Takeru Kobayashi, 6-time Nathan’s hot dog champ, retires from competitive eating over health concerns
Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest winner, said he is retiring.
Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest winner, said he is retiring.
Alameda, California, has been thrust into a debate about geoengineering, after scientists began to study technology that could be used to brighten clouds to fight climate change.
CBS has filed a motion to throw out a lawsuit challenging its diversity hiring practices for writers on the show “SEAL Team,” arguing that it has a First Amendment right to hire who it wants.
An American man who was facing up to 12 years in jail on this Caribbean island for bringing 20 rounds of ammunition on a vacation has been freed after a court ruling Friday.
Brittany Mahomes, the wife of NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes, said she’s fully recovered after fracturing her back in March.
The UC academic workers union's strike proposal came the same day UCLA's chancellor testified to lawmakers about the school's delayed response to a pro-Palestinian encampment.
An 18-year-old man who was allegedly captured on video using a wooden pole to attack a pro-Palestinian encampment last month at the University of California, Los Angeles, was arrested, campus police said.
TODAY contributor Ally Love meets with wellness advocate Tai Beauchamp on the beach in Santa Monica to learn about her mission to create safe and inspiring spaces for women and shift mindsets in a positive direction.
Nearly 44 million people are traveling this Memorial Day weekend, but severe spring weather will put a damper on some of the festivities with showers and thunderstorms forecast across the country along with scorching heat in South Texas and Florida.
Mexican American comedian Jesus Trejo is the executive producer and host of the new PBS show "Roots of Comedy," which shows rising comics' lives, families and experiences — and how these feed their onstage jokes.
James Harris and Marine veteran Russ Redhead were bitter rivals at the pool table but when Harris' kidney began failing in 2020, Redhead stepped up and volunteered to donate his kidney. TODAY’s Craig Melvin shares their moving story where everyone comes out a winner.
The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah, Gaza as part of a genocide case brought by South Africa.
Dwayne Wade said his support of transgender rights is a natural extension of being a parent and supporting his daughter Zaya, who came out as trans in 2020.
“Wheel of Fortune” just had another laugh-out-loud moment. As the letters appeared on the board, the contestant said, “Right in the butt!” before making an “oops” face.
A Florida priest told police he bit a woman during an argument that erupted while he was attempting to serve communion. WESH's Megan Mellado reports.
Russia has arrested more than 20 people in connection with an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed more than 140 people at a concert hall near Moscow in March, the head of the FSB security service said on Friday.
Travis Kelce is giving his take on Kansas City Chiefs teammate Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement speech earlier this month at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
A British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to appeal.
Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to an Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who in his short life used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith.
China staged mock missile strikes on Friday, state media said, as part of exercises Beijing said were launched to punish Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te.
A major NCAA settlement could pave the way for student-athletes to be paid. 'Doge' meme star dies. Americans charged for ammo possesion in Turks and Caicos.
Families of Marines who died in a V-22 Osprey crash in California in June 2022 have filed a lawsuit accusing the makers of the twin-rotor aircraft of negligence.
Two of five Americans detained in Turks and Caicos, Ryan Watson and Sharitta Grier, explained how they came to be arrested and called their actions "an honest mistake."
The bodies of three more hostages who were killed in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks were recovered from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said Friday, as the CIA chief headed to Europe in a bid to revive cease-fire talks and as the top United Nations court prepared to rule on whether Israel must halt its operations in the Palestinian enclave.
A Democratic group is highlighting anti-opioid legislation championed by Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and noting how it was signed into law by Trump.