Today in History — Jan. 2
Today is Monday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2023. There are 363 days left in the year.
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Today is Monday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2023. There are 363 days left in the year.
TV host Jack Hanna ("Jack Hanna's Into the Wild") is 76. Actor Wendy Phillips ("I Am Sam") is 71. Actor Cynthia Sikes ("St. Elsewhere") is 69. Actor Gabrielle Carteris ("Beverly Hills, 90210") is 62. Actor Tia Carrere is 56. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 55. Model Christy Turlington is 54. Actor Renee Elise Goldsberry (Broadway's "Hamilton") is 52. Actor Taye Diggs ("The Best Man," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back") is 52. Singer Doug Robb of Hoobastank is 48. Actor Dax Shepard ("Parenthood") is 48. Sax player-guitarist Jerry DePizzo Jr. of O.A.R. is 44. Singer Kelton Kessee of Immature and of IMX is 42. Musician Ryan Merchant of Capital Cities is 42. Actor Kate Bosworth is 40. Actor Anthony Carrigan ("Barry," "Gotham") is 40. Musician Trombone Shorty is 37. Singer Bryson Tiller is 30.
🎧 With the long holiday weekend, we’ve compiled an episode that looks at key topics from 2022 involving newsmakers, entertainment and sports.
The national championship game in Los Angeles on Jan. 9 is set. No. 1 Georgia rallied to beat No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 to advance to face No. 3 TCU in national championship game. See a recap of the games here.
From billionaire birthday parties to unique clubs, here's a look at 20 iconic parties and venues from Las Vegas history.
Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C. A study underway in a hard-hit corner of Kentucky is exploring a simple way to start changing that.
🎧 We look ahead to 2023 on the latest episode of Across the Sky!
Weather stations in a mesonet are closer together and report more frequently than the scale observing networks run by the National Weather Service.
Today is Saturday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2022.
Actor Anthony Hopkins is 85. Actor Sarah Miles (“The Big Sleep”) is 81. Actor Barbara Carrera (“Never Say Never Again”) is 81. Guitarist Andy Summers of The Police is 80. Actor Ben Kingsley is 79. Actor Tim Matheson is 75. Singer Burton Cummings of The Guess Who is 75. Actor Joe Dallesandro (“The Limey”) is 74. Bassist Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith is 71. Actor James Remar (“Dexter”) is 69. Actor Bebe Neuwirth (“Madam Secretary,” “Cheers”) is 64. Singer Paul Westerberg is 63. Actor Val Kilmer is 63. Guitarist Ric Ivanisevich of Oleander is 60. Guitarist Scott Ian of Anthrax is 59. Actor Gong Li (2020′s “Mulan,” “Memories of a Geisha”) is 57. Actor Lance Reddick (“Fringe,” "The Wire”) is 53. Singer-actor Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block is 50. Cellist Mikko Siren of Apocalyptica is 47. Singer Psy is 45. Drummer Bob Bryar (My Chemical Romance) is 43. Drummer Jason Sechrist of Portugal. The Man is 43. Actor Ricky Whittle (“American Gods”) is 43. Actor Erich Bergen (“Madam Secretary,” "Jersey Boys”) is 37. Musician Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers is 33.
Authors, journalists and filmmakers take what may seem mundane or complicated and bring it to life through engaging storytelling. Each year, I highlight interviews that stuck with me throughout the year.
With the long holiday weekend, we've compiled several recent health and science stories for this bonus episode of our daily podcast.
A small but expanding group of tinkerers, racers, engineers and entrepreneurs across the country are converting vintage cars and trucks into greener electric vehicles, in part due to recent advances in battery technology.
Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge where possible along the eastern stretch of Canada's Gaspe Peninsula where the coastline is particularly vulnerable to erosion. Defenses erected against the sea ages ago have been dismantled, rock by rock, concrete chunk by chunk.
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren has spoken to the Chicago Bears about the vacancy at the top of the organization