The origins of the teddy bear involve President Theodore Roosevelt, a bear hunt, a political cartoon, and the owner of a candy shop in New York.

It looks as if it’s flying. Gliding, really. Its wings are disconnected, head floating above them, in Elisabeth Mazzily’s ...

Joshua Blackledge, 16, died on March 18 at his home in Newport, North Carolina. A family member found his body next to a teddy bear, paper note and a picture.

Because we’ve been seeing it for years: people needing that reassurance, that knowing that their bear would last a bit longer.” The Teddy Bear Ladies have worked together since 2006, when Mrs Tatchell ...