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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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No, it’s not ‘War of the Worlds’...
August 23, 2022
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toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP’s Jason Fraley previews The Fluffy Cloud in D.C. (Part 1) $(function () { $(‘.fa-play’).on(‘click’, function(){ var audio_filename= $(‘div.wtop-audio-file’).data(“mp3-url”); ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Audio’, ‘play’, audio_filename); }); }); WTOP is bracing for callers reporting a giant spaceship landing over Southeast D.C., but this isn’t “War of the Worlds” — it’s The Fluffy Cloud traveling art and sound experience. “Imagine this structure that looks like a UFO about three stories tall and wide,”...

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Cardinals relish locker room full of veteran...
August 23, 2022
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PHOENIX (AP) — There are two lockers in the visitors’ clubhouse at Arizona’s Chase Field — bigger than all the others — that are usually reserved for veteran stars who have earned a little extra room to spread out. The St. Louis Cardinals are one of the few teams with too many options. The jumbo digs were eventually assigned to Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina, and who could really argue? They’re two veteran superstars in their 40s nearing the...

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University System of Maryland details COVID, monkeypox...
August 23, 2022
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The University of Maryland, College Park will continue to require COVID vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff this fall semester, but it’s still deciding whether to require masks in classrooms. For now, wearing a KN95 mask indoors is “strongly encouraged.” “We do anticipate a semester that, if all goes well, will be pretty close to our pre-pandemic normal,” University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman said at Monday’s special meeting of the Board of Regents. The University of...

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US, S. Korea open biggest drills in...
August 22, 2022
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has pushed its weapons testing activity to a record pace this year while repeatedly threatening conflicts with Seoul and Washington amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy. The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises will continue through Sept....

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Judge dismisses lawsuit over transgender student guidelines...
August 21, 2022
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by parents against the Montgomery County Board of Education over guidelines dealing with transgender and gender non-conforming students in Maryland. They alleged it violated their state and federal constitutional rights as parents.  The rules at the heart of the case are MCPS’s 2020–2021 Guidelines for Student Gender Identity in Montgomery County Public Schools.  More Montgomery County News More Education News More Maryland News More Local News The guidelines encourage MCPS employees...

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Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner...
August 21, 2022
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Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2022. There are 132 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 whites; scores of Blacks were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion. (Turner was later captured and executed.) On this date: In 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial...

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Former big leaguer Bill Lee, 75, collapses...
August 20, 2022
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox star Bill Lee collapsed in the bullpen while warming up for the Savannah Bananas amateur team Friday night, but the 75-year-old pitcher walked off the field with assistance. “He was able to leave the stadium with medical attention and was taken to a local hospital,” team president Jared Orton said in an email to The Associated Press. Lee, a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame and fondly nicknamed “Spaceman,”...

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Change in air: Strong-armed Dekkers taking over...
August 19, 2022
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It’s long been a foregone conclusion that Hunter Dekkers would be Iowa State’s next starting quarterback. His teammates praise him for his leadership skills and physical tools, and his coach says he’s earned the trust of everyone in the program. For all those positive vibes, it still would be reasonable to think there will be a drop-off when Dekkers becomes the Cyclones’ first new starter since 2018. He is, after all, succeeding Brock Purdy, who led Iowa State to...

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Riverdale Park food hall Le Fantome opens...
August 19, 2022
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The D.C. region’s newest food hall opens Aug. 22 at The Station at Riverdale Park, in Riverdale Park, Maryland, with three vendors and seven “ghost kitchens” on site. Named Le Fantome (French for “ghost”), the food hall takes up 8,500 square feet at the Station at Riverdale Park, which opened as a mixed-use development with Prince George’s County’s first Whole Foods Market in 2017. More Business News More Prince George’s County News Developer Calvin Cafritz Enterprises recruited Hospitality HQ...

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China’s response to Pelosi visit a sign...
August 19, 2022
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BANGKOK (AP) — China’s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle — dispatching warships and military aircraft to all sides of the self-governing island democracy, and firing ballistic missiles into the waters nearby. The dust has still not settled, with Taiwan this week conducting drills of its own and Beijing announcing it has more maneuvers planned, but experts say a lot can already be gleaned from what China has done, and has...

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Biggest US holding pen planned for wild...
August 18, 2022
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses are accusing federal land managers of illegally approving plans for the largest U.S. holding facility for thousands of mustangs captured on public rangeland in 10 Western states. Friends of Animals said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday up to 4,000 horses would be held captive inhumanely for months or years at a time in dusty, manure-filled pens without shade or wind-breaks in Nevada’s high desert. At a cost of of millions of...

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Randy Rainbow, master satirist, vies with Goliaths...
August 18, 2022
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Randy Rainbow is adored by the legendary Carol Burnett, and he is, what flimsy excuse could TV academy voters have to deny him an Emmy for his fourth nomination? Rainbow, who has raised musical parody to a political-satire art form, is again David facing Goliath. His competition in the short-form series category includes shows from James Corden, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers. Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” has nabbed the award the past three...

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Youth mental health is in crisis. Are...
August 17, 2022
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CECILIA, Ky. (AP) — For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an “emotional check-in.” “It’s great to see you. How are you feeling?” chirps a cheery voice on her laptop screen. It asks her to click an emoji matching her state of mind: Happy. Sad. Worried. Angry. Frustrated. Calm. Silly. Tired. Depending on the answer, Leah, 9, gets advice from a cartoon avatar on managing her mood and a few more questions:...

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Fortes slugs 2 HRs, scores winner as...
August 17, 2022
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MIAMI (AP) — Nick Fortes hit two solo homers and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, leading the Miami Marlins to a 4-3 win over San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Peyton Burdick hit a tiebreaking RBI double that scored Fortes, who had singled against Padres reliever Luis García (4-6) and advanced on a groundout before Burdick’s opposite field line drive bounced inside the foul line in right. “I was just trying to stay inside and shoot...

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Honor or cultural appropriation? Hospital name spurs...
August 16, 2022
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — While segregation was still casting its ugly shadow over the U.S., the Homer G. Phillips Hospital was providing top-notch medical care to a predominantly African American part of St. Louis and training some of the world’s best Black doctors and nurses. The 660-bed hospital closed 43 years ago, but the facility named for the man who led the fight to open a first-rate hospital for Black residents in segregated St. Louis is still revered by...

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