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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings. Andressa Anholete/Getty Images hide caption

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World

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

The ex-president left Brazil for Florida a week before his supporters rioted in Brasilia. Analysts say his special diplomatic visa expired Tuesday, leaving U.S. authorities to decide his legal status.

Wednesday

Phil McGraw, America's TV shrink, plans to end 'Dr. Phil' after 21 seasons

Phil McGraw, pictured here at a 2016 premiere, plans to end his long-running daytime TV show to take on a new prime-time partnership. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption

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Television

Phil McGraw, America's TV shrink, plans to end 'Dr. Phil' after 21 seasons

CBS Media Ventures announced it would stop producing new episodes of Dr. Phil after the 2023 season. The show's host plans to expand his following with a new "prime-time partnership."

Monday

Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, is dead at 64

The Addams Family characters Wednesday and Uncle Fester. The actress who played the iconic Wednesday, Lisa Loring, died this weekend. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images hide caption

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Obituaries

Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, is dead at 64

Lisa Loring will be remembered as a Hollywood icon for playing the gloomy Wednesday Addams at age 6. She went on to fill roles on As the World Turns and the Girl from U.N.C.L.E..

Friday

The city of Memphis releases videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest and beating

Police officers, who were seen on camera beating and kicking Tyre Nichols, stand by where Nichols is slumped over on the ground. This image is a screenshot of one of the videos from graphic police body camera footage released to the public on Friday night. City of Memphis Vimeo/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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City of Memphis Vimeo/Screenshot by NPR

National

The city of Memphis releases videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest and beating

In the videos released by the city, officers are shown aggressively dragging Nichols from his car. Later, they are seen beating and kicking Nichols as he lies on the ground.

Thursday

Rescue crews start a new search for actor Julian Sands after recovering another hiker

British actor Julian Sands, pictured here at an Oscar party in 2015, has been missing in the San Gabriel Mountains for nearly two weeks. John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP hide caption

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John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP

Culture

Rescue crews start a new search for actor Julian Sands after recovering another hiker

Sands, the 65-year-old star of A Room with a View, disappeared while hiking in Southern California. After 13 days, authorities are resuming a search "by air only" amid weather warnings.

Wednesday

Tuesday

The suspected Monterey Park attacker was 72. Here's why older shooters are rare

Investigators work at the scene of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Sunday. A 72-year-old suspect was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a white van in Torrance, Calif. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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National

The suspected Monterey Park attacker was 72. Here's why older shooters are rare

Amidst the familiar pattern in gun violence stories, the suspect in the Monterey Park shooting appears to be an outlier.

Friday

A full guide to the sexual misconduct allegations against YouTuber Andrew Callaghan

YouTube star and documentary film-maker Andrew Callaghan has publicly apologized after women came forward to say he sexually assaulted or coerced them. Screenshot by NPR/Instagram hide caption

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Culture

A full guide to the sexual misconduct allegations against YouTuber Andrew Callaghan

The documentarian behind Channel 5 and This Place Rules apologized and said he's seeking therapy after women came forward on social media to say he sexually assaulted or coerced them.

Tuesday

Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, pictured here at a German factory in March 2022, faces a trial this week over his series of 2018 tweets teasing a Tesla buyout that never materialized. Patrick Pleul/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial

In 2018, Musk tweeted he had secured enough funding to take Tesla private, but a deal never materialized. A trial over the risk he brought to shareholders could further tarnish the CEO's reputation.

Monday

Andrew Tate's cars and watches, worth $4 million, are confiscated by Romanian police

Romanian officials are backdropped by a luxury vehicle that was seized in a case against media influencer Andrew Tate on Saturday. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption

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Culture

Andrew Tate's cars and watches, worth $4 million, are confiscated by Romanian police

Romanian authorities hauled away a $3.9 million trove of luxury cars, watches and cash as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation looking into the self-styled male dominance influencer.

Saturday

A $50M claim is filed against LA over the death of a man who was tased by police

Lawyer Carl Douglas (right) holds a news conference with Gabrielle Hansel, guardian of five-year-old Syncere Kai Anderson, to announce filing a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson (seen photo right), at a news conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 20. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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National

A $50M claim is filed against LA over the death of a man who was tased by police

Keenan Anderson, a cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder, flagged down police after a traffic collision. He was chased, held down by officers and tased for over 90 seconds as he begged for help.

Thursday

New York City nurses end strike after reaching a tentative agreement

Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on Monday in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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National

New York City nurses end strike after reaching a tentative agreement

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city's biggest hospitals with the promise of "concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios," their union said.

Wednesday

A damaged file may have caused the outage in an FAA system, leading to travel chaos

Travelers wait in the terminal as an Alaska Airlines plane sits at a gate at Los Angeles International Airport early Wednesday. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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National

A damaged file may have caused the outage in an FAA system, leading to travel chaos

Departures across the U.S. were halted for two hours Wednesday morning after the agency's system for alerting pilots and airports of real-time hazards went dark, frustrating thousands of travelers.