2018-12-07 Colorful Mandarin Duck Excites New Yorkers
It is not easy to excite New Yorkers. This is one reason why actors and other famous people move to the city. They can live quieter lives and escape the…
2018-12-06 Boy Asks Town to Lift Snowball Fight Ban
This is What’s Trending Today… Cold, snowy weather has arrived in many places. That means young people are enjoying building snowmen, going sledding and having snowball fights. But in one…
2018-12-05 George H.W. Bush’s Service Dog Sully Stays by His Side
The body of America’s 41st president, George H.W. Bush, has been placed inside the U.S. Capitol building. People began lining up in the early morning hours Tuesday for the chance…
2018-11-15 Can You Copyright the Taste of Food?
This is What’s Trending Today. The European Union’s highest court has dismissed an attempt by a Dutch cheese maker to copyright its cream cheese. The ruling means that a person…
2018-11-14 Love for Stan Lee on Social Media and More
This is What’s Trending Today. Messages in honor of Stan Lee are pouring in on social media and other online sites. Lee is the creator of famous comic book characters,…
2018-11-09 Man Wants to Legally Change His Age
This is What’s Trending Today. Are you unhappy with your age? Do you feel younger than your age? Well, perhaps you should consider legally changing your birth year. That is…
2018-11-03 British Store Forms Human Chain to Move Books
This is What’s Trending Today… Recently, the operators of a bookstore in Southampton, England made an unusual appeal to people in the community. They sought help moving books and other…
2018-10-25 Game of Chance to Pay One Winner $1.5 Billion
This is What’s Trending Today… A small piece of white paper sold at a convenience store in South Carolina is now worth more than $1.5 billion. Lottery officials in the…
2018-10-23 Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
This is What’s Trending Today… Who wants to be a billionaire? For a $2 ticket, people have a chance to win the Mega Millions record-breaking lottery jackpot of $1.6 billion.…
2018-10-16 A Half-British, Half-American Royal Baby on the Way
This is What’s Trending Today… Another royal baby is on the way. Britain’s Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle are expecting a child. Kensington Palace tweeted the announcement…
2018-10-12 Michelle Obama Announces Program for Girls Around the World
This is What’s Trending Today… More than 98 million of the world’s adolescent girls do not go to school. On Thursday, former American first lady Michelle Obama announced a new…
2018-10-10 Taylor Swift Jumps into Politics
This is What’s Trending Today… Taylor Swift is one of the biggest names in American pop music. Millions of fans follow the singer-songwriter on social media for the latest in…
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…