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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.

 
Europe scrambles to help Ukraine keep the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European officials are scrambling to help Ukraine stay warm and keep functioning through the bitter winter months, pledging Friday to send more support that will mitigate the Russian military’s efforts to turn off the heat and lights. Nine months after Russia invaded its neighbor, the Kremlin’s forces have zeroed in on Ukraine’s power grid and other critical civilian infrastructure in a bid to tighten the screw on Kyiv. Officials estimate that around 50% of Ukraine’s...

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Tatum has 37 points, 13 rebounds, Celtics...
BOSTON (AP) — With Dallas closing the gap, Jayson Tatum turned the matchup with Luka Doncic into a game of one-on-one. And the Boston star bested the Mavericks’ each time. Tatum had 37 points and 13 rebounds and Jaylen Brown scored 31 on Wednesday night to help the NBA-best Celtics respond after a rare loss and beat Dallas 125-112. “His ability to answer the moment. His ability to make everyone around him better,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “You...

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Report: Explosion near Syrian capital kills Iranian...
BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion in Syria has killed an official with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the force said on its website Wednesday, blaming Israel for the killing. The force identified the officer killed as Col. Davoud Jafari, who it said was working for the Guard’s aerospace division. The statement warned that Israel will answer for what it called the “crime.” The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Jafari was a drone and air...

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Saudis jubilant after World Cup win over...
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Jubilation followed the final whistle. Disbelief quickly set in. Saudi Arabia, a team that had only ever won three World Cup matches in its history, just pulled off possibly the biggest upset in the tournament’s history. They beat Argentina, 2-1. “One for the books,” Saudi Arabia coach Hervé Renard said. “This is football. Sometimes things are completely crazy.” Goalkeeper Mohammed Alowais, who made two key saves late in the game to preserve the win on...

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Patrons in gay club shooting hit gunman...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As bullets tore through a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who’d been partying moments before rushed into action, grabbing a handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until police arrived just minutes later. He was one of at least two customers who police and city officials credit with stopping the gunman and limiting the bloodshed in Saturday night’s shooting at...

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Crosby has 2 goals, 2 assists in...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sidney Crosby had two goals and two assists for a season-high four points and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 6-4 on Thursday night. Ryan Poehling, Kris Letang, Brock McGinn and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins and Tristan Jarry stopped 19 shots. Pittsburgh is 3-1-1 after losing seven straight. “I thought we controlled the play and obviously special teams were big for most of the night,” Crosby said. “We’ve had our...

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Review: ‘The Wonder’ is feast or famine...
toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP’s Jason Fraley reviews ‘The Wonder’ $(function () { $(‘.fa-play’).on(‘click’, function(){ var audio_filename= $(‘div.wtop-audio-file’).data(“mp3-url”); ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Audio’, ‘play’, audio_filename); }); }); In 2015, Emma Donoghue’s novel “Room” (2010) was adapted into a masterful movie with an Oscar-winning performance that remains one of my Top 10 films of the past decade. This week, her novel “The Wonder” (2016) becomes an avant-garde Netflix film that isn’t nearly as accessible to mainstream audiences but...

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Watch the Washington Capitals on NBC Sports...
Watch Capitals vs. Avalanche on NBCSW originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington The Washington Capitals are back on NBC Sports Washington for the 2022-23 season. Don’t miss the Caps’ quest for a second Stanley Cup championship and Alex Ovechkin‘s historic chase of Wayne Gretzky. Head coach Peter Laviolette is in his third season at the helm with high expectations where he finally has a bonafide No. 1 goalie in reigning Stanley Cup champion Darcy Kuemper. Can Washington get over...

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Red Bull: Verstappen ‘fair team player’ after...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Red Bull defended Formula One champion Max Verstappen as “an open and fair team player” on Thursday after a disagreement involving his teammate Sergio Perez at the last race in Brazil. Verstappen refused a team order to let Perez through for sixth place at the Brazilian Grand Prix last Sunday, telling his engineer: “I gave my reasons and I stand by it.” Verstappen hasn’t said publicly what exactly those reasons are. “As...

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Major League Soccer package on Apple TV...
Major League Soccer’s 10-year partnership with Apple will kick off next Feb. 1 with the launch of MLS Season Pass. The announcement Wednesday came less than two weeks after the MLS Cup and just ahead of the start of the World Cup. The rights deal, which was first announced in July, allows fans to watch every game without local blackouts or restrictions. The service will be available in over 100 countries exclusively through the Apple TV app beginning next...

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Israel urges soccer fans going to Qatar...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is urging its citizens traveling to the FIFA World Cup this week to be less visibly Israeli. The unprecedented influx of thousands of Israeli fans descending on Doha for the first World Cup in the Middle East has raised fears of an embarrassing diplomatic crisis between the countries with no formal diplomatic relations. Israel’s warning is part of a Foreign Ministry campaign, launched Wednesday, to educate the nation’s soccer fans about laws and...

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Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War
LONDON — Britain says it won’t rush to judgment about why a missile landed in rural Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Wednesday the British government is waiting for the facts to emerge. He noted that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday’s incident was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile fired against Russian air attacks on Ukraine. Cleverly told lawmakers that “Russia bears the ultimate responsibility” for the two deaths...

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‘The Lion King’ hits a key milestone...
NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats. “The audience started screaming so early. When the animals came down the aisle everybody shot up,” recalls director-writer Julie Taymor. “I burst into tears. We were just overwhelmed and we knew we had something.” They did, indeed. That show in a trial run in...

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Chinese national faces sentencing in US aviation...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Chinese national convicted of trying to steal trade secrets from multiple U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including the theft of proprietary airplane engine fan technology, is due to be sentenced Wednesday, with prosecutors seeking a 25-year prison term. Yanjun Xu’s attorneys say such a sentence would be far too harsh and that the just under five years he’s served since his arrest is sufficient punishment. Federal Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati will decide Xu’s...

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Alex Killorn scores in OT, Lightning beat...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Killorn scored from the left circle on a 2-on-1 at 3:43 of overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Tuesday night. Lightning captain Steve Stamkos got the second assist on the goal, making him the second Tampa Bay player to reach 500 assists. Martin St. Louis holds the team record with 588. Stamkos scored his 489th goal in the second period. “For a guy that a lot of people...

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