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The cancer-stricken "Jeopardy!" contestant whose six-game winning streak ended Wednesday was fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says the Trump administration will not selectively screen individuals solely because they practice Islam.

It's a fight President-elect Donald Trump might not see coming.

On Steve Saling's 37th birthday, the pencil he was holding inexplicably fell out of his hand.

A hacking group tied to the incursion on the Democratic National Committee has been linked to Russian military intelligence, according to a new report by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

North Carolina legislators failed to repeal the state's controversial "bathroom bill" on Wednesday during a special session called for that purpose.

Cindy Stowell died from cancer before her winning streak on "Jeopardy!" aired. Her brother Greg Stowell discusses memories of his sister.

The Kremlin has pushed back against Turkey's allegations that a movement led by exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Ankara.

Anis Amri is likely the most wanted man in Europe right now.

Approximately 14,000 VHS copies of the 1996 film "Jerry Maguire" -- starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger, directed by Cameron Crowe -- gathered together in one place. This is what makes up an art exhibit to be shown at a Los Angeles art gallery early next year.

America gained a little more momentum than previously thought.

Ikea has agreed to pay $50 million to the families of three toddlers who were killed when Ikea dressers tipped over on them.

Kellyanne Conway defends the Trump foundations' decision to distance themselves from the inauguration fundraiser.

In her final episode on the game show "Jeopardy!" Cindy Stowell revealed a secret.

Two passengers were removed from a Delta plane parked in London on Wednesday. The airline has begun an investigation and a flurry of comments are flying on social media.

A giant panda named Da Mao has a blast destroying a snowman at the Toronto Zoo.

Fast food giants came up with some strange edible concoctions in 2016. Here are a few of the weirdest fast food items launched this year.

Eli Attie spent years as a speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. So when Attie made the transition to Hollywood as a writer for "The West Wing," he was shocked to learn what an elevated place his fictionalized counterparts held in the imagination of the show's creator, Aaron Sorkin.

More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.