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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.

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Japan launches rocket carrying lunar lander and...
September 7, 2023
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander. The launch of the HII-A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan was shown on live video by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA. “We have a liftoff,” the narrator at JAXA said as the rocket flew up in a burst of smoke then flew over the Pacific. Thirteen...

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Former H Street biergarten becomes an oyster...
September 5, 2023
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The former Biergarten Haus space, where oyster-fest will be hosted, is located at 1355 H Street in Northeast D.C. (Courtesy Brine Oyster and Seafood House) Brine Oyster and Seafood House is taking over the former Biergarten Haus space at 1355 H Street in D.C. for a one-day, all-you-can-eat Brine Oyster Fest on Saturday. Brine’s restaurant is at 1359 H Street, NE. Tickets are $150. In addition to all-you-can-eat oysters, the price also includes all-you-can-drink beverages. Biergarten Haus closed earlier...

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China’s Xi will skip G20 summit in...
September 4, 2023
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the Sept. 9-10 gathering, the Foreign Ministry said Monday in a one-sentence notice on its website. Relations between China and India have grown frosty over their disputed border. Three years ago, the tensions resulted in a clash in the Ladakh region that killed 20 Indian and four Chinese...

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Summer’s over for UK politicians as Sunak...
September 4, 2023
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LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers headed back to Parliament on Monday after their summer break. But thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week, because their schools are at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete. The news is a start-of-term headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he scrambles to shore up flagging support for the governing Conservative Party ahead of a national election next year. Sunak insists it’s not his fault that more than...

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Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth singer, dead at...
September 4, 2023
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(CNN) — Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of the rock group Smash Mouth, died Monday, his manager tells CNN. He was 56. No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care over the weekend. He died at his home in Boise, Idaho, with family and friends by his side, according Robert Hayes, the manager of Smash Mouth. “Steve Harwell was a true American Original. A larger than life character who shot up into the...

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Pope insists Vatican-China relations are on track...
September 4, 2023
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis insisted Monday that the Vatican’s relations with China were going well but said work must still be done to show Beijing that the Catholic Church isn’t beholden to a foreign power. Francis spoke about the Holy See’s dealings with China during a press conference en route home from Mongolia, where Beijing and its crackdown on religious minorities overshadowed an otherwise historic first papal visit to the majority Buddhist nation. Francis sent...

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India’s moon rover completes its walk. Scientists...
September 3, 2023
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This image provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows Vikram lander as seen by the navigation camera on Pragyan Rover on Aug. 30, 2023. India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements on the surface near the lunar south pole a week after the country’s historic moon landing. ISRO says the rover’s laser-induced spectroscope instrument also has detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon. (Indian Space Research Organisation...

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A capsule look at all 20 Rugby...
September 3, 2023
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POOL A FRANCE World ranking: 3 Captain: Antoine Dupont. Regarded as the best player in the world, for which he has been well rewarded. Six Nations Grand Slam, European and French club titles, world and Six Nations player of the year. Dupont’s ambition also reportedly includes a desire to play for France sevens at the Paris Olympics next year. Coach: Fabien Galthie. Played in four World Cups and one final. Assistant coach at the 2019 World Cup and took...

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No. 19 Wisconsin beats Buffalo 38-17 to...
September 3, 2023
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Chez Mellusi ran for 157 yards and two touchdowns, Braelon Allen added 141 yards and two more scores and No. 19 Wisconsin started the first season of Luke Fickell’s coaching tenure with a 38-17 victory over Buffalo on Saturday. Fickell coached his first regular-season game since joining the Badgers after six seasons at Cincinnati. He was with Wisconsin for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl victory over Oklahoma State last season. The sellout at Camp Randall Stadium...

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Garrett Shrader passes for four touchdowns in...
September 3, 2023
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Garrett Shrader passed for four touchdowns to four different receivers, LeQuint Allen ran for 107 yards and a score, Syracuse scored on five consecutive possessions in the first half and the Orange went on to defeat Colgate 65-0 in the season opener for both teams. The 65 points represent the most in coach Dino Babers’ eight-year run at Syracuse, passing the previous mark of 62 points against Wagner in 2018 and University at Albany in...

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ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country...
September 2, 2023
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The Atlantic Coast Conference voted Friday to add Stanford, California and SMU next year, providing a landing spot for two more schools from the disintegrating Pac-12 and creating a fourth super conference in major college sports. The move provides the ACC a windfall of revenue for its current members. “It really is a transformational day for the ACC,” Commissioner Jim Phillips said. Starting in August 2024, the league with Tobacco Road roots in North Carolina will increase its number...

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AP Election Brief | What to expect...
September 1, 2023
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Republicans will compete in a special primary election in Utah next week for their party’s nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, the six-term GOP lawmaker who will step down on Sept. 15. Vying for the nomination on Tuesday are former state representative Becky Edwards, businessman and former state party chairman Bruce Hough, and attorney and former Stewart aide Celeste Maloy. Delegates at the party’s special district convention in June preferred Maloy over Edwards, Hough...

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Opening statements begin in website founder’s 2nd...
September 1, 2023
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PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the classified site Backpage.com and four employees carefully strategized how to bring in ads for prostitution to maintain their top-earning platform, a prosecutor said Thursday at a federal trial in Phoenix. Attorneys for Michael Lacey and the other four defendants countered that their clients had nothing to do with the daily operations of classified ads. The clash over culpability was at the center of opening statements in the second trial of all five...

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Bill ‘Spaceman’ Lee reportedly laughing and talking...
September 1, 2023
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee collapsed on the field during pregame ceremonies before a Triple-A game between the Worcester Red Sox and the Norfolk Tides. He walked off on his own and was laughing and talking in the dugout after, MassLive.com reported. Lee was scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch and sign autographs. MassLive.com reported that the 76-year-old left-hander was playing catch in the outfield when he put his hands...

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Hall of Famer Gil Brandt, who helped...
August 31, 2023
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DALLAS (AP) — Gil Brandt, overshadowed by coach Tom Landry and general manager Tex Schramm as part of the trio that built the Dallas Cowboys into “America’s Team” in the 1970s, has died. He was 91. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Brandt died Thursday morning. No cause of death was given, but Brandt had been in declining health in recent years. Brandt was the player personnel director alongside the stoic, fedora-wearing Landry and media-savvy Schramm, but had...

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