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After the long government shutdown finally ended this week, these popular destinations, like Yellowstone, are fully reopening their visitor centers.
What are National Parks?
This famous art museum in Paris, home to the Mona Lisa, had to suddenly close one of its galleries this week due to ceiling safety fears.
What is the Louvre?
A new study found that these large, black-and-white bears are coming out of their protected status as their population numbers have successfully grown.
What is the Giant Panda?
This popular video-sharing app, known for its short clips and dances, introduced a new AI-powered feature that creates video summaries.
What is TikTok?
n tennis, this Italian player defeated Carlos Alcaraz to win the ATP Finals championship on Sunday.
Who is Jannik Sinner?
The governor of this state, home to Hollywood, declared a state of emergency due to massive wildfires spreading near Los Angeles.
What is California?
World leaders, including Pope Leo XIV, are meeting in the city of Belem, Brazil, for COP30, a major summit about this global issue.
What is climate change?
Scientists are worried after a deep-sea experiment revealed that these "zombie" creatures, which normally clean up skeletons, failed to appear.
What are zombie worms?
The return of this country's "taikonauts" (astronauts) from their space station was delayed due to a possible space debris strike on their capsule.
What is China?
NBCUniversal announced this week that it is launching a brand new 24/7 channel just for this.
What are sports (NBCSN)?
This U.S. government food program, SNAP, is now sending out the November payments that were delayed by the government shutdown.
What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
A tribunal in this Asian country, a neighbor to India, sentenced its ousted Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, to death.
What is Bangladesh?
A new clinical trial found a simple daily supplement may help ease the lingering symptoms of this illness that follows a COVID-19 infection.
What is Long COVID?
This billionaire's space company, Blue Origin, announced another delay for its first rocket launch for a NASA mission.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
In last night's Monday Night Football game, this team, known as "America's Team," is playing the Las Vegas Raiders.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
This government agency, known for space exploration, announced a new target date for its Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts around the Moon.
What is NASA?
The UN Security Council voted this week in favor of a U.S. resolution for a peace plan and an international force in this coastal territory.
What is the Gaza Strip?
A new study found that lowering the amount of this toxic element in drinking water could slash mortality rates by up to 50 percent.
What is arsenic?
Researchers' use of AI is increasing, even though a new survey found that many of them still have concerns about its...
What is trustworthiness (or accuracy)?
The new NBC sports channel will feature games from the NBA, MLB, and this popular European soccer league.
What is the Premier League?
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a major case about whether students' online speech, even outside of school, can be punished by their principal.
What is free speech?
This European country announced it would buy 100 new Rafale fighter jets from France to strengthen its air defenses against Russia.
What is Ukraine?
Scientists used AI to find hidden molecular traces of life in rocks that were 3.3 billion years old.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
he Defense Department's research agency, DARPA, selected 11 companies to move forward in a project to create a useful "quantum" one of these.
What is a quantum computer?
This pop superstar, known for her "Renaissance" album, won the top prize for "Artist of the Year" at the American Music Awards (AMAs) last night.
Who is Beyoncé?