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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.

 
Today in History
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2021. There are 58 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 3, 1997, the Supreme Court let stand California’s groundbreaking Proposition 209, which banned race and gender preference in hiring and school admissions. On this date: In 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour. In 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis...

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Couturier, Flyers win 3-0 to hand winless...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Couturier broke a scoreless tie early in the third period and Carter Hart made 29 saves to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-0 victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night. Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who have won three of four. Arizona (0-9-1) lost its 10th game to start the season and remains the only winless team in the NHL. The...

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Braves lifer Snitker receives reward for 44-year...
Brian Snitker borrowed plenty from Bobby Cox learning to lead a clubhouse. Now, he’s matched his mentor in chasing down the game’s greatest prize, joining Cox as the only Atlanta Braves managers to win the World Series. The championship clinched with Tuesday night’s 7-0 Game 6 win over the Houston Astros was the payoff on Snitker’s investment of 44 years as a Braves lifer. After a long career as player, instructor, coach and manager in the Braves’ organization, the...

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Scheifele gets SO winner as Jets beat...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored the deciding goal in the shootout in his return from COVID-19 protocol, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Paul Stastny, Josh Morrissey and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in regulation for Winnipeg. Eric Comrie stopped 24 shots. Kyle Connor also scored in the shootout. Jamie Benn, Jason Robertson and Tyler Seguin scored for Dallas, and Braden Holtby made 33 saves. Joe Pavelski scored in the...

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Jury selected for Missouri man in Chinese...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A jury was selected Monday in the trial of a man charged with killing his Chinese wife two years ago and leaving her body at a Missouri park. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported her missing on Oct. 10, 2019, prompting numerous searches before her remains were found March 25 in a remote area of Rock Bridge State Park about 5 miles (8...

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Are Arab Americans people of color? Mayor...
BOSTON (AP) — Are Arab Americans people of color? The question has been bubbling beneath the surface of Boston’s historic mayor’s race, where one of the two candidates, Annissa Essaibi George, has found herself challenged on the campaign trail about her decision to identify as one. On Tuesday, Essaibi George faces off against fellow Boston City Councilor and Democrat Michelle Wu, a daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. Whoever wins will be the first woman and first person of color elected...

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In 2nd weekend, ‘Dune’ bests ‘Last Night...
After a record-breaking start, October’s box office closed out quietly this weekend with “Dune” repeating at number one and two prominent genre newcomers, “ Last Night in Soho ” and “Antlers,” stumbling. Whether it’s due to Halloween falling on a Sunday, too many new options or simply a lack of enthusiasm, moviegoing audiences seemed to have other plans this weekend. Notable exceptions are the latest “My Hero Academia” and the new Wes Anderson pic “The French Dispatch.” First place...

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Sharks overcome loss of players, coach to...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Timo Meier scored a power-play goal in overtime and the San Jose Sharks overcame the loss of seven players and their coach to NHL COVID-19 protocols, beating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Saturday night and snapping a three-game losing streak. The Sharks announced before the game they would be without the seven players and coach Bob Boughner. The start of the game was delayed 30 minutes. “That’s what adversity does, right? It forces you to...

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Giving the Western some swagger in ‘The...
NEW YORK (AP) — If you had any doubt that Jeymes Samuel, the director of “The Harder They Fall” and the British musician known as the Bullits, loves Westerns, then you haven’t heard him sing Dean Martin’s “My Rifle, My Pony and Me” from John Ford’s “Rio Bravo.” “When Dean Martin pops up in a movie, you know: Oh, there’s going to be a song,” Samuel says with a giant grin. “It doesn’t matter if the movie is ‘Silence...

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LA, Long Beach ports will issue fines...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex will begin fining shipping companies if they let cargo containers stack up as the nation’s busiest twin harbors deal with an unprecedented backlog of vessels. The Los Angeles and Long Beach harbor commissions voted Friday to implement a 90-day “container excess dwell fee” that sets time limits on how long containers can stay at marine terminals. About 40% of all shipping containers entering the U.S. come through the Los...

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Aldridge reaches 20,000 points, Nets beat Pacers...
NEW YORK (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half, reaching 20,000 for his career, to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 105-98 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. James Harden broke out of an early season slump with 29 points and Kevin Durant added 22 as the Nets evened their record at 3-3. “Solid win,” Durant said, later adding the Nets “did a good job of fighting back.” Aldridge became...

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Este Halloween, SpaceX enviará a cuatro astronautas...
(CNN Español) — SpaceX celebrará este Halloween con el lanzamiento de una tercera misión tripulada a la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI), esta sería la quinta misión de vuelo espacial que SpaceX realiza desde mayo de 2020. Los astronautas de la NASA Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron y el astronauta de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) Matthias Maurer despegarán este domingo, 31 de octubre a las 2:21 am (hora de Miami) desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA...

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As COVID cases fall, Halloween brings more...
PHOENIX (AP) — Witches and warlocks, ghosts and ghouls can breathe a little easier this year: Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are on the decline, and trick-or-treaters can feel safer collecting candy. And while a new poll indicates Halloween participation is rebounding but still short of pre-pandemic levels, an industry trade group says people who are celebrating are driving record-level spooky spending this year. Sales of candy, costumes and décor are up at least 25% over last year and...

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Baldwin shooting highlights risks of rushed film...
NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of the film industry where critics say the pursuit of profit can lead to unsafe working conditions. With a budget around $7 million, the Western “Rust” was no micro-budget indie. The previous best-picture winner at the Academy Awards, “Nomadland,” was made for less. But the New Mexico set where Baldwin shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had inexperienced crew...

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For tribes, ‘good fire’ a key to...
WEITCHPEC, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Azzuz stood in prayer on a Northern California mountainside, arms outstretched, grasping a handmade torch of dried wormwood branches, the fuel her Native American ancestors used for generations to burn underbrush in thick forest. “Guide our hands as we bring fire back to the land,” she intoned before crouching and igniting dead leaves and needles carpeting the ground. Others joined her. And soon dancing flames and pungent smoke rose from the slope high above...

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