‘Allow him to sway’ or not: Video of President Bush at Dallas memorial divides social media; ‘We will dance on your grave': Grief but also glee after fatal goring of matador; Latin Kings gang member gets life term for killing trans teen with hammer; Giant eagle at Australian wildlife show gets a little too wild, attacks boy; Even more evidence Pluto deserves its dwarf planet status: Another tiny body in our solar system; ‘Is that a pig?’ Indiana girl, 9, finds sunburned newborn baby abandoned in back yard, police say; You’ve been punked: Company boasts of experimenting on us with fake viral videos; ‘Feminist coup': Clue, the game, kills off Mrs. White, replaces her with female scientist; Indicted Utah sect leader Lyle Jeffs slips away from FBI — most likely using olive oil; The resurgence of comic books: The industry has its best-selling month in nearly two decades; Think dinosaurs roared like in ‘Jurassic Park’? The truth, new research says, is a bit wimpier.;
 
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Pokémon Go: The April Fool’s joke that became a global obsession
In 2014, Google created a "game" in which users looked on Google Maps for Pokémon a la "I Spy" or "Where's Waldo" as an April Fool's prank. That led to the game that has raised Nintendo's market value by $9 billion.
‘Allow him to sway’ or not: Video of President Bush at Dallas memorial divides social media
After both Presidents Obama and Bush gave speeches focusing on unity and tolerance, social media was filled with arguments about whether Bush's impassioned swaying at the memorial was appropriate.
 
‘We will dance on your grave': Grief but also glee after fatal goring of matador
Victor Barrio's death reignites the debate over bullfighting in Spain.
 
Latin Kings gang member gets life term for killing trans teen with hammer
Josh Vallum, aka King Chaos, claimed he killed Williamson after he reached between her legs and realized she had a penis.
 
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Giant eagle at Australian wildlife show gets a little too wild, attacks boy
The young child attacked by a captive wedge-tailed eagle was bloodied but not seriously injured.
 
Even more evidence Pluto deserves its dwarf planet status: Another tiny body in our solar system
It is a small thing by Earth standards — by scientists' best estimate the world is about 435 miles across, roughly the distance from Washington, D.C., to Columbus, Ohio.
 
‘Is that a pig?’ Indiana girl, 9, finds sunburned newborn baby abandoned in back yard, police say
Nine-year-old Elysia Laub saw something unusual in the family's back yard and told her mom who ventured outside with her daughter to make the discovery.
 
You’ve been punked: Company boasts of experimenting on us with fake viral videos
The company says it was an experiment. Then again, it admits to conning the world.
 
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‘Feminist coup': Clue, the game, kills off Mrs. White, replaces her with female scientist
Mrs. White served as one of the seven main characters in the board game Clue since 1949, but now she's been replaced with a woman boasting a PhD in plant toxicology.
 
Indicted Utah sect leader Lyle Jeffs slips away from FBI — most likely using olive oil
"He used a substance which may have been olive oil to lubricate the GPS tracking band and slip it off his ankle," said an FBI agent.
 
The resurgence of comic books: The industry has its best-selling month in nearly two decades
Comic-book sales began increasing five years ago and have been steadily rising ever since, probably because of the more diverse stories and the mainstream films depicting them.
 
Think dinosaurs roared like in ‘Jurassic Park’? The truth, new research says, is a bit wimpier.
Hollywood wants our dinosaurs to roar like elephants, but the truth may be more bird-like.
 
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