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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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Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions...
August 30, 2024
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign, but insisted her “values have not changed” even as she is “seeking consensus.” Sitting with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris was asked specifically about her reversals on banning fracking and decriminalizing illegal border crossings, positions she took during her last run for president. She confirmed she...

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New Zealand’s Māori King dies after 18-year...
August 30, 2024
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NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — New Zealand’s Māori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. He was the seventh monarch in the Kiingitanga movement, holding a position created in 1858 to unite New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori tribes in the face of British colonization. Tuheitia died in hospital after heart surgery, said Rahui Papa, a spokesperson for the Kiingitanga, the Māori King Movement, in a...

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Browns release QB Tyler Huntley, leaving them...
August 29, 2024
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Browns have thrown away one of their quarterbacks. Cleveland released quarterback Tyler Huntley on Thursday, leaving them with three QBs heading into the season after they were forced to start five in 2023 amid a rash of injuries at the position. Huntley was signed as a free agent in March to give the club more depth. He became the odd-man out after second-year quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson outplayed him by having a strong camp and...

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Killings of invasive owls to ramp up...
August 28, 2024
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U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized Wednesday that faces challenges from barred owls returning after they’ve already been removed. Trained shooters will target barred owls over 30 years across a maximum of about 23,000 square miles (60,000 square kilometers) in California, Oregon and Washington. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goal is to kill...

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AP Photos: 150-year-old Italian fencing academy trains...
August 28, 2024
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ROME (AP) — When Rome’s fencing academy was established nearly 150 years ago by a nobleman, most of its members trained for duels. Today, the founder’s family teaches the art to everyone from Hollywood actors to Paralympian athletes. In an austere 15th-century palace near the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, Salvatore Greco established the Accademia d’Armi Musumeci Greco in 1878. Greco was a Sicilian aristocrat who had joined Giuseppe Garibaldi’s campaign that led to the unification of Italy....

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2 workers killed and 1 injured in...
August 28, 2024
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ATLANTA (AP) — Two workers were killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said the explosion occurred while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake shop. The parts were not attached to a plane at the time, the airline said. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it opened an investigation. Delta said it was working with authorities...

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France’s Macron says arrest of the head...
August 26, 2024
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, wasn’t a political move but part of an independent investigation. French media reported that Durov was detained at a Paris airport on Saturday on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses. Durov is a citizen of Russia, France, the United Arab Emirates, and the...

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ANÁLISIS | McDonald’s se convirtió en un...
August 26, 2024
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(CNN) –– Si son elegidos este otoño, Kamala Harris y Doug Emhoff marcarán el comienzo de muchas “primeras veces” en la historia de Estados Unidos. Entre ellos: la primera pareja de la Casa Blanca que trabajó en McDonald’s. Con esa línea en sus currículums, Harris y Emhoff comparten un vínculo con 1 de cada 8 estadounidenses que trabajaron en McDonald’s (el 13% del país), según la empresa. Difundir esa historia compartida, como lo hicieron esta semana en la Convención...

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French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov...
August 25, 2024
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NICE, France (AP) — The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport, French media reported Sunday. Pavel Durov, a dual citizen of France and Russia, was detained at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday evening after landing in France from Azerbaijan, according to broadcasters LCI and TF1. Investigators from the National Anti-Fraud Office, attached to the French customs department, notified Durov that he was being placed in police custody, the broadcasters said. French...

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How the Paris 2024 Village has been...
August 25, 2024
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SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Just four days before the start of the Paralympic Games, the athletes village was buzzing with activity on Saturday as athletes from 168 delegations were settling into their temporary home, preparing for their upcoming competitions. The village, nestled in the northern suburbs of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, closed its doors on Aug. 13 after the conclusion of the Olympic Games, giving organizers a week to make necessary adjustments for the upcoming Paralympics. Laurent Michaud,...

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Cardinals stifle Twins 6-1 behind Andre Pallante’s...
August 24, 2024
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Andre Pallante retired 17 of the last 18 batters he faced over seven strong innings and Lars Nootbaar hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the fourth inning, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Friday night. Brendan Donovan homered, Masyn Wynn had two RBIs and Luken Baker drew three of nine walks by the Cardinals, who won their third straight game after falling 12 games behind NL Central leader Milwaukee on Tuesday....

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel’s evacuation orders have...
August 23, 2024
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Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza, including 12 just in August, have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says she and President Joe Biden are working to end the war in Gaza, where the International Rescue Committee says the polio virus has been circulating for the first time in a quarter-century because of the destruction of...

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Late French film star Alain Delon wanted...
August 23, 2024
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PARIS (AP) — Before he died this week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Louba buried with him. To the relief of animal lovers around France, Loubo will be allowed to survive. Delon, an internationally acclaimed and prolific actor and producer, died Sunday, aged 88, and will be buried on Saturday at his family home in Douchy, south of Paris. He was quoted in a 2018 interview with Paris Match as saying he...

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Could 2 NASA astronauts be stuck at...
August 23, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Will two NASA astronauts return to Earth soon in their troubled Boeing capsule? Or wait at the International Space Station for a ride home next year with SpaceX? NASA has been wrestling with that decision ever since Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting lab in early June on what was supposed to be a weeklong test flight. Boeing has expressed confidence in its spacecraft, but there’s division within NASA. A final...

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at...
August 23, 2024
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Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes have killed at least 16 people in the Gaza Strip. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital received the bodies, which were counted by an Associated Press reporter and included the remains of a woman and three children, after strikes overnight and into Thursday. The Israeli offensive launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack has killed over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the local Health Ministry, which does not say how many were militants...

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