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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.

 
Long, fraught timeline of tensions between Iran...
Iran and the United States will hold a third round of talks in Oman on Saturday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. The talks represent a milestone in the fraught relations between the two nations over Iran’s program, which is enriching uranium close to weapons-grade levels. Saturday’s discussions in Muscat, the Omani capital, also will be the first at the expert level, focused on the details that could make or break any accord. Here’s a timeline of the tensions...

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Cheech and Chong ride once more
NEW YORK (AP) — The irony tickles Cheech and Chong: The Palisades fire smoked them out of their homes. “I had to de-smoke my house,” Tommy Chong says, giggling. “Can you imagine that?” Chong and Cheech Marin ‘s houses, both in the Pacific Palisades, didn’t burn down. But as two of the few homes left standing (“We’re under suspicion,” jokes Chong), they’ve been uprooted. But being on the road has always been a more natural state for Marin and...

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Cam Ward goes to Titans at No....
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Cam Ward went from zero-star recruit to No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Travis Hunter cost Jacksonville a premium. Jaxson Dart was selected before Shedeur Sanders. While Ward, Hunter and Abdul Carter went 1-2-3 as expected, Sanders kept slipping. Sanders was passed over by every team that had a need for a potential franchise quarterback, even though some draft analysts had him rated higher than Ward. The New York Giants had two chances...

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Trump science cuts roil university labs, targeting...
Ashley Dayer’s dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with an infant in her arms and a shoestring laboratory budget. Competition is intense for NSF grants, a key source of funding for science research at U.S. universities. It took three failed applications and years of preliminary research before the agency awarded her one. Then came a Monday email informing Dayer that President Donald Trump’s administration...

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Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog returns to lineup...
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog followed all the cheers with a big early check to show, without a doubt, that he was indeed back. Landeskog started alongside Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas on Wednesday night in his first NHL game in nearly three years. He played just over four minutes in the first period, making an immediate impression in Game 3 by hitting Stars forward Mikko Rantanen, who used to be Landeskog’s teammate. It was an...

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Earthquake measuring 6.2 shakes Istanbul and injures...
ISTANBUL (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the Turkish city of 16 million people, though there were no immediate reports of serious damage. More than 150 people were hospitalized with injuries sustained while trying to jump from buildings, said the governor’s office in Istanbul, where residents are on tenterhooks because the city is considered at high risk for a major quake....

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Florida teacher loses job for using student’s...
VIERA, Fla. (AP) — School district officials on Florida’s Space Coast aren’t renewing the contract of a teacher who used a student’s chosen name without getting permission from the student’s parents in violation of Florida law. Dozens of students and parents showed up in support of teacher Melissa Calhoun at a Brevard Public Schools board meeting Tuesday night, demanding that her contract as an English teacher at Satellite High School be renewed. The 17-year-old student chose the preferred name...

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China reveals new team of astronauts for...
BEIJING (AP) — China announced Wednesday the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space. The Shenzhou 20 mission’s astronauts are Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie, Lin Xiqiang, deputy director general of China Manned Space Agency. They will replace three astronauts currently on the Chinese space station. Like those before them, they will stay there for roughly six months. The three will launch for...

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Alex Ovechkin makes more history with his...
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates after his winning goal in overtime of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series past against the Montreal Canadiens, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates after his winning goal in overtime of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series past against the Montreal Canadiens, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) WASHINGTON...

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Hunter Brown stars as the Astros shut...
HOUSTON (AP) — Hunter Brown struck out a season-high nine in seven innings, and the Houston Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Monday night. Brown (3-1) allowed two hits and walked one while extending his scoreless streak to 24 consecutive innings. Forrest Whitley finished the two-hitter. It was Houston’s second shutout of the season. Toronto was blanked for the second time this year. Jose Altuve hit a two-run double, helping the Astros win for the third time...

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Cuarto Agua regresa “unido” a La Casa...
Tras una semana candente y de alta explosividad, La Casa de los Famosos All-Stars vio cómo los integrantes de Agua se esforzaron por lograr la reconciliación y se presentaron unidos en una noche crucial. Las lágrimas de Niurka parecieron haber endulzado el corazón de Caramelo, quien accedió a limar asperezas con el resto de sus compañeros de Agua. Qué pasará este martes La prueba del líder será fundamental para el futuro de las alianzas y las estrategias dentro de...

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Judge temporarily blocks NYC mayor from allowing...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt a plan allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ahead of a hearing later this week. In a written order Monday, Judge Mary Rosado barred the city from “taking any steps toward negotiating, signing, or implementing any Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government” before an April 25 hearing in a suit challenging the plan. That hearing will focus...

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Skjelmose beats Pogačar in a photo finish...
VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Danish rider Mattias Skjelmose beat cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar by less than half a wheel’s length to win the Amstel Gold Race in a thrilling finish in the Netherlands on Sunday. In a three-way sprint to the line, double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel appeared to have won but Pogačar nudged ahead of him with a couple of meters to go, only for Skjelmose to surge down the left and pip him at the line. It...

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Florida State classes resume Monday after fatal...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Classes will resume at Florida State University on Monday, four days after a deadly shooting on campus left two people dead and six others injured, school officials said. Students and instructors will have the option of holding classes remotely or in person, depending on the class. The school has waived all mandatory attendance policies that could affect grades, so students won’t be punished if they choose not to go to class in person, FSU President...

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This Midwestern city has long been a...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees and oversight for safety net programs. Public service took her from Germany to Alaska to Kansas City, Missouri, where she moved last year for a long-sought promotion. But when she reported to a downtown federal building for work one day last month, her access card did not work. After a co-worker...

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