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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.

 
Rookie defenders lead Jonathan Bond and Dynamo...
HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie defenders Pablo Ortiz and Felipe Andrade scored goals in the first starts of their careers, and Jonathan Bond posted his second clean sheet in five starts to help the Houston Dynamo cool off Minnesota United with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday night. Ortiz scored his first goal in his second career appearance, finding the net in the first minute of stoppage time for a 1-0 lead at the half. Andrade scored an insurance goal in...

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Rose and Jackson get posthumous reprieve, but...
It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It’s been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s. So when baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated both players on Tuesday — making them eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame — it might...

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The Latest: Cassie returns to the witness...
NEW YORK (AP) — The R&B singer Cassie returns to the witness stand Wednesday after a day spent recounting grotesque and humiliating details of life with her ex-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs. Prosecutors allege Combs used his fame and fortune to orchestrate an empire of exploitation, coercing women into abusive sex parties. His lawyers argue that, although he could be violent, he never veered into sex trafficking and racketeering. They contend all sexual acts were consensual. Here’s the latest: Cassie...

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Mikael Granlund gets 1st career playoff hat...
DALLAS (AP) — Mikael Granlund had his first career playoff hat trick, Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots and the Dallas Stars beat Winnipeg 3-1 on Tuesday night, taking a 3-1 series lead over the top-seeded Jets in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Mikko Rantanen upped his NHL-leading playoff total to 19 points (nine goals) with the primary assist on Granlund’s second goal that broke a 1-1 tie with 2:08 left in the second period and put...

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Trump in Saudi speech will urge Iran...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Donald Trump in a speech in Saudi Arabia will urge Iran to take a “new and a better path” as he pushes for new nuclear deal. Trump, according to excerpts of the speech to be delivered at the U.S.-Saudi investment conference, will also say he wants to avoid conflict with Tehran. “As I have shown repeatedly, I am willing to end past conflicts and forge new partnerships for a better and more stable...

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Modi says India has only paused military...
An Indian soldier feeds pigeons at a market, day after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades, in Srinagar, in Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)(AP/Mukhtar Khan) An Indian soldier feeds pigeons at a market, day after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals...

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Bright auroras on Jupiter are captured by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system’s largest planet displays striking dancing lights when high-energy particles from space collide with atoms of gas in the atmosphere near its magnetic poles, similar to how the northern lights are triggered on Earth. But Jupiter’s version has much greater intensity, according to an international team of scientists who analyzed the photos...

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Another Newark airport disruption as Trump’s transportation...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark’s airport for the “next several weeks” as it struggles with radar outages and other issues, including another Sunday that again slowed air traffic. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Duffy said he will meet this week with all major carriers flying through Newark Liberty International, New Jersey’s largest airport. He said the number of flight cutbacks would fluctuate...

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Mikko Rantanen has a goal and 2...
DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, including on the tiebreaking goal by Alexander Petrovic that was finally confirmed after a lengthy review as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Sunday to take 2-1 lead in the second-round Western Conference series. Officials reviewed Petrovic’s goal for well over five minutes and while determining there was a kicking motion, the goal was good after the puck went off goalie Connor Hellebuyck’s stick and...

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Whoops, waves, tears: Faithful react to Pope...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon. They unfurled flags from around the world, waved back as the first U.S. pope waved from the loggia, and whooped, hugged and wiped away tears as he shared a greeting for Mother’s Day. The crowd started pouring into the Vatican hours before the marching bands arrived and the...

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Unease lingers in Kashmir despite ceasefire between...
NEELUM VALLEY, Pakistan (AP) — Joy about an India-Pakistan ceasefire was short-lived in Kashmir. Tens of thousands fled the Indian-controlled part of the disputed region last week amid heavy shelling and drone attacks by Pakistan. Yet despite a ceasefire announced Saturday, only a handful of families returned to their homes Sunday. “We will go back only after complete calm prevails,” said Basharat Ahmed, who lives in Poonch district. “It doesn’t take much time for the two countries to start...

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Can the Dept. of Transportation and Sean...
Washington (CNN) — After 100 days as Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy says he has the best job in the government because he can make things safer for Americans. It’s a job that didn’t come with many days off since the moment the 53-year-old started. Duffy, sworn by Judge Clarence Thomas on the afternoon of Jan. 28, had his work cut out for him when the deadliest US airplane crash in nearly two decades happened the...

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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53...
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not so sure of the precise location. The European Space Agency’s space debris office also tracked the spacecraft’s doom after it failed to appear over a German radar station....

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Nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan are a...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A gun massacre of tourists on April 22 has pushed India and Pakistan a step closer to war, marking the biggest breakdown in relations since 2019. Conflict between India and Pakistan is not rare, with the two countries having periodically engaged in wars, clashes and skirmishes since gaining independence from British India in 1947. What’s different about this escalation is the frequency and intensity of strikes and retaliation. And U.S. President Donald Trump’s disengagement from...

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The Latest: Pakistan says India fired missiles...
State-run Pakistan Television said Saturday that retaliatory attacks are underway after India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan. It did not give details, and it was unclear which military locations in India were being targeted. “Multiple locations in India are being targeted in the retaliatory attacks,” the state-run media reported. India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday. It’s the latest escalation in a...

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