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  • A balloon floats over Columbia, Mo., on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying despite China's firm denials. (Anna Griffin/Missourian via AP)

    US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China

  • This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

    50-car train derailment causes big fire, evacuations in Ohio

  • In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, a group of Russian soldiers wave at a cameraman sitting in a bus after being released in a prisoners swap between Russia and Ukraine somewhere at an unspecified location in Belgorod region in Russia.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

    Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

  • Arctic sea smoke rises from the Atlantic Ocean at Portland Head Light, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The morning temperature was about -10 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

    Mount Washington in New Hampshire experiences record-setting wind chill

  • Pope Francis delivers his speech as he meets with priests, deacons, consecrated people and seminarians at the Cathedral of Saint Theresa in Juba, South Sudan, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

    Pope says South Sudan's future depends on treatment of women

  • Sri Lankan government soldiers march carrying national flags during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

    Sri Lanka marks independence anniversary amid economic woes

  • A man works at an avocado orchard in Santa Ana Zirosto, Michoacan state, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Solis)

    Route to Super Bowl dangerous for Mexico's avocado haulers

  • Protesters march Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

    6th Memphis officer fired after beating death of Tyre Nichols

  • Elon Musk leaves a federal courthouse in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

    Jury clears Musk of wrongdoing related to 2018 Tesla tweets

  • FILE - Taps are photographed at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

    G-7, Europe reach deal for price cap on Russian diesel

  • This photo made available by NASA shows the planet Jupiter, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, on June 27, 2019. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, scientists said they have discovered 12 new moons around the gas giant, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. (NASA, ESA, A. Simon/Goddard Space Flight Center, M.H. Wong/University of California, Berkeley via AP)

    Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

  • This photo released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows debris found in a dead sperm whale at Lydgate Beach in Kauai County, Hawaii on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris. (Daniel Dennison/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)

    Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach

  • Karen Wells, mother of Amir Locke, speaks about a civil lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis for the police shooting death of Amir Locke during a no-knock warrant during a press conference on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The 22-year-old Locke, who was Black, was sleeping on a couch in his cousin’s apartment when authorities entered without knocking as part of an investigation into a homicide in which Locke was not a suspect. (Stephen Maturen /Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

    Family of Minneapolis man killed in no-knock raid sues city