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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.

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The Latest: Hurricane Milton takes aim near...
October 9, 2024
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Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago into projectiles. While the storm had previously weakened, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that Hurricane Milton was once again a Category 5 storm. Follow AP’s coverage of tropical weather at https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes. Here’s the latest: Hurricane Milton picks up lateral speed as it...

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Book Review: ‘Countdown 1960’ shows parallels with...
October 8, 2024
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“Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever” is a look at a critical period in U.S. history that holds lessons for today. CNN news anchor Chris Wallace starts the book in January 1960, when U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts declared his candidacy for the presidency during a divided time in United States politics. We are introduced to mobsters, Hollywood movie stars, labor bosses and Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. It...

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Book Review: Paula Hawkins returns with psychological...
October 7, 2024
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Since bursting on the scene in 2015 with “The Girl on a Train,” Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological thrillers set in the U.K. “The Blue Hour” doesn’t plow any new ground on that front, but it’s a tight story with interesting characters that keeps you engaged until the end. Set mostly on an isolated Scottish island named Eris, where a famous painter and ceramicist named Vanessa Chapman once lived and worked, the story...

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A spacecraft is on its way to...
October 7, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it’s the second part of a planetary defense test that could one day help save the planet. The 2022...

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Middle East latest: Palestinian militants in Gaza...
October 7, 2024
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Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, without disrupting a nearby ceremony. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said an Israeli strike in the country’s south killed at least 10 firefighters. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which began firing rockets at Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in support of its ally Hamas, fired new barrages despite its recent losses. Hamas also said it attacked Israeli forces in different parts...

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MOM’s Organic Market founder has a new...
October 7, 2024
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Pinball machines available to play at VÜK, located at D.C.’s Chevy Chase Pavilion in Friendship Heights. (WTOP/Jeff Clabaugh) Pinball machines available to play at VÜK, located at D.C.’s Chevy Chase Pavilion in Friendship Heights. (WTOP/Jeff Clabaugh) MOM’s Organic Market founder Scott Nash has been playing pinball machines since he was a teenager. Back then, Nash and friends would bike to an arcade in Beltsville, Maryland. As an adult, he’s been buying and collecting pinball machines for more than a...

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Timbers miss chance to move up the...
October 7, 2024
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With a playoff berth already clinched the night before, the Portland Timbers played to a scoreless draw with FC Dallas on Sunday. Portland (12-11-10) secured a postseason spot when the LA Galaxy defeated visiting Austin 2-1 on Saturday night. With the draw against Dallas, the Timbers missed an opportunity to move up from ninth in the Western Conference standings. FC Dallas (10-15-8) was already eliminated with a midweek loss to the San Jose Earthquakes. Dallas...

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Golden Boot leader Christian Benteke scores 23rd...
October 6, 2024
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FOX BOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Pedro Santos opened the scoring in the third minute, Golden Boot leader Christian Benteke scored his 23rd goal, and D.C. United beat the New England Revolution 2-1 on Saturday night. Benteke tied Raúl Díaz Arce’s record from 1996 for the most single-season goals in club history. D.C. United (10-13-10), which is still alive for a playoff spot, has a two-week break from regular-season play before returning for Decision Day on Oct. 19. New England...

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Mimis Plessas, a mild-mannered giant of modern...
October 5, 2024
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Mimis Plessas, a beloved Greek composer whose music featured in scores of films, television shows and theatrical productions and who provided the soundtrack to millions of Greeks’ lives, has died just a week shy of his 100th birthday. His death was confirmed Saturday by his wife, Loukila Carrer. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid tribute to Plessas, writing, “A leading composer, a great scholar and a kind man has left us. Born in Athens on Oct....

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Today in Sports – Michael Jordan announces...
October 5, 2024
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Oct. 6 1926 — Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 3 home runs in a World Series game as NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5 in Game 4. 1928 — Leo Diegel wins the PGA championship, beating Al Espinosa 6 and 5. 1956 — Oklahoma blanks Kansas 66-0 to set a modern college football winning streak of 32 straight. The Sooners had the previous record of 31 set 1948-50. The victory is also a conference record...

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Bronny James ready to begin his Lakers...
October 5, 2024
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Bronny James is expected to play in his first NBA preseason game Friday night, but LeBron James won’t be in uniform with him when the Lakers host Minnesota in the first of Los Angeles’ two weekend games in the Coachella Valley. Lakers coach JJ Redick confirmed that LeBron James won’t play with his oldest son against the Timberwolves, but the 39-year-old top scorer in NBA history is likely to play against Phoenix on Sunday...

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Pete Alonso is first big star of...
October 5, 2024
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New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge grabs a bat from the dugout before a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)(AP/Nic Coury) New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge grabs a bat from the dugout before a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)(AP/Nic Coury) Pete Alonso was one of the stars of Major League Baseball’s Wild Card Series round, hitting a three-run homer...

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The Latest: Harris to visit Michigan while...
October 4, 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year’s election. Her appearance in the battleground state comes the day after U.S. dockworkers suspended their strike in hopes of reaching a new contract, sparing the country a damaging episode of labor unrest that could have rattled the economy. Meanwhile, Trump is heading to Georgia to appear with Gov....

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Simone Biles’ post-Olympic tour is helping give...
October 3, 2024
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Simone Biles simply wanted to mix it up when the gymnastics superstar invited some of the top American men to join her post-Olympic Tour. “Bringing the guys on board was designed to show what men’s gymnastics has to offer,” Biles said. “And I just think that over the years, we kind of know the guys, but we don’t really know them, know them.” That may be starting to change. The U.S. men’s bronze-medal breakthrough at the...

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Lionel Messi, Inter Miami win MLS Supporters...
October 3, 2024
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have another trophy, along with home-field advantage throughout the Major League Soccer playoffs. Messi scored twice in the final minutes of the first half, goalie Drake Callender stopped a penalty kick in the 84th minute and Inter Miami beat the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew 3-2 on Wednesday night, wrapping up the Supporters Shield given annually to the team with the best regular-season record. It was Messi’s 46th major...

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