RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more ...

Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” Claw machines, also known as crane machines, dot arcades, malls, even grocery ...

Have you ever wondered why you played the claw machine 10 times and lose and the next person behind you puts in one quarter and wins? It turns out, those claw machines are likely rigged. A recent ...

Have you ever wondered why you played the claw machine 10 times and lose and the next person behind you puts in one quarter and wins? It turns out, those claw machines are likely rigged. A recent ...

Claw machines are notoriously frustrating. You start with a spark in your eye thinking you’ll be able to win that one prize that you’re eyeing. “It can’t be that hard, it’s right there,” you think to ...

The Hsinchu City Government yesterday said a new regulation to ban claw machine stores from operating within 100m of elementary or junior-high schools is to take effect early next year, following a ...

An off-duty fire fighter happened to be in the restaurant to assist at the time. — -- Firefighters rescued a young Florida boy in a pinch after he became stuck trying to get a toy from inside a ...

A toddler with a love of claw machines had the “time of his life” when he climbed inside one of the toy-filled machines in Australia. A video shows how police officers rescued him. Three-year-old ...

After getting stuck in a claw machine, a 4-year-old girl may have learned a valuable lesson. On Dec. 20, while at a restaurant in Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia, Poppy Pike apparently found ...