• Walgreens scores a viral candy TikTok hit with these peelable gummies

    Despite TikTok’s uncertain future, it’s still continuing to set social media trends, and the latest one is a mango gummy candy with a cultlike following from an unexpected source: Walgreens’ own store brand, Nice!, a maker of a variety of budget drinks and snacks. The gummies sell for $1.99 per bag, and they have a certain, shall we say, a-peel. Yes, the gummies are peelable. And they’re so popular that Walgreens put a one-bag-per-customer limit on the product online (if you try to fill your...

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    Chesterfield Police asking for help finding hit-and-run suspect

    According to police, on Jan. 18, the driver of an older model Dodge Ram truck struck another vehicle while making a right turn on the 10000 block of Greenyard Way, causing significant damage to the other vehicle.

  • Study finds only 2% of TikTok health and nutrition advice is accurate

    A new study found only 2% of health and nutrition advice posted on TikTok is accurate. The fitness app MyFitnessPal, partnering with Dublin City University, conducted a study on TikTok in which it used artificial intelligence to analyze over 67,000 health and nutrition videos posted on the app. Preliminary findings found that just 2.1% of […]

  • 'Incredibly Rare' Prehistoric Finds May Have Marked Path To Afterlife

    An archaeological survey has identified traces of hundreds of previously unknown monuments—including five "incredibly rare" prehistoric structures that may have once marked "routes for the dead" into the afterlife.James O'Driscoll with the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom conducted the survey using LiDAR technology in the Baltinglass landscape of County Wicklow, Ireland, which is renowned for its prehistoric remains. The results have been published in...

  • XRP (XRP) Market Cap Hits $27.24 Billion

    XRP (XRP) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 16:00 PM ET on April 16th. One XRP coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.49 or 0.00000786 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last seven days, XRP has traded down 20.9% against the dollar. XRP has a market capitalization […]

  • Nyack graduate Nick Cassano finds hilarious niche in his TikTok fame

    Nick Cassano was bored out of his skull. We all were. Remember? Remember the very middle of the pandemic: no place to go, nothing to do, an endless blur of binge-watching TV shows and staring out the window?  It was mind-numbing for a lot of us.  Nick Cassano figured he’d had enough.  Nick Cassano and

  • Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse Ambitions Persist Despite Billions in Losses for Meta

    Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, continues to invest heavily in his Metaverse vision, even as its Reality Labs division reports significant financial losses, including an astounding $3.8 billion loss in the first quarter of 2024.

  • Gen-Z Finds Anthem On TikTok. And They're Rockin' To This Anti-Work Song

    Gen-Z Finds Anthem On TikTok. And They're Rockin' To This Anti-Work Song An anti-work anthem has gone viral on the Chinese social media platform TikTok in recent days. This comes after youngsters have complained on social media about President Biden's disastrous 'Bidenomics' policies that have sparked elevated inflation and crushed their financial mobility. The viral video, posted by TikTok user "tedymakesmusic," has been viewed 1.4 million times and liked nearly a quarter million...

  • Ethereum Classic (ETC) Hits Market Cap of $4.03 Billion

    Ethereum Classic (ETC) traded down 1.6% against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 20:00 PM ET on April 21st. Ethereum Classic has a market cap of $4.03 billion and approximately $156.63 million worth of Ethereum Classic was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, Ethereum […]

  • Unlikely Best Friends Find Forever Home After Going Viral on TikTok

    An endearing tale of friendship between two unlikely companions has captured the hearts of millions after their story went viral on TikTok.

  • Mark Vientos hits walk-off home run in Mets' win vs. Cardinals

    NEW YORK -- Mark Vientos may only be here for a short time, but he’s certainly making it count. Vientos, a temporary roster replacement for Starling Marte, hit a walk-off two-run homer in the 11th inning Sunday afternoon to lead the Mets to a 4-2 win over the Cardinals at

  • Ancient Maya blessed their ballcourts: Researchers find evidence of ceremonial offerings in Mexico

    For sports fans, places like Fenway Park, Wembley Stadium or Wimbledon's Centre Court are practically hallowed ground.