Hilda Baci is a chef in Lagos, Nigeria. She recently stayed in the kitchen for 100 hours and only took short breaks each hour. She started cooking on May 11 and did not stop until May 15. Baci's goal was to break the Guinness World Record for longest...
Unusual Hound Wins Top Prize at Biggest US Dog Show A petit basset griffon Venden, or PBGV, won top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City Tuesday. The dog, called Buddy Holly, won the award for best in show. The breed he repr...
Artists to Russia: Our Fire Is Stronger Than Your Bombs Jenya Polosina and Anna Ivanenko are Ukrainian artists. After Russia invaded their country, they decided to use their skills to push back against the war. Polosina and Ivanenko worked with other...
Hollywood Writers Expected to Settle In for Long Strike Hollywood writers went on strike this week to demand higher pay and job security. The labor action forced an immediate suspension of late-night television shows and other programs and projects....
American Museum of Natural History in New York to Open New Building This week, the American Museum of Natural History in New York is going to open its new building. The structure is designed to connect visitors with their place in the natural world....
American Jason Stark's two young sons talked excitedly for months about seeing the The Super Mario Bros. Movie. When the film opened this month, Stark decided to make a special event of taking his boys to the show. Stark took a day off from work and...
Some American skateboarders are creating new moves by combining longboarding and dance. This version of the activity is already popular in southern California. It has also become popular in cities like Paris, France and Seoul, South Korea. Reporters...
Soda Fountain in West Virginia Appeals to Nostalgia, Memories In 2023, if you visit a pharmacy, you might be sick and in need of medicine. If you were to visit a pharmacy 100 years ago, you might go there to buy medicine. But you might also go there...
Book Invites Children to Turn Native Gardens into National Park A wildlife and insect expert who urges people to create gardens with native plants is now bringing children into the effort. Doug Tallamy has become a leading supporter for returning nat...
European protectors of Champagne will not let just anyone use the name of the drink. That includes a large U.S. beer company. Champagne is an alcoholic drink that is produced in France. It is made in an area about 140 kilometers east of Paris. For ye...
Where is the line between art and advertising? The question is central to a big dispute in a small American town. A large painting in Conway, New Hampshire, has led to a zoning conflict, a First Amendment legal action and a local vote. It started wit...
The Phantom of the Opera closed Sunday night after 35 years on New York City's famous Broadway. The musical theater show opened on January 26, 1988. It completed nearly 14,000 performances. The show ended with another performance of its most famous s...
In the Caucasus Mountains nation of Georgia, dumpling-eating is a serious activity. I'm not Georgian, but the first rule I learnt when I came to Georgia was how to eat khinkali, says Sergei Shirinsky. He says he is now a dumpling expert. Georgian khi...
Britain continues preparations for the ceremony to recognize the rule of a new king. The coronation, or crowning, of King Charles III is set for May 6. His wife Camilla will be crowned queen also. 英国继续筹备承认新国王统治的仪式。国王...
In the early 1980s, Michael Jordan was a great college basketball player at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. No one was sure he would become one of the world's most famous athletes. At the time, the shoe company Nike was best-known for r...
