News in brief this evening: Top stories from Dec. 29

The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that quick antigen tests people take at home may be less sensitive to picking up the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but health officials say they're still a useful tool.

The FDA said its recent studies with the National Institutes of Health showed that although the antigen tests detected the Omicron variant, they did so with less sensitivity -- meaning they'll spot an infection less often.

Aylee Gordon, a three-year-old girl who accidentally suffered a gunshot wound on Christmas Day, died Tuesday evening, according to a release from the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.

A 911 call was placed around 2:30 p.m. Saturday reporting that a child had accessed a firearm and accidentally shot herself, according to the sheriff's office in Henderson County, which is south of Asheville, North Carolina.

DoorDash is asking its employees, all the way up the ranks to its CEO, to again make a delivery at least once a month. Some are not cheering the news.

The on-demand food delivery company in the New Year will reinstate a program, called WeDash, that it had paused during the pandemic.

The recent surge in Omicron cases may have put a halt to many of your holiday plans. But it also may give you extra time to consider your goals in the new year.

If improving your finances is on your list of resolutions, here are some ideas to consider.

Hall of Famer John Madden, whose Oakland Raiders teams never had a losing season and a beloved football analyst for three decades, has died, the NFL said Tuesday night.

Madden, 85, passed away unexpectedly in the morning, according to the league.

Fortnite players have been unable to log into the wildly successful battle royale game for hours.

The company is "investigating log-in, matchmaking, and other issues," according to Fortnite's official status Twitter account. A later tweet said that "game servers are currently offline while we investigate a solution to stability issues."