JEOPARDY BACKLASH
Monday night's episode of Jeopardy spurred an online debate and some fans were not happy after all three contestants struggled to pronounce the last name of one Russian author. The contestants all guessed the correct author under the category "the quotable Alex" but failed to pronounce his tongue twisting last name — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — correctly. Afterwards, fans said the show and host Mayim Bialik should have given the guests some leeway. One person tweeted that it set an awkward precedent and that contestants should be able to "pronounce a response in a reasonable way.
SPOTIFY'S BILLIONS CLUB
Another song has just joined the billions club on Spotify. That's the songs that have had more than one billion streams on the platform.The Beatles' hit song "Here Comes the Sun" was added to the list this week, becoming the 406th track to join. Seven years ago, Drake became the first artist to be inducted into Spotify's Billions Club for his song "One Dance" from his 2016 album Views. Miley Cyrus' song "Flowers," which was released in January, became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.
New reports suggest Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza is one of the deadliest and most expansive in history.
The Powerball jackpot is climbing to an estimated $620 million ahead of Saturday night's drawing.
Hamas says it will not negotiate for the release of any additional hostages until Israel's operation in Gaza ends.
A fatal news helicopter crash in New Jersey has left two people dead.
Israel reportedly delivered an offer with possible terms for a second week-long ceasefire.
Shipping companies are diverting billions of dollars in cargo from the Red Sea after Houthi rebels based in Yemen attacked multiple ships.
A New York judge has ordered that court documents related to a lawsuit from one of the accusers in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case be unsealed.
About 126 people have been killed in a massive earthquake in the northwest region of China.
Indigenous students from any of Wisconsin's 11 tribes will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for free beginning next fall, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday.
In the Red Sea this morning, a U.S. warship, the USS Carney responded to a distress call by a commercial vessel after it came under attack.
