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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- We revisit our Blessed Sacrament School students at Metro Pizzeria in West Brighton on their last 'Whacky Wednesday' to see if they have any new tricks on their Fidget Spinners, ...

Say hello to fidget spinners, the newest toy sensation. Fidget spinners are small plastic toys that provide a quick, soothing rotation. The gadgets were originally designed to help kids with attention ...

Fidget-spinner tricks used in simple demonstrations show motion and balance in entertaining ways. 'Robbing them': Treasury ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Fidget spinners, the small plastic toys the provide a quick, soothing rotation, are the newest sensation that is flying off shelves and into schools across the country. The gadgets ...

A: It’s a fidget spinner. What the fuck is a fidget spinner? It’s the current must-have accessory for elementary school students, although this microtrend may have already died out by the time you ...

How awesome is a fidget spinner in space, where your body can do all the spinning you want? Pretty awesome, it turns out. Astronauts on the International Space Station showed off their tricks in ...

There’s no accounting for what makes something go viral. Talking dogs, a natural. The flip-cup craze, random but understandable. “That hot new ADHD toy” — slightly out of left field. But that is where ...

As if worrying about funding and quality teachers isn’t enough, now schools on both sides of the Atlantic are dealing with a mighty serious problem of another sort: fidget spinners and their cousins, ...

Sit. Stay. Spin! Tim Snyder figured out how to get his dog to stay perfectly relaxed while a rotating fidget spinner balances on his dog bone. Making the dog's patience even more impressive, the bone ...

The twirling, hand-held toys at times exasperated teachers and distracted students. But by the time school started this fall, interest had dissipated. "It seems to already be a bit of a passing fad," ...