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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.

 
Khudobin, Stars beat Knights to take 3-1...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Anton Khudobin made three of his 32 saves on a crucial 5-on-3 penalty kill late, Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn scored in the second period and the Dallas Stars are a victory away from the Stanley Cup Final after beating the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 Saturday night in Game 4. Dallas pushed Vegas to the brink of elimination despite being outshot 33-20. The Stars have 92 shots to the Golden Knights’ 130, yet lead the...

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Yelich scores on Braun’s fly in 9th,...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich scored on Ryan Braun’s ninth-inning sacrifice fly, Brandon Woodruff pitched seven innings of one-hit ball and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Friday night as they tried to climb back into playoff contention. Woodruff, Devin Williams and Josh Hader (1-1) combined on a two-hitter with 16 strikeouts. Coming off a 19-0 rout of Detroit, Milwaukee pitchers extended their scoreless streak to 19 innings . The Brewers have pitched consecutive shutouts for...

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Combat vet killed by Texas deputy buried...
MONTEVALLO, Ala. (AP) — His Army stint complete after serving in Afghanistan, Damian Daniels left Alabama to begin a new life in Texas. He bought a house, enrolled in college and supported the Black Lives Matter movement. Black himself, Daniels was working to start a new business when paranoid hallucinations began last month and a brother sought help from police. Shot dead by officers who were sent to aid him, Daniels was buried Friday on Sept. 11, the anniversary...

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Radulov scores 31 seconds into OT as...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Alexander Radulov scored 31 seconds into overtime on a wrister from the middle of the right circle and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference final. Radulov’s third career overtime goal was his second this postseason, and the only shot in the extra time. Anton Khudobin had 38 saves, including 16 in the third after giving up two goals earlier...

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Altered practices due to virus could lead...
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out most spring practices and disrupted the rhythm of college football’s preseason, with player quarantines, uncertainty about playing games — or both. It also prompted some coaches to make a decision about how much live blocking and tackling there would be in practices. There was a balance to strike, especially when the date of the first game was a moving target. Mitigating players’ risk of infection was always in the back of coaches’ minds. West...

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The Latest: Imperial College expert warns of...
LONDON — The epidemiologist whose modelling heavily influenced the British government to impose a lockdown in March has warned that fresh restrictions may have to be re-imposed in coming weeks to deal with a rise in new coronavirus cases. Neil Ferguson from Imperial College London said he was “encouraged” that the government is banning social gatherings of more than six people from Monday, noting that “one of the mistakes” in the early days of the pandemic this year was...

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A Md. daughter’s struggle, a family’s loss...
Brooke’s House, an outpatient residential treatment facility for women, was the dream of a young Maryland girl struggling with opioid addiction. Brooke Simmers didn’t live to see that dream realized. She died of a drug overdose at the age of 19. That was in April 2015. Recently, Brooke’s House was recognized by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot for the work being done to aid women in recovery. Brooke Simmers was, according to her father, Kevin Simmers, “loud and obnoxious, always...

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Innovative, ultramodern SoFi Stadium ready to welcome...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When Stan Kroenke asked his fellow NFL owners for permission to return pro football to Los Angeles nearly a half-decade ago, he won them over by promising something nobody else could realistically deliver. The Rams owner vowed to build a football palace. The billionaire proposed a luxurious, massive new home for his NFL team, a landmark that would become the most important sports arena in North America’s second-largest city for the next century. Kroenke dazzled...

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The Latest: Las Vegas children contract inflammatory...
LAS VEGAS — Health officials said Tuesday that eight Las Vegas-area children under age 14 who tested positive for COVID-19 since March were also diagnosed with a rare inflammatory condition linked with the coronavirus. The Southern Nevada Health District said all the children were hospitalized and released, and the district has begun adding daily tallies of confirmed cases of the illness to its daily online coronavirus response report. Not all children exhibit the same symptoms, and the district said...

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The Latest: Australia OKs funding for two...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia announced on Monday it had struck supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion) over two potential COVID-19 vaccines. Under the agreement, Britain’s University of Oxford in collaboration with AstraZeneca and Australia’s University of Queensland working with CSL will provide more than 84.8 million vaccine doses for Australia’s population of 26 million people, almost entirely manufactured in the Australian city of Melbourne, a government statement said. Australians would have...

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DC music scene rocked by pandemic appeals...
Keeping local music venues alive in D.C. will require city funds, according to one coalition. Using the hashtag #SaveDCVenues, the campaign by DC Music Stakeholders is hoping to convince D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council to adopt legislation that would help local clubs and restaurants that rely on live music for their income. DC Music Stakeholders is a coalition of venue owners, area musicians, activists and other nonprofit leaders that have been working together since the coronavirus...

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Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus,...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count. The primary season brought voters to an outdoor wedding-style tent in Vermont and the state fairgrounds in Kentucky. The general election on Nov. 3 is expected to include voting at NBA arenas...

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Greta documentary a fuller portrait of climate...
VENICE (AP) — A documentary on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, making its premiere Friday at the Venice Film Festival, is seeking to remind a world consumed with the coronavirus crisis that the climate crisis is just as urgent and isn’t going away. Thunberg appeared by video conference from school on Friday for the Venice launch of “I Am Greta,” which is screening out of competition. The film follows the Swedish environmentalist from the beginning of her school strikes...

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Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered the military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite Congressional efforts to continue funding the century-old publication. The order to halt publication by Sept. 30, and dissolve the organization by the end of January, is the latest salvo in the Pentagon’s move earlier this year to cut the $15.5 million in funding for the paper from the department’s budget. And it is a reflection...

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Prince George’s County police officer indicted after...
A grand jury has indicted a Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman back in June. Cpl. Brian Newcomer, 36, was indicted on attempted second-degree rape, three counts of second-degree assault, false imprisonment, a fourth-degree sex offense and other charges, according to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Newcomer was arrested July 31 by Maryland State Police, a day after a woman he knew spoke to police. Prince George’s County State’s Attorney...

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