Toy News

While her friends dressed Barbie dolls, Lucy Sanders designed and constructed buildings with Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, and playing cards.

In his column Monday Vivek Wadhwa addressed the need for toys that help develop today's girls to become the great engineers and scientists of tomorrow.

Today's vignettes include a family in need, a single working mom with twin boys and an elderly woman who likes to quilt but can't afford supplies.

Like many schools across the suburbs and rural areas, Center Elementary has had too many children who often don’t have enough food at home.

The teen who admitted having nonconsensual sex with Daisy Coleman's 13-year-old friend from Albany, Mo., was taken into the state juvenile justice system.

Happy Birthday Nicki Minaj ! It's hard to believe but the hip hop hottie is 31 years old today! In honor of her special day, we've assembled 31 of her sexiest selfies from Instagram.

As a preschooler in the 1980s, I negotiated with my parents in a Christmas trade: successful mastery of potty training for a coveted Teddy Ruxpin.

A baby sitter charged with strangling a four-year-old girl said the child threw a Barbie doll at him during an argument that ended when he picked her up by her neck and stuck his fingers down her throat.

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Chelsea Rae Bernier, with her blue-eyes and blonde hair, could easily be mistaken for a real-life Barbie outside of her costume and theater.

Among the many gifts you'll buy this season, a must-have toy is probably somewhere on your list.

When I was a girl, I dreamed of Santa bringing me the cool new toy: an Easy-Bake Oven, a Betsy-Wetsy doll, Lincoln Logs, K'Nex, the giant Barbie playhouse or the Lite-Brite.

As more than a dozen major retailers from Target to Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving, shoppers across the country got a jump start on holiday shopping.

Despite Barbie's persistent presence in American culture, the shapely doll isn't exactly known for her realistic representation of a woman's body.

The Groveland child is 10. She has five brothers and sisters, none of whom have reported being abused by their natural father.

We always get a little nostalgic during Christmastime but this week it seemed like we really had childhood on the brain.

Growing up in the '80s, I have fond memories of music, TV shows, and toys from that era, like Transformers , Michael Jackson , Reading Rainbow with LeVar Burton , My Buddy & Kid Sister , Glow Worms , hair bands , He-Man , Square One , and rap music from acts like the Beastie Boys .

A bulletin board meant to provoke discussions of racial stereotypes has been removed Monday night from an Indiana University residence hall after generating outrage on social media.

Every year there are trendy, must-have toys that beep and flash and then quickly end up cast aside.

Hottest toy of 2013 is the Rainbow Looms. Learn how to use the Rainbow Looms Tool to manipulate elastic bands to create bracelets and more.