Almost 10 months into Russia's full-scale invasion, the vital battle for the future of Ukraine is not on the front line.

As Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale" -- which has been in select theaters -- opens in theaters around the country this week, the film could become a powerful empathy generator. Just perhaps not in the way it was intended.

A year-end apology: As someone who has been writing for years about the never-ending tale of former President Donald Trump's tax returns and his nondisclosure of them, I initially thought that there was not much new to be learned from the House Ways and Means Committee's disclosure of six years of returns from just before and during Trump's presidency.

It's no way to run a government. But these days, it's unfortunately the only way to run a government.

Late Thursday night, the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection released its final report, a bulging 845-page account of a months-long effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In its detailed account, the committee shows how former President Donald Trump and his allies — inside and outside of government — used a combination of intimidation, lies, threats of violence and political machinations to attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's election to the presidency.

Looks like Merriam-Webster got it wrong with its recent choice for 2022's "word of the year." Instead of picking the word "gaslighting," it should've chosen "nepo babies" -- at least based on the passionate debate that term has triggered in the past week.

It's long been clear that artificial intelligence (AI) can one day replace many humans working in fields such as customer service, insurance underwriting and manufacturing. Yet, I have long been complacent about my career as a writer. After all, what AI tool could replace the workings of the human brain?

Video captures an intense dance battle between 8th graders and their teacher.

Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.