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Walter Diemer made it more fun to be a kid. Business owners and ballplayers smiled with profit and pleasure, too, after chewing on his contribution to global consumer culture. Diemer invented bubble gum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928. It was an unexpected moment of inspiration for the high-school graduate gum-company accountant with a side hustle as a home-kitchen chemist. MEET …

April showers bring May flowers! With spring in full swing, Mother’s Day nearly here and wedding season about to kick off, here is a look at some of the trendiest blooms for this season – both for weddings, holidays, and any reason in particular. Fox News Digital spoke to several florists and flower experts who weighed in on what is …

Beer without the buzz is behind the biggest buzz in the biz. “Alcohol-free beer has been one of the hottest growth trends in the industry the past three to five years,” beer-industry insider Bump Williams, of Bump Williams Consulting in Connecticut, told Fox News Digital. The segment enjoyed a 34.5% sales rise in 2023 compared with year-end 2022 figures, according …

Toddler milk products have grown into a multibillion-dollar global business, despite warnings from health authorities that the benefits of this milk formula are unproven. The products are marketed with claims of improving brain development or immune function, but the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) warned in an Oct. 2023 report that toddler formula is “unnecessary and potentially harmful to young …

NBC News has provided glowing coverage of Walmart and PepsiCo, two companies for which a top network executive holds board positions. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde, who oversees NBC News, CNBC, and MSNBC, has been facing intense scrutiny following NBC’s hiring – and swift firing – of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who sparked outrage from the network’s liberal …

A group of Venezuelan migrants with prior arrests has been busted for allegedly raiding a New York City Target store and then attacking police officers – the latest in a wave of migrant crimes sweeping the Big Apple. Many of them, however, are back out on the streets after being cut loose without bail. Six migrants allegedly plucked various items …

A family is turning its pain into purpose after it unexpectedly lost a loved one. The Cooks —Kim, Lindsey, Brittney and Cailin Cook of Sacramento, California — started Something Sweet in 2022. It’s a premium, frozen cookie dough brand that ships nationwide. Fox News Digital spoke with mom Kim Cook, as well as Lindsey Cook, 27, and Brittney Cook, 25, …

When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to the Easter holiday, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It’s a significant event in faith, marking a child’s reception of the Eucharist for the …

New York City’s boroughs once battled for World Series wins and baseball bragging rights. The Yankees from the Bronx, the Dodgers from Brooklyn and the Giants from Manhattan won eight straight World Series in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1956. Those “diamond daze” of the 1950s are long gone. CRACKER JACK, IMMORTALIZED IN BASEBALL ANTHEM, IS A GRAND-SLAM RECIPE …

Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, the world’s most famous fall beer bash, first germinated in the cool brewing season of spring. And the best place to taste its original, strong, amber-colored beer is not in Bavaria in autumn. It’s here in the United States 12 months a year. SPINACH SALESMAN POPEYE REMAINS EFFECTIVE NEARLY A CENTURY AFTER HIS DEBUT “There are …