Will Love Island’s Cierra Ortega Be at the Season 7 Reunion? She Says…
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Will Love Island’s Cierra Ortega Be at the Season 7 Reunion? She Says…

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Temu users face a ‘high risk’ of finding illegal products, EU says
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Temu users face a ‘high risk’ of finding illegal products, EU says

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Coldplay’s Chris Martin Bounces Back From Astronomer Kiss-Cam Scandal With Sweet Serenade of Soccer Legend Lionel Messi & Wife
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Coldplay’s Chris Martin Bounces Back From Astronomer Kiss-Cam Scandal With Sweet Serenade of Soccer Legend Lionel Messi & Wife

Imagine you're playing in the sandbox and accidentally throw sand in your friend's eyes. Oops! To make up for it, you share your favorite toy truck wi...

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How SeaWorld San Diego Made One of the Summer’s Most Viral Concert Series
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How SeaWorld San Diego Made One of the Summer’s Most Viral Concert Series

Imagine you have a big box of crayons. Most times, you might pick the usual colors like blue or red to color your drawings. But one day, you decide to...

Jul 28, 2025 1 min read
Your Nature Photos Are Doing More Science Than You Think
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Your Nature Photos Are Doing More Science Than You Think

Imagine you’re a little detective with your toy camera, snapping photos of bugs, trees, and flowers. Every time you show these pictures to someone, ...

Jul 28, 2025 1 min read
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Donkey Kong Bananza’s identity crisis doesn’t get in the way of good time
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Donkey Kong Bananza’s identity crisis doesn’t get in the way of good time

Imagine you're playing with your toy box and you find toys that don't really match — like a dinosaur in a car race! That's a bit like what's happeni...

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Dead Space Creator Says He May Have Directed His Last Game After Callisto Protocol Flop — 'Tough Out There' for AAA Development
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Dead Space Creator Says He May Have Directed His Last Game After Callisto Protocol Flop — 'Tough Out There' for AAA Development

Imagine you made a giant, super cool sandcastle that took you weeks to build, but when you showed it to your friends, they weren't impressed and didn'...

Jul 28, 2025 1 min read
How Trump let Boeing off the hook for the 737 MAX crashes
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How Trump let Boeing off the hook for the 737 MAX crashes

Imagine you're playing a game where you accidentally break a rule, and you might have to go to a time-out. But then, instead of going to time-out, you...

Jul 28, 2025 1 min read
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Star Matthew Lawrence Wants AI To Revive Robin Williams’ “Iconic” Voice
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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Star Matthew Lawrence Wants AI To Revive Robin Williams’ “Iconic” Voice

Imagine you have a favorite talking toy, but it's old and doesn't work anymore. Now, imagine if you had a magic machine that could make your toy talk ...

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Iggy Pop Performs Viral Superman Song “Punkrocker” Live for First Time: Watch
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Iggy Pop Performs Viral Superman Song “Punkrocker” Live for First Time: Watch

Imagine you have a favorite song that you always dance to at home, but you've never danced to it at a big party with friends. Now, imagine if Iggy Pop...

Jul 28, 2025 1 min read
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"Excessive Social Media Posts": People Are Sharing Signs That Someone Is Secretly Miserable, And Now I'm Extremely Paranoid
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"Excessive Social Media Posts": People Are Sharing Signs That Someone Is Secretly Miserable, And Now I'm Extremely Paranoid

Imagine if you had a toy that was super fun to play with, but sometimes it made you sad when you played alone. That’s a bit like what happens with a...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Gwyneth Paltrow Helps Astronomer Lean Into Coldplay Cheating Scandal
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Gwyneth Paltrow Helps Astronomer Lean Into Coldplay Cheating Scandal

Imagine you're playing with your toys and accidentally break your friend's favorite toy. Instead of hiding it, you decide to tell your friend and make...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
TikTok Influencer Emilie Kiser's Husband Won't Be Charged In Toddler's Drowning
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TikTok Influencer Emilie Kiser's Husband Won't Be Charged In Toddler's Drowning

Imagine you have a box of crayons and one crayon accidentally falls out and breaks. Even though it wasn't your intention to break it, someone might th...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco beef up wedding security after plans leak: report
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Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco beef up wedding security after plans leak: report

Imagine you're planning a super-secret pirate party where you invite all your best friends for treasure hunting. But someone tells everyone in school ...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Is anyone going to stop a looming death spiral in Gaza?
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Is anyone going to stop a looming death spiral in Gaza?

Imagine you have a lunchbox that you take to school every day, but one day, someone starts taking some of your snacks from it. Now, you don’t have e...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
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The dire state of Gaza negotiations, briefly explained
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The dire state of Gaza negotiations, briefly explained

Imagine you have a big box of crayons and you and your friend can't agree on who gets to use the blue one. You both start arguing and it gets so loud ...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Playing fair won’t save Democrats from the redistricting war
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Playing fair won’t save Democrats from the redistricting war

Imagine if you and your friends were playing a game where you all got to draw lines on a big map that decided who got to share toys. Now, if one of yo...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Trump’s media war just got a $10 billion twist
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Trump’s media war just got a $10 billion twist

Imagine you drew a funny picture of your friend in class, and your friend didn't like it. Instead of just being upset or telling the teacher, your fri...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Anthony Anderson Apologizes For “Poor Taste” Of Resurfaced Interview With Teen Lindsay Lohan
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Anthony Anderson Apologizes For “Poor Taste” Of Resurfaced Interview With Teen Lindsay Lohan

Imagine you found a really old drawing you did that used to be funny, but now it seems a bit mean. That's sort of what happened to Anthony Anderson, a...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
David Letterman Blasts CBS and Skydance on ‘The Late Show’ Cancellation: ‘This Is Pure Cowardice’
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David Letterman Blasts CBS and Skydance on ‘The Late Show’ Cancellation: ‘This Is Pure Cowardice’

