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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
Flick ‘not happy’ but confident as Barcelona...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Coach Hansi Flick was “not happy” but expressed confidence in Barcelona on Friday as the club continued to try to register playmaker Dani Olmo for the rest of the season despite missing an end-of-the-year deadline to clear salary-cap space. Flick said in a news conference ahead of the team’s Copa del Rey match against fourth-division club Barbastro on Saturday that the situation wasn’t ideal but he felt Barcelona was doing everything possible to solve the...

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See and hear three years of solar...
Video: 00:01:14 At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission over the last three years. See and hear for yourself how the number of flares and their intensity increase, a clear sign of the Sun approaching the peak of the 11-year solar cycle.  This video combines ultraviolet images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere (the corona, yellow) taken by Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument, with the size...

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Monday’s Scores
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Annandale 48, Gar-Field 32 Buffalo Gap 34, Sherando 31 Central – Wise 67, Eastside 25 Chancellor 51, Albemarle 41 James Madison 59, Friendship-Edison, D.C. 34 James Robinson 58, Stone Bridge 38 John Handley 52, Turner Ashby 44 Loudoun County 52, Floyd County 42 Massaponax 28, Tuscarora 26 Murry Bergtraum High School For Business Careers, N.Y. 75, Woodbridge 50 Potomac School 55, Brecksville-Broadview Hts., Ohio 46 Princess Anne 93, Grace Christian, N.C. 57 Shining Stars Sports 83,...

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South Korean adoptees and families rocked by...
Her greatest fear, dormant for decades, came rushing back in an instant: had she adopted and raised a kidnapped child? Peg Reif’s daughter, adopted from South Korea in the 1980s, had sent her a link to a documentary detailing how the system that made their family was rife with fraud: documents falsified, babies switched, children snatched off the street and sent abroad. Reif wept. She was among more than 120 who contacted The Associated Press this fall, after a...

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan....
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 5-11: Jan. 5: Actor Robert Duvall is 94. Singer-bassist Athol Guy of The Seekers is 85. Former talk show host Charlie Rose is 83. Actor Diane Keaton is 79. Actor Ted Lange (“The Love Boat”) is 77. Guitarist Chris Stein of Blondie is 75. Actor Pamela Sue Martin (“The Poseidon Adventure,” ″Dynasty”) is 72. Actor Clancy Brown (“Highlander,” ″SpongeBob SquarePants”) is 66. Actor Suzy Amis (“Titanic”) is 63. Actor Ricky Paull Goldin...

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What is known about a plane crash...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally. Aliyev told Azerbaijani state television that the aircraft was hit by fire from the ground over Russia and rendered uncontrollable by electronic warfare. He accused Russia of trying to “hush up” the issue for several days. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a...

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Trump dice que apoya el programa de...
El presidente electo Donald Trump intervino en una disputa latente entre los aliados de MAGA sobre las visas de trabajo H-1B, y le dijo al New York Post que apoya el programa, según el medio. Trump le dijo al New York Post que “siempre le han gustado las visas”. El programa de visas H-1B permite a los empleadores contratar temporalmente a ciudadanos no estadounidenses para trabajos altamente calificados. “Tengo muchas visas H-1B en mis propiedades. Siempre he creído en...

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Saturday’s Scores
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Albemarle, N.C. 80, Magna Vista 59 Annandale 42, Forest Park 37 Arcadia 44, Crisfield, Md. 34 Avonworth, Pa. 57, Millbrook 48 Blacksburg 50, Franklin County 33 C. G. Woodson 45, Cape Henlopen, Del. 23 Charlottesville 42, James Island, S.C. 32 Clarke County 52, Fairfax 18 Fluvanna 40, William Monroe 36 Friendship, N.C. 56, Steward School 48 Gar-Field 38, Surrattsville, Md. 32 George Marshall 47, Westfield 26 Herndon 45, Blake, Md. 32 Holy Child, Md. 47, Patriot...

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Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani leader for ‘tragic...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The Kremlin said in a statement that air defense systems were firing near Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, due to a Ukrainian drone strike as the plane attempted to land on Wednesday. It stopped short of saying the plane was...

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Israel detains the director of one of...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s army detained the director of one of northern Gaza ‘s last functioning hospitals as overnight strikes in the territory killed nine people, including children, Palestinian medical officials said Saturday. Gaza’s Health Ministry said Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested by Israeli forces Friday along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation center. The ministry said Israeli troops stormed the hospital and forced many...

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Tuch scores hat trick, Sabres beat Blackhawks...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Tuch scored a hat trick for the Buffalo Sabres in a 6-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn each had a goal and an assist in the first period. The Sabres also got goals from Zach Benson and Tuch to build a 4-0 lead, while Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen needed to make just two of his 15 saves in the opening period. Tuch scored twice in the third period...

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Ukrainian drone attack was underway before Azerbaijani...
Russia’s aviation chief said Friday that a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in the Russian region that an airliner was destined for before it diverted and crashed earlier this week. Dmitry Yadrov, of Rosaviatsia, didn’t comment on statements by an Azerbaijani lawmaker and some aviation experts who blamed Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash on Russian air defenses responding to a Ukrainian attack. The plane was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush...
NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the scorching star. NASA received an all-clear message from Parker on Thursday night confirming it survived the journey. Launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun, Parker has since flown straight through its crownlike outer atmosphere, or corona....

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Thursday’s Scores
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Briar Woods 38, TJ-Alexandria 37 Deep Creek 72, Durham Hillside, N.C. 13 J.I. Burton 62, McMinn County, Tenn. 50 Lightridge 51, Fairfax 21 Norfolk Academy 61, GW-Danville 32 Orange County 63, Martinsville 21 Person, N.C. 43, Nottoway 16 Prince Edward County 51, Halifax County 43 Rockcastle County, Ky. 52, Union 45 Shining Stars Sports 93, Raleigh Ravenscroft, N.C. 25 Steward School 70, Carrboro, N.C. 30 Washington-Liberty 62, Clarke County 42 Boo Williams Tournament= Black Bracket= Great...

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