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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.

 
Middle East latest: Iran indirectly threatens US...
Iran on Sunday warned the U.S. to keep its military forces out of Israel. The comments came in a post on the social platform X long associated with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who helped reached Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Araghchi referred to the possibility that the U.S. might send one of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems to Israel. Any move of one of the systems, known by the acronym THAAD, to Israel would involve...

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In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms...
SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon Musk called it “science fiction without the fiction part.” Towering almost 400 feet (121 meters), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being...

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Mets go from rock bottom in May...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York Mets hit rock bottom in late May, the nadir being a three-game home sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets fell to a season-worst 11 games under .500 after getting outscored 18-5 in that series, punctuated by reliever Jorge López throwing his glove into the stands after getting ejected and then giving a bizarre postgame interview. The team cut him hours later. Star shortstop Francisco Lindor called a...

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Floridians evacuated for Hurricane Milton after wake-up...
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents who fled hundreds of miles to escape Hurricane Milton made slow trips home on crowded highways, weary from their long journeys and the cleanup work awaiting them but also grateful to be coming back alive. “I love my house, but I’m not dying in it,” Fred Neuman said Friday while walking his dog outside a rest stop off Interstate 75 north of Tampa. Neuman and his wife live in Siesta Key, where Milton...

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Today in Sports – Simone Biles becomes...
Oct. 13 1893 — The U.S. yacht Vigilant wins the America’s Cup with a three-race sweep over the British challenger Valkyrie II. 1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1947 — The NHL holds its first All-Star game with the All-Stars beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. Toronto’s Harry Watson scores the game’s first goal and assists on the other two goals. Trailing 3-2...

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Middle East latest: UN mission in Lebanon...
The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut. Earlier Friday, cross-border fire from Lebanon killed a young man from Thailand who was working on a farm in the north of Israel. At least 22 people were killed and 117 wounded in Israeli airstrikes that hit two areas in central Beirut on Thursday night, according to Lebanon’s health...

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Bruins score four times in a row...
BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman stopped 21 shots in his first game since signing a new contract, and Mark Kastelic had two goals on Thursday night as the Boston Bruins scored four times in a row to overcome an early deficit and beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-4. Elias Lindholm and Cole Koepke each had a goal and two assists for Boston, which lost 6-4 to the Florida Panthers in its season opener on Tuesday night. Charlie McAvoy and David...

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Dallas Stars score 4 goals in 5...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dallas scored three goals on consecutive shots in the second period to hold off the Nashville Predators 4-3 Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. Mason Marchment scored two goals in the win, while Roope Hintz and Jason Robertson each had a goal apiece for Dallas. Logan Stankoven had three assists. Filip Forsberg scored the first goal for Nashville in the second period and had an assist. Tommy Novak scored in the third....

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Gerrit Cole tosses playoff gem, shutting down...
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge doubles during the sixth inning in Game 4 of an American League Division baseball playoff series against the Kansas City Royals Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)(AP/Reed Hoffmann) New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge doubles during the sixth inning in Game 4 of an American League Division baseball playoff series against the Kansas City Royals Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)(AP/Reed Hoffmann) KANSAS CITY, Mo....

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18-year-old Macklin Celebrini scores a goal in...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Macklin Celebrini didn’t take long to make an impact for the San Jose Sharks. The 18-year-old rookie scored San Jose’s first goal of the season on his third shift as a pro Thursday night against the St. Louis Blues, signifying a brighter future ahead for a franchise that has been in the doldrums the last five years. Celebrini’s first career goal was a fortunate one. The former Boston University star came in on a...

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Stock market today: Wall Street rises toward...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding firm Wednesday following the latest scary swerves for markets in China. The S&P 500 was up 0.5% in midday trading and on track to top its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 262 points, or 0.6%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher. Leading the way were cruise-ship companies, whose customers stand to benefit from the surprisingly strong U.S....

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The Latest: Milton approaches Florida as a...
Hurricane Milton dropped to a Category 4 early Wednesday as it churns toward Florida’s west coast. The National Hurricane Center had predicted it would likely weaken, but remain a major hurricane when it makes landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday. The Tampa Bay area, home to more than 3.3 million people, faced the possibility of widespread destruction after avoiding direct hits from major hurricanes for more than a century. Follow AP’s coverage of tropical weather at https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes. Here’s the...

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Feeling stressed about the election? Here’s what...
If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally. Meditation and mindfulness teacher Rosie Acosta says focusing on each inhale and exhale can help regain that grounding sense of control that may be drowned out by the spiraling uncertainty of election season. Experts like Acosta, who works in Southern California for Headspace, a mental health company and app,...

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The Latest: Hurricane Milton takes aim near...
Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago into projectiles. While the storm had previously weakened, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that Hurricane Milton was once again a Category 5 storm. Follow AP’s coverage of tropical weather at https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes. Here’s the latest: Hurricane Milton picks up lateral speed as it...

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