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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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Cosmic mouthful: Tasters savor fine wine that...
March 24, 2021
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BORDEAUX, France (AP) — It tastes like rose petals. It smells like a campfire. It glistens with a burnt-orange hue. What is it? A 5,000-euro bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year in space. Researchers in Bordeaux are analyzing a dozen bottles of the precious liquid — along with 320 snippets of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapevines — that returned to Earth in January after a sojourn aboard the International Space Station. They announced their preliminary impressions...

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Erdogan under fire for packed congress despite...
March 24, 2021
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came under criticism Wednesday for holding his party’s congress inside a packed sports complex amid a new surge of COVID-19 cases. Thousands of ruling party supporters filled the stands of the 10,400-capacity complex in Ankara despite the Turkish government’s social distancing rules. Videos posted on social media purported to show busloads of ruling party supporters traveling to the capital to attend the congress, many of them without masks. Wearing masks...

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Review: Children’s music for everyone from Sara...
March 24, 2021
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“Under the Pepper Tree,” Sara Watkins (New West) Seeking material to create a world of imagination, Sara Watkins clearly used hers, turning to sources ranging from Stephen Foster to Willy Wonka to the Beatles. The enchanting result is “Under the Pepper Tree,” children’s music for everyone. A young mother, Watkins conveys innocence, wonder and maternal sweetness as she sings about the moon, the stars, dreams and rainbows — accompaniment for bedtime. The arrangements are spare but varied, with Watkins...

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More than a dozen community fitness centers,...
March 24, 2021
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Spring is in the air, and just in time, several park facilities in Prince George’s County are set to reopen next week from coronavirus-related closures. The reopenings were announced Wednesday by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Department of Parks and Recreation, and also extend to art galleries, fitness centers and a gradual reopening of the Prince George’s Ballroom. Overall, fitness rooms and gyms at 12 community centers in Prince George’s County will reopen March 29. Reservations are...

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Ingram, Williamson pace Pelicans in 128-111 win...
March 24, 2021
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored a season-high 36 points, Zion Williamson had 27 points and nine rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 128-111 on Tuesday night. The 20-year-old Williamson became the first NBA player younger than 21 to score at least 20 points in 21 straight games, and he did so with his usual crowd-pleasing array of alley-oop dunks and quick, powerful drives to the hoop. Ingram helped keep the Pelicans comfortably...

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GOP firebrand US Rep. Mo Brooks enters...
March 23, 2021
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, a conservative firebrand and staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump who has come under fire for remarks he made preceding the attack on the U.S. Capitol, joined the Alabama GOP primary field on Monday to replace Sen. Richard Shelby. The north Alabama Republican announced his entry into the race at an event with former Trump adviser Stephen Miller. He joins former Trump ambassador Lynda Blanchard in a Republican primary field...

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Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
March 22, 2021
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NEW YORK (AP) — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships sit anchored, unable to unload their cargo. The pandemic has wreaked havoc with the supply chain since early 2020, when it forced the closure of factories throughout China. The seeds of the current problems were sown last March, when Americans stayed home and dramatically changed their buying habits...

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Irving, Harden help Nets beat Wizards in...
March 22, 2021
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NEW YORK (AP) — Another former All-Star made his debut in Brooklyn, where a pair of current All-Stars helped carry the Nets to another victory. Kyrie Irving scored 28 points and James Harden had 26 to lead the Nets to a 113-106 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Blake Griffin dunked for the first time since December 2019 in his Nets debut and Nicolas Claxton added 16 points, including two three-point plays down the stretch. Russell Westbrook had...

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A year into pandemic, veterans halls ‘barely...
March 21, 2021
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Paul Guilbeault knew the writing was on the wall for the last Veterans of Foreign Wars post in this city south of Boston when businesses across Massachusetts were ordered to close as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last March. Within six months, the 90-year-old Korean War vet was proven right. VFW Post 3260 in New Bedford, a chapter of the national fraternity of war vets established in 1935, had surrendered its charter and sold...

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Harris leads short-handed 76ers past Kings 129-105
March 21, 2021
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tobias Harris knows the Philadelphia 76ers are an elite NBA team with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid in the lineup. Harris wanted to show they’re pretty good without the pair of All-Stars, as well. Harris scored 23 of his 29 points in the first half and fell just short of a triple-double to lead the short-handed 76ers over the Sacramento Kings 129-105 on Saturday night. “He really set the tone tonight with his attitude and then...

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Vasilevskiy wins 11th straight, Lightning top Blackhawks...
March 21, 2021
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots for his franchise-record tying 11th consecutive victory, Victor Hedman had three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Saturday. Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist, and Yanni Gourde, Anthony Cirelli and Brayden Point also scored for Tampa Bay. Alex Killorn had two assists, and the Lightning improved to 12-2-0 at home. Alex DeBrincat scored for the Blackhawks, who have lost four straight and...

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Virginia loses 62-58 to Preston, Ohio, ending...
March 21, 2021
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Virginia spent two years on top of the college basketball world. After one night in Indiana, it was all over for the Cavaliers. Coming out of quarantine after a positive COVID-19 test, Virginia’s unusual title defense was stopped by another upset loss in the NCAA Tournament, falling 62-58 to Jason Preston and Ohio on Saturday. “Our guys were again hopeful we’d get this opportunity,” Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett said. “The NCAA allowed us to come...

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North Texas comes up big with 78-69...
March 20, 2021
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — To be, or not to be? For an underdog named Javion Hamlet and his group of scrapping North Texas teammates, that was an easy question. Hamlet scored 24 points and Thomas Bell had 16, along with some game-changing defense in overtime, to lift the 13th-seeded Mean Green to a 78-69 win over No. 4 Purdue on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. “I’ve been waiting for this opportunity my whole life, just to show the world who...

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Bucks land PJ Tucker from Rockets for...
March 20, 2021
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — P.J. Tucker says a move to the championship-contending Milwaukee Bucks offers the 35-year-old veteran a breath of fresh air and a chance to turn around a frustrating season. Tucker practiced with his new team Friday after the Bucks officially announced they had acquired the 6-foot-5 forward along with guard Rodions Kurucs from the Houston Rockets The Bucks sent guard D.J. Augustin plus forward D.J. Wilson to Houston. As part of the trade, the Bucks gave up...

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The Latest: CDC guidance: Desks 3 feet...
March 19, 2021
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NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are relaxing social distancing recommendations for schools, saying students can sit as close as 3 feet apart in classrooms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, announced Friday, signal the agency’s turn away from the 6-foot distancing recommendation. The new guidelines advise at least 3 feet of space between desks in elementary schools, even in towns and cities where community spread is high, so long as students and teachers wear masks and...

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