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Actress Jennifer Aniston, left, poses with her father, actor John Aniston, after she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in 2012. John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89.

John Aniston, who starred in 'Days of Our Lives,' has died at 89

"Sweet papa... John Anthony Aniston," his daughter Jennifer Aniston wrote in a tribute to the actor. "You were one of the most beautiful humans I ever knew."

A man hugs a Ukrainian soldier as local residents gather to celebrate the liberation of Kherson on Sunday.

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's retreat from Kherson gives Ukraine renewed hope (Nov. 14)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali on Monday.

4 takeaways from President Biden's 'very blunt' meeting with China's Xi Jinping

The three-hour meeting between Xi and President Biden finished Monday with both leaders expressing an openness to restoring communication channels and repairing the U.S.-China relationship.

Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, claimed that the limited request for her phone records, served on her service provider T-Mobile, was a violation of the First Amendment.

Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to subpoena Arizona GOP chair's phone records

The court's action means that specific parts of Kelli Ward's phone records will be turned over to the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

Roller skating feels a lot like love, and falling is just part of the process

I picked up skating as a coping mechanism after a year in my house and in my head. It gave me the gift of learning something new with my body, and a new perspective on how to move through the world.

'Tracers in the Dark' explores the growth of illicit commerce with cryptocurrency

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Andy Greenberg about crytocurrency crime. Greenberg is the author of the new book, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.

Upside Meats CEO, Uma Valeti. Upside Meats is one of the biggest companies in the cultivated meats space, having raised hundreds of millions of dollars to continue research and development.

FDA gives safety nod to 'no kill' meat, bringing it closer to sale in the U.S.

The FDA has taken a first step towards green-lighting cultivated meat. The agency gave a safety nod to Upside Foods, which provided documentation to show their meat grown from animal cells is safe.

Taylor Swift blows a kiss during the European MTV Awards 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

Taylor Swift wins big in Germany at the MTV European Music Awards

Taylor Swift won big at Sunday's MTV European Music Awards. Swift, walking away with multiple wins, including for best artist, best video and best long-form video.

Flowers lay next to the name of Charlotte Bacon, carved in the stone of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn.

A Sandy Hook memorial opens to the public nearly a decade after school tragedy

The memorial honors the 26 children and adults killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown. A rebuilt Sandy Hook School is now visible from the site in Newtown, Conn.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is a founding member of the nonprofit that made a tool to track big polluters.

Al Gore helped launch a global emissions tracker that keeps big polluters honest

The online tool tracks power plants, oil refineries, large ships and other sources of greenhouse gases. Gore plans to expand the tracker to observe every major source of emissions.

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