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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.

 
All-Stars Murphy, Olson homer as Braves bounce...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Braves don’t let losses linger. They quickly do something about them. All-Stars Sean Murphy and Matt Olson homered and Austin Riley also connected as Atlanta bounced back from one of its rare losses over the past month by smashing the Cleveland Guardians 8-1 on Wednesday night. Murphy hit a solo shot in the third inning off Cal Quantrill (2-6) and Olson blasted a 428-footer in the ninth as the Braves collected 19 hits and took...

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Man United gives Cristiano Ronaldo’s shirt to...
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Wearing the iconic No. 7 shirt adorned by Manchester United greats like Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham, Mason Mount became the club’s first signing of the off-season on Wednesday. And upon completion of his 55 million pounds ($69 million) transfer from Chelsea, the 24-year-old midfielder declared his intention to emulate United’s stars of the past. “I am hugely ambitious; I know how amazing it feels to win major trophies and what it takes to do...

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Fry’s hit in 10th ends Braves’ winning...
CLEVELAND (AP) — David Fry had a game-ending hit and the Cleveland Guardians stopped the Atlanta Braves’ nine-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory in 10 innings Tuesday night. Fry drove an 0-1 pitch over the head of left fielder Eddie Rosario to score Amed Rosario from third base. Braves closer Raisel Iglesias (3-3) intentionally walked Andrés Giménez, bringing Fry to the plate with two outs. “Off the bat I was like it’s for sure a hit,” Fry said....

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North Korean satellite wasn’t advanced enough to...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The satellite North Korea failed to put into orbit wasn’t advanced enough to conduct military reconnaissance from space as it claimed, South Korea’s military said Wednesday after retrieving and studying the wreckage. North Korea had tried to launch its first spy satellite in late May, but the long-range rocket carrying it plunged into the waters off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast soon after liftoff. The satellite was to be part of a space-based reconnaissance...

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Revelers across the US brave heat and...
James Tyler, 19, tilts his head back so the popcorn he is eating on the back of a decorated Jeep won’t catch on his artificial Uncle Sam mustache after Tuesday’s Independence Day parade in Buffalo Gap, Texas Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (Ronald W. Erdrich /The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)(AP/Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News) James Tyler, 19, tilts his head back so the popcorn he is eating on the back of a decorated Jeep won’t catch on his artificial Uncle Sam mustache...

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The Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons...
FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. A spokesman at Afghanistan’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)(AP/Rahmat Gul) FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. A spokesman at Afghanistan’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the Taliban are banning women’s...

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Kevin Spacey’s accuser describes the Oscar-winning actor...
LONDON (AP) — A man who described Kevin Spacey as a “slippery, snaky, difficult person” said Monday that the actor’s escalating sexual assaults caused him shame, anxiety and depression. The man, who worked with the American actor when he came to the Old Vic Theatre in London in the early 2000s, said that two decades later he cannot bring himself to view the Oscar-winner’s films or TV shows. “I can’t stand watching the man. It makes me feel sick,”...

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Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association ratifies CBA...
It’s game on for a new, yet-to-be named women’s pro hockey league to launch in January after union members cleared the final major hurdle on Sunday by unanimously ratifying a collective bargaining agreement and a constitution, a person with direct knowledge of the vote told The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association has not announced the result of the vote conducted by its 97 members. The ratification effectively...

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Fanfare, golf and boos have marked July...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. They’ve bailed to the beach, the mountains, the golf course, the farm, the ranch. In the middle of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt was sailing to Hawaii on a fishing and working vacation. It’s also been a day for some presidents to insert themselves front and center in the fabric of it all. Teddy Roosevelt drew hundreds...

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Today in History: July 1, Medicare program...
Today in History Today is Saturday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2023. There are 183 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 1, 1966, the Medicare federal insurance program went into effect. On this date: In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania. In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect. In 1903, the...

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Dodgers pitcher Daniel Hudson returns just over...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Daniel Hudson made his long-awaited return to the big leagues and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, ending an odyssey for the veteran right-hander that began with torn ligaments in his left knee and included several setbacks in his recovery. Hudson officially rejoined the club about 30 minutes before first pitch in the opener of a three-game series in Kansas City, then allowed one hit in a scoreless relief appearance that left him...

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This year’s Hajj was held in sweltering...
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked in the footsteps of the prophets beneath a sweltering sun, contracted cleaners in lime-green jumpsuits held out matching plastic bags to collect their empty water bottles. It takes tens of thousands of cleaners, security personnel, medics and others to make the annual Hajj pilgrimage possible for 1.8 million faithful from around the world. As the Hajj concludes on Friday, the workers will begin a massive, weeklong...

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Today in History: June 30, ERA expires
Today in History Today is Friday, June 30, the 181st day of 2023. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1982, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution expired, having failed to receive the required number of ratifications for its adoption, despite having its seven-year deadline extended by three years. On this date: In 1918, labor activist and socialist Eugene V. Debs was arrested in Cleveland, charged under the...

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Italian researchers reach the edge of space,...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane as the company prepares for monthly commercial flights. The flight launched from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, with two Italian Air Force officers and an engineer with the National Research Council of Italy focusing on a series of microgravity experiments during their few minutes of weightless. One wore a special suit that measured biometric data...

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Internet gambling would be given 5 more...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling in New Jersey would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by state lawmakers. On Wednesday evening, legislators abandoned a move they made a day earlier to drastically cut the extension of internet casino gambling in the state. An original bill reauthorizing online betting would have given it another 10 years, but lawmakers sliced that to just two years on Tuesday. After an outcry...

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