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Tracking the hot-button issues driving this year's midterms politics
Imagine you're at school and there's a big contest to decide who gets to be in charge of making rules for the playground. Now, imagine everyone is rea...
Britney Spears skips rare reunion as family attends Jamie Lynn’s daughter’s graduation
Imagine you have a big family party where everyone is coming to celebrate your cousin’s graduation from school. But, let's say, you have a really bi...
‘RHONJ’ alum Jennifer Fessler issues scathing new statement on West Wilson hookup claim: ‘Enough!’
Imagine you're in the playground and you hear a rumor that your friend said they had a super special secret handshake with someone else. But actually,...
Another year, another controversy for Eurovision - but fans are sticking by it
Imagine you have a big, fun singing competition where all your friends from different houses come to sing and see who does the best. But this year, so...
Protests and boycotts rock prestigious Venice Biennale
Imagine you're at a huge art party where artists from all over the world come to show their amazing artwork. This party is called the Venice Biennale,...
Strickland upsets Chimaev to win middleweight title
Imagine you have a big schoolyard, right? And in this yard, there are two kids who are known to be really good at a game called tag. Now, one kid, let...
Dramatic video shows moment Frontier Airlines flight hits trespasser on runway
Imagine you're playing with your toy airplane and suddenly, a little action figure accidentally ends up on the runway where your plane is trying to ta...
Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager of Atlanta Braves, dies at age 84
Imagine you have a favorite teacher who helps everyone in class become super good at what they do. Bobby Cox was like that teacher, but for a baseball...
Two men admit filming antisemitic abuse on TikTok
Imagine you have a toy camera and you decide to use it to make someone else feel really bad by saying mean things while recording them. That's not a n...
‘Saturday Night Live’ Open Has Matt Damon As Brett Kavanaugh Joining Pete Hegseth And Kash Patel In Boozy Night On The Town
Imagine you have your favorite actors playing dress-up as characters from a storybook. In this case, the TV show "Saturday Night Live" (it's like a pl...
Did Trump actually help Venezuela?
Imagine you’re playing in the sandbox and suddenly, someone takes away the main toy everyone was sharing. Now, the kid who was using it the most has...
Levees can no longer save New Orleans
Imagine you're building a sandcastle on the beach, and you make a wall around it to keep the water away. But what if the waves keep getting bigger and...
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