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(NEW YORK) -- A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers.Asteroid 99942 Apophis – named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire – is expected to safely pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029, according to NASA.The asteroid will pass within roughly 20,000 miles of Earth – nearly 12 times closer than the moon's average distance […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday halted a criminal contempt inquiry into former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials for last year's deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, marking the second time in less than a year that the probe has been frozen. A divided panel of judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered an end to the inquiry, concluding that the […]