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Supporters of Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. The House of Representatives voted 222-190 on Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the insurrection.

The House Approves A New Select Committee To Investigate The Jan. 6 Riot

After Senate Republicans blocked plans for an outside commission to investigate the Capitol attack, the House voted to create a special panel for a new investigation. It was a largely partisan vote.

Plot lines adorn the walls of 221B Baker Street, a Sherlock Holmes-themed coffee shop in Shanghai.

'Sherlock,' 'House Of Cards' Top China's Must-Watch List

A popular cafe in Shanghai named after Sherlock Holmes' London address opened last year and features near-shrine-like treatment of the show's actor, Benedict Cumberbatch.

A vehicle hit by a missile burns outside the Baghdad International Airport, where U.S. airstrikes killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Trump.

Was It Legal For The U.S. To Kill A Top Iranian Military Leader?

The strike against Qassem Soleimani raises thorny legal questions — and experts disagree over whether the U.S. had the legal authority to do it.

People, most of them unemployed, line up March 19 at a popular Itaborai, Brazil, restaurant where they can have lunch for about 30 cents. The Petrobras refinery and processing plant on the outskirts of town has been shut down; tens of thousands are now out of work in the area.

Huge Scandal At Top Of Petrobras Trickles Down, With Devastating Effect

Tens of thousands of people are suffering after losing their jobs in the wake of wide-scale corruption at Brazil's state oil company. Scores of politicians and executives have been implicated.

Toward the end of 2021, President Biden's approval ratings took a dive. Two things in particular need to improve for Biden to make a turnaround — the pandemic needs to lessen and price increases need to let up.

6 questions for politics in 2022

From control of Congress and the strength of the Biden presidency to potential Jan. 6 committee revelations and the future of abortion rights, there's a lot at stake in 2022.

For the third year in a row, the percentage of companies that offer high-deductible plans as the sole health insurance option will decline in 2020, according to a survey of large employers by the National Business Group on Health.

Firms Seeking Top Workers Find They Can't Offer Only High-Deductible Health Plans

Big firms are again offering more generous health plans alongside or instead of policies with sky-high deductibles. Why? They need to do so to stay competitive and recruit top talent.

Gas prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station on March 3, 2022 in Hampshire, Il.

Sticker shock: Gasoline tops $4.17 a gallon, a new record

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now 4.17 according to AAA. That surpasses the previous record set in the summer of 2008, when not accounting for inflation.

The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania

A Navalny spokesperson said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer in Lithuania's capital.

Katie Ledecky scored two of America's forty Olympic gold medals in the Paris Summer Games. The U.S. tied with China for the most gold, but the U.S. dominated the overall count with 126 medals.

The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

Also: Syria's Assad appears on television; Philippines is pummeled by rain; alleged Arizona gunman expected to plead guilty.

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