Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened.
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Coal mine fire in southern China’s Guizhou province kills 16 people
An initial investigation suggested the people who died were trapped after a conveyor belt caught fire, the Panzhou city government said.
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Portland police ask for help solving case of missing girl last seen in 1971
On the 52nd anniversary of when 16-year-old Cathy Marie Moulton was reported missing, authorities are seeking the public’s help. Moulton was last seen on Forest Avenue.
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Usher to headline 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
‘It’s an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list,’ Usher said in a statement. ‘I can’t wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they’ve seen from me before.’
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Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th month
According to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian forces struck the city of Beryslav. A woman was killed and three people were wounded, including a police officer, he said.
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Israeli military raid kills 2 Palestinians in the West Bank; Israel says its troops came under fire
The Israeli military said it moved into the Nour Shams refugee camp, near the town of Tulkarem, to destroy what it described as a militant command center and bomb-storage facility in a building.
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Residents prepare to return to sites of homes demolished in Lahaina wildfire 7 weeks ago
Authorities will begin allowing the first residents and property owners to return to their properties in the burn zone, many for the first time since it was demolished by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
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Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophogi
Now, what was once an inconspicuous construction lot – surrounded by a grove of nondescript apartment buildings – has become a gold mine for archeologists looking to understand more about the Gaza Strip.
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Biden administration poised to allow Israeli citizens to travel to the U.S. without U.S. visa
The Department of Homeland Security administers the program, which currently allows citizens of 40 mostly European and Asian countries to travel to the U.S. for three months without visas.
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Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4
Police managed to push back the attack and take two injured police officers to the hospital in southern Mitrovica.