August 25, 2023 Meet the American who brought Barbie to life, Ruth Handler, fierce testament to girl power Meet Ruth Handler, the American who co-founded toy-industry giant Mattel; she was also the creator of Barbie, introduced at the International Toy Fair in New York in 1959.
August 8, 2023 Poultry peddler Double Dubs of Wyoming sells 48,083 chicken wings in 24 hours for world record Food truck vendor Weitzel's Wings of Laramie, Wyoming, set a new world record last week by selling 48,083 chicken wings in just 24 hours, a total of more than 6,400 pounds of chicken.
April 7, 2023 Meet the American who made Easter sweeter, legendary chocolate bunny salesman Robert Lincoln Strohecker Robert Strohecker, a confection salesman from Pennsylvania, is dubbed "Father of the Chocolate Easter Bunny" for popularizing German tradition in United States.
March 22, 2023 Tampa's treasured 'Cigar City' culture enjoys revival as tourists, newcomers flock to Florida Tampa, Florida, was once the center of global cigar manufacturing, producing more than 500 million cigars annually. The city's cigar industry is enjoying a revival today.
March 17, 2023 Meet the American who designed the Empire State Building, New York City native architect William F. Lamb William F. Lamb was a New York City native architect charged during the Great Depression with designing the tallest building in the world. It proved an incredible success.
January 5, 2023 Michigan UPS worker, born a preemie herself, makes warming blankets for other babies born prematurely A UPS worker in Michigan, Grace Hsia Haberl, has developed a blanket to help warm premature infants; she's now distributing them around the world, including Ukraine. Fox News Digital spoke with her.
December 16, 2022 Meet the American who planted the first Christmas tree farm: New Jersey entrepreneur W. V. McGalliard William V. McGalliard planted America's first Christmas tree farm in White Horse, New Jersey, in 1901. He helped fuel the nation's 20th-century surge in having Christmas trees at home.
December 14, 2022 Christmas trees are just one part of the allure that a Vermont family brings to NYC each December The Romp family of Vermont has been selling Christmas trees and spreading Christmas spirit in New York City every year since 1988, winning over local neighbors along the way.
December 9, 2022 Meet the American who created the first department-store Santa: immigrant entrepreneur James Edgar James Edgar is recognized by the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame as the first department-store Santa, greeting guests in a custom-made suit for the first time in 1890.
December 2, 2022 What Black communities need are local solutions not big government. That's the only way real change happens. What Black communities need are local solutions not big government. ‘Contract with Black America’ will provide a grassroots path to fixing economic inequality.
