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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.

 
Astronauts face final leg of SpaceX test...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of NASA astronauts face the final and most important part of their SpaceX test flight: returning to Earth with a rare splashdown. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken took part in a farewell ceremony Saturday at the International Space Station, several hours ahead of their planned departure on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Despite approaching Hurricane Isaias, NASA said the weather looks favorable for a Sunday afternoon splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near...

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The Latest: Florida coast preps for hurricane,...
MIAMI — Hurricane Isaias is heading toward the Florida coast, where officials say they were closing coronavirus testing centers and navigating safety measures for evacuation facilities. Officials in Miami have 20 evacuation centers on standby with social distancing in mind. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state was “fully prepared for this and any future storm during this hurricane season,” with stockpiles of personal protective equipment, generators, bottled water and meals ready to be distributed. The U.S. National Hurricane...

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Trump says he’ll act to ban TikTok...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. Trump’s comments came after published reports that the administration is planning to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok. There were also reports Friday that software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy the app. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from...

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EE.UU. perdió la oportunidad de controlar el...
(CNN) — Sin un esfuerzo nacional para apegarse a las medidas preventivas, dijo el principal médico de enfermedades infecciosas de Estados Unidos, será imposible predecir cuánto tiempo más durará la pandemia de covid-19 en el país. Estados Unidos está viendo un resurgimiento de las infecciones por coronavirus después de que los estados comenzaron a reabrir sus economías, con el número de casos ahora en más de 4,4 millones y el número de muertes en 152.070, según datos de la...

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NASA launches Mars rover to look for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off for the red planet Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life. NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of...

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Nonfiction 1. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump, PhD, narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 2. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps by Ben Shapiro, narrated by the author (Harper Audio) 3. The Space Race: An Audible Original by Colin Brake, Patrick Chapman, Richard Hollingham, Richard Kurti, Sue Nelson, Helen Quigley and Andrew Mark Sewell, narrated by Kate Mulgrew (Audible Originals) 4. The...

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OPINIÓN | ¿Por qué los próximos 100...
Nota del editor: Arick Wierson, quien escribe frecuentemente para CNN Opinión, es un productor de televisión ganador de un Emmy y exasesor sénior de medios para el alcalde de Nueva York, Michael Bloomberg. Asesora a clientes sobre estrategias de comunicación en Estados Unidos, África y América Latina. Síguelo en Twitter @ArickWierson. Bradley Honan, presidente ejecutivo de Honan Strategy Group, una firma demócrata de encuestas y análisis, ha asesorado las campañas de Bill y Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg y Tony...

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The Latest: 80,000 evacuating Vietnamese city due...
About 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, are being evacuated from the popular Vietnamese beach city of Da Nang after more than a dozen people there were confirmed to have COVID-19. The evacuations were announced Monday by the government. Vietnam, widely seen as a success in dealing with the coronavirus, reimposed a social distancing order in Da Nang following confirmation of the cases. A 57- year-old man was confirmed to be infected by the coronavirus on Saturday, the country’s first...

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Melania Trump announces Rose Garden ‘renewal’ project
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump has announced plans to redo the White House Rose Garden to make it more in line with the original design implemented during the 1960s Kennedy administration. The first lady says Monday in a statement that decades of use and changes made to support a modern presidency have taken a toll on the outdoor space just off the Oval Office. President Donald Trump has been using the Rose Garden a lot more lately to make...

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Belgium implements drastic plan to avoid another...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister on Monday unveiled a set of drastic social distancing measures aimed at avoiding a new general lockdown amid a surge of COVID-19 infections. Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes said that from next Wednesday contacts outside family circles will be limited to the same five people over the next four weeks. Belgian residents are currently allowed to meet with 15 different people. The measures don’t apply to children under the age of 12. “Our aim...

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Twitter faces backlash over handling of anti-Semitic...
LONDON (AP) — Some Twitter users are staging a 48-hour boycott of the platform over its handling of a stream of anti-Semitic comments that were posted on British rapper Wiley’s social media accounts. The boycott, under the hashtag #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate, followed complaints that Twitter was too slow to remove offensive material. Some offensive material was also posted on Instagram. U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to the social media companies demanding an explanation as to the speed of their...

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NYCFC upsets Toronto FC 3-1, advances to...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jesús Medina scored in the fifth minute, Valentín Castellanos doubled the lead early in the second half and Maxi Moralez provided the clinching goal late as New York City FC beat Toronto FC 3-1 on Sunday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the MLS is Back tournament. NYCFC was the last team to qualify for the knockout round of the tournament thanks to Houston’s draw against the LA Galaxy in the next-to-last...

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MLB returns with thrills; red flags remain...
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Series champion Washington Nationals stood six feet apart along the first base line and watched as a banner commemorating their title was raised, then took a knee alongside the New York Yankees in a call for social justice. Star slugger Juan Soto wasn’t there — he was flagged hours before the first pitch for COVID-19. Neither, of course, were any fans. Hardly ideal, but there was hardball nonetheless. “I’d rather be playing baseball...

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US diplomat says America keeps pushing to...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. continues to push for an end of the four-nation boycott of Qatar, even after the hospitalization of Kuwait’s ruling emir who led talks to resolve the yearslong dispute, a U.S. diplomat said Sunday. U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook acknowledged the challenge ahead on ending the crisis that’s torn apart the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates part of the boycott that’s targeted fellow...

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Actor John Saxon dies; ‘Enter the Dragon’...
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Actor John Saxon, whose good looks won him not only legions of female fans but also a wide array of roles, has died at his home in Tennessee, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He was 83. The entertainment news outlet quotes Saxon’s wife, Gloria, as confirming that the actor died of pneumonia on Saturday in Murfreesboro. He was best known for starring with Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon” and appeared in several “Nightmare on...

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