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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.

 
Church roof collapses in north Mexico, killing...
Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the roof caved in while parishioners were receiving communion. (Alejando de Angel/El Sol de Tampico via AP)(AP/Alejando del Angel) Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct....

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Have you noticed more bugs around your...
The multicolored Asian lady beetle is also known as the Halloween lady beetle due to her nasty habit of invading homes in the autumn sometime around All Hallows Eve.(Courtesy, The Bug Guy/M.J. Raupp) The multicolored Asian lady beetle is also known as the Halloween lady beetle due to her nasty habit of invading homes in the autumn sometime around All Hallows Eve.(Courtesy, The Bug Guy/M.J. Raupp) After a summer brimming with dayslong heat waves, vicious storms and the standard...

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Ana se convierte en la gran ganadora...
Ana se convirtió este lunes en la ganadora absoluta de Los 50, el histórico reality show producido por Telemundo, y se llevó un premio único de $347,560.  Ana, Brandon, Douglas, Lorenzo, Lozada y Potro fueron los seis contendientes que llegaron a la final de Los 50, después de 10 semanas de retos y competencias. Jackie Bracamontes, conductora de la gala, tuvo la responsabilidad de dar a conocer las votaciones de los miles de seguidores del programa e inició del...

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Maryland Food Bank hopes newly-expanded kitchen will...
This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. After two years of major construction, the nonprofit Maryland Food Bank hopes to serve as a central point in the state for hunger relief efforts and expand its culinary job training program as it pushes for increased community efforts during national Hunger Action Month. Community members who work for the organization, helped support the cause or directly benefited from...

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The threat of wildfires is rising. So...
LONDON (AP) — Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions. Enter artificial intelligence. Firefighters and startups are using AI-enabled cameras to scan the horizon for signs of smoke. A German company is building a constellation of satellites to detect fires from space. And Microsoft is using AI models to predict where the next blaze could be sparked. With wildfires becoming...

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Harry Kane scores his first hat trick...
MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane scored his first Bundesliga hat trick to move to seven goals from five games in the German league as Bayern Munich surged to a 7-0 win over Bochum on Saturday. Kane netted his third off a pass from Noussair Mazraoui in the 88th minute — but had to wait for a video review to check for a possible offside — to finish off Bayern’s biggest win since another 7-0 victory against the same opponent...

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Fatal collision that killed 2 pilots brings...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The mid-air collision that killed two racing pilots in Reno last weekend is confounding aviation experts. The first- and second-place winning pilots, both Californians, crashed Sunday at the National Air Race Championships, possibly because of an aircraft blind spot, glare from the sun or even a brief moment of lost focus, experts said. But many are dumbfounded by the fact that such experienced pilots who’d raced their T-6 warbirds at the same site so many...

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Data Doctors: Tips for clearing browsing data
Q: Will I lose all my saved passwords if I clear the cache in my browser? A: Routinely clearing the cache in your browser is a recommended maintenance task, but in some cases, it can make changes you may not like beyond stored passwords. What is Browser Cache? A cache refers to a temporary storage area on your device that stores recently visited webpages, so technically, if you only clear the cached images and files, there are no passwords...

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Melendez homers, McArthur stars in relief as...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals reliever James McArthur earned his first big league win and first career save in a span of three days this week. He didn’t get his first anything Tuesday night even though it may have been his best performance yet. Inheriting a two-on, no-out mess in the eighth inning of a one-run game against Cleveland, the big right-hander proceeded to strike out the next three batters he faced, allowing Kansas City to eventually close...

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Palace of Versailles celebrates its 400th anniversary...
PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th anniversary. Charles and Queen Camilla’s three-day trip to Paris and Bordeaux, starting Wednesday, includes a grand dinner at Versailles in the presence of over 150 guests in the Hall of Mirrors. The palace has recently opened a gallery retracing its history, from its creation as a...

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Hundreds of flying taxis to be made...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced Monday between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. “When you’re talking about air taxis, that’s the future,” Republican Gov. Mike DeWine told The Associated Press. “We find this very, very exciting — not only for the direct jobs and indirect jobs it’s going to create, but...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home Sunday from Russia, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns about weapons transfer deals between the two countries locked in separate standoffs with the West. Kim began his journey back to North Korea aboard his armored train from the Primorye region in Russia’s Far East, following a farewell ceremony at a train station, Russia’s state news agency RIA said. Since entering Russia...

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Republican presidential candidates mostly overlook New Hampshire...
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Once upon a time, the moderates, the mavericks and the underdogs in presidential politics had a chance to break through in New Hampshire. Former Sen. John McCain, an independent-minded Republican, resurrected his anemic campaign with a victory in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary in 2008. Bill Clinton, a centrist Democrat from Arkansas, became the “comeback kid” by exceeding expectations here in 1992. And little-known Georgia peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter, would go on to claim the...

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Kim Jong Un arrives at city near...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Saturday at a Russian city near the far eastern port of Vladivostok where he’s expected to see Russia’s Pacific Fleet. The visit follows Kim’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny spaceport on Wednesday and his visit Friday to an aircraft-making plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The U.S. and it allies are concerned that Kim’s visit is focused on providing Moscow with weapons for its war in...

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Belarus leader proposes three-way cooperation with Russia’s...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a meeting Friday with his Belarusian ally, who suggested that Minsk could could join Moscow’s efforts to revive an old alliance with Pyongyang after this week’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made the proposal as he met with Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where the Russian leader said he would brief him about the talks with Kim on Wednesday at the...

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