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.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert and specifically mentioned 26 eye drop products from a number of brands.
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A man has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her son.
Former Pittsburgh Penguins player Adam Johnson died after appearing to suffer a deep cut to his neck from a stake during a game in England.
Global governing body of soccer FIFA banned ex-Spanish Federation president Luis Rubiales for misconduct following backlash over his kiss of a top Spanish soccer player following the women's World Cup in August.
A 13-year-old Florida boy is being charged with first-degree murder after being accused of fatally stabbing his mother while she was sleeping.
Former Pittsburgh Penguins player Adam Johnson died after appearing to suffer a deep cut to his neck from a stake during a game in England.
The man charged with killing a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy and stabbing his mother earlier this month is scheduled to appear in court Monday.
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Hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field, seeking passengers arriving from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
