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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.

 
Son stars as Tottenham routs Champions League...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Tottenham boosted its bid to qualify for the Champions League by routing 10-man Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday. Fifth-placed Spurs moved to within two points of Villa in fourth with a game in hand. Goals from James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-Min and Timo Werner secured a resounding victory at Villa Park. Villa’s cause wasn’t helped by John McGinn being sent off in the 65th, but Unai Emery’s team was already...

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The Netherlands opened a Holocaust museum amid...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protest because of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The museum in Amsterdam tells the stories of some of the 102,000 Jews who were deported from the Netherlands and murdered in Nazi camps, as well as the history of their structural persecution under German World War II occupation before...

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Pompeu scores in stoppage time, St. Louis...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Célio Pompeu scored in the third minute of second-half stoppage time and St. Louis City rallied for a 2-2 draw with Austin FC on Sunday night. Pompeu, who had one goal in 26 appearances last season, has scored twice in three matches for St. Louis City (1-0-2) this season. Tomas Totland had an assist on the equalizer. Matt Hedges took a crossing pass from Zan Kolmanic and scored in the 14th minute to give Austin...

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Today in Sports – Eddie Sutton becomes...
March 10 1913 — The Quebec Bulldogs win the Stanley Cup in two games over Sydney. 1920 — Quebec’s Joe Malone scores six goals to lead the Bulldogs to a 10-4 rout of the Ottawa Senators. 1961 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors becomes the first NBA player to score 3,000 points in a season. Chamberlain scores 32 points in a 120-103 loss to Detroit to bring his season total to 3,016. 1963 — Wilt Chamberlain of the...

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Jonsson Workwear Open Par Scores
Saturday At Glendower Golf Club Johannesburg Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 7,542; Par: 72 Third Round Matteo Manassero, Italy 68-61-67—196 -20 Shaun Norris, South Africa 66-66-65—197 -19 Jordan L. Smith, England 66-66-65—197 -19 Oliver Bekker, South Africa 65-65-68—198 -18 Angel Hidalgo, Spain 67-64-67—198 -18 Ivan Cantero Gutierrez, Spain 64-67-68—199 -17 Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa 66-68-66—200 -16 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 67-64-69—200 -16 Guxin Chen, China 71-64-66—201 -15 Connor Syme, Scotland 68-67-66—201 -15 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-66-69—202 -14 Thriston Lawrence,...

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Jonsson Workwear Open Scores
Saturday At Glendower Golf Club Johannesburg Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 7,542; Par: 72 Third Round Matteo Manassero, Italy 68-61-67—196 Shaun Norris, South Africa 66-66-65—197 Jordan L. Smith, England 66-66-65—197 Oliver Bekker, South Africa 65-65-68—198 Angel Hidalgo, Spain 67-64-67—198 Ivan Cantero Gutierrez, Spain 64-67-68—199 Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa 66-68-66—200 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 67-64-69—200 Guxin Chen, China 71-64-66—201 Connor Syme, Scotland 68-67-66—201 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-66-69—202 Thriston Lawrence, South Africa 65-70-67—202 Andrea Pavan, Italy 68-67-67—202 Thomas Aiken, South Africa...

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Pelicans charge to a 35-point lead, hold...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zion Williamson had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Naji Marshall scored 19 points to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 103-95 win on Friday night over a Philadelphia 76ers team spiraling without injured All-Stars Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. The Pelicans held on after a 35-point lead was trimmed to five on a Jeff Dowtin Jr. 3-pointer with 45 seconds left in the game. The 76ers scored 34 points in a hard-charging fourth quarter,...

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New stakes in Md. Senate race following...
A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that equated frozen fertilized embryos to children has shaken up the national conversation around reproductive health care and abortion access, which had already gained urgency after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Potential impacts of that ruling could be factors in the election of Maryland’s next U.S. senator, as the top contenders vie for voters. “The Alabama ruling underscores how high the stakes are for reproductive freedom in 2024,” said Elizabeth Schoetz, chief...

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US captain Tyler Adams making progress toward...
BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams is progressing toward his return from hamstring surgery and could be included in the squad for Saturday’s Premier League game against Sheffield United. The 25-year-old United States captain has made just one appearance for Bournemouth since signing from Leeds last summer. He had surgery in October. Adams played 30 minutes in Bournemouth’s developmental team’s game this week and is “feeling well,” first-team manager Andoni Iraola said Friday. “We could put him...

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Haiti’s prime minister is locked out of...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered the country’s main international airport and freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days. As of midday Wednesday, Henry remained in Puerto Rico, where he landed the day before after he was barred from landing in neighboring Dominican Republic because officials there closed the airspace to flights to and from Haiti. Locked out of his country for...

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Terrorismo, un niño muerto y una “resurrección”:...
ALBUQUERQUE, Nuevo México – Un juez estadounidense condenó el miércoles a cuatro miembros de una familia a cadena perpetua por condenas derivadas de un caso federal de terrorismo y secuestro que comenzó en 2017 con la búsqueda de un niño pequeño que desapareció en Georgia y luego fue encontrado muerto cuando las autoridades allanaron un complejo en el norte de Nuevo México. La sentencia se produce meses después de que los jurados condenaran a los cuatro acusados en lo...

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Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who...
The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan’s Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field’s highest honor for what organizers called a long career focused on “multiplying opportunities for people to meet spontaneously, through precise, rational design strategies.” Yamamoto, 78, has spent a five-decade career designing both private and public buildings — from residences to museums to schools, from a bustling airport center to a glass-walled fire station — and prizing a spirit of community in all spaces. “By...

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Some urban lit authors see fiction in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Tyree, author of such urban lit narratives as “Flyy Girl” and “The Last Street Novel,” recently went to see the Oscar-nominated movie “American Fiction.” “I loved the emotions of the family,” Tyree said of the comic drama starring best actor nominee Jeffrey Wright as the struggling author-academic Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, Leslie Uggams as his ailing mother and supporting actor nominee Sterling K. Brown as his troubled and unpredictable brother. “I love seeing how Monk...

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France men, New Zealand women win finals...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — France beat an injury-hit Great Britain 21-0 in the men’s final of the Los Angeles Sevens on Sunday to claim its first title in the rugby sevens World Series in 19 years. The last time France won a Cup final was in Paris in 2005. The presence of 15s star Antoine Dupoint has energized the France team which has moved up from seventh to fourth place on the overall standings. New Zealand beat Australia 29-14...

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US shakes off shocking loss, advances to...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw scored in the first half, and the United States rebounded from its loss to Mexico with a 3-0 victory over Colombia on Sunday night to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. Lindsey Horan also converted a penalty in the opening minutes for the Americans, who shook off the embarrassment of their 2-0 loss to Mexico last Monday in the final game of group play. The U.S....

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