A NASA projection shows the path of Venus and Jupiter; the two planets will converge in the Earth's sky Tuesday night. YouTube hide caption
Must Reads : The Two-Way Some stories are just too weird, too funny or too sad to ignore. They may not be "serious news," but are so fascinating you must read them. NPR correspondents are on the watch for such tales. We pass along the best, from NPR and other news outlets.
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Tuesday
Misty Copeland (center) performed in the Washington Ballet production of Swan Lake in April. Emily Jan/NPR hide caption
Gunhild Swanson, 70, clocked 29:59:54 in the Western States Endurance Run on Sunday. Screenshot from USLTV.com hide caption
Siri's answer to the brain-teaser question "What's zero divided by zero" generates a response that people find both funny and unnerving. NPR hide caption
Monday
Pilot André Borschberg sent this photo of his flight over Japan; he's now over the Pacific Ocean, heading to Hawaii. He's not expected to land until Friday morning, Eastern time. Solar Impulse hide caption
Friday
Actor Ian McKellen poses at the BAFTA Film Awards in London. Jonathan Short/Invision/AP hide caption
French police secure the entrance of the Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon. A decapitated body was found outside the factory. Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Ben Affleck poses in the press room with the Hollywood film award for Gone Girl at the Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles. PBS says it's postponing the third season of Finding Your Roots after an internal investigation of an episode about Affleck's ancestors. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
One of the 20 GPS sensors deployed on Greenland's Helheim Glacier to track its movement. Alistair Everett/Swansea University hide caption
Study Reveals What Happens During A 'Glacial Earthquake'
Tama had held sway as stationmaster of the Kishi train station since 2007. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers took turns responding to a tweet that dismissed women's sports as "not worth watching." YouTube hide caption
The Supreme Court handed a victory to the Obama administration and civil rights groups on Thursday when, by a 5-4 decision, it upheld a key tool used for more than four decades to fight housing discrimination. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
The casket holding Ethel Lance, who was killed during the shooting at Emanuel AME Church, is on view before her funeral at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
