2018-04-19 Southwest Airlines Pilot Praised for Her ‘Nerves of Steel’
This is What’s Trending Today… An American pilot who made an emergency landing Tuesday after the plane lost an engine is being praised for her “nerves of steel.” The pilot,…
2018-04-14 Limit Alcohol to Just One Drink a Day, New Study Says
This is What’s Trending Today… A huge international study has found that adults should not drink more than, on average, one alcoholic drink a day. That means drinking advisements in…
2018-04-06 Bollywood’s Salman Khan Found Guilty in Poaching Case
This is What’s Trending Today… Bollywood star Salman Khan was found guilty Thursday of illegally killing rare deer in a wildlife refuge in 1998. An Indian court sentenced the actor…
2018-04-05 YouTube Shooter Told Family She ‘Hated’ the Company
This is What’s Trending Today A woman who believed YouTube suppressed her videos fired shots at the company’s California headquarters on Tuesday. Police said she wounded three people before killing…
2018-04-04 Boy Rescued After Falling into Los Angeles Sewage System
This is What’s Trending Today… California officials are praising workers for rescuing a 13-year-old boy who fell into a river of sewage in Los Angeles. The boy, Jesse Hernandez, spent…
2018-03-29 What Are America’s Favorite Dog Breeds?
This is What’s Trending Today… For the 27th year, the most popular purebred dog in America is the Labrador retriever. But other breeds, or kinds of dogs, are quickly gaining…
2018-03-28 Linda Brown, Whose Case Ended Racial Segregation in US Schools, Dies
Linda Brown, who was at the center of the 1954 Supreme Court case that ended racial segregation in American schools, has died. She was 76 years old. Brown was nine…
2018-03-23 Trump, Biden Continue to Exchange Fighting Words
This is What’s Trending Today… American President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are both over the age of 70. But they recently exchanged insults that some say…
2018-03-22 ‘Black Panther’ Breaks Twitter Record
This is What’s Trending… The superhero movie Black Panther has already broken records at the box office. Now, it has broken a record on Twitter, too. The social media company…
2018-03-21 World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies
This is What’s Trending Today… The world’s last known male northern white rhinoceros has died. Sudan was 45 years old. He was living in Kenya at a wildlife conservancy called…
2018-03-16 French Baker Fined For Working 7 Days a Week
This is What’s Trending Today… Cedric Vaivre owns a bakery in the small French village of Lusigny-sur-Barse. Last summer, Vaivre decided to keep his business open every day of the…
2018-03-15 Finland Named World’s Happiest Country
This is What’s Trending Today…. Finland is the world’s happiest country. The World Happiness Report, published Wednesday, studied the happiness levels of 156 countries. It considered factors such as life…
2018-03-09 Chinese Officials Sign Deal to Create Giant Panda National Park
This is What’s Trending Today. China is making plans to create a large protected space for one of its most famous creatures: the giant panda. The planned Giant Panda National…
2018-03-08 Video of Smoking Orangutan Goes Viral
This is What’s Trending Today… Video of an orangutan smoking a cigarette at an Indonesian zoo has gone viral. The footage led to renewed criticism of the zoo, which has…
2018-03-07 George Washington’s Tree Brought Down by Strong Winds
This is What’s Trending Today… The eastern United States is recovering from a major storm, which left widespread damage. Strong gusts of wind broke windows and removed tops of buildings.…