18-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Linda Caicedo ‘Extremely Happy’ After Scoring in World Cup Debut

Linda Caicedo.Photo:DAN HIMBRECHTS/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockLinda Caicedo flashed a huge smile and danced with her Colombian teammates after scoring in herWorld Cupdebut Monday night.The 18-year-old star forward for Colombia has already become one of the inspirational stories of theWomen’s World Cup, just one round into the tournament.Caicedo, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 15 years old, has now scored in three World Cup tournaments this year, netting goals in the under-17 women’s World Cup, the under-20 women’s World Cup, and now scoring in her debut match for the Colombian women’s national team on the biggest stage.

18-Year-Old College Football Player Dies After Collapsing During Practice

Photo: Twitter A college football player in Virginia has died after suddenly collapsing during practice on Sunday. TheRichmondTimes-Dispatchreports that 18-year-old Quandarius Wilburn, who played defensive end for the Virginia Union University Panthers, died Aug. 8 while participating in conditioning drills at the school’s Hovey Stadium. VUU confirmed Wilburn’s death in a statement released Monday evening. According to a letter from VUU sent to the university community, Wilburn had eaten breakfast with the rest of the team on Sunday morning, after which he and the Panthers attended a church service, had lunch and began their conditioning workout.

18-Year-Old College Student Killed After Loose Truck Tire Smashes Through Windshield

Lauren Collins, 18-Year-Old College Student Killed After Loose Truck Tire Smashes Through Windshield.Photo:Lauren Collins Memorial Scholarship Fund/Treasured Memories Community Funding Lauren Collins Memorial Scholarship Fund/Treasured Memories Community Funding An 18-year-old woman was killed in Kentucky after a loose tire crashed through her windshield while driving on Sunday, police say. Her mother, Amy Marsh, opened up to PEOPLE about the accident and her daughter. Lauren Collins, a University of Kentucky student, “was operating a white, 2012 Buick LaCrosse in the southbound lanes of I-75” at the time, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement onFacebook.

18-Year-Old Cookbook Author Is Donating Royalties to Fight Childhood Hunger: 'Food Helps Connect Us'

When Sahana Vij was 5, her mom taught her how to make French toast. Together they made soup and enchiladas, and volunteered at a Seattle shelter, serving and sharing meals with families in need.“Food is a major, big, important way to communicate with people,” Vij, now an 18-year-old freshman at the University of California, Irvine, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “Food helps connect us.“Volunteering with her mother inspired Vij to start cooking — and sharing the food she makes with others.

18-Year-Old Dies After Contracting COVID-19 for the Second Time

Wilber Portillo.Photo: gofundme An 18-year-old from Denver has died after contracting the novelcoronavirusfor the second time, according to family and friends. Wilber Portillo on Nov. 19 during his second bout with COVID-19, his girlfriend Andrea Ferrel toldKDVR. “He was just getting better. He had about a week of COVID-free before getting sick again,” Ferrel said. Portillo, a CEC Early College graduate who launched an online sporting goods retailer called My Journey My Success, first fell ill with COVID-19 months into the pandemic following a business trip to Los Angeles, his uncle Oscar Castillo toldDenverite.