Considering this pop culture column is called Spin Cycle, we couldn't very well ignore the latest craze: fidget spinners. Think of the toys, which resemble the head of a Phillips Norelco electric ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Joseph Pisani, The Associated Press Stores can’t keep them in stock. Parents are scrambling to find them. And some schools have banned them. The mania for ...

Toys R Us has literally scrambled the jets trying to meet the demand of this year's break-out toy, handheld whirligig known as a "fidget spinner." Unlike other toy explosions like the Tickle Me Elmo ...

Fidget spinners -- much like Rubik's Cubes, pet rocks and Tech Decks (aka fingerboards) -- are the newest way to distract yourself with something other than your phone. Since December, the finger toys ...

There’s a new, dumb trend: the fidget spinner. It’s a toy like a top, but spun in the hand rather than on a surface. The user holds a pad at the center, and flicks one of three rounded blades. The ...