Archives for April 2023

Guests 15 and younger visiting the Knott's Berry Farm theme park in California will once again need a chaperone 21 or older from 4 p.m. until closing. … [Read more...] about Knott’s Berry Farm reinstating chaperone policy for guests 15 and under

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez announced Friday he won't seek reelection for a second term this year, a decision that follows months of infighting among the ruling coalition as it grapples with a fragile economy and galloping inflation. … [Read more...] about Argentina’s President Fernandez won’t seek reelection

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday said he won't be swayed by the biting criticism he's taken from Republicans on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, saying he's "impervious to them." … [Read more...] about Mayorkas says he’s ‘impervious’ to criticism from Republicans

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated religious offerings on Friday to a Tokyo shrine that China and the Koreas consider a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism. … [Read more...] about Japan PM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine

At age 17, Davida Rimm-Kaufman gave up her smartphone to finish high school with a so-called dumbphone, worried that an "extreme addiction" to social media was making her stressed and sad. … [Read more...] about Gen Z dumps smartphones for dumbphones to escape screen addiction