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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.

 
Terrorismo, un niño muerto y una “resurrección”:...
ALBUQUERQUE, Nuevo México – Un juez estadounidense condenó el miércoles a cuatro miembros de una familia a cadena perpetua por condenas derivadas de un caso federal de terrorismo y secuestro que comenzó en 2017 con la búsqueda de un niño pequeño que desapareció en Georgia y luego fue encontrado muerto cuando las autoridades allanaron un complejo en el norte de Nuevo México. La sentencia se produce meses después de que los jurados condenaran a los cuatro acusados en lo...

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Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who...
The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan’s Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field’s highest honor for what organizers called a long career focused on “multiplying opportunities for people to meet spontaneously, through precise, rational design strategies.” Yamamoto, 78, has spent a five-decade career designing both private and public buildings — from residences to museums to schools, from a bustling airport center to a glass-walled fire station — and prizing a spirit of community in all spaces. “By...

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Some urban lit authors see fiction in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Tyree, author of such urban lit narratives as “Flyy Girl” and “The Last Street Novel,” recently went to see the Oscar-nominated movie “American Fiction.” “I loved the emotions of the family,” Tyree said of the comic drama starring best actor nominee Jeffrey Wright as the struggling author-academic Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, Leslie Uggams as his ailing mother and supporting actor nominee Sterling K. Brown as his troubled and unpredictable brother. “I love seeing how Monk...

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France men, New Zealand women win finals...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — France beat an injury-hit Great Britain 21-0 in the men’s final of the Los Angeles Sevens on Sunday to claim its first title in the rugby sevens World Series in 19 years. The last time France won a Cup final was in Paris in 2005. The presence of 15s star Antoine Dupoint has energized the France team which has moved up from seventh to fourth place on the overall standings. New Zealand beat Australia 29-14...

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US shakes off shocking loss, advances to...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw scored in the first half, and the United States rebounded from its loss to Mexico with a 3-0 victory over Colombia on Sunday night to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. Lindsey Horan also converted a penalty in the opening minutes for the Americans, who shook off the embarrassment of their 2-0 loss to Mexico last Monday in the final game of group play. The U.S....

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Third baseman Matt Chapman and San Francisco...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — San Francisco manager Bob Melvin built the bulk of his sterling managerial reputation while leading the Oakland Athletics for 11 seasons from 2011 to 2021. Now the Giants have added one of Melvin’s former A’s stars who made those teams good. Third baseman Matt Chapman and the Giants have finalized their contract that guarantees him $54 million over the next three years, providing a reunion for the four-time Gold Glove winner and a manager who...

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Haiti declares a curfew as it tries...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew late Sunday in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country’s two biggest prisons. The 72-hour state of emergency went into immediate effect as the government said it would set out to find the killers, kidnappers and other violent criminals that it reportedescaped from the prison. “The police were ordered...

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Messi, Súarez score twice as Inter Miami...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The scoring artistry that Lionel Messi and Luis Súarez showcased often during their six years in Barcelona was on full display again Saturday. Inter Miami hopes it’s a sign of repeated performances. Messi and Súarez scored two goals each and Inter Miami routed Orlando City 5-0, the largest victory margin in team history. Messi had consecutive goals during a quick span early in the second half. It was his first two-goal game in MLS...

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Stars rookie Logan Stankoven scores in 3rd...
DALLAS (AP) — Stars rookie Logan Stankoven scored for the third time in his four NHL games, Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist, and Dallas beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Thursday night to take over the top spot in the Central Division. Pavelski and Stankoven scored 96 seconds apart late in a three-goal first period for the Stars, who had won only once in their previous seven games. Jason Robertson got them started with his 20th...

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‘What NIL stands for: Now it’s legal’:...
Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA insisted that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make a difficult situation across the country even more chaotic. The NCAA lost that argument last week when a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia. The antitrust suit challenges NCAA rules against recruiting inducements, saying they inhibit...

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2 men convicted of killing Run-DMC’s Jam...
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay was brazenly gunned down in his recording studio, two men close to him were convicted Tuesday of murder, marking a moment authorities had long awaited in one of the hip-hop world’s most elusive cases. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury found Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington guilty of killing the pioneering DJ in 2002 over what prosecutors characterized as revenge for a failed drug deal....

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Bucks roll to 123-85 blowout of Hornets...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points, Damian Lillard had 23 points and Bobby Portis scored 21 as the Milwaukee Bucks pounded the Charlotte Hornets 123-85 for their most lopsided victory of the season on Tuesday night. Milwaukee rolled to a 58-26 lead at the break by holding Charlotte to the lowest point total any team had produced in a half all season. This represented the second-lowest point total the Bucks had ever allowed in the first half...

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US Army is slashing thousands of jobs...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. The cuts will mainly be in already-empty posts — not actual soldiers — including in jobs related to counter-insurgency that swelled during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars...

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Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon. Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels. Based on the position of Earth and the moon, officials expect that to happen Tuesday morning. That’s two to three days short...

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Mittelstadt’s shootout goal seals Buffalo Sabres 3-2...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres solved several of their season-long inconsistencies when Casey Mittelstadt scored in the fourth shootout round of a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night. The victory extended the Sabres’ modest winning streak to a season-high three straight — their best since a 3-0 run from April 6-10 last season. Buffalo won for just the second time in seven home games while evening its overall record at 27-27-4 — the first...

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