Why Sanrio landed in hot water in China Hello Kitty maker Sanrio has come under fire in China over its collaboration with Japanese TV drama VIVANT.The partnership involved a range of soft toys, including Hello Kitty and other characters dressed as spies from the show. However, its storyline, which depicts a fictional Chinese intelligence agency…
After 118 years under the ownership of one family, America’s only all-water cave and wildlife park has been put up for sale. The move begins the search for a new owner to take over the historic 1,400-acre property in central Pennsylvania. The Campbell family, which first bought Penn’s Cave in 1908, announced the sale through…
Martha Washington, America’s first First Lady A short letter written by Martha Washington in 1760, describing the recovery of her four-year-old daughter from a frightening illness, has found a permanent home at the Library of Congress. The document, addressed to her friend Margaret Green, was purchased for $47,500 through the Library’s James Madison Council Edwin…
Christa Gail Pike as seen in a picture provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction. Jan. 12, 2023. Christa Pike, the US death row inmate who survived an attempted execution by lethal injection last month, has issued her first public statement, saying her body is hurting from the botched execution.The 50-year-old, who would have become…
Landon HobermanPhoto credit: https://barronprize.org/ Landon Hoberman is just 17, from New Jersey, but he’s demonstrating how one small change in the way we eat at restaurants can make a big difference for the environment. He has been lauded for his campaign to get restaurants to stop automatically including plastic cutlery with takeaway and delivery orders,…
Elon Musk sheds ligh on how often he meets his children. Elon Musk has 13 children with four different women who are not in a relationship with Musk at present. Commenting on a social media post that explained the multi-level process in which Musk meets his children, Musk offered a few clarifications. He said his…
The company operates haunted houses in several American cities (Pictures: 13th floor) Two friends who opened a haunted house in a Denver shopping complex in 2002 with their own money have turned it into a multimillion-dollar entertainment business over the past 24 years. Chris Stafford and Warren Conard started the attraction in Colorado, charging visitors…
Gvir referred to what he described as fires at Yad Delek, which he claimed had split into thousands, and a meeting between Arab politician Ahmad Tibi and Qatari representatives days before the election. Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for people he considers disloyal to the State of Israel to be denied…
72-year-old Indian-origin woman who went missing in August has been found dead in a canal in California. 72-year-old Ajit Kaur, an Indian-origin woman who was reported missing in August, was found dead in a California canal. Kaur’s body was found by a Turlock Irrigation District employee in the Lower Lateral 3 Canal near Central Avenue…
Sophia tries to find out what each child enjoys reading. (Facebook/Sophia’s book stand) When Sophia Parekh was seven, she noticed that not every child had the same access to books. It was during the Covid pandemic, when many families were struggling financially, and buying books was not always possible. Sophia, who loved reading, decided to…
