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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.

 
The Latest: Trump administration asks Supreme Court...
The White House is planning on Friday to unveil President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget, a sweeping framework that’s expected to propose steep reductions, if not a wholesale zeroing out, of various federal programs as part of his administration’s priorities. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported. Here’s the latest: PBS chief decries Trump’s executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR...

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Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88. Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, says her agent Mike Eisenstadt. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and was in hospice care. Shortly before her death, her husband, Kent Perkins, had posted a statement on...

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Brunson scores 40, Knicks top Pistons 116-113...
DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Brunson’s crossover dribble between his legs created space for a game-winning 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds left and he blew a kiss to a quiet crowd that relentlessly taunted him for three games. Brunson finished with 40 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 116-113 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night and into the second round of the NBA playoffs. “I stay poised and I rely on the trust and composure my...

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PHOTO ESSAY: Immigrants in the Texas Panhandle...
PANHANDLE, Texas (AP) — The truck driver is cutting his lawn on a windy afternoon, in a town so quiet you can take afternoon walks down the middle of Main Street. Kevenson Jean is leaving the next day for another long haul and wants things neat at the two-bedroom home he shares with his wife in the Texas Panhandle town fittingly called Panhandle. So after mowing he carefully pulls grass from around the flagpoles in his front yard. One...

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The ‘F1’ team on adapting some of...
“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski came to Formula One like many Americans: “Drive to Survive.” In that popular Netflix series, he saw the potential for a cinematic event, full of immersive thrills, the high stakes of the competitive racing world and the idea that your teammate could be your greatest rival. “I don’t think there’s any other sport that’s quite like that,” Kosinski said. “It’s ripe for drama.” The movies have loved car racing since their earliest days,...

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Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle...
PANHANDLE, Texas (AP) — The truck driver is cutting his lawn on a windy afternoon, in a town so quiet you can take afternoon walks down the middle of Main Street. Kevenson Jean is leaving the next day for another long haul and wants things neat at the two-bedroom home he shares with his wife in the Texas Panhandle town fittingly called Panhandle. So after mowing he carefully pulls grass from around the flagpoles in his front yard. One...

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Ukraine says it’s poised to sign a...
President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)(AP/Mystyslav Chernov) President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)(AP/Mystyslav Chernov) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is ready to sign an agreement that would give the U.S. access to its valuable rare...

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6 Ways to Make Sustainability A Part...
Having good intentions to live more sustainably can seems at odds with your budget. After all, purchasing “eco-friendly” labeled products or investing in greener options like solar panels on your home or an electric vehicle can get pricey. Still, a global PwC survey found that more than eight in 10 consumers say they are willing to pay more for sustainably produced or sourced goods. Suppose that’s not something you can swing, especially with inflation and higher everyday expenses. In...

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The Latest: US economy shrinks 0.3% in...
The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years. It was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before President Donald Trump imposed massive tariffs. Also, Trump has signed executive orders to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Here’s the latest:...

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Oui, chef! ‘Carême’ introduces world’s first (sexy)...
He’s a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he’s got moves like Jagger. Alas, Antonin Carême has been dead since the 1830s, but nobody’s perfect, right? Most people have heard of Napoleon, but not many are familiar — even in France — with the story of this chef who cooked for him and his contemporaries, rising from a poor kitchen boy to become a standard-bearer of French cuisine....

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Troubled SafeSport Center looks for a new...
DENVER (AP) — The letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley to the person now in charge of steadying the U.S. Center for SafeSport laid bare his views of festering problems at an agency he portrayed as having lost its way. Among the concerns the Iowa Republican outlined in that March 31 letter to the center’s board chair and now its interim CEO, April Holmes, included “repeated failure to adequately supervise SafeSport’s officers,” and a “concern that SafeSport is not prioritizing...

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This summer at the movies, superheroes, from...
Superman already has a lot on his broad shoulders. It seems unfair to add the fate of Hollywood to his worries. But that’s the kind of pressure that comes with being one of the biggest stars in the comic book universe, who is getting a grand reintroduction at a tumultuous time. Thankfully he’s not doing it alone — Marvel Studios is also returning to theaters in a big way with two movies this summer, “Thunderbolts” and “The Fantastic Four:...

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US strikes kill 8 in Yemen’s capital,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s capital killed at least eight people overnight, the Houthi rebels said Monday, as the American military acknowledged carrying out over 800 individual strikes in their monthlong campaign. The overnight statement from the U.S. military’s Central Command also said its “Operation Roughrider” targeting the rebels had “killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders,” including those associated with its missile and drone program. It did not identify any of...

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Defending champ Barcelona routs Chelsea 4-1 to...
Defending champion Barcelona reached the women’s Champions League final in dominant fashion on Sunday after winning 4-1 at Chelsea in their semifinal return leg to advance 8-2 on aggregate. Slick Barcelona stayed on course for a third straight Champions League title and fourth overall, and will meet either record eight-time winner Lyon or Arsenal in the final. They played their semifinal return leg in France later Sunday, with Lyon 2-1 up from the first leg. Lyon and Barcelona have...

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‘Not an exhibition’: Capital Classic set to...
One of the most prestigious high school boys basketball games in the nation is taking place this weekend in the D.C. region. The Capital Classic brings together the top young talent from the D.C. area as they take on some of the best players from the rest of the United States in a special showcase exhibition. The game, which is celebrating its 52nd anniversary, has a historic lineage that dates back to 1974. Peter Deoudes, owner of the showcase,...

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