Why are parents hiring “Fortnite” coaches for their kids?

Fortnite is an astounding cultural phenomenon. More than 125 million people play the online video game worldwide.

Are parents worried about the violence of the game or its addictive nature? For many, the answer is no. They’re worried that their kids are losing.

So, according to the Wall Street Journal, they’re hiring Fortnite coaches for their children. One contracting site has hired out more than 1,400 Fortnite coaches since last March.

One mother explains: “There’s pressure not to just play it but to be really good at it. You can imagine what that was like for him at school.”

A car that costs more than $4 million

A 1998 Mercedes-Benz will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on August 25. It comes with its original tool chest, owner’s manuals, spare keys, and first aid kit. The starting bid is a mere $4,250,000.

Why? The AMG CLK GTR is a street-legal version of a race car that was so successful in 1998, competitions were canceled the next year “due to lack of interest from Mercedes’ competitors.” The car being auctioned is one of only twenty-five ever built.

In a similar vein, a home in Georgetown is coming on the market for $22 million. The current owner bought the property in 2008 for $11.8 million. Its claim to fame: Ted Kennedy once lived there.

According to the Historical Society of Washington, DC, Kennedy and his first wife, Joan, rented the property sometime after his election to the Senate in the 1960s. Even though the senator moved to another home many years ago and died in 2009, the Georgetown property is still identified with him.

Speaking of prominent families, thieves stole two crowns and an orb from the Swedish royal family’s collection yesterday. The priceless artifacts were snatched at lunchtime from a cathedral an hour west of Stockholm. The criminals made their escape in a motorboat.

The items belonged to King Karl IX, who died in 1611, and his wife, Queen Kristina, who died in 1625. They are so valuable because they…