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23+ min ago (428+ words) "Best Guess Live," which premieres at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, airs every weeknight at the same time and offers players up to $15,000 per game. The show is co-hosted by Howie Mandel of "America's Got Talent" and Hunter March from Netflix's "Sugar Rush." The game challenges players to identify a secret item " which could be a person, place or thing " using a series of five increasingly descriptive clues presented as riddles. Players who guess correctly after the fewest clues split the prize pot evenly. If it sounds similar to a certain boom-and-bust mobile trivia game of years past, that's because it is." The format bears resemblance to HQ Trivia, the viral mobile game show that captivated audiences in 2017 before shutting down in 2022. HQ Trivia, created by Vine co-founders Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll, also featured live hosts and cash prizes distributed among winners....

30+ min ago (260+ words) Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry have appeared to confirm their relationship in the only way that matters " by going Instagram official. The worlds of pop and politics colliding in this way, and the sight of Perry, known for hits like "Firework" and "Roar," suddenly interacting with former world leaders, has made the singer and the ex-prime minister one of the year's most unexpected celebrity couples. "Katy Perry doing international diplomacy. Did not have this on my top risks 2025 list!" Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, joked on X. Perry and Trudeau's relationship has been the source of fevered speculation for months. First, they were spotted dining together at a restaurant in July, then embracing on a yacht, then leaving a Parisian club hand-in-hand. And ever since that first rumor, the…...

44+ min ago (169+ words) WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A woman is being held on a $1 million secured bond after an investigation into alleged child abuse led to her arrest. According to arrest warrants, Shanequa Vereen was arrested Monday, Dec. 1, and charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury. The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) said someone told the Department of Social Services about an incident that happened Monday, Nov. 24, which prompted police to get involved. Arrest warrants state that the alleged victim, who was 13 at the time, had a "large puncture wound to the right upper thigh." In her first court appearance on Dec. 1, Vereen waived her right to counsel. It was also ordered that if she posts bond, she cannot have contact with any minor children while the case is pending. Vereen is being held on a $1 million secured bond and is expected to…...

46+ min ago (132+ words) Officials with the light show announced the closure Monday evening and said it will assess conditions regarding Tuesday's hours. Tanglewood Festival of Lights announced it will close Monday night due to dropping temperatures and "dangerous driving conditions" that are expected. Officials with the light show announced the closure Monday evening and said it will assess conditions regarding Tuesday's hours. Rain transitioned to wet snow Monday morning for much of the Piedmont Triad. Most of the snow has come to an end, but wet roads leave a serious concern as temperatures fall. With roads still wet, black ice may develop. Use extra caution and drive slowly if traveling tonight and Tuesday morning. Monday night and Tuesday morning will be very, very cold. Temperatures are expected to drop into the low 20s Tuesday morning....

57+ min ago (368+ words) Jules Tanksley, a 7-year-old with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, is thriving after multiple surgeries. Jules Tanksley, a 7-year-old girl from Louisiana, is thriving despite being born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition where only one side of her heart developed, thanks to multiple surgeries at Manning Family Children's Hospital. "So only one side of her heart grew. So she essentially still has half of a heart, and she's living with half of a heart at seven years old, thanks to Children's Hospital," said Keri Beth Tanksley, Jules' mother. Without early intervention, babies with this condition can face life-threatening challenges. Doctors at the hospital reworked the plumbing of Jules' heart, allowing her to survive and thrive. "What some pioneers of my field discovered many years ago is that you don't need a ventricle to pump blood, specifically to the lungs,…...

1+ hour ago (17+ words) Slick and icy roads tonight into Tuesday across North Carolina Slick and icy roads tonight into Tuesday...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (33+ words) Meteorologist Dylan Hudler has your Monday afternoon forecast. Search location by ZIP code Snow ending soon, black ice could develop by the Monday evening commute Wet snow winding down, watching for slick roads...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (999+ words) Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been linked to a little-known species that was a contemporary of the celebrated Australopithecus afarensis skeleton Lucy. The foot bones and a jawbone with teeth still attached belonged to an ancient human relative called Australopithecus deyiremeda, a more primitive species than Lucy, according to a study published Nov. 26 in the journal Nature. Should they hold up to further scrutiny, the findings could knock Lucy, one of the most recognizable names in human evolution, from her important spot in the family tree. In 2009, a team led by paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie, a professor at Arizona State University and the study's lead author, found the eight foot bones within 3.4 million-year-old sediments at the…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (382+ words) The upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics will feature many storylines, including the inspiring journey of two Team USA athletes who found love amid the competition. Hilary Knight, a four-time medalist and one of Team USA ice hockey's greatest players, and Brittany Bowe, a two-time medalist in speed skating, have more than just medals to celebrate. Their relationship blossomed during the 2022 Beijing Games. "One of the greatest things to come out of Beijing was getting to know Hilary," Bowe said. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the absence of friends and family led the two athletes to spend more time together. "We just started going on, I don't want to call them 'COVID walks,' but essentially, like, nightly walks with our masks on because everyone's terrified of COVID. You don't want to get kicked out of the village," Knight said. "You don't want to,…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (409+ words) On August 2, 2027, sky gazers across North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East will witness what astronomers are already calling "the eclipse of the century" " a total solar eclipse with a duration of totality that won't occur again on easily accessible land for the rest of the 21st century." The maximum totality will last 6 minutes and 23 seconds, according to data from NASA."In contrast, the totality of the "Great American Eclipse" that crossed over much of the U.S. on Aug. 21, 2017, lasted just 2 minutes and 40 seconds." The longest a totality can take, based on the distances between the Earth, moon and sun, is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest total solar eclipse in recent history was on July 11, 1991 across Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The 1991 eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 53 seconds at maximum, making it slightly longer than the upcoming 2027 event." Americans should expect…...