2016-09-15 Baby Orangutan Born at Washington’s National Zoo
This is What’s Trending Today: Happy News! For the first time in 25 years, a baby orangutan was born at the National Zoo in Washington, D. C. Zoo officials say…
2016-09-14 Roald Dahl Day Celebrates British Writer’s 100th Birthday
This is What’s Trending Today…. Roald Dahl is a beloved British writer. He is the author of some of the world’s best-known children’s novels, including “James and the Giant Peach,”…
2016-09-13 American Teenager’s ‘Domino’ Artwork Goes Viral
This is What’s Trending Today. A teenager from the northeast state of New Hampshire has one of the top trending YouTube videos this week. Lily Hevesh is known as Hevesh5…
2016-09-10 Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
This is What’s Trending Today. Sunday is September 11. It is the 15th anniversary of the day thousands of people were killed in a terrorist attack in the United States.…
2016-09-09 World Nomad Games Come to a Close in Kyrgyzstan
This is What’s Trending Today… The 2016 Rio Olympics are over and the Paralympics are just beginning. But in between, a much different kind of international sporting event took place…
2016-09-08 Paralympic Games Begin in Brazil
This is What’s Trending Today… Rio de Janeiro is home for the next 11 days to thousands of athletes competing in the 2016 Paralympic Games. The Paralympics are an international…
2016-09-07 Runners Face Mud Pit at Texas Race
This is What’s Trending Today. A running website recently published a video of a high school race in the United States. The site, FloTrack, is known for reporting on competitive…
2016-09-03 SpaceX Rocket Explodes With Facebook Satellite on Board
This is What’s Trending Today. No one was injured when a Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral in Florida on September 1. But the rocket and a communications satellite…
2016-09-02 Bill Nye Returns with a New Show
This is What’s Trending Today…. American Bill Nye is a science educator, actor and writer. Nye is probably best known as the presenter and star of “Bill Nye the Science…
2016-09-01 Research Shows Dogs Really Do Understand Humans
This is What’s Trending Today…. Researchers at a university in Hungary say there is truth to what many dog owners always believed. Dogs do understand what humans say. Scientists in…
2016-08-31 Have We Entered a New Geological Period?
This is What’s Trending Today… For almost 12,000 years, Planet Earth has been in what is called the Holocene Epoch. This geological era started after the last ice age. Human…
2016-08-30 Feelings and Fashion at MTV’s Video Music Awards
This is What’s Trending Today… The MTV network held its Video Music Awards, or VMAs, Sunday night. Social media users are still talking about the stars and performances at the…
2016-08-26 Before-and-After Photos From Earthquake in Italy
This is What’s Trending Today. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy on Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the center of the earthquake was near the town of Norcia.…
2016-08-24 U.S. Swimmer Ryan Lochte Loses Sponsors
This is What’s Trending Today. Ryan Lochte’s name stayed in the news this week, two days after the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Lochte is the…
2016-08-23 Social Media Points Out Sexism in Olympics Coverage
This is What’s Trending Today…. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have come to an end, but people are still discussing media coverage of the event. Several comments…