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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.

 
Body of girl found in Italy mudslide;...
MILAN (AP) — Search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home on Sunday as they dug through mud for a second day in the search for people still missing after an enormous landslide on the Italian resort island of Ischia. The Naples prefect confirmed that the death toll in the tragedy had risen to two, following also the recovery of the body of a 31-year-old woman from the island on Saturday. A further 10...

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Ghana readies for South Korea after opening...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Ghana coach Otto Addo has been impressed with Son Heung-min ever since he coached the South Korea forward at the youth level. The two will be reunited on Monday when Ghana meets South Korea in Group H at the World Cup at Education City Stadium. Addo was working for German club Hamburg when he first encountered Son, who he recommended for the first team. “He’s very, very disciplined. So he became so good because he...

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Jordan Kyrou scores in OT, Blues rally...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored his second goal of the game at 1:08 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues to a 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. St. Louis overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period, tying it on Vladimir Tarasenko’s goal with 3:49 left. Brandon Saad and Ryan O’Reilly also scored and Thomas Greiss made 33 saves. Aaron Ekblad, Radko Gudas and Carter Verhaeghe scored for Florida in the first...

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Energy-rich Qatar faces fast-rising climate risks at...
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — At a suburban park near Doha, the capital city of Qatar, cool air from vents in the ground blasted joggers on a November day that reached almost 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). The small park with air-conditioned paths is an apt illustration of World Cup host Qatar’s answers, so far, to the rising temperatures its people face. The wealthy Gulf Arab nation has been able to pay for extreme adaptive measures like this...

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Joburg Open Par Scores
Friday At Houghton GC Johannesburg Purse: $18.2 million Yardage: 7,241; Par: 71 Second Round Dan Bradbury, England 63-66—129 -13 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-63—130 -12 Sami Valimaki, Finland 66-65—131 -11 Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa 68-64—132 -10 Louis De Jager, South Africa 67-65—132 -10 Nathan Kimsey, England 66-66—132 -10 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 65-67—132 -10 Romain Langasque, France 65-67—132 -10 Daniel Van Tonder, South Africa 69-63—132 -10 Wilco Nienaber, South Africa 67-67—134 -8 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 68-67—135 -7 Simon...

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Joburg Open Scores
Friday At Houghton GC Johannesburg Purse: $18.2 million Yardage: 7,241; Par: 71 Second Round Dan Bradbury, England 63-66—129 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-63—130 Sami Valimaki, Finland 66-65—131 Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa 68-64—132 Louis De Jager, South Africa 67-65—132 Nathan Kimsey, England 66-66—132 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 65-67—132 Romain Langasque, France 65-67—132 Daniel Van Tonder, South Africa 69-63—132 Wilco Nienaber, South Africa 67-67—134 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 68-67—135 Simon Forsstrom, Sweden 67-69—136 Francesco Laporta, Italy 67-69—136 Renato Paratore, Italy 68-68—136...

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Small Business Saturday 2022: Your guide for...
Major retailers get much of the attention on Black Friday, but the holiday shopping season’s second day is all about smaller businesses. Nov. 26 is Small Business Saturday. More Business & Finance News More Local News American Express launched the event during the 2010 recession, encouraging holiday shoppers to support the small, independent businesses that are so essential in every community. The event gained momentum a year later when Congress unanimously passed a resolution supporting the event. Elected leaders...

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Shake Milton helps short-handed 76ers beat Magic...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Shake Milton had 24 points, a career-high 10 assists and nine rebounds, and the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 107-99 on Friday night. Tobias Harris added 23 points for Philadelphia, and reserve Georges Niang made five 3-pointers on his way to 18 points. It was the Sixers’ ninth straight win against the Magic. “Georges is a one-man culture-changer, and he comes in with that positive attitude and he has such a great feel...

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Beijing on edge as city adds new...
BEIJING (AP) — Residents of some parts of China’s capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered faster construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. Uncertainty and scattered, unconfirmed reports of lockdowns in at least some Beijing districts have fueled demand for food and other supplies, something not seen in the city for months. Unusually large numbers of shoppers in the city’s northern suburbs left shelves bare in markets, but customers...

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Jin, cantante de BTS, comenzará el servicio...
(CNN) — Jin, superestrella del K-pop, comenzará el servicio militar obligatorio el próximo mes, confirmó una fuente con conocimiento directo de la situación este viernes, luego de que el cantante de la banda BTS hiciera un llamado a sus seguidores para que se mantengan alejados del centro de entrenamiento del ejército de Corea del Sur. La fuente dijo que la estrella de 29 años, quien es el miembro más antiguo de BTS, entrará en servicio el 13 de diciembre...

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Europe scrambles to help Ukraine keep the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European officials are scrambling to help Ukraine stay warm and keep functioning through the bitter winter months, pledging Friday to send more support that will mitigate the Russian military’s efforts to turn off the heat and lights. Nine months after Russia invaded its neighbor, the Kremlin’s forces have zeroed in on Ukraine’s power grid and other critical civilian infrastructure in a bid to tighten the screw on Kyiv. Officials estimate that around 50% of Ukraine’s...

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Tatum has 37 points, 13 rebounds, Celtics...
BOSTON (AP) — With Dallas closing the gap, Jayson Tatum turned the matchup with Luka Doncic into a game of one-on-one. And the Boston star bested the Mavericks’ each time. Tatum had 37 points and 13 rebounds and Jaylen Brown scored 31 on Wednesday night to help the NBA-best Celtics respond after a rare loss and beat Dallas 125-112. “His ability to answer the moment. His ability to make everyone around him better,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “You...

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Report: Explosion near Syrian capital kills Iranian...
BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion in Syria has killed an official with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the force said on its website Wednesday, blaming Israel for the killing. The force identified the officer killed as Col. Davoud Jafari, who it said was working for the Guard’s aerospace division. The statement warned that Israel will answer for what it called the “crime.” The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Jafari was a drone and air...

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Saudis jubilant after World Cup win over...
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Jubilation followed the final whistle. Disbelief quickly set in. Saudi Arabia, a team that had only ever won three World Cup matches in its history, just pulled off possibly the biggest upset in the tournament’s history. They beat Argentina, 2-1. “One for the books,” Saudi Arabia coach Hervé Renard said. “This is football. Sometimes things are completely crazy.” Goalkeeper Mohammed Alowais, who made two key saves late in the game to preserve the win on...

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Patrons in gay club shooting hit gunman...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As bullets tore through a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who’d been partying moments before rushed into action, grabbing a handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until police arrived just minutes later. He was one of at least two customers who police and city officials credit with stopping the gunman and limiting the bloodshed in Saturday night’s shooting at...

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