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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.

 
Durant’s sensational performance sends Nets to 3-2...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant had 49 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in one of the most spectacular performances in postseason history, sending the Brooklyn Nets back into the lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 114-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 on Tuesday night. With James Harden returning but delivering little offense and Kyrie Irving out, Durant played all 48 minutes and shot 16 for 23 from the field. He scored 20...

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Airbus-Boeing deal still leaves other US-EU rifts...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The deal the United States and the European Union reached Tuesday to end their long-running dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus will mean the phase-out of billions in punitive tariffs. It will ease trans-Atlantic tensions. And it will allow the two sides to focus on a common economic threat: China. But the breakthrough leaves other trade frictions between the U.S. and the EU unresolved. Most prominently, the import taxes that President Donald Trump imposed on...

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The Latest: NATO: China is a constant...
The Latest on the NATO summit taking place in Brussels: ___ BRUSSELS — NATO leaders agree that China poses a constant security challenge and is working to undermine the global rules-based system, and they are worried about how fast it’s developing nuclear missiles. In a summit statement Monday, the leaders said that China’s goals and “assertive behavior present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security.” While the 30 heads of state and...

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In scary scene at Euro 2020, Eriksen...
COPENHAGEN (AP) — As Christian Eriksen lay unconscious on the field, his pulse slipping away, Denmark team doctor Morten Boesen quickly realized there wasn’t a second to lose. “He was breathing, and I could feel his pulse. But suddenly that changed,” Boesen said Saturday. “And as everyone saw, we started giving him CPR.” The next 10 minutes were among the scariest to ever unfold during a match at soccer’s European Championship. Several medics worked frenetically to give Eriksen chest...

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Rep. Omar says she wasn’t equating US,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar tried edging away Thursday from a bitter fight with Jewish Democratic lawmakers who’d accused her of likening the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and Afghanistan’s Taliban, saying her remarks were “in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries.” A three-sentence statement by the Minnesota Democrat also said her comments were “not a moral comparison between Hamas and the Taliban and the U.S. and Israel,” and seemed to dial back a more confrontational...

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The Latest: India asks China to facilitate...
NEW DELHI — India is asking China to facilitate essential two-way travel between the countries and grant visas to Indian nationals working and studying there. India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi says people from China, including the Chinese nationals, have been able to travel to India despite the absence of direct air connectivity. However, he says “for Indian nationals, travel to China has not been possible since last November as the Chinese side has suspended existing visas.” The...

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Review: ‘In the Heights’ is the infusion...
“I am Usnavi and you prob’ly never heard my name,” declares bodega owner Usnavi at the start of “In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s contagiously joyous ode to his beloved Washington Heights neighborhood. “Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated.” Um … maybe not for long. Projects by Miranda tend to attract a wee bit of attention. Even in the annals of musical theater, by nature filled with Cinderella stories, “In the Heights” has an amazing backstory. It began two...

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Everything in New York is bigger, even...
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive, immersive exhibition celebrating artist Vincent van Gogh has leaned on some Broadway talent for a little razzle dazzle during its visit to New York City. Producers of “Immersive Van Gogh” have tapped Tony-Award-winning set designer David Korins for creative help after they secured a jaw-dropping 70,000-square-foot venue for their exhibit in lower Manhattan, easily the biggest space the exhibit has landed. “They wanted something bigger, fancier, deeper,” said Korins, who has designed sets...

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Retailers shine a spotlight on Black-owned beauty...
NEW YORK (AP) — When Rose Ingleton launched her own namesake skincare line two years ago, she couldn’t break into the big chains and was forced to use her own funds and get financial help from family and friends. But things changed after the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests last year. Ingleton, a Manhattan-based Black dermatologist with more than 20 years of experience, reconnected with beauty chain Sephora and now her products can be found on the retailer’s website...

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Former F1 drivers see European interest growing...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson considered racing in America even before his Formula One contract expired. The Indianapolis 500 debut of Fernando Alonso four years ago intrigued the young Swedish driver, and when he started watching, he saw a tight, entertaining open-wheel series where anyone could win. So when Ericsson became a free agent he moved to IndyCar for the 2019 season with Sam Schmidt’s team. He wasn’t retained after McLaren became a partner but landed at powerhouse Chip...

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Shuttered Eighteenth Street Lounge reopening in Blagden...
Roof deck at the soon to reopen Eighteenth Street Lounge in Blagden Alley. (Courtesy Eighteenth Street Lounge) Live music and DJ venue Eighteenth Street Lounge, which closed a year ago after more than 25 years in business, has signed a lease for a new space in Shaw’s Blagden Alley. The address is officially 1230 9th St. NW, and the new club’s main entrance will be on 9th Street, though it will open up to access Blagden Alley. It will...

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Barriers removed, new ones go up, at...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Crews on Thursday removed the concrete barriers that blocked traffic at a Minneapolis intersection where a memorial to George Floyd was assembled after his death last year, but community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resumed chanting the name of the Black man whose killing galvanized the racial justice movement. It took the crews less than four hours to clear the barriers, artwork, flowers and other items from 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where Floyd...

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Missing Montgomery Co. food truck found days...
Authorities in Montgomery County, Maryland, have located a food truck that was reported stolen on Memorial Day. The “Turner’s Beltway Bistro” food truck disappeared from the 8800 block of Brookville Road in Silver Spring. It was found abandoned in Charles County, Montgomery County police said in a tweet.  The truck’s owner is relieved about the news. “ been a couple of sleepless nights for sure,” owner James Turner told WTOP since discovering his truck was gone. Turner said police told him...

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Anthony Davis returns for Game 6, but...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis managed less than 5 1/2 minutes in his return to the Lakers’ starting lineup Thursday night before leaving in clear pain from his groin injury as Los Angeles faced playoff elimination in Game 6 of its first-round series against the Phoenix Suns. After missing the previous 1 1/2 games, Davis suited up for Game 6 and attempted to play. But the superstar big man looked tentative and lacked any explosive ability while failing...

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El cambio climático podría desencadenar una crisis...
(CNN Business) — El cambio climático plantea riesgos serios para la estabilidad del sistema financiero, dijo a CNN Business un funcionario de alto rango del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI). Tobias Adrian, director del departamento de mercados monetarios y de capital del FMI, dijo que la crisis climática «absolutamente» podría desencadenar una crisis financiera. «La crisis climática se gesta lentamente, pero potencialmente es desastrosa», dijo Adrian en una entrevista al margen de la Green Swan Conference, un evento virtual centrado...

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