Tigst Assefa smashes the women’s marathon record by more than 2 minutes The 26-year-old Ethiopian crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate with a time of 2:11:53. Read more on NPR

Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas “It’s an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list,” the music megastar said of his appearance at the Feb. 11, 2024 game. Read more on NPR

Watch Live: NASA sends an asteroid sample back to Earth NASA’s Osiris-REx mission sends a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth Sunday morning. If it lands successfully, this cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system’s origins. Read more on NPR

One Kosovo police officer killed and one wounded, raising tensions with Serbia Kosovo’s prime minister on Sunday said one police officer was killed and another wounded in an attack he blamed on support from neighboring Serbia, increasing tensions between the two former war foes. Read more on NPR

Norovirus in the wilderness? How an outbreak spread on the Pacific Crest Trail Having this virus is bad enough at home, where you might spend hours hugging the toilet. Imagine having it out camping. Investigators wanted to find out how backpackers were getting and spreading it. Read more on NPR

She’s currently the only Black woman leading a state military. Here’s how it happened Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead of Maryland only became a soldier to help pay for college. Three decades later, she’s risen to the top military position in Maryland, leading a force of 4,600 soldiers. Read more on NPR