At a busy intersection, a seven-year-old boy darts between cars with a plastic bottle in hand. Nearby, a little girl sits ...

Just so you know, not all of the grand old trees around my house survived the windstorm of a couple weeks ago. One big one came down and about got my house. It ...

The Marine Corps League, Heartland Detachment based in Brainerd doled out hundreds of bags of gifts on Thursday, Dec. 18, during the annual Toys for Kids drive at the Brainerd Armory. Jerry Wolters, ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

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Growing up, I learned very early that I was not built for parenthood, and the reason was simple. I saw too many kids acting up in the middle of grocery stores, collapsing to the ground like operatic ...

Charities are looking to spread joy to children and their families this time of year. There are many ways to help out, from providing basic necessities and food to donating toys. Charities often hold ...

Charities often hold toy drives for children before the holidays. These are the types of toys that most charities don't accept, plus those that they really need. Brandee Gruener is a digital editor ...

The premiere of Toy Story on Nov. 22, 1995 wasn’t just the beginning of a franchise or even Pixar’s reign as a leading animation company. Today, the computer-generated animation pioneered in that ...

The Pixar Era kicked off 30 years ago with the first installment of the popular franchise. It’s given us countless hits, but something has also been lost. By Maya Phillips There are so many ways of ...

Toy Story 5 is on the way, arriving 16 years after the release of Toy Story 3 back in 2010. That movie seemed to say goodbye to the toys and Andy, until Toy Story 4, released in 2019, reunited the ...