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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.

 
PBS ‘Masterpiece’ series ‘The Gold’ explores Britain’s...
NEW YORK (AP) — In 1983, six thieves muscled their way into a warehouse near Heathrow Airport, expecting to find a large sum of foreign currency. They got much more than they bargained for — 26 million pounds worth of gold bars. What happened in the days and years next is the subject of PBS’ “Masterpiece” enthralling series “The Gold,” which traces the ripple effects of Britain’s biggest robbery, going from a local search to infiltrating an international money...

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Morgan Wallen denied throwing chair off bar...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar roof before and after he was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment in 2024, police video obtained by The Associated Press shows. Roughly two weeks after his April 2024 arrest, Wallen commented on social media: “I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility” and said he “made amends” with Nashville law enforcement and others. Then...

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Napheesa Collier tells of private chat with...
Napheesa Collier delivered a blistering assessment of the WNBA and its commissioner on Tuesday as she sat in front of the media with a prepared statement, disclosing private conversations she said she had with Cathy Engelbert that portrayed her as a leader who lacks accountability. The Minnesota Lynx star spoke for more than four minutes on topics ranging from Caitlin Clark — and her value to the league — to inconsistent officiating, which she feels Engelbert and the WNBA...

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Apple Podcasts – Top New Shows
Top New Shows (US) 1. Deadly Engagement, Dateline NBC 2. Curse of: America’s Next Top Model, iHeartPodcasts 3. Dancing with the Stars Official Podcast, BBC Studios 4. Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin, Lemonada 5. Sharp or Square, iHeartPodcasts and The Volume 6. The Missing Sister, Wondery 7. Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright, Audacy 8. Crimes Of…, Crime House 9. Legally Brunette, iHeartPodcasts 10. Incels, iHeart True Crime Source

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The Latest: Congressional leaders meet with Trump...
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed, adding to the strain...

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Cameron Young, a native New Yorker, was...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — When the U.S. needed a spark, Cameron Young delivered. The New York native, playing about an hour’s drive from where he grew up, sank five birdies in his Ryder Cup debut Friday as he and Justin Thomas beat Europe’s Rasmus Højgaard and Ludvig Åberg 6 and 5. Young ended the match with a birdie on the par 5 13th hole. It was one of two matches the U.S. won all day, and the only one...

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Music Review: Olivia Dean breaks down ‘The...
Olivia Dean, the rising British soul pop singer-songwriter, has returned with a confident sophomore album, “The Art of Loving.” Across 12 tracks, Dean cements her spot in a growing class of talented young U.K.-born vocalists — think Raye and Lola Young — as she embraces her role as a traditionalist and a romantic. The album lands Friday, on the heels of Dean’s late summer hit, “Man I Need,” which has continued to rise on the Billboard Hot 100 and...

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Russia is helping China to prepare for...
LONDON (AP) — Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a U.K.-based defense and security forum. The Royal United Services Institute’s analysis is based on around 800 pages of documents, including contracts and lists of equipment to be supplied by Moscow to Beijing, from the Black Moon hacktivist group, which previously published some of the documents online. It...

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Tigers and Guardians tied atop AL Central...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit manager A.J. Hinch knows the Tigers’ 4-2 win over Cleveland Thursday night counts as only one game in the standings. However, the victory gave the Tigers plenty of momentum going into the final series of the regular season. “Everybody needs to see a little bit of positivity in the game,” Hinch said. “I think everybody takes a collective breath and say, ‘here we go,’ We know these games matter the most. Even though they count...

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Wild owner Leipold expresses patience with Kaprizov...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have yet to secure star forward Kirill Kaprizov beyond this season with a long-term contract. Owner Craig Leipold is trying to remain patient and stay in his lane, fully confident in leaving the process to general manager Bill Guerin and his assistants. “Billy’s the guy. He’s the one that does the negotiating, no matter who it is, and that’s his responsibility and his role,” Leipold said on Thursday night. “We’ve got...

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Hong Kong lawmakers pass bill to ban...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Friday mandating a minimum size, an exclusive bathroom and other standards in subdivided apartments — a common living arrangement in one of the world’s least affordable cities. About 220,000 people live in dwellings created by dividing regular apartments, including migrants, workers, students and young professionals. Some of the spaces have a toilet bowl next to the cooking area, no bathroom sink or washroom shared among neighbors. Beijing, which sees...

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The Latest: OMB tells agencies to draft...
The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose funding would lapse next week, is not otherwise funded and is “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” That would be a much more aggressive step than in previous shutdowns, when federal workers not deemed essential...

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Russia is tracking two satellites used by...
BERLIN (AP) — Russia is currently tracking two Intelsat satellites used by the German military, a senior minister said on Thursday German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius revealed the active operations as he announced a €35 billion ($41 billion) investment in his country’s space programs over the next five years. Pistorius said Russia and China have the capability to engage in space warfare and already occupy strategic positions in space. “They can jam, blind, manipulate, or kinetically disrupt satellites,” he...

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The Latest: Hundreds of federal employees laid...
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. Those who accept must report to work on Oct. 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation. “Ultimately, the outcome was the agency...

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Chinese architect Yu Kongjian among 4 killed...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A small aircraft has crashed in Brazil, killing four people including the distinguished Chinese architect and urbanist Yu Kongjian, Brazil’s vice president said on Wednesday. The crash occurred on Tuesday evening as the plane was attempting to land at a large farm approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the municipality of Aquidauana in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state, firefighters said. There was no immediate information on what caused the crash. Yu conceived the...

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