Cash bouquets rival flowers as coveted tokens of love in Zimbabwe Posted March 17, 2026 Romance in Zimbabwe is taking strikingly inventive forms, reflecting life in an economy where cash reigns supreme and sustainability gains new social value. Yo…
Olympic pin mania has collectors running between landmarks and swarming a trading center Posted March 14, 2026 A dozen people outside a Milan metro station on February 11 stared intently at their phones until 8 a.m., when an Instagram post provided a location. “Run, don’t …
London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters Posted February 27, 2026 Can a few lines of verse make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London who wondered whether …
Rhode Island may ditch Mr. Potato Head license plates after Hasbro moves to Boston Posted February 19, 2026 It's no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for decades. Yet with Hasbro's deci…
Luxury supercars raise cash for charity at Detroit Auto Show Posted February 17, 2026 Sparkling Porsches and Jaguars are just some of the sports cars and luxury vehicles that are helping to raise money for a local Detroit charity. About 500 guests spent $250 per…
Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion Posted February 13, 2026 Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie as the newest member of its line, intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that alread…
Some dogs can expand their vocabulary by eavesdropping on their owners Posted February 7, 2026 Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys ar…
A Kenyan barber who wields a sharpened shovel thrives on Africa’s social media craze Posted February 3, 2026 In a sparse shack on the rural roadside in Kiambu, at the edge of metropolitan Nairobi, Safari Martins uses unconventional techniques to cut hair. On the shack…
Small US groups combat historic levels of social isolation Posted January 24, 2026 Americans are disconnected from each other at historic levels, buffeted by what a former surgeon general calls an “epidemic of loneliness.” “Loneliness is one of …
Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art Posted January 19, 2026 Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on bike rides around Baltimore. They have inspired a quest to turn litter into art, inclu…