Soleimaini burial, Harvey Weinstein, 'Jeopardy!' champs battle: 5 things to know Tuesday
Stampede at Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani's funeral kills dozens, state media reports
Iranian state television reported Tuesday that at least 40 people were killed and 213 others injured in a stampede that erupted at the funeral procession for slain Gen. Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman, in southeastern Iran. Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed in an U.S.-ordered drone strike in Baghdad last week. The deaths at the funeral came as Iran's Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill designating the entire U.S. military and Pentagon terrorist organizations after Soleimani's killing. Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, earlier threatened to "set ablaze" places supported by the United States. Iran's supreme leader wept over Soleimani's casket as a mammoth crowd filled Tehran on Monday. The outpouring of grief was an unprecedented honor for a man viewed by Iranians as a national hero. The U.S. blames him for the killing of American troops in Iraq and accused him of plotting new attacks just before his death.
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Harvey Weinstein's New York trial: Jury selection begins
Pre-jury selection starts Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's New York sex crimes trial, the first celebrity #MeToo case to open in a criminal court. The court sent questionnaires to 2,000 potential jurors, and the selection process is expected to last for at least the next week. Weinstein was indicted in May 2018 in Manhattan and had been charged with five sex crimes, including rape and predatory assault, involving two women in encounters dating to 2006 and 2013. The disgraced movie mogul, who has pleaded not guilty, has been free on $1 million bail (recently increased to $5 million). Shortly after Monday’s New York trial kickoff, Weinstein was hit with new charges of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over two days in Los Angeles in 2013.
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Space mice set for Pacific splashdown
Forty mighty mice that went up in the International Space Station last month as part of science experiments are due to return to Earth on Tuesday. The mice were genetically engineered or were given a test drug to learn more about the effects of muscle and bone degradation, which can be a problem for astronauts and also for persons with diseases such as osteoporosis or muscular dystrophy. The SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is scheduled to leave the space station at 5:03 a.m. ET, with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean set for 10:47 a.m., according to NASA.
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'Jeopardy!' champs battle for GOAT title
The three biggest winners in Jeopardy! history are set to face off this week in a quest to win $1 million – and finally settle the question of who's the best ever. In “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time,” which kicks off Tuesday on ABC (8 p.m. ET), James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter and will compete in a series of one-hour matches, each consisting of two complete games. The winner of each match will be decided by their total point score in the two games. The first to win three matches receives the $1 million prize – and big-time bragging rights.
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Here's what to expect at CES 2020
Flying cars, sex toys, 8K TV, even Ivanka Trump. That's some of what to expect from the CES, the mammoth tech trade show that officially opens on Tuesday in Las Vegas. For the consumer watching from afar (since the show isn't open to the public), you can expect a wide range of products to be represented: robots, headphones, cameras, computers, and though not an over-the-top wireless show, smartphones, too, maybe even more of the emerging foldable-type handsets. What you’ll also hear plenty about are 5G wireless networks, artificial intelligence and tech that will enable entire smart cities. As for the latest in TV tech: CES attendees will also get to peer at 16K — even if it’ll be years before you’d even think about buying one.
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Contributing: Associated Press