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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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Bachelet pide a Cuba que libere a...
July 16, 2021
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(Reuters) — La alta comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, pidió el viernes a Cuba que libere a los manifestantes y a varios periodistas detenidos en manifestaciones y denunció un presunto uso excesivo de la fuerza contra algunos de ellos. Sacerdote golpeado en Cuba narra su detención 2:38 “Es particularmente preocupante que se incluyan personas presuntamente recluidas en régimen de incomunicación y personas cuyo paradero se desconoce. Todos los detenidos por ejercer sus derechos deben...

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Europe floods: Death toll over 110 as...
July 16, 2021
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BERLIN (AP) — At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for continued. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “stunned” by the devastation caused by the flooding and pledged support to the families of those killed and to cities and towns facing significant damage. “In the hour of need, our country stands together,” Steinmeier said in a...

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18-year-old joining Blue Origin’s 1st passenger spaceflight
July 15, 2021
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An 18-year-old is about to become the youngest person in space, rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82. Blue Origin announced Thursday that instead of an auction winner launching with founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, Oliver Daemen will be on board. The company said he’ll be the first paying customer, but did not disclose the cost of his ticket. Also soaring on Blue Origin’s first launch with...

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Canadian government rejects virus shots in US...
July 15, 2021
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DETROIT (AP) — The Canadian government has rejected a creative plan to have Ontario residents line up inside a U.S. border tunnel to tap into a surplus of COVID-19 vaccine held by Michigan, a mayor said. A white stripe was painted inside the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in the Detroit River. Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens proposed that Canadians would stand along the border while health care workers jab them. “We’re not trying to send a man to the moon here. We’re...

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Flooding affects parts of Europe after heavy...
July 14, 2021
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BERLIN (AP) — Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, and a man swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany remained missing Wednesday. Firefighters resumed their search for the man in the Saxony state town of Joehstadt on Wednesday morning. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared. Firefighters in the city of Hagen, in the North Rhine-Westphalia state, rescued...

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Just in time for Tokyo games, Olympic...
July 14, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) — When the first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896, winners did not get gold medals as they will later this month when the Tokyo games get underway. Instead, they got silver, while runners-up got bronze. There were no medals for third place. One of those exceedingly rare first-place silver medals is for sale in an Olympics-themed auction that opens Thursday. The nearly 200-lot sale hosted by Boston-based RR Auction also includes a gold medal...

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The Latest: Ohtani gets win in two-way...
July 14, 2021
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DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Coors Field (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Shohei Ohtani unleashed his 100 mph heat while pitching a perfect inning for the win in becoming baseball’s first two-way All-Star, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. rocked Coors Field with a 468-foot home run and the American League breezed 5-2 for its eighth straight victory. Ohtani was 0 for 2 at the plate, grounding out twice as the AL’s leadoff man...

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Baseball All-Star Game becomes Greatest Sho on...
July 13, 2021
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DENVER (AP) — As five dozen All-Stars sat outside Coors Field ahead of the All-Star Game, they looked forward to the Greatest Sho on Earth. Shohei Ohtani is the starriest of them all, the center of attention for players and fans like no one before at baseball’s midsummer classic. Fans cheered when he was introduced Monday at a news conference located outdoors, across the street from Coors Field due to the pandemic. He competed in Monday night’s Home Derby...

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The Latest: Mets’ Alonso repeats as HR...
July 13, 2021
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DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the Home Run Derby (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Pete Alonso of the New York Mets became the third back-to-back Home Run Derby champion, beating No. 6 seed Trey Mancini in the final. Alonso and his blue-and-orange bat went 6 for 6 in a 28-second stretch to give him 23 homers in the final round after Mancini hit 22 in the thin Rocky Mountain air. The 26-year-old Alonso joins Hall of Famer Ken...

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Pirates draft Louisville C Davis at No....
July 12, 2021
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The Pittsburgh Pirates opened the amateur draft with a Louisville slugger. That freed up the Texas Rangers to grab another famous baseball name at No. 2. The Pirates selected Louisville catcher Henry Davis and the Rangers grabbed Vanderbilt pitcher Jack Leiter — son of big league All-Star Al Leiter — with the first two picks of Sunday night’s draft, the first held as part of All-Star weekend. “Fired up,” said Davis, wearing a Pirates hat and jersey moments after...

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Robert E. Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
July 11, 2021
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toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP’s Dick Uliano reports as the Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 8:05 a.m. $(function () { $(‘.fa-play’).on(‘click’, function(){ var audio_filename= $(‘div.wtop-audio-file’).data(“mp3-url”); ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Audio’, ‘play’, audio_filename); }); }); The Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday. (WTOP/Dick Uliano) WTOP/Dick Uliano Workers remove the monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Saturday, July 10, 2021 in...

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Billionaire Richard Branson flying own rocket to...
July 11, 2021
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Thrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson strapped in and set off Sunday on his boldest adventure yet — a bid to reach space aboard his own winged rocket ship. A successful flight would vault the nearly 71-year-old Branson past fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos, who is planning to fly to space in a craft of his own nine days from now. With a crowd of more than 500 people watching, a twin-fuselage aircraft with...

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AP PHOTOS: Miami’s historic Black Overtown gets...
July 11, 2021
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Dr. Nelson Adams III remembers when his grandparents’ home in Miami’s historic Black neighborhood of Overtown was razed to make way for a highway in the 1960s, forcing thousands to relocate from the area, known then as the “Harlem of the South” for its vibrant music and theater scene. Miami was one of numerous Black cities across the country where interstate highways were built, disrupting communities. Adams is hopeful the new Signature Bridge now being built over the area,...

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Dodgers tie franchise record with 8 HRs,...
July 11, 2021
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Turner and Mookie Betts hit grand slams, Albert Pujols and AJ Pollock each homered twice and the Los Angeles Dodgers matched a franchise record by connecting eight times in all, routing the Arizona Diamondbacks 22-1 on Saturday night. Cody Bellinger and Zach McKinstry also homered as the Dodgers matched a Los Angeles mark for runs, last scoring 22 in 2001 at Colorado. This was their highest-scoring game ever at Dodger Stadium, which opened in...

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