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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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New Cuban tourism system to isolate visitors...
June 30, 2020
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HAVANA (AP) — With the coronavirus waning in Cuba, the government plans to restart its tourism industry by sending visitors to five narrow islands that will offer all-inclusive vacations and keep foreigners isolated from the rest of the nation. The state-run system scheduled to debut Wednesday is designed to reopen a vital source of economic activity without reintroducing the virus to the country of 11 million people, where new cases have dwindled to just a handful a day. Tourists...

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The Latest: SKorea sees COVID-19 cases spread...
June 30, 2020
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported 43 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 from across the country as infections begin to spread beyond the greater capital area, which has been at the center of a virus resurgence since late May. The figures announced by South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday brought national totals to 12,800 cases, including 282 deaths. Seventeen of the new cases came from the Seoul metropolitan area, where about half of...

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Kim Kardashian West sells stake in beauty...
June 29, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is selling a stake in her beauty brand for $200 million, in a deal that values the TV reality star’s three-year-old business at $1 billion. The buyer is Covergirl owner Coty Inc., which will get a 20% stake in KKW Beauty. Coty seems to be enamored with the Kardashians: Last year, it bought a 51% stake in the makeup line started by Kardashian West’s younger sister, Kylie Jenner. “Kim is a true...

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Critics slam country artists for playing for...
June 29, 2020
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fellow musicians and fans alike are criticizing country artists who performed at outdoor concerts this weekend where social media pictures showed large, tight crowds without masks, even as COVID-19 cases resurge in the United States. Country singer Chase Rice posted video of his concert in East Tennessee with the words “We Back,” on the same week state health officials reported the biggest one-day jump in people testing positive for the coronavirus. Country star Kelsea Ballerini...

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A list of winners at the 2020...
June 29, 2020
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A list of winners at the 2020 BET Awards, which aired virtually Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic. ____ — Video of the year: DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend, “Higher” — Best female R&B/pop artist: Lizzo — Best male R&B/pop artist: Chris Brown — Best female hip-hop artist: Megan Thee Stallion — Best male hip-hop artist: DaBaby — Best new artist: Roddy Ricch — Best group: Migos — Best collaboration: Chris Brown featuring Drake, “No Guidance”...

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Look away, Dixie: Mississippi to lose rebel...
June 29, 2020
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. Spectators cheered and applauded after the historic votes in the House and Senate. Each chamber had broad bipartisan support for the landmark decision. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, and the state flag will lose its...

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In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride,...
June 28, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — There will be protest, and rainbow flags and performances — it is LGBTQ Pride, after all. But what is normally an outpouring on the streets of New York City is going to look a little different this year, thanks to social distancing rules required by the coronavirus. With the city’s massive Pride parade canceled, the performances Sunday will be virtual, the flags will be flying in emptier than normal spaces, and the protesters will be...

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NWSL players kneel during the national anthem
June 28, 2020
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Players for the Portland Thorns and the North Carolina Courage knelt during the national anthem Saturday when the National Women’s Soccer League opened the Challenge Cup tournament in Utah. The players and coaches wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts in warmups before the game, which was nationally televised on CBS. The players also knelt during a moment of silence before kickoff. “We took a knee today to protest racial injustice, police brutality and systemic racism against Black people and people...

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Radioactivity hike seen in northern Europe; source...
June 27, 2020
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HELSINKI (AP) — Nordic authorities say they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials said may be from a source in western Russia and may “indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant.” But Russian news agency TASS, citing a spokesman with the state nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom., reported that the two nuclear power plans in northwestern Russia haven’t reported any problems. The Leningrad plant near St. Petersburg and...

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Mississippi could strip Confederate symbol from state...
June 27, 2020
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers could vote this weekend to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice. People for and against the current flag were gathering at the state Capitol on Saturday morning as lawmakers arrived. Karen Holt of Edwards, Mississippi, was with several people asking lawmakers to adopt a new banner with a magnolia, which is both the...

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Dendoncker winner pushes Wolves up to 5th...
June 27, 2020
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Wolverhampton Wanderers moved into fifth place in the Premier League on Saturday thanks to midfielder Leander Dendoncker’s second-half goal in a 1-0 win at local rival Aston Villa. A fifth win from six league games sent Wolves above Manchester United and two points behind fourth-place Chelsea in the race for a Champions League place next season. Chelsea and Man United have a game in hand on Wolves, while 19th-place Villa stays in serious relegation trouble...

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What to wear: Feds’ mixed messages on...
June 27, 2020
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Forgive the American people if they’re in a fog about face masks. President Donald Trump and the federal government have done a number on them. First there was the don’t-do-it phase. Then the nice-but-not-for-me dissonance. Followed by the local-rules-don’t-apply exceptions. Topped off by Trump’s stated suspicion that some people wear masks just to troll him. It has all added up to a murky message about one of the critical tools in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. And the...

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La NASA ofrece US$ 35.000 en premios...
June 27, 2020
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(CNN) — La NASA quiere que ayudes a que los retretes lleguen a la Luna, por lo que ofrece premios con un valor de 35.000 dólares a quienes diseñen inodoros que puedan usar allí los astronautas. La agencia espacial se ha fijado la ambiciosa meta de enviar astronautas a la Luna para 2024 y la tripulación obviamente tendrá que ir al baño durante la misión. La NASA podría adaptar el diseño del inodoro para el aterrizaje lunar de la...

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Agencies and contractors alike, welcome to the...
June 26, 2020
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This content is sponsored by MAXIMUS. As the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve and we entered a new decade, optimism filled the air. But just a few months later, life for most people around the world changed dramatically in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. People from all walks of life have struggled to cope with a life of quarantine and limited interaction with friends and families. We have completely reshaped how we manage our daily lives, with...

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Some states pause reopening as virus cases...
June 26, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus crisis deepened in Arizona on Thursday, and the governor of Texas began to backtrack after making one of the most aggressive pushes in the nation to reopen, as the daily number of confirmed cases across the U.S. closed in on the peak reached during the dark days of late April. While greatly expanded testing probably accounts for some of the increase, experts say other measures indicate the virus is making a comeback. Daily...

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