Elmo’s social media has been hacked. A series of posts containing antisemitic language and criticisms of President Donald Trump appeared on the Sesame Street character’s official X (formerly Twitter) ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...