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NASA's Osiris-REx mission brought back asteroid samples untainted by Earth's atmosphere.

Officials say the latest number of unaccounted for people following the Maui wildfires is about a thousand. They say they've had difficulty obtaining DNA samples from families, and verifying data.

People in South Korea all became at least one year younger on Wednesday, as the country dropped a traditional method of counting their ages. Under the old system, a person was one year old at birth.

Lasse Wellander, lead guitarist for the band ABBA, died Friday at the age of 70.

Mary Amato encountered her unsung hero — a female scientist — shortly after the birth of her second child, when her choice to be a stay-at-home mom was weighing on her.

Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer, musician and composer, has died at 75.

This week, writers showed up for a special picket line at Universal Studios: one specifically for single writers to mingle. "We can no longer say we're 'too busy' to date," the event promotion said.

The Israeli military said Monday it was still battling Hamas militants in several locations inside Israel's borders — on the third day after the attack from Gaza by hundreds of Hamas fighters.

U.S. issues order targeting Israeli settlers who attack West Bank Palestinians. South Carolina hosts the Democratic primary Saturday. The anniversary of a train derailment in Ohio is Saturday.

Today is Earth Day!

NPR's A Martinez talks to Madeline Thigpen of Capital B, a Black-led, nonprofit news organization, about the demonstrations against a police training facility on forested land outside Atlanta.