This is a big year for the Olympics, and in particular, for the LGBT community. The U.S. has its first two openly gay male athletes competing in the Winter Olympics.
Chris Mosier is a transgender athlete and the first openly transgender athlete to make a U.S. National Team. Mosier joins Cheddar to explain how monumental these games are.
Mosier explains that seeing is sometimes believing. And the impact of having LGBT Olympians competing and winning medals could inspire generations of LGBT youths and athletes to go for their dreams.
The Emmy-winning actor died at age 61 after a brief illness. Braugher was best known for starring as Det. Frank Pembleton in the critically acclaimed 1990s series "Homicide: Life on the Street" and as the deceptively stone-faced Capt. Ray Holt on the comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" in 2013-2021.
A study out of South Korea looked at over 23,000 people and found those who spend more than an hour commuting to work are 16% more likely to experience depression.
The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked the eastern Nebraska community of Fort Calhoun, a one-stoplight town where people tend not to worry if they forget to lock their doors at night.
Tuesday night is the sixth night of Hanukkah and to celebrate the occasion. Chef and TV personality Melanie Shurka joined Cheddar News to prepare latkes, a Hanukkah staple, along with other favorites.