2016-10-26 ‘Trump Tower Live’ Launches on Facebook
This is What’s Trending Today… American presidential candidate Donald Trump has launched a daily Facebook Live program. The new show is called Trump Tower Live. Members of his election campaign…
2016-10-25 Cubs and Indians Reach Baseball’s World Series
This is What’s Trending Today… Major League Baseball’s World Series begins Tuesday night. The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians will play Game One of the series in Cleveland, Ohio. It…
2016-10-22 Nintendo Announces New Gaming Device
This is What’s Trending Today. Video game company Nintendo announced its newest portable gaming device on Thursday. It is called the Nintendo Switch. It lets users play games both at…
2016-10-21 Are You a Nasty Woman or a Bad Hombre?
This is What’s Trending Today. People around the United States are reacting to two expressions used by Donald Trump during the final presidential debate on Wednesday night. He called Hillary…
2016-10-20 Handsome Pakistani Tea Seller Catches Eyes
This is What’s Trending Today. People on social media are reacting to photographs of a blue-eyed tea seller from Pakistan. Photographer Jiah Ali was carrying her camera when she discovered…
2016-10-19 2017 Calendar Shows Many Sides of Vladimir Putin
This is What’s Trending Today. The world is getting its first look at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official 2017 calendar. The calendar shows many sides of the Russian leader.Some photographs…
2016-10-18 Supermoon Photos Around the World
This is What’s Trending Today. Something called a “supermoon” rose at night on October 15 and 16. That is when the moon is full, closer to Earth than usual, and…
2016-10-15 U.S. Government Lifts Ban on Cuban Cigars and Rum
This is What’s Trending Today. People in the United States who enjoy smoking Cuban cigars celebrated Friday. The U.S. government ended its restriction on cigars, a tobacco product made in…
2016-10-14 Singer Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Literature Prize
American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.The Swedish Academy said it chose Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song…
2016-10-13 Pumpkins Are Huge As Halloween Approaches
This is What’s Trending Today: October might seem to be pumpkin month in the U.S. The holiday of Halloween comes on October 31. Americans around the country are already using…
2016-10-12 Ken Bone: From Undecided Voter to Internet Hero
This is What’s Trending Today…. Forget the presidential candidate with his name in gold lettering on tall buildings in New York City. And forget his main opponent, the woman who…
2016-10-11 US Presidential Debate Most-Tweeted Ever
Sunday’s U.S. Presidential debate was the most-tweeted debate in Twitter’s ten-year history, the social network said. Twitter users sent more than 17 million debate-related tweets during the 90 minute debate.…
2016-10-08 Girl Completes Backyard “Ninja Warrior” Course
This is What’s Trending Today. Millions of people are watching a video of a 5-year-old girl from the U.S. state of Colorado completing an obstacle course at her home. Gavin…
2016-10-07 Reporter’s Chinatown Story Criticized
This is What’s Trending Today: People in the United States are concerned that a report on a recent episode of the conservative talk show “The O’Reilly Factor” represented Chinese-Americans in…
2016-10-06 Report Says Yahoo Scanned Emails
This is What’s Trending Today… It has not been a good month for the American Internet company Yahoo. In late September, Yahoo announced that everyone who uses its email service…