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Pastor prays for peace after brutal beating of Tyre Nichols 01/29/2023 06:40pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� The pastor at the Memphis church where Tyre Nichols ' family spoke from the pulpit urging peace after his brutal killing reiterated the call for calm Sunday following the release of video showing the fatal beating by police. Cities nationwide have braced for protests after b Baby girl found abandoned in Florida an hour after birth 01/29/2023 03:01pm • MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida authorities found a newborn girl wrapped in a blanket and still attached to a placenta on a hill outside a trailer park early Saturday morning. Polk County deputies responding to a call about a baby crying outside near Mulberry, east of Tampa, found the girl about an Inside the secretive process to select astronauts for NASA's next moon mission 01/29/2023 12:00pm • Sometime this spring, NASA will make one of the biggest announcements in its history when it names the initial four-person crew for its flagship Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time in 50 years. Scheduled to launch in 2024, Artemis II will be the program's first cre Surgeon General says 13 is 'too early' to join social media 01/29/2023 11:09am • US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms, because although sites allow children of that age to join, kids are still "developing their identity." Meta, Twitter, and a host of other social media giants currently allow 13-year-olds George 24 as No. 17 Baylor beats Arkansas 67-64 in SEC/B12 01/28/2023 08:00pm • WACO, Texas (AP) ��� Keyonte George and No. 17 Baylor keep finding ways to win despite their recent struggles shooting the ball. The true freshman scored 24 points, including seven in a row down the stretch, and the Bears edged Arkansas 67-64 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Saturday. Baylor has a si Utah governor OKs bill banning gender-affirming health care 01/28/2023 06:01pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Utah���s Republican governor on Saturday signed bills that ban youth from receiving gender-affirming health care and allow families to receive scholarships to pay for education outside the public school system, both measures that are part of larger nationwide movements. Gov. Distrust of police: Black parents, children have 'the talk' 01/28/2023 05:36pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� About 50 years ago, Greg Bowens was given ���the talk��� ��� sage advice about what young Black people should do and, more importantly, not do when stopped by police in Detroit. But just this month, Tyre Nichols, a Black man, died after police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, stop Montgomery Co. schools educate about fentanyl OD danger, Narcan use at family forum event 01/28/2023 04:30pm • The Montgomery County Public Schools system hosted a family forum event Saturday at Clarksburg High School in Maryland, where panelists discussed both the dangers of fentanyl and the life-saving potential of Narcan. A panel of health experts, Montgomery County leaders and police held a discussion Lots of sound and fury on US debt, but not a crisis ��� yet 01/28/2023 03:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a crisis point ... at least not yet. The national debt is at the core of a dispute about how to raise the government's legal borrowing authority, a mostly politica FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, DOJ tussle over his communications 01/28/2023 12:44pm • Federal prosecutors are trying to prohibit FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from privately contacting current and former employees of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange to prevent potential witness tampering in a criminal case accusing him of bilking investors and customers. The request, made in a le To cope with release of violent videos, manage stress and know your own limits 01/28/2023 07:00am • Video of the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, which officials released Friday, will be difficult to watch -- but it may also be hard to avoid. Some people might even feel duty-bound to watch it as a way to pay tribute to Nichols, who died three days after the confrontation with officers. Psycholog Sabato De Sarno named new Gucci creative director 01/28/2023 04:48am • MILAN (AP) ��� Italian designer Sabato De Sarno has been named the new creative director of Gucci, and will unveil his first collection during Milan Fashion Week next September, Gucci and parent company Kering announced Saturday. De Sarno has previously worked for Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and Vale A timeline of events in Tyre Nichols arrest, death 01/27/2023 11:47pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A timeline of events in the Tyre Nichols case, which sparked state and federal investigations into police brutality and led to murder and other charges against the five officers involved in his arrest this month: ��� Jan. 7: Tyre Nichols is pulled over by police for an all Afghan soldier seeking US asylum hopes for 'American dream' 01/27/2023 09:52pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� In the months he was held in detention in Texas during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi thought he would eventually be returned to his home country and meet a likely death at the hands of the Taliban because of his work with the U.S. military. South Dakota's Noem breaks news conference tradition 01/27/2023 06:13pm • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ��� South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has yet to make herself available to the Capitol press during the first three weeks of the state's legislative session, breaking with a decades-old ritual of South Dakota governors holding a weekly news conference to publicly discuss their pol