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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.

 
Greece wants EU to help run migrant...
KARA TEPE, Greece (AP) — The Greek government called Tuesday on the European Union to jointly run new refugee camps on Greece’s eastern islands as part of a planned overhaul of the EU’s migration policies. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the proposal at an Athens meeting with European Council President Charles Michel as Greece works to house thousands of asylum-seekers left homeless after fires gutted an overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. The government has said the...

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As MLB plays on, the businesses it...
The cathedrals lie empty. Wrigley. Fenway. Yankee Stadium. PNC Park. Progressive Field. Sure, their lights are on as Major League Baseball tries to squeeze in a truncated 60-game season in the middle of a pandemic. But no one is home save for a few dozen players running around in masks under the din of artificial crowd noise in front of a handful of well-positioned cardboard cutouts. Step outside the gates, and the artifice evaporates. Reality sets in. As MLB...

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MLK Library reopening celebration goes online
Photo provided by: MLK Library This content is provided by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. While the public will have to wait a bit longer to explore the entire Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s upper floors, they will be able to experience the building virtually through online programming. This milestone celebrates more than a decade of reintroducing people to what is possible at a public library. A virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 24 kicks off several...

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Stars on to Stanley Cup Final after...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Denis Gurianov scored on a one-timer during a power play 3:36 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Monday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2000. The Stars forced overtime in Game 5 of the Western Conference final with two goals in the final 10:06 of regulation. They closed it out after Zach Whitecloud was sent off for delay of game for...

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Defense, Snell, Big Ben carry Pittsburgh over...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — There was one overriding reason Ben Roethlisberger worked so hard to return from a major elbow injury. His team. Roethlisberger, who missed the final 14 games last season after elbow surgery, threw for three scores and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New York Giants 26-16 at an empty and eerie MetLife Stadium on Monday night. He also got all the help he could ask for from his defense and backup running back Bennie Snell....

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LabCorp supplying 2K more tests per week...
A provider of coronavirus tests is increasing D.C.’s supply after previously decreasing them by one-fifth per week. But before heading out to get a test at one of the District’s public testing sites, the head of the department of public works wants residents to check with their doctors about other places to get a test. Acting Head of Public Works Christopher Geldart, who is running D.C.’s COVID-19 response for Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office, told WTOP that the District always...

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Inova Blood Donor Services is testing donor...
All successful blood donations to Inova Blood Donor Services in Northern Virginia are undergoing COVID-19 antibody testing. The serology test does not look for live or active COVID-19. Instead, it determines whether a body’s immune system has reacted to having SARS-CoV-2 in the past. The information isn’t getting stockpiled or shared anywhere. “It’s just our initiative to do antibody testing on our volunteer blood donors, as we’ve had a lot of requests for that,” said Terri Craddock, senior director...

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US eyes building on Arab-Israel deals to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is hoping to capitalize on agreements to be signed this week between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain by pressing for an end to a dispute that has roiled relations between the Gulf Arab countries. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the U.S. is hopeful that Saudi Arabia and its regional allies will end a more than three-year blockade on neighboring Qatar that has persisted despite repeated U.S. calls for...

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Netflix delves into the ‘human side’ of...
NEW YORK (AP) — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, just seconds after liftoff. School children across the country had tuned in to see Christa McAuliffe become the first teacher in space. One person watching was Steven Leckart, a space-obsessed elementary school kid. Like everyone else, he was shocked by the blast and felt the slow, sickening realization that all seven aboard were...

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Pentagon City park expansion approved in preparation...
An overview of what Pentagon City’s Metropolitan Park in Arlington, Virginia, is expected to look like after redevelopment. (Courtesy Arlington County) Pentagon City’s Metropolitan Park in Arlington County, Virginia, will soon be transformed as the area prepares to welcome Amazon’s forthcoming HQ2 campus. The Arlington County Board unanimously voted to approve a park master plan and design guidelines for the 2.47-acre public park on Saturday night. Metropolitan Park’s renovations are part of Amazon’s community benefits package and will be...

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Khudobin, Stars beat Knights to take 3-1...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Anton Khudobin made three of his 32 saves on a crucial 5-on-3 penalty kill late, Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn scored in the second period and the Dallas Stars are a victory away from the Stanley Cup Final after beating the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 Saturday night in Game 4. Dallas pushed Vegas to the brink of elimination despite being outshot 33-20. The Stars have 92 shots to the Golden Knights’ 130, yet lead the...

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Yelich scores on Braun’s fly in 9th,...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich scored on Ryan Braun’s ninth-inning sacrifice fly, Brandon Woodruff pitched seven innings of one-hit ball and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Friday night as they tried to climb back into playoff contention. Woodruff, Devin Williams and Josh Hader (1-1) combined on a two-hitter with 16 strikeouts. Coming off a 19-0 rout of Detroit, Milwaukee pitchers extended their scoreless streak to 19 innings . The Brewers have pitched consecutive shutouts for...

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Combat vet killed by Texas deputy buried...
MONTEVALLO, Ala. (AP) — His Army stint complete after serving in Afghanistan, Damian Daniels left Alabama to begin a new life in Texas. He bought a house, enrolled in college and supported the Black Lives Matter movement. Black himself, Daniels was working to start a new business when paranoid hallucinations began last month and a brother sought help from police. Shot dead by officers who were sent to aid him, Daniels was buried Friday on Sept. 11, the anniversary...

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Radulov scores 31 seconds into OT as...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Alexander Radulov scored 31 seconds into overtime on a wrister from the middle of the right circle and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference final. Radulov’s third career overtime goal was his second this postseason, and the only shot in the extra time. Anton Khudobin had 38 saves, including 16 in the third after giving up two goals earlier...

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Altered practices due to virus could lead...
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out most spring practices and disrupted the rhythm of college football’s preseason, with player quarantines, uncertainty about playing games — or both. It also prompted some coaches to make a decision about how much live blocking and tackling there would be in practices. There was a balance to strike, especially when the date of the first game was a moving target. Mitigating players’ risk of infection was always in the back of coaches’ minds. West...

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