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NASA says it has succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, pushing it into a smaller, faster orbit around its big brother Didymos, says NASA chief Bill Nelson in a press conference from Washington. SOUNDBITE
Boston, Sep 10 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMER: CJ Gunther) Volunteers placed 5,000 American flags at the Boston tribute to the soldiers killed since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, located in the Seaport District.
Russian runner Alexander Kaper ran nearly 5,000 miles for the past 200 days from Moscow to Beijing. The running lover celebrated his arrival from capital to capital on Tuesday, completing his half-year odyssey across the wilds of Siberia and finally arriving to Beijing.
Hundreds of people gathered outside Dallas City Hall on Monday, for a candlelight vigil in the memory of the five police officers killed in the recent sniper shootings. Families and colleagues of the five officers who died - four Dallas Police officers and one DART officer - were in attendance at the vigil. Sniper rounds ripped through downtown Dallas, Thursday, killing 5 police officers and wounding at least 7 more.
Hundreds of people gathered outside Dallas City Hall on Monday, for a candlelight vigil in the memory of the five police officers killed in the recent sniper shootings. Families and colleagues of the five officers who died - four Dallas Police officers and one DART officer - were in attendance at the vigil. Sniper rounds ripped through downtown Dallas, Thursday, killing 5 police officers and wounding at least 7 more.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).