- Today’s Pick: Do you know this Disney lore?
Editors’ Picks • September 17, 2025 There’s a lot of well-known lore around Disneyland, but one story may have flown under your radar. According to Walt Disney himself, the vision for his first amusement park came to him while he was watching his two daughters play at the Griffith Park merry-go-round in Los Angeles (you can watch him share the anecdote in our article below). Built in 1926, the carousel was shut down in 2022 due to disrepair and a probate dispute, but now the city has…Read more
- Where did trick-or-treating come from?
Daily Edition • October 31, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Happy Halloween! You’ll notice that we really got into the spirit this year, as today’s featured stories all revolve around the spooky holiday. If you’re hankering for a real fright, though, check out The New York Times’ roundup of 25 of the best jump scares in movie history. A warning before you click: Some of them are truly terrifying! Must Reads Zoom in: the top shots from the Close-Up Photographer of the Year shortlist Tomorrow kicks off...
- Meet the new half-marathon record holder
Daily Edition • October 30, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Stores are still filled with pumpkins and candy, but New York is getting into the Christmas spirit. This week, officials revealed the pick for the 2024 Rockefeller Center tree: an 11-ton Norway spruce, standing 74 feet tall and 43 feet wide. The festive tree will travel from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to New York City early next month, arriving in the famed plaza on Nov. 9. Must Reads Target is offering its cheapest Thanksgiving meal deal to...
- New shingles treatment could ease eye symptoms
Daily Edition • October 29, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Wake up, new giant panda footage just dropped! On Saturday, the National Zoo shared a video of Bao Li and Qing Bao, the pandas who recently arrived from China, “having a ball” with some enrichment toys in their new habitat. “These toys encourage our giant pandas to keep physically active and mentally sharp; they also give the bears an opportunity to use their natural behaviors and choose how to spend their time,” the Washington, D.C. zoo...