An Outback Steakhouse sign.Photo:Bruce Bennett/Getty Bruce Bennett/Getty A 12-year-old boy was accidentally served an alcoholic beverage at an Outback Steakhouse in Michigan this month. Mekyle Cureton toldFox affiliate WJBKthat he typically orders a virgin strawberry daiquiri at a Livonia location but said that this drink “didn’t taste normal” and that his “heart started beating as I was drinking it.” Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Alexander Alvarado. Gunshots aimed at a family’s SUV killed a 12-year-old California boy Monday afternoon as the boy sat inside the vehicle with his parent near an elementary school where they’d gone to pick up his younger brother from an after-school program. Police still were searching Wednesday for at least two suspects who approached the car around 5 p.m. and opened fire before speeding off, according to the Los Angeles Police Department....

Photo: Max Ortiz/Detroit News via AP In an act proving the power of friendship, a 12-year-old boy worked odd jobs around his neighborhood to raise enough money for a gravestone for his best friend, who tragically died of heart failure. Kaleb Klakulak and his pal, Kenneth “K.J.” Gross, were best friends from Detroit who loved to spend their time painting and playing video games, according toWXYZ. Though they were only 12, the pair had already gone through much together since becoming friends in second grade....

Photo: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Luis Fosso, 32, and his wife Dayan Media Flores, 25, are facing three counts each of neglect and one count of confinement. Fosso faces an additional count of domestic battery. More charges, including murder, could be filed after the results of forensic testing that has yet to formally determine cause and manner of death, said the sheriff. “The initial thoughts are that he starved to death,” he said....

A 13-year-old boy from Florida died after crashing his dirt bike when police tried to pull him over the day after Christmas, theBoynton Beach Police Departmentsaid. “Our hearts go out to the family members of this young person, and they can trust that we and our law enforcement partners will be conducting a series of thorough and meticulous investigations into the circumstances of what occurred,” Boynton Beach Police Chief Michael G....

Photo: Good Will Fire Company A Delaware mom is crediting her 13-year-old son with saving her life after a devastating house fire engulfed their home — and it’s all because he defied her orders to turn off Netflix before bedtime. As she was heading to bed on New Year’s Day, Angela Marie Borden reminded her son, Damir Carter, of the family’s rules: no television after 10 p.m. But with his mother sound asleep, Damir instead stayed up way past his bedtime to watchThe Flashon Netflix until around 1 a....

Ryan Taylor.Photo:Go Fund Me Go Fund Me The teen was found injured that afternoon near an intersection 8 miles away from the Las Vegas strip, per the outlets. He was taken to the hospital and died Sunday morning. Another witness told KTNV that around 15 to 20 people worked together to lift the car and free the child. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

A 13-year-old boy fell over 70 feet into the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. According toa statement from the National Park Service, the Grand Canyon National Park’s Search and Rescue (SAR) team responded to the teenager after he had fallen about 70 to 100 feet over the edge of Bright Angel Point near the North Rim of the canyon. The team successfully rescued the adolescent using rope “to safely raise him to the rim” once they determined that they could not retrieve him via helicopter, the release said....

A 13-year-old boy is dead after a shooting rampage occurred in Colorado, leaving his mother and little brother in critical condition and one other man injured. Vaughn’s 12-year-old brother ran for his life and escaped unharmed. The incident occurred after Webster and Meghan allegedly had an angry encounter during traffic in Westminster, Colorado on Thursday, according to the outlet. Neither Webster, Gale nor Meghan knew each other, police say. David Zalubowski/AP/Shutterstock...

Photo: GoFundMe An Ohio teenager killed a 14-year-old girl after she told him she thought she was pregnant — he reportedly feared he was the father. On Wednesday, in juvenile court, the teen boy pleaded true— the equivalent of guilty— to murder, Stark County Assistant Prosecutor Michelle Cordova tells PEOPLE. Cordova says the perpetrator had told police he and McGee believed she was pregnant with his child. “That is what I believe got this whole thing started,” Cordova said on Wednesday, according to theCanton Repository....

Photo: gofundme Police in Los Angeles are investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed outside of a local Chick-Fil-A. The Los Angeles Police Department issued a news release on Friday,asking the community for helpin finding the person who killed Marco Murillo Jr. At 5:40 p.m. local time on Wednesday, LAPD officers with the Transit Services Division “observed a physical altercation involving several juvenile males at the intersection of 7th Street and Flower Street,” the LAPD said....

When 13-year-old William Rabillo noticed his mother was struggling to make ends meet, he took it upon himself to make things a little easier for her — even if it meant sacrificing the things most teenagers his age wouldn’t.In a recentFacebook post, mom Krystal Preston revealed she was without a car to transport her three children after coming down on hard times.“The last couple weeks have literally been hell filled with so many tears, anger, confusion and heartache,” Preston, from Fernley, Nevada, wrote....

Brayden Harrington and President Joe Biden.Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP/Shutterstock During the Inauguration Day special on Wednesday, Brayden Harrington performed a passage from President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech for millions of viewers. But public speaking hasn’t always been so easy for 13-year-old Harrington, whose stutter eroded his confidence until his chance meeting with President Joe Biden on the campaign trail last February. “I tell you what: Don’t let it define you,” the then-presidential candidate, who has also battled a stutter,told Harrington....