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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.

 
DC residents protest as White House says...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be the streets around the clock. After law enforcement set up a vehicle checkpoint along the busy 14th Street Northwest corridor, hecklers shouted, “Go home, fascists” and “Get off our streets.” Some protesters stood at the intersection before the...

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Federal judge refuses to block Alabama law...
A federal judge on Wednesday declined a request to block an Alabama law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools and the teaching of what Republican lawmakers dubbed “divisive concepts” related to race and gender. U.S. District Judge David Proctor wrote that University of Alabama students and professors who filed a lawsuit challenging the law as unconstitutional did not meet the legal burden required for a preliminary injunction, which he called “an extraordinary and drastic remedy.”...

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Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky had a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A$AP Rocky had no idea Denzel Washington was going to throw Nas at him. Midway through Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” a New York riff on Akira Kurosawa’s “High to Low,” wealthy music executive David King (Washington) has cornered aspiring rapper Yung Felon (Rocky) after he tried to kidnap King’s son. They meet in a music studio. A rap battle ensues. While the scene was scripted, much of what Washington freestyled — mixing in lines...

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FEMA abruptly disbands youth advisory council, but...
After a few frightening incidents seeing family and friends collapse in Phoenix’s grueling heat, Ashton Dolce, 17, began to wonder why his country’s leaders were not doing more to keep people safe from climate change. “I was just dumbfounded,” Dolce said. He became active in his hometown, organizing rallies and petitions to raise awareness about extreme heat and calling for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make such conditions eligible for major disaster declarations. Just before his senior year...

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US briefly deploys 2 warships to a...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. deployed two warships Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while trying to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high-seas accident that raised alarms about maritime safety. Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also lay overlapping claims in the contested waters. The USS Higgins, a guided...

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Venus and Jupiter appear close in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky — overlapping like a very bright star. If your focus is the meteor shower, it’s worth knowing that this year a bright moon will dampen viewing during the pre-dawn peak, so some experts recommend waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky. The Perseids “are an incredible meteor shower,”...

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Frederick Richard is taking his fight to...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frederick Richard is taking the fight to make men’s gymnastics matter to a new front: his wardrobe. The charismatic 21-year-old Olympic bronze medalist switched out the stirrup pants that have long been a staple of the men’s uniform for shorts with compression leggings at the U.S. Championships this weekend, firm in his belief that the three-tenths (0.3) deduction he receives every day of competition that he breaks the rules is worth it if it makes...

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Travis Hunter plays offense and defense in...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Travis Hunter’s professional debut included 10 snaps on offense, eight on defense and no highlights. The Heisman Trophy winner and second overall pick in the NFL draft was relatively quiet in Jacksonville’s 31-25 loss to Pittsburgh in a preseason game Saturday. He caught two passes for 9 yards, with a long gain of 6, and missed an open-field tackle. “I felt great,” he said. “A little nervous, but it felt great. It definitely settled down...

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Sports on TV for Sunday, August 10
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, August 10 AUTO RACING 1 p.m. FS1 — Indy NXT Series: The Grand Prix of Portland, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore. 2 p.m. USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y. 3 p.m. FOX — NTT: IndyCar Series: The Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore. FISHING 8 a.m. FS1 — Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2025 Yokohama...

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Olympian Asher Hong takes the lead at...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Asher Hong posted an all-around total of 85.585 during the opening night of the U.S. Championships on Thursday, putting the Olympian in strong position to collect his second national title. Hong, who captured the all-around crown at nationals two years ago and was a member of the five-man U.S. team that earned bronze in Paris last summer, finished in the top two in four events (vault, floor exercise, rings and parallel bars) to take a...

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‘What a city’: Son Heung-min lands at...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Son Heung-min made his first visit to Los Angeles seven years ago during Tottenham’s summer tour. He met with Los Angeles FC’s Korean supporters club and even donned a sombrero from grateful Mexican fans thanking the South Korean forward for scoring a famous goal in the 2018 World Cup. Son planned another visit to Los Angeles and Las Vegas years ago, but he had to cancel the expensive trip after breaking his arm in a...

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Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and...
Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told The New York Times that her father died earlier that day at his home in New Jersey after “an extended illness.” The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that spanned...

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Reverie, Georgetown’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, is closing
Reverie, the Georgetown restaurant tucked away in a D.C. alley that earned a one-star Michelin rating for its tasting menus is 2022, is closing this fall. Related stories ‘It’s more than just a bar’: DC’s The Wonderland Ballroom prepares to celebrate its 21st anniversary Which chef took home the top prize at this year’s RAMMYS? New DC restaurant launches pay-what-you-can menu to foster accessibility Chef Johnny Spero announced the restaurant’s closing on social media, though he gave no specific...

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Book Review: Jason Mott’s ‘People Like Us’...
How does one follow up writing “A Hell of a Book” that wins the National Book Award? If you’re Jason Mott, you write a sort-of, not-really, by all legal terms fictionalized — according to the forward — autobiographical story about what life is like as a semi-famous writer. Or actually you write two viewpoints: one about a writer running away from his roots that seem to be choking the life out of him and the other about a writer...

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Historic Leesburg’s newest restaurant is a big...
Shutters on King, a sprawling, three-level restaurant in a former antiques store building in historic downtown Leesburg, Virginia, opens Tuesday. Billed as modern American cuisine, Shutters on King is large enough to seat 250 diners at a time. It is at 102 South King St., at the corner of King and Loudoun Streets, one of the most prominent locations in historic downtown Leesburg. It comes from the restaurant group behind some of D.C.’s most successful restaurants. H2-Collective, whose restaurants...

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