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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center early Friday morning. This time exposure image captured the 'space jellyfish" effect of the contrail viewed from Port Canaveral Marine. The white streak on the horizon was caused by light from a cruise ship coming into port.

A 'space jellyfish' soared over Florida, thanks to the SpaceX launch

People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.

The Kolkata Knight Riders' Andre Russell plays a shot during Indian Premier League cricket match in Kolkata on April 29. Russell is a player on Major League Cricket's Los Angeles Knight Riders.

America doesn't really care about cricket. Can Major League Cricket change that?

The new league makes its debut near Dallas on Thursday when the Texas Super Kings play the LA Knight Riders. The league's backers hope to cultivate a new generation of U.S. cricketers.

The world worries of a Russian incursion. In Donbas, Ukrainians already live with war

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from Donbas region of Ukraine as its residents live under the threat of a Russian incursion and cope with eight years of tensions and fighting along the border.

The Menorah memorial is seen outside of Kharkiv at the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial, a location that saw a mass killing of Jewish people by Nazis during WWII. UNESCO included the memorial in its list of sites that have sustained damaged since Russia invaded Ukraine.

UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion

The damaged sites include churches, historic buildings, museums and monuments. A UNESCO spokesperson said they fear more sites will be added to the list, as the group works to verify the destruction.

Priscilla Lachappa, 22, is the current Miss Kumeyaay Nation. She is also a community college student advocating for climate justice on local reservations, in Chula Vista, Calif., September 23, 2022.

Students in the streets demand climate change justice

San Diego county students joined the Global Youth Climate Strike Friday, demanding climate change justice.

Zoe Touray (left) Eliyah Cohen (middle) and RuQuan Brown (right) are some of the student activists leading the charge for gun reform.

We asked 5 students: What inspired you to become a gun control activist?

NPR spoke with high school and college students who have been impacted by gun violence, and are now working to make sure others won't be.

Podcaster and comic Joe Rogan, who also serves as a mixed martial arts commentator, looks on at a UFC fight in 2015.

I have a name for what fueled Joe Rogan's new scandal: Bigotry Denial Syndrome

Joe Rogan doesn't think of himself as a racist. But that doesn't mean his language isn't harmful.

In this aerial view, floodwater surrounds a house as the Kentucky National Guard fly a recon and rescue mission on Saturday in Breathitt County near Jackson, Ky. Flood waters have receded but still surround much of the area.

Kentucky's governor warns residents to brace for more flooding

Kentucky officials are still working to confirm deaths from the past week's flooding. Hundreds of people have already been displaced.

Students observe the buds of blueberries that will blossom this spring in the garden at the Myrtle S. Finney School, Chula Vista, Calif., on January 18, 2023.

Chula Vista district using gardens as classrooms for conservation

Chula Vista Elementary School District is taking the lead by teaching students how to compost and conserve through gardening.

Scant obesity training in medical school leaves docs ill-prepared to help patients

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma in the exam room.

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