April Fools' Day

D.C.-area institutions pulled out jokes and pranks for April Fools’ Day. Here are a few that will have us chuckling through the weekend — from mumbo sauce-flavored La Croix to a planned rotation of the Lincoln Memorial to a sports team’s new raccoon mascot. The D.C. Council announced sparkling water with the flavor of D.C.’s famous mumbo sauce. “No single...

Here is everything you need to know about April Fools’ Day, from its mysterious origin to how the BBC once convinced people that spaghetti grows on trees.

An Oklahoma newspaper has apologized and retracted a story intended as an April Fools’ prank that claimed all students in one Tulsa-area school district must repeat their current grade level.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady apparently created his own Twitter account just to give fans a scare on April Fools’ Day.

A Marymount University student was arrested for his involvement with a bomb threat that forced the campus to evacuate, police said.

A retired University of Maryland professor who was reported missing nearly a month ago was found dead in a Prince George’s County lake by students participating in a community service effort.

April the giraffe is no fool and neither is her soon-to-be-born calf. As hundreds of thousands of people watched, the mama giraffe waited patiently for April Fools’ Day to pass without giving birth.

The Maryland-National Capitol Park Police said the students found the body in Lake Artemesia about 9:30 a.m. Saturday near Indian Creek.

April the giraffe has held out for her namesake month to deliver her world-famous calf.

A UC San Diego student explains the controversial fliers calling for the removal of Muslims in San Diego County.

Flyers about Muslim internment camps were found posted on the UCSD campus.

Celebrities and companies did not disappoint this April Fools’ Day. Some unique pranks surfaced this year that consumers may not have noticed. Here’s a look at some of the most creative.