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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.

 
Taylor Swift wins top prize, announces new...
Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday before she closed out the show with a surprisingly big announcement: Her new album. “I thought it would be a fun moment to tell you that my new album comes out Oct. 21,” said Swift after she won video of the year for her project “All Too Well: The Short Film” (10 minute version), which claimed best long form video and direction. “I...

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Today in Sports History: Toms River, N.J.,...
Aug. 29 1885 — John L. Sullivan wins the first world heavyweight title under the Marquess of Queensbury rules when he beats Dominic McCaffrey in six rounds. The fight features 3-ounce gloves and 3-minute rounds. 1952 — Dr. Reginald Weir becomes the first black man to compete in the U.S. Tennis Championships, Weir appears two years after Althea Gibson breaks the color barrier in the tournament and loses in four sets to William Stucki. 1962 — A.C.’s Viking, driven...

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Ichiro expresses gratitude entering Mariners Hall of...
SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday night, giving his entire 16-minute speech in English while reflecting on his career. Suzuki became the 10th member of Seattle’s Hall of Fame, joining former teammates Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jamie Moyer, Jay Buhner and Dan Wilson who had previously been honored by the club. All but Buhner were in attendance. Suzuki’s speech was one of the few times he’s spoken extensively...

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Sun and Sky meet in a second...
Chicago and Connecticut are no strangers to meeting in the postseason, having met now in three straight years. They’ll face each other in the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs when the best-of-five series tips off on Sunday in Chicago. The teams have split the previous two meetings with Chicago winning last year en route to the franchise’s first championship. The Sky won last season’s playoff series 3-1 on their way to the championship and followed that up this year...

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La NASA lanza una cuenta regresiva de...
(CNN) — En aproximadamente 46 horas, el cohete Artemis I estará listo para despegar en un vuelo no tripulado alrededor de la Luna, y la NASA está contando los minutos. La cuenta regresiva comenzó oficialmente a las 9:53 a.m. del sábado, según un tuit de la cuenta Artemis de la NASA. La cuenta regresiva comenzó una vez que los equipos de lanzamiento llegaron a sus estaciones en el Centro Espacial Kennedy en Florida. La línea de tiempo del lanzamiento...

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Poles, Czechs vow to protect Slovak airspace...
MALACKY, Slovakia (AP) — Poland and Czechia signed an agreement Saturday to protect Slovak airspace as Slovakia gives up its old Soviet-made MiG-29 jets. The vow of protection by NATO allies is to last until Slovakia receives new F-16s from the United States, something expected to happen in 2024. Under the agreement, Poland and Czechia are providing the necessary forces to quickly react in the case of violations of Slovakia’s airspace. The agreement was signed at a Slovak airbase...

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FBI: Trump mixed top secret docs with...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday. No space at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was authorized for the storage of classified material, according to the court papers, which laid out the FBI’s rationale for searching the property this month, including “probable cause to believe...

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Lebanese submarine finds 7 bodies from April...
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese submarine has found the remains of at least seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank earlier this year off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board, the navy announced Friday. The boat, carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy, went down more than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the port of Tripoli, following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. Seven bodies were recovered...

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UN expert offers plan for improving human...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United Nations expert on human rights in Cambodia proposed on Friday a 10-point plan to improve rights in the Southeast Asian nation, describing it as ä country with a bright future but some severe challenges. U.N. Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn spoke in the capital, Phnom Penh, at the end of an 11-day visit, his first in his official capacity. He said he met with government officials and members of civil society, U.N. agencies...

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Climate initiative centers on Black Americans
The Movement for Black Lives launched a new climate change initiative Thursday, uniting more than 200 Black environmental leaders and organizations nationwide who have pledged to find equitable climate solutions centering on Black Americans and communities. The Black Hive initiative builds on the movement’s 2021 Red, Black, and Green New Deal and reintroduces its Black Climate Mandate that outlines the urgency for a Black climate agenda and investment in equitable strategies that protect Black Americans specifically. The announcement, first...

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Gauff, Nadal play in US Open exhibition...
NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff’s shoes carried the message “Play for Peace” as she joined Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek and other tennis stars in a pre-U.S. Open exhibition event Wednesday night that helped generate more than $1 million for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine. “You guys all know me: I like to speak out when it’s right,” Gauff said after teaming with former player John McEnroe in a mixed doubles match against Nadal and Swiatek. “I’m glad that I...

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China broadens visa availability as pandemic concerns...
BEIJING (AP) — China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would take effect from Wednesday, without mentioning specific requirements for vaccines or proof of a negative virus test. Prior to the pandemic, China hosted nearly 500,000 foreign students, mainly from South Korea and...

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Native groups seek to repair lands damaged...
KINGSTON, Mass. (AP) — Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towering, dense vegetation down to size. The 24-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was among a cadre of volunteers rooting out invasive species and tending to recently planted native vegetation on a wide swath of forest acquired on behalf of his federally recognized tribe and other Wampanoag communities. “It’s hard. You got...

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SEC: Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M in hunt...
The rest of the Southeastern Conference isn’t about to throw a pity party for Alabama and Georgia, no matter how many stars they lost to the NFL. Everyone else in the league is still chasing last season’s two top teams, with Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M leading the pursuit. It hardly matters that Alabama lost some of its best offensive playmakers and Georgia must replace some of its top defenders among 15 NFL draft picks, The preseason No. 1...

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Whitlow’s in DC is officially open for...
Whitlow’s DC is the newest addition to D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood as it opened for business Tuesday night. It is the newest iteration for Whitlow’s, whose longtime location in Arlington’s Clarendon neighborhood, Whitlow’s on Wilson, closed in 2021 after 26 years. More Food & Restaurant News More Local News More DC News The new Shaw location at 2014 9th St. NW is located across the street from the 9:30 Club. The 3,600-square-feet space has two seating areas with bars and...

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