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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.

 
Louisville edges Miami and Baylor routs TCU
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dana Evans scored 20 points, including Louisville’s final 12 capped by two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining, helping the top-ranked Cardinals survive Miami (Florida) 79-76 on Tuesday. Louisville (15-0, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) led throughout in winning their third consecutive game as the No. 1 women’s team, but had to hold off a furious late rally by the Hurricanes. Evans took over for the final nine minutes, making all eight free throws around a...

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Jane Fonda to receive Golden Globes’ Cecil...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Fonda cemented herself into Hollywood allure as a chameleonlike actor and social activist, and now the Golden Globes will honor her illustrious career with its highest honor. Fonda will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 78th annual awards ceremony on Feb. 28, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday. A member of one of America’s most distinguished acting families, Fonda has captivated and inspired fans along with critics in such films as...

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Explicamos 8 mitos sobre la vacuna contra...
(CNN) — Estados Unidos cruzó el terrible hito de 400.000 muertes por coronavirus a principios de la semana pasada, y actualmente hay más de 2,1 millones de muertes reportadas en todo el mundo, según muestran los datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. También hay nuevas variantes con mutaciones que podrían hacer que covid-19 sea aún más transmisible y posiblemente incluso más mortal. Sin embargo, también hay noticias alentadoras, con dos vacunas autorizadas para uso de emergencia hasta ahora por...

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Restaurant association: Montgomery Co. ‘on an island’...
An advocate for the food and hospitality industry in Maryland is turning up the heat on Montgomery County to loosen its grip on indoor dining restrictions. The Restaurant Association of Maryland, or RAM, is calling out the county after Prince George’s County decided to join other jurisdictions by allowing for 25% indoor dining capacity. D.C. and Baltimore, also dropped their own bans last week. Indoor dining in Montgomery County has been banned since Dec. 10. “Montgomery County is now...

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan....
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6 Jan. 31: Composer Philip Glass is 84. Actor Stuart Margolin (“The Rockford Files”) is 81. Actor Jessica Walter (“Arrested Development”) is 80. Bluesman Charlie Musselwhite is 77. Actor Jonathan Banks (“Better Call Saul,” ″Breaking Bad”) is 74. Actor Glynn Turman (“The Wire,” ″A Different World”) is 74. Singer Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band is 70. Singer John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols is 65....

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Media: Margaret Court set to receive top...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia media are reporting that controversial former tennis champion Margaret Court will receive the country’s top award in the Australia Day honors list, and the apparent decision is already being criticized. The 78-year-old’s appointment as Companion of the Order of Australia was due to be revealed late on Monday, but it was leaked on social media. Australia Day is on Tuesday. The award is to recognize Court’s “eminent service to tennis” as winner of a...

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Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production company, Ora Media, tweeted. No cause of death was given, but a spokesperson said Jan. 4 that King had COVID-19, had received supplemental oxygen and had been moved out of intensive care. His son Chance Armstrong...

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Own goal eliminates FA Cup holder Arsenal...
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Last season’s FA Cup winner Arsenal was eliminated from the competition in the fourth round on Saturday thanks to Gabriel’s own goal in a 1-0 loss to Southampton. In an otherwise close game, Gabriel’s decision to try to block a shot from Kyle Walker-Peters proved decisive for Arsenal losing its hold on the cup. Right-back Walker-Peters was allowed plenty of space to overlap the Arsenal defense, but his shot looked to be heading narrowly wide...

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The Latest: Germany sticks with original time...
BERLIN — Germany’s health minister says the plan is to keep the original timeframe between doses of the coronavirus vaccine. Jens Spahn is signaling his country won’t follow Britain in delaying second doses of coronavirus vaccines in a bid to get more people inoculated. Germany is dealing with a slow start to vaccinations after they were launched nearly a month ago. Spahn asked a commission of scientists that advises authorities on vaccinations to consider the merits of delaying a...

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Bridges, most Metro stations reopen as DC...
Most Metro stations and bridges leading into Washington reopened Thursday following an extensive security shutdown for the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The U.S. Secret Service said the National Special Security Event that had been issued for the inauguration ended at noon Thursday. The District is gradually winding down security measures, though some Metro and road closures are likely to persist for the rest of the workweek. D.C.’s public safety officials said at a...

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Mexico posts new daily highs for pandemic...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico posted new one-day highs for the pandemic Thursday, with 22,339 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and 1,803 deaths from COVID-19 recorded for the previous 24 hours. The recent surge in cases has swamped hospitals. Mexico City is the country’s epicenter of the pandemic, and its hospitals are at 89% capacity, while nationwide 61% of hospital beds are filled. The difficulty in finding space in hospitals has led many families to try to treat their relatives...

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The Latest: South Korea has lowest case...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is reporting its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in two months as officials express cautious hope that the country is beginning to wiggle out from its worst wave of the pandemic. The 346 new cases reported Friday brought the national caseload to 74,262. There have been 1,328 deaths related to COVID-19. Health authorities have clamped down on private social gatherings since late December, including setting fines for restaurants if they accept groups...

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Portugal shuts schools, blames variant for COVID-19...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s government on Thursday ordered the closure of schools for two weeks amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that the prime minister blamed on the rise of a more contagious variant. “The risk of this virus spreading through society has increased,” Prime Minister António Costa told a news conference. “We have seen that, in the space of a week, the variant has spread significantly.” The proportion of COVID-19 cases attributed to the variant, which was...

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Ursin has 20 points, No. 9 Baylor...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Baylor returned to its typical dominance against Oklahoma State. Moon Ursin scored 20 points and the ninth-ranked Lady Bears recovered from a rare loss to beat the Cowgirls 77-58 on Wednesday night. Baylor had won 61 straight at home before falling to Iowa State on Saturday. That was Baylor’s first game in two weeks because of a pause in the program after coach Kim Mulkey tested positive for COVID-19. The Lady Bears (9-2, 4-1 Big...

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Beltway Basketball Beat: Shifting schedules for Maryland,...
I should have expected this. Did I not cover a football season where schedules were scrambled, games postponed after teams traveled and big chunks of seasons were just wiped out? COVID-19 has benched multiple teams the last few weeks, with Georgetown seeing three games get postponed, Maryland’s long-anticipated tilt with Nebraska was nixed, and George Washington pauses its program due to a positive test in its traveling party. We’ve seen some really good matchups get shelved this month, from...

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