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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.

 
Carnival parades on the French Riviera celebrate...
MENTON, France (AP) — As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera. The Mediterranean town of Menton showcased its lush citrus and celebrated the upcoming Olympics in Paris during its Carnival parade on Sunday. Sculptures of athletes assembled from lemons and oranges decorated the streets and rode on giant floats. Nice, the Rivera’s capital, kicked off its annual Carnival season on Saturday night with a pop...

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Damian Lillard uses late shooting flurry to...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard defended his NBA 3-point contest title by finishing with 26 points in the final round during All-Star Saturday night. Lillard, who won with Portland last season, became the eighth player to win at least two 3-point crowns and the first since Jason Kapono in 2007 and 2008 to do it in consecutive years. This one nearly ended without Lillard advancing to the final round. Four players — Lillard, Tre Young of...

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy warns of an ‘artificial deficit’...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the students during Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)(AP/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the students during Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)(AP/Efrem Lukatsky) MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned allies Saturday that an “artificial deficit” of arms for his country risks giving Russia breathing space, highlighting the need for artillery...

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Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. The report, issued Friday, comes days before a U.N-convened meeting in the Qatari capital is set to start, with member states and special envoys to Afghanistan due to discuss engagement with the Taliban and the country’s crises, including the human rights situation. The Taliban...

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Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket reaches planned...
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan Saturday, successfully reaching its planned trajectory and releasing one of the two payloads in a key second test, overcoming its failed debut launch a year ago and buoying hope for the country to stay competitive in the global space race. The H3 rocket blasted off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center on time Saturday morning, two days after its...

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NBA talks about the role of AI...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NBA has used artificial intelligence for some time. It helps the league generate highlights in real time, gives referees assistance when determining if goaltending occurred, translates play-by-play into multiple languages and even powers the league’s app. And more is undoubtedly on the way. The league unveiled NB-AI, technology that the league says will “personalize the live game viewing experience,” at the annual All-Star tech summit Friday. Commissioner Adam Silver kicked off the event by showing...

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A chaotic US House is losing three...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a single week, the Republican chairs of three House committees announced they would not be seeking reelection, raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress is driving out some of the GOP’s top talent. What makes the retirements particularly noteworthy is that none of the chairs were at risk of losing their position due to the term limits that House Republicans impose on their committee leaders. They conceivably could have returned to...

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Live updates | Israeli troops raid main...
Israeli troops entered the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday in what the army said was a limited operation seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas. One patient died and seven were wounded when Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis came under fire on Wednesday, Dr. Khaled Alserr, one of the remaining surgeons at the hospital, told The Associated Press. Israeli troops, tanks and snipers have surrounded the hospital compound for at least a...

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The women’s scoring record belongs to Pearl...
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Long before Iowa star Caitlin Clark hit her first long-range three or signed her first autograph, Pearl Moore set a scoring standard for women’s basketball that has stood for 45 years. The soft-spoken woman from South Carolina led her team at Francis Marion to the postseason four years in a row, averaging more than 30 points every season. The 5-foot-7 guard once scored 60 points in a game. She did it all under the radar...

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Another H Street loss: Sticky Fingers Diner...
A photo of Sticky Fingers Diner on H Street, Northeast. (Courtesy Google Street View) A photo of Sticky Fingers Diner on H Street, Northeast. (Courtesy Google Street View) Sticky Fingers Diner is closing its H Street, Northeast restaurant in D.C., citing declined sales over the past year and the rise in neighborhood crime, even as growth for its much larger wholesale and retail baking business is soaring. “The Council is now trying to address the issues around crime, but...

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Rain, snow flurries land in DC region,...
Stay up to date with our local weather trends with WTOP. Commuters prepare for a slick afternoon commute Tuesday after rain and snow flurries fallen around the D.C. region. on the roads Tuesday because heavy rain and snow has fallen across the D.C. region. Here’s what you need to know. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory until 1 p.m. for Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and northwest Montgomery counties in Maryland and northern Fauquier and Loudoun counties...

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Movie Review: Dakota Johnson is fun enough,...
There is a lot of pretty niche comic book mythology swirling around “Madame Web,” the inspiration for the newest of Sony’s “Spider-Man” spinoffs. This is a character who goes back to 1980 and whose powers of clairvoyance helped Peter Parker at some point. She’s elderly and blind and sits atop a web throne that keeps her alive. But to be honest, reading about her didn’t help give any more meaning or urgency to the Dakota Johnson movie that’s heading...

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Super Bowl Live Updates | Chiefs repeat!...
An Elvis impersonator waits to have his photo taken with visitors in front of a Super Bowl 58 sign at Caesars Palace Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Las Vegas. The Kansas City Chiefs will play the NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)(AP/Charlie Riedel) An Elvis impersonator waits to have his photo taken with visitors in front of a Super Bowl 58 sign at Caesars Palace Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Las Vegas. The...

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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with outstretched arms. It’s all in good fun but it’s also a bit of a “plastics disaster,” says Judith Enck, a former Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator and president of the advocacy group Beyond Plastics. Carnival season is at its height this weekend. The city’s annual series...

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Bobrovsky makes 35 saves as the Panthers...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 saves in his third shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Saturday night. Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Matthew Tkachuk had two assists. Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon departed after landing headfirst on the ice with 11:18 to go. He was held off the scoresheet for the third...

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