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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.

 
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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Oscar winners — and losers — laugh,...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Were it not for the absence of an Oscar in his hands, you wouldn’t have known Timothée Chalamet lost best actor to Adrien Brody as he sauntered with a smile into the Vanity Fair party. Once he got inside, Chalamet’s grin grew even bigger as he was surrounded with love on all sides at the Beverly Hills bash that is the most luminescent of the post-Oscar parties, where winners and losers alike kicked up...

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Strip club Cinderella story ‘Anora’ wins best...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize. In a stubbornly fluctuating Oscar season, “Anora,” the Palme d’Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, emerged as the unlikely frontrunner. Baker’s tale of an erotic dancer who elopes with the son of a Russian oligarch — unusually explicit for a best-picture winner —...

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March Madness: How to watch the women’s...
Women’s basketball has not slowed down at all this season as March Madness arrives. A year ago, the women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark. The question was whether some fans would step away as Clark, Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso and other standouts headed to the WNBA. Instead, the women’s game...

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Who’s performing at the 2025 Oscars? Here’s...
Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday. “Emilia Pérez” had the most with 13, while “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” each scored 10 Oscar nominations. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday. “Emilia Pérez” had the most with 13, while “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” each scored 10 Oscar nominations. ▶ Watch Video: ET The 2025 Academy Awards, the biggest night in Hollywood, celebrate the Oscar nominees for best movies and film performances of the past year —...

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The Latest: The 97th Academy Awards are...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 97th Academy Awards have kicked off at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “Emilia Pérez” leads the pack with 13 Oscar nominations, but “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” are close behind. The 2025 Oscars opened with its biggest musical voices. “Wicked” star Ariana Grande launched into “The Wizard of Oz” classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” following a visual package celebrating the city of Los Angeles. Here’s the Latest: ‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best...

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Ariana Grande goes full Glinda, ‘Wicked’ bestie...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ariana Grande did her Glinda proud in a pale pink stunner, and her “Wicked” bestie Cynthia Erivo honored Elphaba in deep forest green on the Oscars carpet as high glam took over Sunday. Others went for bold red, classic black and pops of pink. Grande wore a look from the Schiaparelli spring-summer 2025 collection. It was a perfect Glinda ode with no straps and a structured skirt that fell into airy pleats. Erivo, always a...

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El intenso intercambio entre Trump y Zelensky...
Para los observadores diplomáticos experimentados, la furiosa reprimenda del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, a su par ucraniano Volodymyr Zelensky en la Oficina Oval fue un golpe político planificado, una trampa preparada por el Gobierno de Trump para desacreditar al líder ucraniano y eliminarlo como un obstáculo para lo que venga después. Sea orquestada o no, Moscú –que reaccionó con regocijo al intercambio de insultos en la Casa Blanca– ahora espera que las conversaciones destinadas a reconstruir la relación...

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Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth’s celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon’s northeastern edge of the near side. Confirmation of successful...

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A topsy-turvy Oscar season concludes today. Here’s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a topsy-turvy Oscar season in which frontrunners were constantly shuffled, old tweets hobbled a top contender and space was held for “Wicked,” the 97th Academy Awards get underway Sunday. Sunday’s Academy Awards, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, will bring to a close one of the most unpredictable Oscar races in recent memory. The ceremony kicks off 7 p.m. EST and will be broadcast by ABC and streamed on Hulu. Conan O’Brien is...

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