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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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Europeans press Iran to back down on...
January 6, 2021
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany, France and Britain pressed Iran on Wednesday to reverse a decision to start enriching uranium to levels beyond the limits of a 2015 nuclear agreement, a move which they said “risks compromising” chances of diplomacy with the incoming U.S. administration. The foreign ministers of the three European nations said in a joint statement that the Iranian activity “has no credible civil justification.” They said the enrichment was a clear violation of the 2015 deal between...

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Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration with Qatar...
January 5, 2021
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AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Gulf Arab leaders signed a declaration Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to mark a new page in relations following the kingdom’s decision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of Qatar, easing a rift that deeply divided regional U.S. security allies and frayed social ties across the interconnected Arabian Peninsula. The Saudi decision to open its airspace and borders to Qatar was the first major step toward ending the diplomatic crisis that began in 2017, just...

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One Good Thing: Theft leads to community...
January 5, 2021
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two days before Thanksgiving, on the eve of a turkey giveaway for dozens of jobless residents in an impoverished Miami neighborhood, Sherina Jones got word that one of the free community refrigerators she’d been stocking was stolen. It could have been a holiday disaster. But it turned into a Christmas miracle. Jones had been helping to feed the poor in Miami for months. Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, she was forced to shut...

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Browns end long playoff drought, survive late...
January 4, 2021
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Squeezing the game ball in his left hand, Baker Mayfield looked at the giant scoreboard showing highlights of Cleveland’s glory days. In the stands, masked fans hugged, high-fived and took one last look at the final score — Cleveland 24, Pittsburgh 22 — just to make sure. The Browns, winless just three seasons ago and so bad for so long, are in the playoffs. The NFL’s longest postseason drought is over. “I am really just happy...

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The Latest: US virus death toll hits...
January 3, 2021
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BALTIMORE, M.D. — The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000 as experts anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases and deaths stemming from holiday gatherings over Christmas and New Year’s. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. passed the threshold early Sunday morning. More than 20 million people in the country have been infected. The U.S. has begun using two coronavirus vaccines to protect health care workers and nursing home residents and staff but...

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Maryland football gets commitment from five-star linebacker...
January 3, 2021
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Maryland football signs five-star linebacker Terrence Lewis originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   Crab cakes and five-star football recruits. That’s what Maryland does. Head coach Mike Locksley and the Terrapins program received exciting news Saturday afternoon, when Miami-area five-star linebacker Terrence Lewis announced his commitment to Maryland. Lewis is the 10th-ranked player in the entire country, and the third-highest ranked signee in program history, according to a statement released by the team. Lewis is a consensus five-star recruit...

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Young rising star Garcia stops Campbell in...
January 3, 2021
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DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Garcia says he had never been knocked down before when an early blow sent the rising star to the canvas in his biggest test yet against Luke Campbell. The 22-year-old Californian had an impressive response, staggering Campbell with a body blow to win a WBC lightweight title fight on a seventh-round knockout Saturday night. Garcia was in control when his left hand crushed Campbell’s right side and sent the English fighter to one knee at...

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Fairfax County makes sweeping sentencing reforms
December 31, 2020
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Fairfax County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced major sentencing reforms Wednesday, with the goal of proposing statewide changes in the future. “The overall goal here is to build a more fair and just criminal justice system, while also having a system that actually keeps our community safe,” Descano said. County prosecutors will stop using mandatory minimum sentences in plea deals and charging people who commit minor offenses with felonies. The sentencing reforms are just the latest changes made...

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DC revenues could return to normal by...
December 31, 2020
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D.C. revenues could return to fiscal year 2019 levels by fiscal year 2022, as vaccines are deployed and the economy recovers. That’s according to updated revenue estimates released Wednesday by the District’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The new estimate is a revision to the September estimate for fiscal year 2021 to 2024. D.C.’s fiscal year begins in October and ends Sept. 30 the following year. “Estimated revenue is $461.8 million below budgeted revenue for the FY 2021...

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Restoring longleaf pines, keystone of once vast...
December 30, 2020
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DESOTO NATIONAL FOREST, Miss. (AP) — When European settlers came to North America, fire-dependent savannas anchored by lofty pines with footlong needles covered much of what became the southern United States. Yet by the 1990s, logging and clear-cutting for farms and development had all but eliminated longleaf pines and the grasslands beneath where hundreds of plant and animal species flourished. Now, thanks to a pair of modern day Johnny Appleseeds, landowners, government agencies and nonprofits are working in nine...

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The Latest: Louisiana congressman-elect dies from COVID-19
December 30, 2020
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NEW ORLEANS — Luke Letlow, who was to have been Louisiana’s newest Republican member of the U.S. House, has died from complications related to COVID-19 only days before being sworn into office. He was 41. Letlow spokesman Andrew Bautsch confirmed the congressman-elect’s death Tuesday at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport. The spokesman says that “the family appreciates the numerous prayers and support over the past days.” Letlow had won a December runoff election and was set to take office in January....

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Grizzlies lose Morant to ankle injury, beat...
December 29, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ja Morant exited with a sprained ankle but the Memphis Grizzlies earned their first victory of the season without him, outlasting the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 116-111 in overtime Monday night. The NBA Rookie of the Year was wheeled to the back of the arena late in the first half after hurting his left ankle when he leaped to block a shot by Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot and landed on the Nets forward’s foot. Morant rejoined his teammates...

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British hospitals scramble for space as virus...
December 28, 2020
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LONDON (AP) — British hospitals are canceling non-urgent procedures and scrambling to find space for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases continue to surge despite tough new restrictions imposed to curb a fast-spreading new variant of the virus. Dr. Nick Scriven, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said Monday that the rising number of hospitalized patients was “extremely worrying.” “With the numbers approaching the peaks from April, systems will again be stretched to the limit,” he said....

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Brandon Ingram scores 28 points, Pelicans beat...
December 28, 2020
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram had 28 points and 11 rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans held on for a 98-95 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night. The Spurs had a chance to tie it after Steven Adams, whose put-back dunk put New Orleans up 97-91 with two minutes left, missed a pair of free throws with 11 seconds to go. But Eric Bledsoe blocked DeMar DeRozan’s 3-point attempt from behind in the final seconds...

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ANÁLISIS | La mente de Trump está...
December 26, 2020
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(CNN) — Un día antes de que expiren los beneficios por desempleo para millones de estadounidenses, el presidente Donald Trump tenía en mente un insulto diferente: su exesposa modelo aún no había aparecido en la portada de una revista de moda como primera dama. «¡Noticias falsas!» se quejó en Twitter desde Palm Beach, preocupado por la estación social de Melania en Navidad mientras los estadounidenses se refugiaban en casa, soportando unas vacaciones disminuidas por la pandemia, oscurecidas por la...

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