This combo of booking images provided by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office shows, from top row from left, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. The five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Shelby County Sheriff's Office via AP hide caption
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Asteroid 2023 BU will streak about 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface on Thursday night. Its path is seen here in an image from NASA's Scout impact hazard assessment system. The moon's path is in gray. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption
Travelers wait in line at the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter at Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 27, 2022. The Department of Transportation is investigating the disaster, which led to $220 million in losses for Southwest Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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
Festival volunteer Erin Petrey pours nonalcoholic martinis during bartender Derek Brown's master class at the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Not all educators are shying away from artificial intelligence in the classroom. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Critics say Snap, the maker of Snapchat, needs to do more to stop on-line drug dealers. The company told NPR it's improving safety measures and working with law enforcement. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Social media platforms face pressure to stop online drug dealers who target kids
Anderson says her memoir started out as a poem before she crafted it into a book. Harper Collins hide caption
Pamela Anderson on her new memoir — and why being underestimated is a secret weapon
People shop at Walmart on Black Friday 2022 in Dunwoody, Ga. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images hide caption
People holding photos of those lost in Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 wait for the start of a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, about "Aviation Safety and the Future of Boeing's 737 MAX." Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
A new report from the U.S. Secret Service analyzes 173 mass attacks that took place in the country from 2016-2020. It comes just days after two shootings in California – in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay – killed 18 people. Shown here is a mourner at a candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif. Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Jan. 17 in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10, three days after a traffic stop with Memphis Police. Adrian Sainz/AP hide caption
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. Hall Anderson/Ketchikan Daily News via AP, File hide caption
People gather at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting over the weekend at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured, the state is enacting a handful of controversial education measures that are attracting national attention. Octavio Jones/Getty Images hide caption
A row of bouquets placed across the street from the Half Moon Bay city hall in honor of the shooting victims. Samantha Laurey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Texas and the ATF flags fly at half staff April 23, 1993, over the only structure left standing after a fire destroyed the the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19. J. David Ake/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe
NPR and The New York Times have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters on Jan. 17, 2023, outside of a home where he has been staying in Kissimmee, Fla. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
A building with offices belonging to Microsoft is seen in Chevy Chase, Maryland, January 18, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
After Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest, there's new urgency to get AEDs in schools
There are certain words that can creep into apologies but should be avoided, experts say. jayk7/Getty Images hide caption
Do you use these words when you apologize? It's time to stop, researchers say
New guidance calls for lower lead levels in food for babies and children under 2. Lead exposure can be harmful to developing brains. Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption