they decided to try […]
VIA: WRAL.COM After a string of gang-related homicides in southeast Raleigh last year, a group of area citizens came together to talk about ways to redirect teenagers away from gangs. Together they formed Project Ricochet Inc., a broad-based collaboration effort of the Raleigh Martin Luther King Committee, Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association and recognized community street-gang resource […]
