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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.

Trump meets with French President Macron as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House for talks on Monday at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations, with Trump transforming American foreign policy and effectively tuning out European leadership as he looks to quickly end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The two leaders started their day by participating in a virtual meeting with fellow leaders of the Group of Seven economies to discuss the war. Trump…

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Are There Plenty of Fish in the...

This story was originally published in bioGraphic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The deep sea contains many things: shipwrecks laden with gold, submersibles stuffed with sightseeing billionaires, and an absolutely unfathomable number of fish. If you could somehow put all the world’s fish in a giant pile—all the tuna; all the herring; all the mackerel, sardines, and anglerfish—around 90 percent, by weight, would have come from the ocean’s twilight zone. Faced with crushing water……

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Two from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge...

MIT senior Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli and recent alumna Abigail (“Abbie”) Schipper ’24 have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars and will begin graduate studies this fall in the field of their choice at Cambridge University in the U.K. Now celebrating its 25th year, the Gates Cambridge program provides fully funded post-graduate scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside of the U.K. The mission of Gates Cambridge is to build a global network of future leaders committed to changing the world……

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Using Financial Data to Take Your Hotel’s...

In hospitality, revenue is only half the story: profitability is what truly matters. And to maximize profitability, finance analytics is the game-changer. Understanding the flow of revenue, cost structures, and operational efficiencies allows hoteliers to make smarter, data-driven decisions. With fixed costs dominating the industry, tracking the right financial metrics (like flow-through and GOPPAR) can The post Using Financial Data to Take Your Hotel’s Profit Game to the Next Level appeared first on Revfine.com….

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‘Conclave’ triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée...

The papal thriller “Conclave” won best ensemble and Timothée Chalamet took best actor at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, a pair of twists that added a few final wrinkles to an unusually unpredictable awards season. In winning the guild’s top award, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set drama triumphed just as the Catholic Church was praying for the health of Pope Francis, who remained in critical condition Sunday after an asthmatic respiratory crisis. “Conclave” dramatizes the fictional election of…

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Jason Robertson’s hat trick powers Stars past...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Robertson’s third career hat trick lifted the Dallas Stars past the New York Islanders 4-3 on Sunday night for their third straight victory. Jake Oettinger finished with 35 saves and Sam Steel also scored for Dallas, which held on after a late charge by the Islanders. Jean-Gabriel Pageau appeared to tie it for New York in the closing minutes, but the referee ruled Pierre Engvall interfered with Oettinger and the goal was disallowed. Engvall,…

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Nursing injuries, Antetokounmpo and Lillard look like...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard were supposedly on minutes restrictions, but that wasn’t evident from the box score. Lillard scored 28 points in 38 minutes after missing Milwaukee’s previous game with a hamstring injury, and Antetokounmpo had 23 points and 16 rebounds in 32 minutes during Sunday’s 120-113 win over the Miami Heat. Antetokoumpo had missed five games before the All-Star break and sat out the All-Star festivities with a left calf strain. Coach…

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Beyond the Basics: 6 Digital Marketing Trends...

For 2025, digital marketing for hotels is no longer just about personalisation. While it’s still a key player, there’s so much more happening that’s reshaping how hotels connect with guests. As a marketer working in a hotel or hospitality business, if you want to stay ahead, you need to keep up with the shift. 6 The post Beyond the Basics: 6 Digital Marketing Trends for Hotels in 2025 appeared first on Revfine.com….

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French aircraft carrier stages combat drills with...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships were in the Philippines on Sunday after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that would likely antagonize China. The Charles de Gaulle docked on Friday at Subic Bay, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, for a break after more than two months of deployment in the Indo-Pacific. The French carrier engaged with security allies for…

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Meeting the Moment: Capitalizing on Emerging Hospitality...

The year ahead is sure to be shaped by a host of macro- and micro-trends in hospitality and travel. Hoteliers across the globe are grappling with generational change, rising expectations for personalized experiences, and how to maximize revenues when faced with a mixed bag of market conditions.  So what can you do to make the The post Meeting the Moment: Capitalizing on Emerging Hospitality & Travel Trends appeared first on Revfine.com….

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AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing...

President Donald Trump speaks at the Governors Working Session in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Pool via AP) President Donald Trump speaks at the Governors Working Session in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Pool via AP) The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop…

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Prince William Co. community split on schools’...

Prince William community members clashed at Wednesday night’s school board meeting over questions surrounding the school division’s policy on the treatment of transgender and gender nonconforming students. The discussion was sparked by the announcement of a Department of Education Office of Civil Rights investigation into Prince William County Public Schools — and four other Northern Virginia school divisions — regarding the division’s policy on transgender students and a potential Title IX violation. A conservative legal group, America First Legal,…

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US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war with Russia and praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg — who traveled to Kyiv on Wednesday and whose planned news conference with Zelenskyy on Thursday was changed at the last minute to…

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Petroglyphs at Signal Hill in Tucson, Arizona

One of southern Arizona’s most prominent petroglyph sites is Signal Hill in the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park. This location features over 200 petroglyphs created by the Hohokam (the predecessors to today’s Akimel O’odham and Tohono O’odham tribes). The exact dates have been difficult to establish, but archeologists believe the petroglyphs were first etched sometime between 550 and 1550 years ago. The designs, which were created by pecking into the desert varnish coating the rocks on the……

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Women’s Wrongs: Our Favorite Reads

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” So said Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a historian whose work demonstrates that women’s important contributions to society are often overlooked. Taken wildly out of context, the quote could apply to any of the women highlighted in our five stories below. Often born into struggle and fed up with the men who underestimated them, these women stole, schemed, and conned their way into history. The Victorian Influencer Who Peddled Poisonous Beauty Elixirs By Sabrina Imbler Sarah……

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