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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.

 
A Russian private jet carrying 6 people...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan but the pilot and some of the others on board survived, the Taliban said Sunday. The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area in Badakhshan province, regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri said, adding that a rescue team was dispatched to the area. The province is some 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. It is a rural, mountainous area, home...

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Lightning storm past Sabres for 5th consecutive...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nicholas Paul and Tyler Motte scored 52 seconds apart in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory. Brandon Hagel had two assists, and Paul added an assist when defenseman Calvin de Haan scored into the empty net late in the third period. Jonas Johansson, a former Sabres player now backing up Andrei Vasilevskiy with the Lightning, made 27 saves in the opener...

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Now eyeing a longer haul, the US...
ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN (AP) — When attacks with missiles and drones surged in the Red Sea late last year, crewmembers of the USS Bataan worked round the clock to make sure they were shot down before reaching passing merchant vessels. Weeks later, they are still perfecting that operation in training and simulations, along with a dozen other scenarios, despite moving north to the Mediterranean where commercial marine traffic is at little risk. The U.S. Navy is reshuffling...

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Japan space agency says its lunar spacecraft...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said early Saturday that its unmanned spacecraft is on the moon, but is still “checking its status.” More details will be given at a news conference that is expected shortly. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, came down onto the lunar surface at around 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time (1520 GMT). THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. TOKYO (AP) — As Japan’s space agency prepares for its...

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Thursday’s Transactions
BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Named Andrew Bailey pitching coach, Andy Fox first base coach and Kyle Hudson third base coach. DETROIT TIGERS — Designated 3B Tyler Nevin for assignment. Claimed RHP Devin Sweet off waivers from San Francisco. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Sthiven Benitez, Jose Cruz, Jose Mejia and Juan Rivera, LHPs Oliver Del Rosario, Nomar Jimenez, Diego Lara and Geremy Tovar, INFs Jose Cerice, Anderson Garcia, Darison...

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Jordan Henderson set to move to Dutch...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — England soccer international Jordan Henderson arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday amid reports he was about to sign a deal with struggling Dutch powerhouse Ajax to end his troubled six-month spell in the Saudi Pro League. Henderson was pictured in the Dutch city by British broadcaster Sky Sports, which said he met with Ajax representatives and would be signing a 2 1/2-year contract after taking a medical examination. The 33-year-old Henderson’s transfer is seen as a move...

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Freezing temperatures complicate Chicago’s struggles to house...
CHICAGO (AP) — As temperatures hover below freezing in Chicago, dozens of asylum-seekers are staying in the lower level of a library until the bitter cold gripping much of the country lifts. But after that, Chicago’s plans for offering immediate shelter to the growing number of migrants arriving in the nation’s third-largest city remain murky. For more than a year, Chicago has wrestled with how to house new arrivals until shelter space is free, utilizing measures that city leaders...

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Movie Review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ is a...
Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited. And when watching and reviewing good films in real time, it’s impossible to know what is yet to come. Will there be something else that makes that superlative seem silly in retrospect? Often times, yes. Ava DuVernay’s new film “Origin” is that something...

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Hintz, Pavelski each score 18th goal of...
DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski each scored his 18th goal this season to share the team lead, and Jake Oettinger won a matchup of Western Conference All-Star goaltenders as the Dallas Stars pulled away from the Los Angeles Kings for a 5-1 victory Tuesday night. Dallas got three goals in the first 10 minutes of the third period to take complete control. Hintz, Wyatt Johnston and Evgenii Dadonov each had a goal and an assist, and...

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Elton John achieves rare EGOT status with...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elton John has achieved EGOT status. The famed British singer-pianist won an Emmy Award on Monday night for best variety special (live) for “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium,” a three-hour concert documentary that streamed on Disney+. John said he was “incredibly humbled” for joining the elite group of EGOT winners who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. “The journey to this moment has been filled with passion, dedication, and the unwavering...

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What a new president in Taiwan means...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s incoming president is promising more of the same. The question is what that will bring, not only for Taiwan but also for its relations with China, the United States and others with an interest in the island of 23 million people that supplies many of the advanced semiconductors that keep the world running. Lai Ching-te, the winner of Saturday’s presidential race, has pledged to continue the policies of his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen, who built...

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Quinta Brunson, ‘The Bear’ and ‘Beef’ snag...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Bear” and “Succession” racked up the acting awards at Monday night’s Emmys, Quinta Brunson scored an emotional and historic win for “Abbott Elementary” and the Netflix series “Beef” made its own mark with five victories. “The Bear,” the FX dramedy about a squabbling family and a struggling restaurant at the center of the life of a talented chef, won best actor in a comedy for Jeremy Allen White, best supporting actress in a comedy...

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Live Updates: 75th Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys are finally here! The 75th Emmys were delayed because of the Hollywood strikes, catapulting them from their usual perch in late summer or early fall to squarely in the midst of winter – better known in Hollywood as awards season. Follow along for our live coverage of tonight’s Emmys. For more of our Emmys coverage: ______’BEEF’ AND ‘SUCCESSION’ WIN BACK Steven Yeun won the Emmy for lead actor in a limited or anthology...

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Bam Adebayo stars as the Miami Heat...
MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, helping the Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Hornets 104-87 on Sunday night. Tyler Herro made four 3-pointers and scored 21 points for Miami, which never trailed. Duncan Robinson had 19 points, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 before departing early in the second quarter because of a groin strain. The Heat went 11 for 25 from 3-point range while completing a four-game sweep of the regular-season...

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