How do you bring electricity and light to children who live half their lives in complete darkness, and their entire lives in abject poverty? Empower Playgrounds is a nonprofit that has come up with an ...

At first glance, a merry-go-round that generates electricity appears to be a charming idea. But Empower Playgrounds President, Ben Markham, came up with the idea in 2006 during an 18-month stint ...

(WHTM) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced several hundred playground merry-go-rounds have been recalled due to a crush hazard. According to CPSC, BCI Burke Company, Inc.

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- A playground in Richmond is now more inclusive to children with disabilities. SOAR365, a non-profit, in the state's capital unveiled theunique new merry-go-round that was ...

How do you create a playground-style merry-go-round accessible to students with wheelchairs? This was the question posed to three Saginaw Valley State University students — Saginaw native Jason Kopka, ...

The poor thing had just walked into a cupboard and was sobbing. “Take deep breaths, sweetheart,” I said.“You’re okay.” Her big brother Jaeger, five, tried to distract her by pulling silly faces. Then ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — An inclusive playground on Richmond’s northside is now home to the city’s first wheelchair-accessible merry-go-round. Thanks to nonprofit SOAR365, the unique new merry-go-round ...

Kids play on the Omni Spinner in Harper's Playground. (Courtesy of Cody Goldberg) The problem -- or, one of the problems -- with the old school merry-go-rounds most of us grew up with is that they ...

When I was a kid in the play park I wanted to go higher, faster and farther than everyone else. Always pushing the swings that little bit harder, bouncing that little bit higher on the trampoline or ...

DELAND, Fla. — City officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to unveil the newly built Jackson Lane Memorial Playground in DeLand. The playground, which was built with accessibility in ...

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Fortnite has a habit of releasing a cool new thing in the game and then pulling it just hours after launch - and it's done it again. Yesterday, Epic released patch 4.5 for the all-conquering battle ...