Mattel may be hoping for a little magic this week to help make a packaging problem on its “Wicked” dolls go away. The toy company has apologized for a misprint on boxes of its collection for the upcoming feature film based on the hit Broadway musical. The dolls’ packaging was supposed to show the URL…

What started as a light-hearted adventure among Chinese students searching for soup dumplings has quickly evolved into a government-monitored event. Over the weekend, more than 100,000 students joined the “Night Riding Army” in Henan province, biking 37 miles from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng. This massive night-time gathering, first popularized on social media in June, became an…

Four stranded boaters are safe thanks to a Disney cruise ship joining the U.S. Coast Guard on a rescue mission. It happened Sunday, Nov. 10, when the Catamaran started sinking about 265 miles off the coast of Bermuda. The escape hatch blew a gasket causing the boat to take on water.  Coast Guard officials put…

Monday, Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day in the United States. As Americans thank those for their service, numbers are coming on how veterans voted in the recent presidential election. It seems many backed President-elect Donald Trump. According to exit polling from The Washington Post, 12% of voters served in the U.S. military. Of those, 65%…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that it had fired an employee on Saturday, Nov. 9. The employee was reportedly fired after advising a hurricane assistance team to avoid assisting homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump. “I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type…

Federal authorities have seized tens of millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in raids across California, Arizona and Nevada. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 7, that it has charged 48 suspected members of the Sinaloa cartel with distributing meth, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine. Authorities say that they found more than…

Congress is set to dive deeper into the mystery of UFOs, or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), this week. These unexplained sightings have confounded scientists, fueled conspiracy theories and drawn attention from U.S. military pilots. The upcoming hearing, titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,” has sparked renewed calls for transparency about what the government knows.…

It’s been a week since former President Donald Trump became president-elect for a second time. His recent reelection has called into question at least one of his other titles: convicted felon. A Manhattan judge is set to decide whether to uphold Trump’s guilty verdict on 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016…

Come January, Republicans will take control of the U.S. Senate. The question is, how wide will the margin be? According to Decision Desk HQ, Republicans hold a 52-47 lead, with the race in Pennsylvania still hanging in the balance. In that race, Republican Dave McCormick leads incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. by about 40,000 votes,…

For the first time since taking over Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban is attending the U.N. climate conference, known as COP29. This year’s conference is being held in Azerbaijan and is one of the most important talks to host the Taliban which isn’t officially recognized as the ruler of Afghanistan. Azerbaijan invited the Taliban-run Afghan Environment…