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The death of the big toy store
Looking to buy a toy for your kids? You'll probably have to shop at a retail Goliath like Amazon, Walmart or Target. Now that Toys "R" Us is closing all its US stores as well as its stores in the UK, specialty toy retailers are pretty much extinct.
Confusion during school threat evacuation sends students running
A bomb threat phoned into L.C. Bird High School prompted a school evacuation Wednesday morning, according to Chesterfield Police.
Toys 'R' Us Files for Bankruptcy
Suffering from slumping sales and mountains of debt, Toys 'R' Us has filed for bankruptcy.
Airlines Are Still Struggling to Get Into Devastated Puerto Rico
Major commercial airlines are still struggling to fly to Puerto Rico after last week's hurricane.
Lady A, the singer, is fighting back against Lady A, the group
The singer Lady A is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A.
Tech CEO resigns after video shows his racist rant towards Asian-American family at California restaurant
The CEO of a San Francisco-based technology company who was seen in a viral video making racist remarks against an Asian-American family has resigned from his company.
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick to be secretary of state, faces key committee vote
President Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of state faces a key committee vote Monday evening, where Mike Pompeo is not expected to have enough support for a favorable recommendation, a distinction not seen before in recorded US history for a nominee to be the nation's top diplomat.
What to watch: Arizona special election
Arizonans vote Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant by former Rep. Trent Franks, who resigned in December amid sexual harassment accusations from members of his staff.
Amazon said it pushed Chinese factory for reforms before report published
Amazon said it has called on a supplier to clean up its act at a Chinese factory where a watchdog group says it observed harsh conditions and mistreatment of workers.
Craigslist founder gives $20 million to journalism school
His website is often blamed for contributing to the decline of the newspaper industry, but now Criagslist founder Craig Newmark is giving $20 million to train future journalists at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Greece and Macedonia sign agreement on name change
Greece and Macedonia signed an historic agreement Sunday to rename the latter the Republic of North Macedonia, possibly putting end to a dispute that has soured relations between the two countries for decades.
Personal flying machine designs revealed in Boeing GoFly contest
A giant egg equipped with rotors and "Transformers"-style robots are among some of the creative designs submitted in a $2 million dollar contest to dream up new ways of flying.
UNC coach under fire over his remarks on football's link to brain illness
University of North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora is under fire after he questioned the validity of studies on a degenerative brain illness that affects players.
The father of two Parkland school shooting survivors is shot and killed during a robbery
A shooting in February scarred Elama Ali. Another this month took her father's life. When an armed teen burst into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, moving through the school and mowing down students and teachers, Elama took cover.
IOC preparing 'detailed heat countermeasures' for Tokyo 2020
With exactly two years to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan continues to swelter under searing heat.
Here's what's actually going on behind closed doors at the Manafort trial
The jury in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's trial is now in its fourth day of deliberations. Conventional wisdom would tell you that the longer the jury goes on without a decision, the better it is for Manafort.
ABC rolls the dice, again, with Roseanne-free 'Roseanne'
ABC rolled the dice on a new version of "Roseanne" with Roseanne Barr, and thanks to the star's unmanageable nature, wound up getting burned. After taking a principled stand by canceling the show because of Barr's racist tweets, the network has opted for another revival --a Roseanne-free "Roseanne," indicating its new priority is simply cutting its losses.
'Are we there yet?' A Road Trip With Kids Is Itself a Destination
I'm writing this on a road trip, the longest we've taken with our two daughters. It is nine hours according to the phone's GPS, which means 11 hours in actual time with stops, which equates to 24 hours in perceived time.
'Wine Country' serves up light comedy from Amy Poehler
There will be wine, laughs and the airing of old grievances in "Wine Country," a light, breezy directorial debut by Amy Poehler, who also produced, worked on the story and co-stars with fellow "Saturday Night Live" alumni. The rudimentary nature of the plot yields a perhaps inevitably episodic feel, leaving fun individual moments, but a movie that's a few bottles short of a case.
Jump aboard the eDumper, the world's largest electric vehicle
While a single computer used to take up a whole room, now they comfortably fit inside your backpack to be easily carried around.