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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.

 
Book Review: ‘The Warped Side of Our...
Black holes, wormholes and other mysteries of the universe are so firmly embedded in popular culture — from Carl Sagan’s “Contact” to Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” — that readers with no scientific background have some images in mind when the concepts are mentioned. But in “The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves,” physicist Kip Thorne and artist Lia Halloran find a novel approach to exploring these topics in startling detail....

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Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dead at...
FILE – Matthew Perry arrives at the premiere of “The Invention of Lying” in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry’s...

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Live updates | Israel intensifies strikes on...
The Israeli military intensified airstrikes in Gaza including near its largest hospital while thousands of people desperate for food and basic items broke into aid warehouses in the besieged enclave. Internet and phone connectivity were restored for many people on Sunday after Israeli strikes had knocked out most communications in the territory late Friday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called the 3-week-old Israel-Hamas war a fight for Israel’s existence and said “‘Never again’ is now.” He announced a...

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Rookie Chet Holmgren, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rally Thunder...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Just two games into his NBA career and Chet Holmgren already looks special. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, Holmgren added 16, 13 rebounds and seven blocks and the Oklahoma City Thunder made a furious rally in the final two minutes to stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-105 on Friday night. The young Thunder trailed 102-93 with 1:56 left before getting three straight 3-pointers — one by Holmgren, who calmly dropped his shot from the top of the...

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National Air and Space Museum to host...
If creepy crafts, spooky experiments and people dressed up in Star Wars costumes sound like your jam, then the National Air and Space Museum has just the Halloween celebration for you. The Air and Scare event at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly runs from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday. For the little ones, there’s a Lego pit, Star Wars story time, a puppet show and other Halloween-themed activities. School-aged kids can take part in a digital scavenger...

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Booz Allen, one of DC area’s biggest...
A look inside Booz Allen’s D.C. innovation center. (Courtesy Booz Allen Hamilton) A look inside Booz Allen’s D.C. innovation center. (Courtesy Booz Allen Hamilton) McLean, Virginia-based Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the biggest employers in the D.C. region and the largest government IT contractor, has added thousands of jobs in the past year. Booz Allen’s government contracting work remains robust. It logged nearly $2.7 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter, 16% more than a year earlier. The...

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Backup goalie Woll earns the win, Rielly...
DALLAS (AP) — Morgan Rielly opened the scoring and had the assist on the first power-play goal scored against Dallas this season as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Stars 4-1 Thursday night. Mitchell Marner, Tyler Bertuzzi and John Tavares also scored for the Leafs, who won their third straight game. Mason Marchment scored for the Stars, who lost in regulation for the first time in six games this season and had their three-game winning streak ended. Joseph Woll...

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Johansson makes 23 saves, Stamkos has goal...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jonas Johansson made 23 saves for his second consecutive shutout, Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning hammered the winless San Jose Sharks 6-0 on Thursday night. Tampa Bay also got goals from Brayden Point, Michael Eyssimont, Brandon Hagel, Nicholas Paul and Luke Glendening. “These are games that hopefully build some confidence in what you want to achieve going forward,” Stamkos said. “Work on some system things. We’ve been...

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A century after her birth, opera great...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Finishing her class at The Juilliard School of the arts in New York, Greek opera great Maria Callas gave her students a final word of advice. “Keep on going the proper way: Not with fireworks, not with easy applause, but with the expression of the words, the diction, and to really feel what you feel. That’s what I want. I’m not good at words, so that’s that.” The March 1972 speech was a detail little...

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No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama debuts with...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Victor Wembanyama era is underway in San Antonio. Wembanyama made his NBA debut with the Spurs against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night and made an immediate splash. The No. 1 pick in the NBA draft blocked a shot in the opening minute of the game and misfired on a 3-point attempt from the top of the key. But the 19-year-old who stands nearly 7-foot-4 found his spot and s cored his first NBA...

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Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco,...
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Otis tore across Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful and dangerous Category 5 hurricane Wednesday, unleashing massive flooding in the resort city of Acapulco and setting off looting as desperate relatives tired of waiting for help to arrive. While little is known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage — Acapulco was still mostly inaccessible by road as of late Wednesday — experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in...

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Albanese arrives at White House to start...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden said he was “doubling down” on the alliance with Australia as he welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the Oval Office on Wednesday, part of a state visit intended to bolster American ties in the Pacific against the backdrop of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Biden said the leaders would discuss supporting Ukraine, where the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues after almost two years, and how to “stand with Israel in the...

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Underhill and Arundell back for England in...
PARIS (AP) — Flanker Sam Underhill will make his first England appearance in more than a year and winger Henry Arundell his second of the Rugby World Cup in the third-place game against Argentina on Friday. England has undergone eight changes after the semifinal was lost to South Africa 16-15 last Saturday. “It is our second six-day turnaround in a row, we’ve had some pretty intense games so there was a need to make some alterations to ensure we...

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Maxwell hits fastest Cricket World Cup hundred...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Glenn Maxwell smashed a 40-ball hundred — the fastest ever at the Cricket World Cup — to help Australia beat the Netherlands by 309 runs on Wednesday. Maxwell hit nine fours and eights towering sixes as he scored 106 runs off only 44 balls to propel Australia to 399-8 (50 overs). Coming in to bat in the 39th over, Maxwell’s feat overshadowed David Warner, who scored a second straight hundred and his 22nd overall in...

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Japan’s automakers unveil EVs galore at Tokyo...
TOKYO (AP) — “We love battery EVs.” Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota, said that not once, but twice, to emphasize what he considers the message at this year’s Tokyo auto show. It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 at Tokyo Big Sight hall and where battery-powered electric vehicles are the star at practically every booth. Mazda Motor Corp. is highlighting a sportscar concept that...

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