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Commander of Apollo 13 mission, Jim Lovell, dies — REUTERS / ixx511

Astronauts · United States

Commander of Apollo 13 mission, Jim Lovell, dies

44% Center coverage: 211 sources

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday.See the Story

Israeli Strike Kills Five Al Jazeera Journalists Near Gaza Hospital — -/AFP/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images via Getty Images

Press Freedom · Israel

Israeli Strike Kills Five Al Jazeera Journalists Near Gaza Hospital

42% Left coverage: 183 sources

Israel's military said it targeted and killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist in an airstrike on Gaza City on Sunday, a claim condemned by the Qatari broadcaster. See the Story

Venus Williams gets a US Open wild card at age 45 and will be the oldest in singles since 1981 — REUTERS / pwu404

Venus Williams · New York

Venus Williams gets a US Open wild card at age 45 and will be the oldest in singles since 1981

45% Left coverage: 113 sources

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