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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.

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Lakers add Dalton Knecht, Kings grab Devin...
June 27, 2024
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PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA’s Pacific Division wasn’t the destination for 18-year-old phenoms during the draft’s first round on Wednesday night. Instead, these teams sought grown men who could hopefully help right away. The Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns picked in the mid-to-late first round and were on the hunt for veteran college players who could be rotation players during a potentially deep playoff run next spring. The Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors didn’t...

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2024 NBA draft tracker: List of first-round...
June 27, 2024
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The players selected in the first round of the NBA draft Wednesday night in New York. ___ 1. Atlanta Hawks — Zaccharie Risacher, forward, 6-9, 215, JL Bourg-en-Bresse (France) Scouting report: A developing player with two-way potential. Has guard skills and showed catch-and-shoot ability after making 39% of 3-pointers between league and Eurocup play. Turned 19 in April and must get stronger. Averaged 0.9 assists and 1.6 turnovers to highlight a need to improve as a playmaker. 2. Washington...

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What’s left for the Supreme Court to...
June 26, 2024
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has a dozen cases still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from abortion to social media. The justices are also still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the election interference case against him, roughly two months after hearing arguments. Though the justices typically issue all of their rulings by the end of June, this term they are expected to continue into early July....

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Dream leaning on veteran Tina Charles to...
June 26, 2024
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Top scorer Rhyne Howard is out indefinitely with an ankle injury, making it more important for veteran Tina Charles to add punch to the Atlanta Dream’s low-scoring attack as they attempt to remain in the WNBA playoff picture. Coach Tanisha Wright and the Dream are leaning on experienced leadership from Charles, a former MVP who is on the cusp of moving into the top three of the league’s all-time scoring list. The Dream (6-9),...

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Paris Games: Welcome to the weird world...
June 25, 2024
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Kylian Mbappé wanted to be there. France coach Thierry Henry wanted it too. In the end, not even French president Emmanuel Macron could pull enough strings to free up his country’s finest soccer player to compete in the Paris Games. Welcome to the weird of world of men’s Olympic soccer. The world’s most popular sport occupies a strange space at the Games — confused by compromises and contortions that appear designed to ensure it remains a part of the...

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Athing Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters...
June 25, 2024
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat came crashing down on the backstretch of the first lap of the 800-meter final at U.S. track trials Monday. Racing in the middle of the pack, Mu got tangled up with a bunched group of runners and went crashing to the ground and rolled onto her back, her bright pink shoes flailing toward the sky. Mu got back to her feet and finished, but was more than...

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Off the TV screen and into real...
June 24, 2024
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NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC is inviting its fans to a one-day “Democracy 2024” event this September with live panels and a dinner with stars like Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes and Ari Melber, part of the company’s entrance into the burgeoning field of events journalism. Live events are a growing business for many news outlets, forced to think of different ways to make money with readership, viewership and advertising revenue declining. MSNBC has ramped up its effort this year...

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Lo’eau LaBonta scored twice as KC Current...
June 24, 2024
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Lo’eau LaBonta scored twice in the first half and the Kansas City Current remained unbeaten this season with a 4-1 road victory over the Portland Thorns on Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League. The Current (9-0-5) are undefeated in 16 games dating to last year, matching the NWSL record set by the Seattle Reign to start the 2014 season. Temwa Chawinga and Stine Ballisager also scored for the Current. The Current built a 3-0 lead before halftime. Thorns...

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Millions in the US prepare for more...
June 23, 2024
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Millions of Americans prepared to sweat through yet another scorching day, with the potential for rolling storms later Sunday to bring relief from the sweltering heat for at least some. Floodwaters inundated parts of the Midwest, including a town in Iowa evacuated after being submerged up to the rooftops. Across the country in California, daily highs in the state’s Central Valley were expected to stay in the triple digits (over 37 Celsius) into Monday. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine,...

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How Oliver Platt moonlights on ‘The Bear,’...
June 21, 2024
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LONDON (AP) — Timing is everything. After nine years as Dr. Daniel Charles on NBC’s “Chicago Med,” Oliver Platt decided to flex his acting muscles, asking his agent if there was someone else he could play for a bit. The first offer that came in? Uncle Jimmy in “The Bear.” This was before FX’s hot kitchen comedy-drama had been on air and no one knew that Christopher Storer’s show would go on to be an award-winning, star-making smash hit....

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Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia...
June 21, 2024
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if it is acting in self-defense, the Pentagon said. President Joe Biden initially loosened the restrictions on how Ukraine could use U.S.-provided munitions to give it another option to defend the eastern city of Kharkiv from a relentless barrage of Russian missiles. Since the beginning of Russia’s 2022 invasion, the...

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Messi creates both goals as Argentina opens...
June 21, 2024
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ATLANTA (AP) — Lionel Messi’s through ball led to Julián Álvarez’s goal in the 49th minute, then he assisted on Lautaro Martínez’s goal in the 88th as Argentina began the defense of its Copa America title with a 2-0 victory over Canada on Thursday night. Argentina is seeking its third straight major title after winning the 2021 Copa America and the 2022 World Cup. “It’s been a long time since we’ve done this,” Messi said through a translator, “but...

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So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting...
June 20, 2024
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FILE – The Amazon logo is seen, June 15, 2023, at the Vivatech show in Paris. Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages to using recycled paper filling instead, a move that’s more environmentally friendly and secures items in boxes better. The company said Thursday, June 20, 2024 that it’s already replaced 95% of the plastic air fillers with paper filler in North America and is working toward complete removal by year’s end. (AP Photo/Michel...

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Juneteenth: What’s open, what’s closed in the...
June 18, 2024
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On June 19, 1865, a Union general informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended — two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery. June 19 — or Juneteenth — was recognized by Congress as the 12th federal holiday in 2021. Most local governments across D.C., Maryland and Virginia observe Juneteenth, which will be celebrated this Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know about D.C.-area government schedule modifications and...

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Celtics win 18th NBA championship with 106-88...
June 18, 2024
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BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum put his hands behind his head, with TD Garden fans standing on their feet cheering around him, and took it all in. Walking to the bench, he wrapped both arms around Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. The journey was complete. The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions. Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, and the Celtics topped the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 on Monday night to win the franchise’s 18th championship,...

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