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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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The Latest: Imperial College expert warns of...
September 10, 2020
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LONDON — The epidemiologist whose modelling heavily influenced the British government to impose a lockdown in March has warned that fresh restrictions may have to be re-imposed in coming weeks to deal with a rise in new coronavirus cases. Neil Ferguson from Imperial College London said he was “encouraged” that the government is banning social gatherings of more than six people from Monday, noting that “one of the mistakes” in the early days of the pandemic this year was...

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A Md. daughter’s struggle, a family’s loss...
September 10, 2020
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Brooke’s House, an outpatient residential treatment facility for women, was the dream of a young Maryland girl struggling with opioid addiction. Brooke Simmers didn’t live to see that dream realized. She died of a drug overdose at the age of 19. That was in April 2015. Recently, Brooke’s House was recognized by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot for the work being done to aid women in recovery. Brooke Simmers was, according to her father, Kevin Simmers, “loud and obnoxious, always...

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Innovative, ultramodern SoFi Stadium ready to welcome...
September 8, 2020
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When Stan Kroenke asked his fellow NFL owners for permission to return pro football to Los Angeles nearly a half-decade ago, he won them over by promising something nobody else could realistically deliver. The Rams owner vowed to build a football palace. The billionaire proposed a luxurious, massive new home for his NFL team, a landmark that would become the most important sports arena in North America’s second-largest city for the next century. Kroenke dazzled...

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The Latest: Las Vegas children contract inflammatory...
September 8, 2020
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LAS VEGAS — Health officials said Tuesday that eight Las Vegas-area children under age 14 who tested positive for COVID-19 since March were also diagnosed with a rare inflammatory condition linked with the coronavirus. The Southern Nevada Health District said all the children were hospitalized and released, and the district has begun adding daily tallies of confirmed cases of the illness to its daily online coronavirus response report. Not all children exhibit the same symptoms, and the district said...

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The Latest: Australia OKs funding for two...
September 7, 2020
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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia announced on Monday it had struck supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion) over two potential COVID-19 vaccines. Under the agreement, Britain’s University of Oxford in collaboration with AstraZeneca and Australia’s University of Queensland working with CSL will provide more than 84.8 million vaccine doses for Australia’s population of 26 million people, almost entirely manufactured in the Australian city of Melbourne, a government statement said. Australians would have...

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DC music scene rocked by pandemic appeals...
September 6, 2020
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Keeping local music venues alive in D.C. will require city funds, according to one coalition. Using the hashtag #SaveDCVenues, the campaign by DC Music Stakeholders is hoping to convince D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council to adopt legislation that would help local clubs and restaurants that rely on live music for their income. DC Music Stakeholders is a coalition of venue owners, area musicians, activists and other nonprofit leaders that have been working together since the coronavirus...

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Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus,...
September 5, 2020
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count. The primary season brought voters to an outdoor wedding-style tent in Vermont and the state fairgrounds in Kentucky. The general election on Nov. 3 is expected to include voting at NBA arenas...

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Greta documentary a fuller portrait of climate...
September 4, 2020
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VENICE (AP) — A documentary on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, making its premiere Friday at the Venice Film Festival, is seeking to remind a world consumed with the coronavirus crisis that the climate crisis is just as urgent and isn’t going away. Thunberg appeared by video conference from school on Friday for the Venice launch of “I Am Greta,” which is screening out of competition. The film follows the Swedish environmentalist from the beginning of her school strikes...

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Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes...
September 4, 2020
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered the military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite Congressional efforts to continue funding the century-old publication. The order to halt publication by Sept. 30, and dissolve the organization by the end of January, is the latest salvo in the Pentagon’s move earlier this year to cut the $15.5 million in funding for the paper from the department’s budget. And it is a reflection...

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Prince George’s County police officer indicted after...
September 4, 2020
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A grand jury has indicted a Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman back in June. Cpl. Brian Newcomer, 36, was indicted on attempted second-degree rape, three counts of second-degree assault, false imprisonment, a fourth-degree sex offense and other charges, according to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Newcomer was arrested July 31 by Maryland State Police, a day after a woman he knew spoke to police. Prince George’s County State’s Attorney...

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Room with a view: US Open seeds...
September 3, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — The see-and-be-seen scene in the U.S. Open’s Arthur Ashe Stadium corporate suites is different this year: The usual cast of celebrities, socialites and sponsors — banned, along with all spectators, because of the pandemic — has been replaced by the stars of the sport themselves. The 64 seeded players in the women’s and men’s singles draws, along with past champions Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray, were assigned those special boxes to use as...

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Virus or not, it’s time for class...
September 1, 2020
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PARIS (AP) — Tugging on their masks or dashing to hug long-unseen friends, millions of children returned to school across Europe and beyond Tuesday in a mass experiment aimed at bridging inequalities and resuscitating economies — despite the coronavirus pandemic. The virus threat lurked as children kissed their parents goodbye in France, shyly greeted their teachers in Jordan and Israel, settled into spaced-out desks in England and raised their hands in Russia just as infections there surpassed the 1...

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The Latest: NYC delays start of school...
September 1, 2020
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NEW YORK — New York City is delaying the start of its school year until Sept. 16 to give teachers more time to prepare for the return of students amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the deal struck with unions representing teachers, staff and administrators. Instruction was supposed to begin on Sept. 10. All students will spend the first few days learning from home online before in-person instruction begins for some students on Sept. 21. The...

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US Open Glance: Serena, Venus Williams in...
September 1, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — A quick look at the U.S. Open: LOOKAHEAD TO TUESDAY The Williams sisters both are scheduled to play in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Day 2 of the U.S. Open — Serena during the day, Venus at night. They have won a combined eight titles at Flushing Meadows; Serena has six of those and also was the runner-up in New York each of the past two years. Serena begins her latest attempt to get a 24th...

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Israeli, US delegations depart to UAE in...
August 31, 2020
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ABOARD EL AL FLIGHT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AP) — A Star of David-adorned El Al plane took off Monday from Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi in the first-ever direct commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli flag carrier’s flight marks the implementation of the historic U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two nations and solidifies the long-clandestine ties between them that have evolved over years...

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