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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.

 
Stock market today: Back down goes Wall...
NEW YORK (AP) — Back down goes Wall Street, and its former superstars are once again leading the way on Tuesday. The S&P 500 is down 1.3% in midday trading. It’s the latest swerve in a scary ride where it tumbled by 10% from its record and then rallied for two straight days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 325 points, or 0.8%., as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.1% lower. Tesla was...

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The Latest: Trump’s deportation orders under scrutiny...
Over the weekend, the Trump administration transferred more than 200 immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order to bar the deportations temporarily. On Saturday night, District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the administration not to deport anyone in its custody over the newly invoked Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century declaration that has only been used three times in U.S. history, all during periods of war. Trump issued a proclamation that the 1798 law was...

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Löwen scores on 25-yard free kick, St....
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eduard Löwen opened the scoring with a goal in the 15th minute on Saturday night and St. Louis City beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0. Löwen scored on a set piece, blasting a free kick from 25 yards that slipped inside the post to give St. Louis (2-0-2) a 1-0 lead. Ben Lundt made his first start of the season for St. Louis, finished with a save and recorded his first career shutout in MLS. The...

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Sports on TV for Sunday, March 16
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, March 16 3X3 BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 7:30 p.m. TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. (DataCast) 8:45 p.m. TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. (DataCast) AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 4 p.m. NHLN — Hershey at Chicago AUTO RACING...

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Make room Starbucks and McDonald’s. China’s Mixue...
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese food and beverage brands are gaining ground across Southeast Asia, offering alternatives to big name American chains and expanding Beijing’s commercial and cultural influence in neighboring economies. The Chinese beverage giant Mixue Group has become the world’s largest F&B chain by number of outlets, overtaking Starbucks and McDonald’s. The company, whose brand name Mixue Bingcheng means “Honey Snow Ice City,” in Chinese, is capitalizing on the region-wide sweet tooth with affordable offerings of ice...

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Broadway’s Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Salonga stepped onto a Manhattan stage last spring and sang something unusual for her — “Edelweiss” from the musical “The Sound of Music,” a song usually performed by the paternal Captain von Trapp. It was part of MCC Theater’s annual “Miscast” gala that’s celebrating 25 years with an album of top musical theater stars performing songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast. It drops March 28. In addition to Salonga,...

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What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science,...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with many practical uses. Many people will mark the day with a slice of pie — sweet, savory or even pizza. Simply put, pi is a mathematical constant that expresses the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. It figures into numerous formulas...

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For busy actor Brian Tyree Henry, a...
If you ask Brian Tyree Henry about taking time off, he bursts out laughing. Since breaking out as rapper Paper Boi in the FX series “Atlanta,” he’s become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. He’s worked consistently — with directors including Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen and Chloe Zhao and big-name actors like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Hemsworth and Melissa McCarthy. Henry’s been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and an Oscar. His latest role...

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For busy actor Brian Tyree Henry, a...
If you ask Brian Tyree Henry about taking time off, he bursts out laughing. Since breaking out as rapper Paper Boi in the FX series “Atlanta,” he’s become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. He’s worked consistently — with directors including Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen and Chloe Zhao and big-name actors like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Hemsworth and Melissa McCarthy. Henry’s been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and an Oscar. His latest role...

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NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to...
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time. SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth’s poles. Tagging along were four suitcase-size satellites to study the sun. The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years,...

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Stock market today: Wall Street sinks more...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is sinking further Tuesday after President Donald Trump raised the stakes in his trade war, pulling Wall Street more than 9% below its record set just a month ago. The S&P 500 was down 0.9% in midday trading after Trump said he would raise tariffs on steel and aluminum coming from Canada, doubling their planned increase to 50%. The president said it was in direct response to moves Canada made after...

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With only 8 healthy players, Mavericks rally...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points, and the depleted Dallas Mavericks stopped a five-game slide by edging the San Antonio Spurs 133-129 on Monday night. Klay Thompson had 26 points for Dallas in its first win since Feb. 27. Naji Marshall scored 24 points, and Kessler Edwards finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. San Antonio dropped its third consecutive game. Harrison Barnes scored 29 points for the Spurs, and Keldon Johnson had 28. Devin Vassell...

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With only 8 healthy players, Mavericks rally...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points, and the depleted Dallas Mavericks stopped a five-game slide by edging the San Antonio Spurs 133-129 on Monday night. Klay Thompson had 26 points for Dallas in its first win since Feb. 27. Naji Marshall scored 24 points, and Kessler Edwards finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. San Antonio dropped its third consecutive game. Harrison Barnes scored 29 points for the Spurs, and Keldon Johnson had 28. Devin Vassell...

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Meet the federal worker who went rogue:...
NEW YORK (AP) — To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they can’t speak out. Ortiz is an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — the federal agency in charge of enforcing U.S. workplace anti-discrimination laws that has undergone tumultuous change since President Donald Trump...

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