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A unidentified object has been shot down by U.S. forces over Michigan's Lake Huron, according to the Pentagon. It's the fourth aerial shootdown in just over a week in North America.

50 years ago, Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game. To mark the anniversary, Atari co-founder and Pong designer Allan Alcorn spoke with NPR to reflect on the game's development.

California released a plan Wednesday to reduce the state's dependence on fossil fuels and zero out greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.

The embattled CEO tweeted Friday that the company will re-launch its paid verification program next week. He says accounts will be manually verified and color coded, but has yet to offer details.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the status of the "tripledemic" in the wake of Thanksgiving.

San Francisco's Musée Mécanique has just unveiled its "Mills Bow-Front Violano Virtuoso," a century-old self-playing device which performs duets on piano and violin.

Ken Block, an action sports legend who also co-founded Hoonigan Racing, died on Monday at age 55 after his snowmobile fell backwards on a steep slope.

China's National Health Commission said in a statement it would no longer publish daily data and that "from now on, the Chinese CDC will release relevant COVID information for reference and research."

The Virgin Galactic Spaceship Two was undergoing a test flight when it crashed in the California Desert. The spaceship is designed to take tourists to space.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bill Hayton of the U.K.-based policy institute Chatham House, about the political shakeup after Vietnam's president resigned amid a corruption scandal