Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility in March 2022. Dan Bartlett/NASA hide caption
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In this photo provided by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, its members search for a radioactive capsule believed to have fallen off a truck being transported on a freight route on the outskirts of Perth, Australia, on Saturday. AP hide caption
Law enforcement officers aim their weapons at a home during a standoff in Grants Pass, Ore., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Police said the standoff involving a man suspected in a violent kidnapping in Oregon who was barricaded underneath the home had been "resolved." Scott Stoddard/AP hide caption
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25, 2023. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 21, 2015. The actor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set in 2021. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
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A "mysterious" flying spiral spotted by the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, early on Jan. 18, could be related to a SpaceX satellite launch earlier in the day, scientists speculated. NAOJ & Asahi Shimbun via Storyful/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
A fisherman throws a cast net along shore of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River agreed on a plan to cut their use. California, the state with the largest allocation of water from the river, offered its own plan. John Locher/AP hide caption
Emergency personnel respond to a vehicle over the side of Highway 1 on Jan. 1, 2023, in California's San Mateo County. The driver who plunged off the treacherous cliff, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, has been charged with attempted murder. Sgt. Brian Moore/San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP; File hide caption
Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2022. ExxonMobil posted record earnings in 2022, benefitting from a surge in oil prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
New York state records show nearly half the state's 600-plus nursing homes hired real estate, management and staffing companies run or controlled by their owners, frequently paying them well above the cost of services. Meanwhile, in the pandemic's height, the federal government was giving the facilities hundreds of millions in fiscal relief. Maskot/Getty Images hide caption
Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, among them Haitian-American citizens James Solages, left, and Joseph Vincent, second left, are shown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July 2021. U.S. officials say four key suspects have been transferred to the U.S. for prosecution. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
The EEOC is turning its attention to the use of AI and other advanced technologies in hiring. Carol Yepes/Getty Images hide caption
Two missing emperor tamarin monkeys have been found. Dallas Zoo hide caption
In this image made from a video, products containing CBD are displayed at a press conference by Hong Kong Customs in Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Alice Fung/AP hide caption
Pope Francis delivers a speech in the garden of the Palace of the Nation during the meeting of the authorities, the civil society and the diplomatic corps in Kinshasa. ARSENE MPIANA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis is in Democratic Republic of Congo, its first papal visit since 1985
Luke Tennie and Jason Segel star in Apple TV's Shrinking. Apple TV hide caption
The National Weather Service predicts the ice storm will have wide-ranging impacts across the U.S. South through Thursday morning. National Weather Service hide caption
A last Boeing 747, a cargo freighter destined for Atlas Air, is seen during an event at the company's facility in Everett, Wash., in December. David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98. Just Born via AP hide caption
Opponents of the Pebble mine protest in Anchorage in 2019. Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media hide caption
A memorial is displayed for Tyre Nichols at the Embrace statue in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 28, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
7th officer relieved of duty and 3 first responders fired after Tyre Nichols' death
Tyre Nichols' killing revives calls for Congress to address police reform
"I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them." Image Source/Getty Images hide caption
After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way
Sabrina Kronk and her daughter Katie. During a time when Kronk said she was worried about finances, a group of mechanics helped the family of two out by providing free parts and labor to fix their SUV. Sabrina Kronk hide caption
