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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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Thai entrepreneur connects Michelin bistros to those...
June 14, 2020
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BANGKOK (AP) — Natalie Bin Narkprasert’s business was in Paris. But she was locked down by COVID-19 restrictions and stuck in Thailand. Her heart was in Thailand, too — and it ached for her compatriots who were suffering in the pandemic. She thought of her own grandmother. “She’s 94 years old, and then I really worried about her during COVID, like how is she going to cope and do things, so I just thought about all the people who...

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Secret Service, U.S. Park Police admit using...
June 14, 2020
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Protesters on Lafayette Square react to smoke canisters and what they believed to be tear gas on June 1. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In a statement released Saturday, the U.S. Secret Service admitted to using pepper spray to disperse the crowd of protesters at the north side of Lafayette Square on June 1. The Secret Service initially declined to reveal whether its officers had used sprays, rubber bullets or pepper balls ahead of the 7 p.m. curfew in the District...

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The Latest: 10 resign from SWAT team...
June 13, 2020
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TOP OF THE HOUR: — Dallas officials agree to 90-day ban on use of tear gas against demonstrators. — Judge orders pause on use of tear gas against protesters in Seattle. — Minneapolis council takes step toward abolishing police department. ___ HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Ten members of a South Florida police department’s SWAT team have resigned from the team, citing safety concerns and local officials’ “disdain” for the unit. The eight officers and two sergeants resigned from the...

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Group Pairing for the MLS is Back...
June 12, 2020
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Each club will play three group stage matches, all counting towards the 2020 MLS regular season standings Group stage dates and times to be determined (Orlando City vs. Inter Milan CF first match July 8th Top two teams in each group along with the four best third-place finishers move on to the knockout stage July 8: group stage begins July 25-25: Round-of-16 July 30-Aug. 1: Quarterfinals Aug. 5-6: Semifinals August 11: MLS is Back Tournament Final Group A (six...

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Llegó el verano y ahora sudas con...
June 11, 2020
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(CNN) – Hace calor. Estás sudado. Y si todavía eres consciente del coronavirus, entonces estás usando una máscara protectora. No, la humedad espesa del verano no lo hace fácil. Es posible que sientas el impulso de renunciar a las mascarillas hasta el otoño. Pero no lo hagas, advirtió Anne Rimoin, profesora de epidemiología en UCLA y directora del Centro de Salud Global e Inmigrante de esa universidad. MIRA: Cómo hacer tu propia mascarilla protectora “Es importante utilizar una máscara...

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Facing electoral headwinds, Trump brings back his...
June 10, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — As anyone who has ever heard him speak knows, President Donald Trump loves to relive 2016. He recycles old attack lines once aimed at Hillary Clinton. He recounts the drama of election night, complete with impersonations of stunned news anchors putting state after state (Pennsylvania! Wisconsin!) in the Republican’s column. At other times, in private calls from the White House residence, he reminisces about the camaraderie of those days, turning nostalgic as he remembers being...

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As business trickles back, hotels compete on...
June 8, 2020
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Marriott, Hilton and other big hotel companies are used to competing on price or perks. Now they are competing on cleanliness. From masked clerks at the front desk to shuttered buffets, hotels are making visible changes in the wake of the pandemic. Signage will tout new cleaning regimens: Red Roof Inns promise “RediClean,” while Hilton boasts of “CleanStay with Lysol.” Hotels are still mostly empty; in the U.S., occupancy stood at 37% the week ending May 30, down 43%...

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US outlines $4.6B plan to protect Miami...
June 6, 2020
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MIAMI (AP) — The federal government is proposing a $4.6 billion plan to protect the low-lying Miami area from the effects of climate change, including the construction of miles of sea walls. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft plan Friday calling for walls to protect the area from sea level rise that could reach about 13 feet (4 meters) in height. The Miami Herald reported Saturday that the plan is designed to protect tens of thousands...

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Players send video message to NFL about...
June 5, 2020
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NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas are among more than a dozen NFL stars who united to send a passionate video message to the league about racial inequality. The 70-second video was released on social media platforms Thursday night and includes Odell Beckham Jr., Deshaun Watson, Ezekiel Elliott, Jamal Adams, Stephon Gilmore and DeAndre Hopkins, among others. Thomas, the New Orleans Saints wide receiver who has led the league in receptions the past two...

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Storm season adds to pandemic worries for...
June 5, 2020
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Weeks ago, civil defense officials in Mexico’s Tabasco state, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and now Tropical Storm Cristobal, asked health authorities for daily lists of infections in vulnerable communities. State civil defense chief Jorge Mier y Terán designated a shelter in each township for people infected with the virus, but not hospitalized. His office advised Tabasco residents that during this hurricane season they should try to stay with relatives if...

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Mexicans protest George Floyd-style police brutality case
June 4, 2020
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — As protests rock the United States over the death of George Floyd, anger built in Mexico on Thursday over its own police brutality case: a young man allegedly beaten to death after officers detained him for not wearing a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic. An online campaign to bring Giovanni López’s killers to justice has drawn support from stars like Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, Authorities in the western state of Jalisco have said...

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Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary, defying a...
June 4, 2020
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HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied a police ban Thursday evening, breaking through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil on the 31st anniversary of China’s crushing of a democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. With democracy snuffed out in the mainland, the focus has shifted increasingly to semi-autonomous Hong Kong, where authorities for the first time banned the annual vigil that remembers victims of the 1989 crackdown. Beijing is taking a tougher stance...

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Pentagon-Trump clash breaks open over military and...
June 4, 2020
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests across the United States Wednesday, then reversed course on pulling part of the 82nd Airborne Division off standby in an extraordinary clash between the U.S. military and its commander in chief. Both Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper also drew stinging, rare public criticism from Trump’s first defense secretary, Jim Mattis, in the most public pushback of Trump’s presidency from the...

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CMT special focuses on good news work...
June 4, 2020
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country stars highlighted the heroic work of citizens and communities around the country who were coming together to help each other in the middle of the coronavirus epidemic during the “CMT Celebrates Our Heroes” TV special. But Wednesday’s show largely didn’t address the protesting and rallies for racial justice that have gripped the country in the previous week following the death of George Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck...

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More than 100 charged with looting, assaults...
June 4, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California authorities have charged more than 100 people with looting, assault and other crimes committed during and around protests while police in a San Francisco Bay Area city said Wednesday that a break-in suspect died after being shot by police who mistook his hammer for a gun. More than 3,000 people have been arrested in Los Angeles County since protests began last week, most accused of curfew violations. The county produced the lion’s share of...

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