Imagine you have a favorite toy that you've played with for a very long time, and one day, someone decides to take it away, saying it costs too much t...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
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Anti-Flag’s Ex-Frontman Justin Sane Must Pay Rape Accuser $1.9M After Failing to Respond to Lawsuit
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Anti-Flag’s Ex-Frontman Justin Sane Must Pay Rape Accuser $1.9M After Failing to Respond to Lawsuit

Imagine you're playing a game where you need to listen carefully and respond when it's your turn. If you don't respond, you might lose by default, eve...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
3 Executives Out At Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media
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3 Executives Out At Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media

Imagine you have a big box of crayons, and you've got friends who help you color awesome pictures. But one day, you decide to color pictures with some...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Taylor Swift Shows Support for Travis Kelce in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’: “An Absolute Must Watch”
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Taylor Swift Shows Support for Travis Kelce in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’: “An Absolute Must Watch”

Imagine your favorite singer and your favorite movie actor are in the school playground. Your singer friend shouts across the playground that she thin...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Spotify Streams Spike Following Osbourne’s Death
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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Spotify Streams Spike Following Osbourne’s Death

Imagine if every time you finished a big puzzle, everyone wanted to see it and talk about how great it was. That's kind of what's happening with Ozzy ...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
What Idaho Murderer Bryan Kohberger Told Police After He Was Arrested
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What Idaho Murderer Bryan Kohberger Told Police After He Was Arrested

Imagine you're playing hide and seek, and you accidentally broke your mom's favorite vase while hiding. When she asks you what happened, you have to d...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
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Coldplay’s Affair Couple: What Do People Really Think About What Went Down? | Billboard News
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Coldplay’s Affair Couple: What Do People Really Think About What Went Down? | Billboard News

Imagine you're at a big birthday party with a super fun game called "kiss cam," where a camera shows people on a big screen, and they give each other ...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
How the creators behind House of Eden went from TikTok to making their first horror film
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How the creators behind House of Eden went from TikTok to making their first horror film

Imagine you and your friends make a super cool lemonade stand and start selling it by dancing and singing on your street. Lots of people come by, they...

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DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
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DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban

Imagine you have a favorite toy, but one day, the rules at school say you can't bring that toy anymore. What if you put a sticker on it and called it ...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Top Boy actor Micheal Ward charged with rape
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Top Boy actor Micheal Ward charged with rape

Imagine you have a box of crayons, and someone says you took a crayon that isn’t yours. You know you didn’t take it, so you say, “No, I didn’t...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
Emilie Kiser's Husband Brady Won't Be Charged for Son's Death
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Emilie Kiser's Husband Brady Won't Be Charged for Son's Death

Imagine you have a toy that breaks, and your mom thinks it might be your sibling who broke it. But after looking around and thinking really hard, she ...

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read
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Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Claims Trump's Obama Accusations Are Attempt to 'Distract from Epstein File Scrutiny'
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Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Claims Trump's Obama Accusations Are Attempt to 'Distract from Epstein File Scrutiny'

Imagine you have a robot friend named Grok who is really smart because Elon Musk made him that way. Now, imagine there's a big box of secrets about so...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
The government stepped in to clean up a disaster in North Carolina. Then they created another one.
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The government stepped in to clean up a disaster in North Carolina. Then they created another one.

Imagine you spilled a big box of Legos in your room. It's a mess, right? So, you ask your parents to help clean it up. They come in, scoop up all the ...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is back
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The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is back

Imagine you have a piggy bank where you save coins to buy toys. Now, imagine if every time you bought a toy from a specific store, your mom or dad sai...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
Ozzy Osbourne Memorabilia Hits Auction Block After Death
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Ozzy Osbourne Memorabilia Hits Auction Block After Death

Imagine if you had a favorite superhero costume that you loved to wear all the time. Now, imagine if you could buy the actual cape that superhero wore...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
Everything we know about the Air India crash points to an uncomfortable truth
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Everything we know about the Air India crash points to an uncomfortable truth

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Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
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Lil Wayne Remix Challenge Launched By AI-Powered Music App Hook & SoundCloud
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Lil Wayne Remix Challenge Launched By AI-Powered Music App Hook & SoundCloud

Imagine you have a big box of LEGO bricks with instructions to build a specific thing, like a spaceship. But instead of following the instructions exa...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Star Admits He Hasn't Played The Game Yet
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Star Admits He Hasn't Played The Game Yet

Imagine if you drew a super cool picture that everyone loved, but you never actually looked at it yourself! Sounds funny, right? That's kind of what h...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
Mickey vs. Shrek: Inside the Multibillion-Dollar Theme Park War
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Mickey vs. Shrek: Inside the Multibillion-Dollar Theme Park War

Imagine if your two favorite playgrounds started trying to outdo each other by getting cooler slides and more fun games. That's kind of what's happeni...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
BBC to Air ‘MasterChef’ Amateur Series Despite Gregg Wallace and John Torode Misconduct Findings
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BBC to Air ‘MasterChef’ Amateur Series Despite Gregg Wallace and John Torode Misconduct Findings

Imagine you have a favorite TV show where two teachers show people how to cook amazing dishes. But then, some people say these teachers did something ...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
Italian Kung-Fu Movie ‘The Forbidden City’ Lands North American Distribution From Well Go USA (EXCLUSIVE)
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Italian Kung-Fu Movie ‘The Forbidden City’ Lands North American Distribution From Well Go USA (EXCLUSIVE)

Imagine you made a super cool drawing at school and you want to show it to everyone, not just your family but also your friends in another town. The m...

Jul 23, 2025 1 min read
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