2016-01-05 Oregon Protesters Mocked on Social Media
This is What’s Trending Today: Over the weekend, protesters with guns took control of a U.S. wildlife refuge in the state of Oregon. They are protesting the sentencing of two…
2016-01-01 Trending Today: Mother of ‘Affluenza Teen’ Charged
This is What’s Trending Today…. U.S. officials have charged the mother of a young man known in the media as the “Affluenza teen.” Tonya Couch and her son, Ethan, allegedly…
2015-12-31 Carrie Fisher of Star Wars Responds to Criticism on Twitter
This is What’s Trending Today… American actress Carrie Fisher is most famous for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies. During the 1970s and 1980s, she starred…
2015-12-30 What’s Trending? #HoverboardFails
Hoverboards were among the most popular Christmas gifts of 2015. They may have also been most dangerous gifts of 2015. A true hoverboard looks like a skateboard without wheels. To…
2015-12-27 Attacks, Animals, Activism Are Trending Stories of 2015
Big stories grab headlines and capture people’s attention on social media channels like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. 2015 is the year that social media sites turned trends and viral stories…
2015-12-18 Trending Today: Brazil Briefly Blocks WhatsApp
This is What’s Trending Today. A court in Brazil Thursday suspended the messaging service WhatsApp for 48 hours. WhatsApp reportedly failed to agree to the court’s order to give investigators…
2015-12-15 What’s Trending Today: Edward Norton and Serena Williams
An act of kindness made American actor Edward Norton a trending topic on social media today. The actor started an online campaign to raise money for a Syrian refugee who…
2015-12-10 What’s Trending: December 9
Antonin Scalia trends after comments on affirmative action The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in an important case on affirmative action at universities. Affirmative action is the…
2015-12-09 Donald Trump, John Lennon, and #InternetTheBeatles
#TrumpOnCNN Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is all over social media today because of comments he made Monday. Trump called for the U.S. to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering…
2015-11-26 Laquan McDonald, OptOutside, and OrangetheWorld
LaquanMcDonald and FreeMalcomLondon American Laquan McDonald was 17 years old when a police officer shot him to death. It happened last year in Chicago, Illinois. On Tuesday, the police officer,…
2015-11-20 Fathers, Facebook, and International Men’s Day
French officials say the man suspected of organizing the deadly attacks in Paris last week has died. Police confirmed Thursday that Abdelhamid Abaaoud was shot many times during a raid…
2015-11-18 What’s Trending? Cats, Emojis and La Marseillaise
The 2015 Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year is hard to define. It is even harder to pronounce. That is because it is not even a word at all. It…
2021-08-04 The Technology behind Tokyo Games’ Fast Track
Last weekend at the Tokyo Olympics, a runner from Jamaica broke a record in the women’s 100-meter race that had lasted for 33 years. Elaine Thompson-Herah went the distance in…
2021-08-02 Quake-Measuring Device Looks at Inside of Mars
A quake-measuring device on Mars is providing the first close look at the inside of the planet. The findings show a surprisingly thin crust and a hot, molten core beneath…
2021-08-01 Scientist Might Have Found Earliest Evidence of Animal Life on Earth
A Canadian scientist might have found the earliest evidence of animal life on Earth. Geologist Elizabeth Turner presented her findings in the science publication Nature in late July.This undated photo…