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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.

 
For many, Easter Sunday marks a return...
BOSTON (AP) — For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants. The pandemic erupted in the country in March 2020, just ahead of Easter, forcing many churches to resort to online or televised worship. Many continued to hold virtual services last spring after a deadly winter wave of the...

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Longtime NBC Washington anchor Wendy Rieger dies...
NBC Washington anchor Wendy Rieger. (Courtesy NBC Washington) Wendy Rieger, known for her quick wit and the connection she forged with viewers for some 25 years as anchor of NBC Washington’s afternoon news, died on Saturday. She was 65. Described as the “fun, engaging friend to check in with every evening,” Rieger once compared her dating life to the weak start of a hurricane (“Starts looking like nothing much,” she quipped). Former colleague Jim Handly reported Friday, April 15,...

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Ebobisse, Mukhtar 2 goals each, San Jose...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jeremy Ebobisse scored tying goals on a free kick in the 52nd minute and off a scramble following a corner kick in the 72nd to give the San Jose Earthquakes a 2-2 draw against Nashville on Saturday. The 25-year-old forward beat Joe Willis to the goalkeeper’s right from 22 yards, then scored from in front after Jan Gregus redirected Cristian Espinoza’s corner kick. It was the second straight two-goal game for Ebobisse, who also...

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Chinese astronauts land after 6 months on...
BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after six months aboard their country’s newest orbital station in the longest crewed mission to date for China’s ambitious space program. The Shenzhou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, shown live on state TV. During the mission, astronaut Wang Yaping carried out the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman. Wang and crewmates Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu beamed back...

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Olympic champ Lee, Florida star Thomas shine...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — This is why Sunisa Lee kept her promise and came to Auburn. And why Trinity Thomas endured at Florida. To compete on the podium with their sport stopping to watch. To celebrate with their teammates under the lights. To earn a chance to have one more chance. The two gymnastics stars checked every box during the NCAA women’s team semifinals on Thursday night. Lee, the first Olympic champion to compete collegiately, helped send Auburn...

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Today in History: April 14, Abraham Lincoln...
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 14, the 104th day of 2022. There are 261 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. On this date: In 1828, the first edition of Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” was published. In 1902, James Cash Penney opened his...

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AP Top U.S. News at 12:09 a.m....
‘Prophet of Doom’: Subway suspect left ranting video clues Brooklyn subway suspect tipped off police to his location Video: Michigan cop on Black man’s back, fatally shot him Thinking small: Biden scrounges for ways to break through Texas keeping most truck inspections despite border gridlock A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID’s cruel US toll Police: Girl shot as California shop owner fires at thieves Bipartisan push on mental health crisis that COVID worsened Echoes of one million lost in...

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Carbon capture: key decarbonizing tool or ‘false...
Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was nine months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he’s out and about in Prairieville, Louisiana, part of Ascension Parish. “He probably needs to leave Ascension quite frankly,” Glover says, but he hasn’t because “this is his home and this is our family and this is our community.” The parish is part of the 85-mile (137-kilometer) span between New Orleans and Baton Rouge officially called...

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Polish, Baltic presidents visit Ukraine in show...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday in a show of support for the embattled country, after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to continue his bloody offensive until its “full completion.” The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — all NATO countries that worry they may face Russian attack in the future if Ukraine falls — traveled by train to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In one...

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Live Updates | German president says he’s...
BERLIN — Germany’s president says his Polish counterpart suggested that they travel to Ukraine together with other leaders to show solidarity, but “that apparently wasn’t wanted in Kyiv.” President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s comments Tuesday, during a visit to Poland, came after German newspaper Bild quoted an unidentified Ukrainian diplomat as saying that he’s not welcome in Kyiv at the moment because he had close relations with Russia in the past. Steinmeier said Polish President Andrzej Duda had suggested that they...

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Johnny Depp suit against Amber Heard starts...
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear a long-anticipated libel lawsuit Johnny Depp filed against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, whom he accuses of falsely portraying him as a domestic abuser. Depp sued Heard over an op-ed piece she wrote in The Washington Post in 2018 in which Heard refers to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article doesn’t mention Depp by name, but he says it clearly refers to allegations Heard...

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Support for Griner at WNBA draft as...
NEW YORK (AP) — Moments before Rhyne Howard went to Atlanta with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league is working very hard to help bring Brittney Griner back to the United States. Griner, one of the league’s biggest stars, has been detained in Russia since arriving at a Moscow airport in mid-February. Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges that allegedly contained oil derived from cannabis, which...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter’s largest investor, billionaire Elon Musk, is reversing course and will no longer join the company’s board of directors less than a week after being awarded a seat. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced the news, which followed a weekend of Musk tweets suggesting changes to Twitter, including making the site ad-free. Nearly 90% of Twitter’s 2021 revenue came from ads. “Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective on 4/9, but Elon shared...

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Prince William County seeks $50M from feds...
Prince William County is asking for $50 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund new interchanges along U.S. 1 and at Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road. The first application, approved by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority on March 29, asks for $25 million to help with the construction of two new interchanges at Route 123 and U.S. 1, as well as Route 123 and Old Bridge Road. The two intersections are part of a broader...

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Northeast DC organization helps deaf community through...
Courtesy of Deaf Reach Inc. This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. Bridging the communications gap between hard of hearing, deaf and hearing people during a global pandemic has been a hefty challenge that one organization based in Northeast D.C. — Deaf Reach Incorporated — faces every day. As we see an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the D.C....

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