Economic pressures led to a surge of requests for help this year. The Toy Fund placed additional orders and did some last-minute shopping to make sure no child was passed over. Some children have ...

Patrick Meyer, the owner of American Science and Surplus, says the store started as a military surplus supply store decades ago. Today, it's known as a place to find classic toys and things you ...

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After months of trying to get pregnant, Kirstie Phillips threw out all her scented candles. She also trashed her body wash, moisturizer and the scented plug-ins she used in her Suffield, Conn ...

And, as the parents who apply for help are well aware, a simple toy or book has the power to change the world for a child, even if for a short time, and create memories that last forever. A woman ...

For the industry to rise up further, it has to learn new tricks — it has to rise to meet the growing demand for premium-quality toys, whilst carving out a more significant play globally. First, some ...

my sister and I would carefully curate a list of wanted items from the Sears catalog, which we never got. However, getting less made me appreciate the few toys I did receive, like my beloved Kenny ...

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the 20- or 30-something in your life? It might be in the toy aisle. All the while, these toys are topping charts for hot holiday toys for tots, too.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Volunteers recycle and restore used toys to donate them to vulnerable children as ...

Now 63, he wouldn’t dare rough up his toys. His collection is so prolific that it literally fills a warehouse in suburban Washington and includes the Pink Rear Load Beach Bomb prototype ...

Microsoft has patched potentially critical vulnerabilities in Update Catalog and Windows Defender on the server side. The tech giant has released advisories for each flaw and assigned CVE identifiers, ...