SpaceX has been targeting July for the first orbital flight of its gargantuan Starship system, which will be the most powerful launch vehicle ever created — and, the company hopes, will eventually take humans to Mars. But the company is not likely to hit that goal, CNN Business has learned. SpaceX’s Starship launch operations are
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The Education Department on Wednesday issued guidance that Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a reversal of the Trump administration’s stance that gay and transgender students are not protected by the law. The department cited in its decision the Supreme Court’s ruling just a year ago that federal civil rights
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Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A 22-year-old man was killed and an 8-year-old girl was injured in a shooting near a motel in South Los Angeles Tuesday evening, police say. The shooting was reported just after 8 p.m. in the vicinity of the Starlight Motel on San Pedro
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ABC News reporter Rachel Scott on Wednesday confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about his crackdown on political opponents. “The list of your political opponents who are dead, imprisoned, or jailed is long … and you have now prevented anyone who supports [Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny] to run for office,” Scott said. “So my question
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Bukis became a massive hit in Mexico and across much of Latin America beginning in the 1970s. Their love songs still play on Spanish-language radio, and the band — which formed in Michoacan, Mexico — remains a household name for generations of many
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Calls for liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to retire when the annual Supreme Court session ends in a few weeks are intensifying, following Sen. Mitch McConnell’s warning this week that he may block a Democratic Supreme Court nominee should Republicans win the Senate in the November 2022 midterm elections. A group of 18 scholars on Wednesday
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The International Space Station is getting a powerful upgrade. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet are conducting a spacewalk to begin the installation of new solar arrays. The panels will help provide a power boost to the space station. The walk started around 8:11 a.m. ET, with live coverage on
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Facts Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 11 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three million people visit the cemetery annually. The Arlington estate was originally owned by George Washington
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Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 14, 1946 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Donald John Trump Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump Marriages: Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present); Marla (Maples) Trump (December 1993-June
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It’s been more than a year since San Francisco Uber driver Lucas Chamberlain was knocked unconscious by a would-be customer who attacked him during an argument over whether or not the patron was old enough to ride solo. “I woke up with blood coming down under my eye,” Chamberlain told CNN Business. “I was like,
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Sen. Joe Manchin, a key Democratic swing vote, would not commit on Wednesday to backing an infrastructure package along straight party lines, rebuffing a demand made by liberals who want to ensure he will be on board with a broader bill passed without Republican support if they support his bipartisan proposal. “It should not be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — For Buford resident Mike Beverly, the issue of children not having a bed to sleep on is a personal one. That’s because Beverly, who now helps build beds for children, has walked in their shoes. “I didn’t have a bed when
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The temperature will reach the upper 90s Thursday with a heat index around 100 degrees. On Friday the high could reach 100 degrees and the heat index could be around 105 degrees.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLARKSTON, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — HWPL, a peace NGO registered with the United Nations, will partner with F.R.E.E. (Friends of Refugees providing Education and Empowerment), a nonprofit organization serving the Refugee Community of Clarkston, to build a soccer field. HWPL Atlanta’s Peace Education Team will dedicate a
Continue Reading The Department of Education is canceling $500 million in student loan debt for 18,000 former ITT Tech students defrauded by the now defunct for-profit college, another step the Biden administration is taking to address a backlog of more than 100,000 forgiveness claims left over from the Trump administration. ITT Tech, which shut down in 2017
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Talk about a collaboration. The Killers and Bruce Springsteen have joined forces on a new track called “Dustland.” It is a remake of The Killers’ 2008 song “A Dustland Fairytale,” written as a tribute to the lead singer’s parents. Brandon Flowers, the frontman of The Killers, told Rolling Stone that Springsteen has greatly influenced him
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Waymo, the self-driving company of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has raised $2.5 billion as its investors appear undeterred by a CEO change and progress that has lagged expectations. The investment comes about a year after Waymo raised $2.25 billion in its first external fundraising round. Waymo said Wednesday that the new funding came from Alphabet,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEONIA, New Jersey (WABC) — A suspect was fatally shot by law enforcement investigating a kidnapping in New Jersey. Agents obtained information that the kidnapping victim was at a home in Leonia, and executed a search warrant at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Residents in the building woke as they
Continue Reading Every day another voice adds to the groundswell of pressure on 82-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer to retire when the annual Supreme Court session ends in a few weeks. But implicit in the comments, such as Sen. Mitch McConnell’s warning this week that he may block a Democratic Supreme Court nominee should Republicans win the Senate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOTT HAVEN, Bronx, New York (WABC) — Police are searching for the suspect in a brutal attack in the Bronx that left a man in critical condition. Video released by the police is disturbing to watch. It shows the attacker hit 28-year-old Franklin Marte over the head with
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