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This diagram made available by NASA shows the estimated trajectory of asteroid 2023 BU, in red, affected by the earth's gravity, and the orbit of geosynchronous satellites, in green. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, NASA revealed that this newly discovered asteroid, about the size of a truck, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America Thursday evening. Scientists say there is no risk of an impact. Even if it came a lot closer, scientists say it would burn up in the atmosphere, with only a few small pieces reaching the surface. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but will miss

An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded. NASA insists it will be a near miss. The space agency said Wednesday that … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 1/25/23

FILE - Jeff German poses on the Strip in Las Vegas, on June 2, 2021. A Nevada judge decided not to punish Las Vegas police for taking an initial look at a slain investigative journalist's cellphone after he was killed in September. Judge Michelle Leavitt said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, it will be up to the state Supreme Court to decide whether a thorough police review of slain Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German's phone and computers would improperly expose confidential notes and sources. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Judge: Slain reporter sources issue for high court to decide

A Nevada judge decided not to punish Las Vegas police for taking an initial look at a slain investigative journalist’s cellphone. Judge Michelle Leavitt said Wednesday it will be up to the state … more

By KEN RITTER | 1/25/23

FILE — In this photo released by the Colombian Presidential Press Office, May 4, 2022, police escort Dairo Antonio Usuga, front row second from right, also known as "Otoniel," leader of the violent Clan del Golfo cartel, prior to his extradition to the U.S., at a military airport in Bogota, Colombia. Usuga, 51, pleaded guilty Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, to U.S. smuggling charges, admitting that he led a cartel and paramilitary group that trafficked in cocaine and deadly violence. (Colombian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

Colombia's once most-wanted drug lord pleads guilty in US

A Colombian man who was once one of the world’s most-wanted drug lords has pleaded guilty to U.S. smuggling charges and admitted that he led a violent cocaine cartel and paramilitary group. Dairo … more

By JENNIFER PELTZ | 1/25/23

FILE - Dan Pawlovich, from left, Kenneth Harris, Brendon Urie and Dallon Weekes of the band Panic! at the Disco appear during the Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party in Philadelphia on Sept. 13, 2015. Urie, the only musician left from the original group, announced on the band’s Instagram page Tuesday that Panic! at the Disco “will be no more.” Urie shared that he and his wife, Sarah, are expecting a baby and that he plans to focus on his family. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Panic! at the Disco ends; Brendon Urie to focus on family

First there were four, then they became three and finally just one. Now it’s time to say a final farewell to art pop-rock group Panic! at the Disco. Brendon Urie, the only musician left from the … more

By MARK KENNEDY | 1/25/23

This 1990 aerial file photo, shows a section of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska that has patches of bare land where clear-cutting has occurred. The federal government plans to reinstate restrictions on road-building and logging on the country's largest national forest in southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest. (Hall Anderson/Ketchikan Daily News via AP, File)

US reinstates road, logging restrictions on Alaska forest

The federal government is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country’s largest national forest in southeast Alaska. It is the latest move in a long-running fight over the … more

By BECKY BOHRER | 1/25/23

Sami-ullah Safi holds photographs of his brother, Abdul Wasi Safi, as he talks about his brother's journey to the U.S. during an interview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Houston. Safi's brother, who's called Wasi by his family, was an intelligence officer with the Afghan National Security Forces, providing U.S. armed forces with information for operations against terrorists, said Sami-ullah Safi. Wasi was arrested after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass, Texas in September 2022, and charged with a federal misdemeanor related to wrongly entering the country and placed in a detention center in Central Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Charge dropped against Afghan soldier seeking asylum in US

Federal prosecutors have dropped an immigration charge against an Afghan soldier who’s been detained for months after he was arrested trying to cross the Mexico border in an attempt to seek asylum … more

By JUAN A. LOZANO | 1/25/23

Lights are on at the world headquarters of Goldman Sachs in New York on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The storied investment bank has recently signaled a partial retreat from its efforts to build up a consumer banking business. The World Trade Center is at right. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Goldman Sachs signals partial retreat from consumer banking

Goldman Sach spent eight years attempting to expand its business beyond corporations and the wealthy. But in recent months, the storied investment bank has signaled a partial retreat from those … more

By KEN SWEET | 1/25/23

Flowers and candles lie at a memorial for victims of the mass shooting a day earlier, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

7 murder counts expected in Half Moon Bay farm killings

Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murder and one count of … more

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOCELYN GECKER | 1/25/23

Kevin G. Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, delivers a statement in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Feds: Investigation into Tyre Nichols' death may take time

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday the federal investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police, “may take some time.” Speaking … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 1/25/23

FILE - Paris Hilton, left, and Carter Reum appear at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 6, 2021. Hilton has welcomed her first child, with her husband Reum. Hilton took to Instagram and posted a photo that shows the 41-year-old new mom holding her baby boy’s tiny hand. Details of the birth remain unclear and the heiress did not give any details or when her baby was born. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Paris Hilton becomes a first-time mom to baby boy

Socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton has welcomed her first child with her husband, venture capitalist Carter Reum. Hilton took to Instagram and posted a photo that seems to show the … more

By The Associated Press | 1/25/23

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