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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.

 
Emotional Carter acknowledges contentious exit from Toronto...
Former Toronto Raptors player Vince Carter speaks to media ahead of his number retirement, before an NBA basketball game between the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings at the Scotiabank arena in Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)(AP/Christopher Katsarov) Former Toronto Raptors player Vince Carter speaks to media ahead of his number retirement, before an NBA basketball game between the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings at the Scotiabank arena in Toronto on...

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Finnish players put on a show as...
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night. Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and Niko Mikkola had an assist for Florida, while Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist for the Stars. All seven Finns on the rosters started the game....

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The Latest: With just 5 days to...
Democrat Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to push past comments made by President Joe Biden about Donald Trump’s supporters and “garbage ″ and keep the focus on her Republican opponent in the closing days of the race. Donald Trump, meanwhile, showered former NFL star Brett Favre with praise on Wednesday at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the former Packers quarterback campaigned for the Republican presidential nominee...

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College athletes push for voter turnout while...
Lily Meskers faced an unexpected choice in the lead-up to the first major election she can vote in. The 19-year-old University of Montana sprinter was among college athletes in the state who received an inquiry from Montana Together asking if she was interested in a name, image and likeness deal to support Sen. Jon Tester, a three-term Democrat seeking re-election. The group, which is not affiliated with the Tester campaign, offered from $400 to $2,400 to athletes willing to...

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College athletes push for voter turnout while...
Lily Meskers faced an unexpected choice in the lead-up to the first major election she can vote in. The 19-year-old University of Montana sprinter was among college athletes in the state who received an inquiry from Montana Together asking if she was interested in a name, image and likeness deal to support Sen. Jon Tester, a three-term Democrat seeking re-election. The group, which is not affiliated with the Tester campaign, offered from $400 to $2,400 to athletes willing to...

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2024 MLS Playoff Glance
All Times EDT Wild Card Eastern Conference Tuesday, Oct. 22: Montreal 2, Atlanta 2, Atlanta advances 5-4 on penalty kicks Western Conference Wednesday, Oct. 23: Vancouver 5, Portland 0 First Round Best of 3 x-if necessary Eastern Conference Cincinnati 1 New York City 0 Monday, Oct. 28: Cincinnati 1, New York City 0 Saturday, Nov. 2: Cincinnati at New York City, TBD x-Sunday, Nov. 9: New York City at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Orlando 1, Charlotte FC 0 Sunday, Oct....

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Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed. The damage at the base in Shahroud raises new questions about Israel’s attack early Saturday, particularly as it took place in an area previously unacknowledged by Tehran and involved the Guard, a powerful force within...

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Kyrie Irving scores 23 points to lead...
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 23 points and Klay Thompson added 18 to lift the Dallas Mavericks over the Utah Jazz 110-102 on Monday night. Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks was wheeled off on a stretcher with a broken leg midway through the third quarter after he fell to the floor without any contact near the baseline beneath Utah’s basket. The team said he had a fractured right fibula and dislocated ankle. Luke Doncic had 15 points, nine rebounds...

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Middle East latest: Israel says it detained...
Israel’s military said it detained 100 suspected Hamas militants in a raid on a hospital in northern Gaza over the weekend, while its warplanes on Monday sent plumes of smoke rising over the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre. Israeli forces raided Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya on Friday, detaining 44 male staff, according to the World Health Organization. Palestinian medical officials said the hospital, which was treating some 200 patients, was heavily damaged in the raid. Israel...

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Latin superstar Bad Bunny backs Harris for...
FILE – Bad Bunny poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) FILE – Bad Bunny poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee...

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Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden Sunday, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics. With just over a week before Election Day, speakers labeled Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” called Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris “the devil,” and said the woman vying to become the...

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Biden marks anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue attack...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman’s deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza. The 2018 attack claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life congregations, which shared space in the synagogue in Squirrel Hill, the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community. Two worshippers and five responding police officers were...

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Harris calls on the United States ‘to...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris told a church congregation Sunday that the United States is “determined to turn the page on hatred and division.” The vice president’s visit to Philadelphia’s Church of Christian Compassion, where the pastor introduced her at a worship service as “the voice of the future,” was the first stop of the day in the largest city in swing state Pennsylvania and a critical Democratic stronghold. The presidential nominee is trying to energize supporters with a...

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Sabres beat the Red Wings 5-3
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored two goals and added an assist to help lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center on Saturday. Lucas Raymond had a short-handed goal, the first of his career, and an assist for the Red Wings in the loss. Rasmus Dahlin had three assists for the Sabres, who have won three straight games for the first time this season. Buffalo didn’t win three games...

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Dallas Stars nearly squander three-goal lead, hang...
DALLAS (AP) — Matt Duchene scored on a third-period power play and added an empty-netter in the final seconds as the Dallas Stars hung on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 Saturday. Duchene’s goal at 8:50 followed goals by Evgenii Dadonov in the first period and Jamie Benn in the second for a 3-0 lead. Ryan Donato ended Jake Oettinger’s shutout bid 44 seconds after Duchene’s goal, and Connor Bedard made it a one-goal game at 14:15. Duchene skated...

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