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In 1953, Oklahoma physician and amateur astronomer Leon Stuart photographed what he believed was an asteroid crashing into the moon. No one believed him. Forty years later, new research from NASA suggests Stuart was right. NPR's Vikki Valentine reports.

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Charles Donohoe, the leader of a North Carolina Proud Boys chapter, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

At an emergency parliament session, Iraqi lawmakers are urged to rally behind Saddam Hussein and defend the country. Meanwhile, residents flee Baghdad and nearly 300,000 U.S. and British soldiers deployed in the Persian Gulf area prepare to invade Iraq. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and NPR's Mike Shuster.

Host Bob Edwards talks with actor John C. Reilly about the turn his career has taken over the past year. Reilly appeared in four films this year, three of which are nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. And he's up for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as well. It's a big change for a man that most movie watchers would recognize but wouldn't know his name.

At a Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the overnight missile strike near Baghdad hit a "senior Iraqi leadership compound." And he says there are reports the Iraqi regime may have set fire to three or four oil wells in southern Iraq. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

In Kuwait, the First Marine Division prepares for a possible invasion of Iraq by playing a war game to try to learn the preferred tactics, personalities and weaknesses of Iraq's regional commanders and to predict the Iraqi military's response to an attack. NPR's John Burnett reports.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the missile defense system, which will be manned by U.S. service members, will arrive in Slovakia in the coming days.

One of the passengers struck a flight attendant on the head and tried to open a cabin door. In a separate incident, a passenger tried to open a cabin door during a flight and bit another passenger.

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the U.S-led "coalition of the willing" to oust Saddam Hussein has the support of at least 45 nations. But he says a third of them "do not yet wish to be publicly named." NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

In 1997, All Things Considered senior host Robert Siegel first interviewed Jeremy Armstrong, sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing another man. He was just 15 when he committed the crime, but was sentenced as an adult under the state's new "get-tough" juvenile justice policies. Siegel catches up with Armstrong, now living in a medium-security lockup -- listen to past interviews with Armstrong as Siegel follows his progress.

Zelenskyy visits Bucha. France goes to the polls.