Arts Dec 08 'Jeopardy!' stays with hosts Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings for the season Jennings, the record-holder for longest “Jeopardy!” winning streak, is a consulting producer on the show. Bialik has already been chosen to host “Jeopardy!” prime-time and spinoff series, including a new college championship.
Politics Dec 08 Dole honored with events in D.C., his hometown, Kansas capital Dole’s casket will lie in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. A public memorial service is set for Saturday morning in Dole’s hometown of Russell, Kansas, and followed by a private afternoon ceremony at the Kansas Statehouse.
Politics Dec 08 Jan. 6 panel to pursue contempt charges against Meadows n a letter to Meadows' attorney, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said that Meadows has already provided documents to the committee, including personal emails and texts about former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Politics Dec 08 WATCH: Biden gives remarks on bipartisan infrastructure law in Kansas City President Joe Biden traveled to Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday to promote his $1 trillion infrastructure law, which covers upgrades and repairs to roads, bridges, mass transit and water systems, and a shift to electrical vehicles.
Arts Dec 08 Looted Gilgamesh tablet, one of world's oldest surviving works of literature, returns to Iraq The Gilgamesh tablet is part of a section of a Sumerian poem from the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is one of the world’s oldest works of literature, and one of the oldest religious texts.
Health Dec 07 As omicron spreads, experts speculate whether it will overtake delta As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are anxiously watching a battle play out that could determine the future of the pandemic. Can the latest competitor to the…
World Dec 07 Major outage hits Amazon Web Services, impacting a wide variety of sites The company provides cloud computing services to many governments, universities and companies.
Nation Dec 07 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.
World Dec 07 European drug regulator supports mixing COVID-19 vaccines The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that using different types of vaccines together, known as heterologous vaccination, can provide protection against COVID-19.
World Dec 07 China says U.S. diplomatic boycott violates 'Olympic spirit' BEIJING (AP) — China accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit on Tuesday after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns. Rights groups have pushed for a full-blown boycott…