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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 sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market’s sell-off is worsening Monday as Wall Street questions how much pain President Donald Trump is willing for the economy to endure in order to get what he wants. The S&P 500 was down 2.1% in midday trading, coming off its worst week since September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 405 points, or 0.9%, as of 11:20 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 3.6% lower. The main measure...

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A South African artist hopes vibrant sculptures...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — James Delaney wants his public art in South Africa’s biggest city to be more than a magnet for selfies and a delight for children. He’s determined to have the vibrant metal sculptures change the mood of its gritty and sometimes dangerous neighborhoods. Over the past decade, Delaney has designed more than 100 sculptures for The Wilds Park in Johannesburg. A striking red steel kudu antelope stands near a hill’s summit. A curious assembly of stencil owls...

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Buffalo Bills release NFL’s active sacks leader...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills made the long-anticipated salary cap-saving decision to release edge rusher Von Miller on Sunday, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced Miller’s release. ESPN.com first reported the move. The Bills are parting ways with a high-profile but aging player who turns 36 later this month and whose contract proved too expensive...

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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture...
KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked into finding the islands by drifting on logs. But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather. That vessel — a...

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Stock market today: Wall Street falls as...
NEW YORK (AP) — Back down goes Wall Street. U.S. stocks are resuming their slide Thursday, led by the market’s AI superstars that are now feeling the painful downside of big expectations. The S&P 500 was down 0.9% in morning trading, nearly erasing its mini-recovery from the prior day that had helped it claw back some of its sharp drop over recent weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 283 points, or 0.7%, as of 10:20 a.m. Eastern...

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In tense relations with India, Pakistani TV...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Two Pakistani women sit together on a couch, rehearsing their lines while a director scrutinizes them. Waiting off camera for his scene is the male lead, an actor blessed with “Bachelor” hair and fine bone structure. Also out of sight: the Islamabad homeowners, who are holed up in a separate room and whose furniture and knick-knacks will be seen by millions of viewers — many from the society that has been their country’s neighbor and...

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Chargers release linebacker Joey Bosa after 9...
The Los Angeles Chargers released Joey Bosa on Wednesday night, ending the linebacker’s nine-season tenure with the franchise. The move was expected due to Bosa’s large salary cap number and injury history. Bosa had a cap number of $36.47 million for the 2025 season, but the Chargers will save $25.36 million in cap space. Bosa was the third overall pick by the Chargers in the 2016 NFL draft and was the last player on the roster from when the...

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Chiefs trading All-Pro offensive guard Joe Thuney...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are trading two-time All-Pro guard Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick in the 2026 draft, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been finalized. The 32-year-old Thuney would have carried a salary cap number of nearly $27 million next season, unless the Chiefs could have worked out a contract...

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AP PHOTOS: Here’s what spring training looks...
NAHA, Japan (AP) — Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans lining up for autographs. But it’s also quite different from the American version. First of all, baseball in Japanese is known as “Yakyu” — roughly translated as field ball — and was introduced into the country in the 1870s by an American educator. A strikeout is a “sanshin” — literally “three swings,” though it applies even if...

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The Latest: Trump begins address to Congress...
President Donald Trump has begun his address to Congress and the American people, laying out his plans for the months ahead. Trump’s dizzying first weeks in office have featured a dismantling of the federal government, tensions with America’s allies and a trade war compounding economic uncertainty. Here’s the latest: Democrats tune out, Republicans tune in Some Democrats are quietly chatting with each other as Trump delivers his remarks. Others are on their phones. The caucus is largely silent, save...

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Sports on TV for Wednesday, March 5
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, March 5 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6:30 p.m. BTN — Maryland at Michigan FS1 — DePaul at Providence 7 p.m. CBSSN — Xavier at Butler ESPN2 — Florida at Alabama ESPNU — Clemson at Boston College 8:30 p.m. BTN — Wisconsin at Minnesota FS1 — Marquette at UConn 9 p.m. ACCN — California at Louisville CBSSN — Davidson at Loyola of Chicago ESPN2 — Tennessee at Mississippi ESPNU — Stanford...

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Today in Sports – New York Islanders...
March 5 1924 — Frank Carauna, of Buffalo, N.Y., becomes the first to bowl two straight perfect 300 games. Carauna throws five strikes to open his third game, giving him 29 straight strikes. 1931 — WGL radio broadcasts the first game of the American Basketball League championship series. The Brooklyn Visitations beat the Fort Wayne Hoosiers 14-10 in the first professional basketball game to be broadcast live on radio. 1960 — Carol Heiss wins the ladies title at the...

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Trump will stand before Congress and offer...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will stand before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday to give an accounting of his turbulent first weeks in office as a divided nation struggles to keep pace, with some Americans fearing for the country’s future while others are cheering him on. It will be the latest milestone in Trump’s total takeover of the nation’s capital where the Republican-led House and Senate have done little to restrain the president as he and...

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The Latest: Trump orders a ‘pause’ of...
President Donald Trump is seeking to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia by pausing military aid to Ukraine. A White House official said Trump wants Zelenskyy committed to the ending of the war that began when Russia invaded the now war-torn country. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the assistance, added that the U.S. was “pausing and reviewing” its aid to “ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”...

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‘It’s really concerning’: Former NOAA administrator on...
Rick Spinrad, the former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the workforce layoffs at the agency have been difficult to watch. “For me, it’s very much like seeing some of my family members hurt, to see them put under these kinds of pressures, in some cases, terminated,” he said. “I don’t think I’m unique in that regard.” He said the cuts of probationary workers last week and the potential loss of more workers in the future...

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