Five former Memphis cops plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols.
The former police officers were each indicted with second-degree murder, assault, and kidnapping, among other charges. Body camera and other video footage showed the officers repeatedly striking 29-year-old Nichols, who later died. See our previous write-up here.
US military finishes recovering Chinese spy balloon debris.
The pieces of the large Chinese balloon the US shot down two weeks ago off South Carolina\'s coast have been sent to the FBI lab in Virginia for analysis. The search for two smaller objects downed over Lake Huron and northern Alaska have been suspended. Recovery efforts for an object downed over the Yukon have failed so far.
Protests hit multiple cities in Iran in mourning of executed men.
The new wave of protests marked the 40th day of mourning for two Iranian men, Mohammad Karami and Seyed Hosseini, who were executed on protest-related charges. Protests first swept across the country in September after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody of the morality police. See our previous write-up here.
Power outages shut down John F. Kennedy airport\'s international terminal.
The disruption in Terminal 1 stretched into a second day Friday, forcing outbound and inbound international flights to be canceled or diverted. In one case, an Air New Zealand flight returned to Auckland after eight hours into its trip to New York. An electrical panel failure caused the outage and ignited a small isolated fire Thursday.
NASA confirms meteoroid, believed to weigh 1,000 pounds, fell in Texas.
The atmospheric fireball fell near McAllen, Texas, this week. NASA experts say the angle and speed of entry of the object, believed to be 2 feet in diameter, as well as weather radar imagery are consistent with other naturally occurring meteorite falls. Meteoroids that survive Earth\'s atmosphere and hit the ground are known as meteorites (see 101).
Saudi wealth fund becomes biggest outside Nintendo investor.
Saudi Arabia\'s Public Investment Fund now holds 8.26% of the stock in the Japanese video gaming company Nintendo, making it the largest outside investor. The investment is part of the Saudi wealth fund\'s efforts to diversify the country\'s economy away from oil.
