2018-10-04 China’s Fan Bingbing to Pay Huge Tax Fine
This is What’s Trending Today… Chinese officials have ordered “X-Men” actor Fan Bingbing to pay $130 million in taxes and fines. The move ends the mystery over her disappearance from…
2018-09-28 Google Celebrates 20th Birthday
This is What’s Trending Today… Google turned 20 years old on Thursday. The search engine celebrated with a special “Google Doodle” video on its U.S. homepage. The fun, animated video…
2018-09-22 #WhyIDidntReport: After Trump Tweet, People Share Unreported Sexual Assaults
This is What’s Trending Today… American President Donald Trump has questioned the honesty of the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. The woman, Christine Blasey…
2018-09-19 ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Top Emmy Awards
This is What’s Trending Today… Stars gathered in Los Angeles Monday night for the Emmys, the biggest awards ceremony in American television. It was the 70th anniversary of the Emmys.…
2018-09-13 US Open Umpire Makes First Public Statement
This is What’s Trending Today … Umpire Carlos Ramos has made his first public statement since his disputed calls at the U.S. Open final Saturday. American Serena Williams and Japan’s…
2018-09-11 Naomi Osaka Is First Japanese Tennis Player to Win Grand Slam
Naomi Osaka beat Serena Williams to win the U.S. Open tennis championship on Saturday. She became the first Japanese player ever to win a Grand Slam title. An overnight queen…
2018-09-08 Williams vs. Osaka: A Dream Match at the US Open
This is What’s Trending Today… American tennis player Serena Williams is looking to make history by winning a record 24th Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open on Saturday. Across…
2018-09-05 Nike’s New Deal with Kaepernick Debated on Social Media
This is What’s Trending Today…. A business deal between Nike and former American football star Colin Kaepernick is creating a flood of debate online. Kaepernick became famous for starting a…
2018-08-29 117-Year-Old Bolivian May Be Oldest Person in the World
In a few weeks, Julia Flores Colque will celebrate her 118th birthday. She is the oldest woman in Bolivia. Following the death of a woman in Japan earlier this year,…
2018-08-22 Madonna: It Was Not Meant to Be an Aretha Tribute
This is What’s Trending Today… American singer Madonna is being hotly criticized for her comments about legendary musical artist Aretha Franklin who died last week. Madonna spoke Monday night at…
2018-08-21 Asia Argento, a Leader of #MeToo, Accused of Sexual Assault
This is What’s Trending Today… Italian actor Asia Argento is among the leading activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse in Hollywood. She was one of the first women…
2018-08-10 Google Honors First Native American Woman Engineer
This is What’s Trending Today… The search engine Google celebrated on Thursday what would have been the 110th birthday of the first Native American woman engineer. Google honored Mary Ross…
2018-08-03 California’s Death Valley Sets New Record for Hottest Month
This is What’s Trending Today… California’s Death Valley may have just set a world record for hottest month ever. The area’s average temperature for the month of July was 42.28…
2018-08-02 All Passengers Survive Plane Crash in Mexico
This is What’s Trending Today…. All 103 passengers and crew members have survived a plane crash in Mexico. The Aeromexico-operated jet had just taken off Tuesday in the Mexican state…
2018-08-01 Texas Police Find Shark Stolen in Baby Stroller
This is What’s Trending Today… A small shark that was stolen from an aquarium in Texas has been found and safely returned. Miss Helen is a 40-centimeter-long gray horn shark.…