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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.

 
Alex Nedeljkovic helps Penguins shut out Golden...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A chaotic 72 hours for Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic started with a goal and ended with a shutout. Nedeljkovic stopped 38 shots in his return from injury and the Pittsburgh Penguins shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday night. Nedeljkovic recorded his first shutout of the season and the eighth of his career. It was his first shutout since April 24, 2022, when he was a member of the Detroit Red Wings. Nedeljkovic...

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F1 exceeds Las Vegas expectations as Verstappen...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Verstappen hated everything about the Las Vegas Grand Prix from the moment he arrived in Sin City. Formula One’s three-time reigning world champion found the excess and opulence over-the-top and prioritized over the actual racing. He changed his tune — literally — following his 18th win of the season. “Viva Las Vegas! Viva Las Vegas!” sang Verstappen as he crossed under the checkered flag waved by Justin Bieber. Verstappen had slammed Saturday night’s spectacle...

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Investigators found fire and safety hazards on...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — State investigators repeatedly identified fire and safety hazards at a leased storage space under an elevated Los Angeles freeway before it burned in an arson fire, documents show. The Nov. 11 blaze, fed by flammable materials stored under the roadway in violation of the company’s lease, closed a stretch of Interstate 10 near downtown for days, snarling traffic as repair crews work around the clock to fix it. Officials say all lanes are expected to...

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Illinois earmarks $160 million to keep migrants...
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather. The announcement came on an unseasonably warm Chicago day in the 60s, but with a forecast for temperatures to dip as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit (-8 degrees Celsius) next week. Most of the roughly 24,000...

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Review: In Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon,’ the emperor...
For such a famed historical figure, Napoleon has made only fleeting appearances in movies since Abel Gance’s 1927 silent film. Stanley Kubrick had grand designs for a Napoleon epic that went unmade. (Steven Spielberg is attempting to revive those plans as a series ). Napoleon and his bicorne hat — more icon of history than a real character — mostly only pops up in time-traveling odysseys like “Time Bandits” or “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” The party, though, is...

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Turkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden’s...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday opened debate on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, but adjourned the proceedings until a later date without reaching a decision. It was not immediately known when the committee would resume its discussions on Sweden’s accession protocol or when it would reach Parliament’s general assembly for the last stage of the legislative process. The meeting was adjourned after legislators from Erdogan’s ruling party submitted a motion for a...

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Plant-based meat is a simple solution to...
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his 25 German stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media. “There was downright hostility between the meat eaters and the vegans,” he said. That was six years ago. Today, 15% of the 200,000 sausages each year are plant-based. “It actually tastes like a normal sausage,” customer Yasemin Dural said. Eating...

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Plant-based meat is a simple solution to...
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media about what to him was just another menu item. “There was downright hostility between the meat eaters and the vegans,” he said. “And I just couldn’t understand it, and I said, ‘knock off the arguing.’” That was six years ago. Today, his...

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Live updates | Israeli says it has...
Israel says its forces have entered Gaza’s Shifa hospital, the site of a lengthy standoff. The Israeli army had surrounded the facility as part of its ground offensive against Hamas, claiming the militant group conceals military operations in the hospital complex. But with hundreds of patients and medical personnel inside, it had refrained from entering. It said on Wednesday its forces were conducting a “precise” operation against Hamas in a specific area of the complex while taking steps to...

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Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce is committed...
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Raiders had just 33 yards rushing at halftime of Sunday night’s game against the Jets, averaging 2.8 yards per carry. Many coaches would’ve been tempted to try to win the game through the air in the second half, but not Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce. He doubled down on the running game in the second half, and it’s a major reason the Raiders rallied to beat New York 16-12. Led by Josh Jacobs, the Raiders...

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Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson and Arizona’s Corbin Carroll...
PHOENIX (AP) — Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson and Arizona’s Corbin Carroll were the types of exciting players Major League Baseball hoped for when it tweaked its rules to encourage athleticism, and the pair of young stars were rewarded Monday when they were voted unanimous winners of the Rookie of the Year awards. Henderson won the American League honor and Carroll the National League award after they both used used power, speed and defense to help their teams reach the playoffs...

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Robertson and Johnston each score twice as...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston each had two goals and an assist as the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 8-3 on Sunday. Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist, and Joe Pavelski, Radek Faksa and Evgenii Dadonov also scored for the Stars, who completed a perfect three-game road trip. Miro Heiskanan had three assists, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin each had two, and Jake Oettinger stopped 24 shots. Brandon Duhaime, Vinni Lettieri...

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Women’s College Basketball Scores
Saturday, Nov. 11 EAST Canisius 78, St. Francis (Pa.) 62 Colgate 57, UMBC 51 Duquesne 82, Niagara 79 La Salle 62, American 53 Lehigh 62, Stonehill 50 Md.-Eastern Shore 91, Shock 71 Penn 74, Marist 51 Saint Joseph’s 66, Yale 45 St. Bonaventure 70, Robert Morris 52 Stony Brook 82, Le Moyne 61 Temple 77, Bucknell 53 West Virginia 71, Pittsburgh 62 SOUTH Appalachian St. 71, Ohio 64 Ball St. 86, Troy 71 Davidson 57, Wake Forest 52 E....

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‘From the river to the sea’: Why...
The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run on the eastern flank of Israel and the occupied West Bank. The sea is the glittering Mediterranean to its west. But a phrase about the space in between, “from the river to the sea,” has become a battle cry with new power to roil Jews and pro-Palestinian activists in the aftermath of Hamas’ deadly rampage across southern Israel Oct. 7 and Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. “From the river to...

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Super fog blankets New Orleans again, as...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dense smoke reminiscent of last month’s “super fog” that rolled into Louisiana has led to a deadly crash that shut down Interstate 10 in the New Orleans area early Tuesday, police said. The thoroughfare was closed due to smoke, fog and accidents involving multiple vehicles, New Orleans police said in a statement. “Multiple people were injured and transported to the hospital,” the agency said after the accident around 4:30 a.m. Smoke from fires near New...

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