Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social ...

Ritz, Poppi, Sour Patch, Dunkin' and more companies are celebrating April Fools' Day, but one is more serious than the others. See all the jokes here, and read on to find out which deal is for real ...

It was no joke for an Oakland County man who won a $429,249 Fantasy 5 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery on April Fools' Day.

Beware: April Fools' Day, every prankster's favorite day, is nearly upon us. The unofficial holiday encourages pulling light-hearted pranks, practical jokes, hoaxes or hijinks on others.

From a hilarious first look to a fake bear sighting that led to a sweet family reunion, these three pranks fooled the victims in the nicest way.

I remember the halcyon days when April Fools' Day was a bit of harmless fun. We'd read fake stories from the newspaper over our cornflakes and have a good chuckle. Fake news was just something ...

However, the post was part of an elaborate April Fools' Day prank that cited a fictional press release from a nonexistent Home Depot spokesperson. The article written by editorial staff was posted ...

April Fools’ Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on April 1 each year, focused on pranks and lighthearted deception. The origins of April Fools’ Day are uncertain, but potentially linked to France ...

April Fools' Day, a day of pranks and hoaxes, is believed to have originated in France in the 1500s. The holiday may have stemmed from the transition to the Gregorian calendar, which caused confusion ...

closeup of a young man with a paper with the text kick me attached to his back; Shutterstock ID 393570358 Credit: Shutterstock / nito April Fools' Day: the best day of the year. Everyone is ...

From breaking the filibuster record to a staffer being arrested, it was a busy April Fools’ Day on Capitol Hill.

April Fools' Day falls on April 1 each year. Known for jokes and pranks, the lighthearted holiday has a longstanding tradition you might not know about. Historians trace April Fools' Day back to 1582.