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SpaceX plans up to 76 Starship launches annually from old Delta IV launch site

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The first of two Environmental Impact Statements around SpaceX plans for Starship launch sites on Florida's Space Coast was released last week, and it lays out the company’s plans to fly as many as 76 times a year from Cape Canaveral Space Station.

The Department of the Air Force owns the property at Space Launch Complex 37 that was most ...Read more

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'A welcome silence' emerges from insurance companies on COVID vaccine coverage

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ATLANTA — Headlines blared in May when U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for some people — namely healthy pregnant women and healthy children over 6 months old. That could mean insurance no ...Read more

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Evictions, homelessness could soar in Atlanta under Trump housing cuts, advocates warn

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ATLANTA — “Catastrophic.”

It’s a word Courtney English returns to again and again as he reflects on the first few weeks of the year, when the Office of Management and Budget announced a temporary freeze on federal loans and grants.

At that time, the threats to housing assistance and development shook city of Atlanta officials.

“If ...Read more

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Boston's Mass and Cass area 'remains an open-air drug market' with residents begging for police crackdown

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BOSTON — Boston residents impacted by Mass and Cass spillover say the area “remains an open-air drug market” two years after the mayor rolled out a plan to clean up the troubled intersection and are begging for more police enforcement to quell the lawlessness.

Brian McCarter, a South End resident, said drug dealing has persisted at 874 ...Read more

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Parties split on deploying troops against California protesters

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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers divided along party lines in their views of whether U.S. military forces should deploy to quell protests even over the objections of a governor.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump placed under federal control some 2,000 National Guard troops in California in response to occasionally violent protests there against Trump...Read more

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Trans troops leaving military following Trump administration ban

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Bree Fram, a colonel in the U.S. Space Force and a transgender woman who was tapped to be the grand marshal at the Annapolis Parade last month before bad weather postponed it, said Monday she will retire after a Trump administration directive led to her being placed her on leave.

Fram is among a wave of trans people voluntarily leaving military...Read more

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Putin ramps up drone-making to unleash attacks on Ukrainian cities

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Russia is stepping up drone production enabling massive daily attacks on Ukrainian cities as its troops inch forward on the battlefield and Moscow presses Kyiv to concede to peace terms.

The Kremlin unleashed deadly destruction in the capital Kyiv and the Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, firing 315 drones and seven missiles, according to ...Read more

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Atlanta's 911 system was failing. A year later, it's picking up the pace

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ATLANTA — Atlantans in crisis are reaching 911 with fewer delays after years of long hold times.

The latest monthly data released for May show the city’s E911 center dramatically reduced the number of callers who had to wait for an operator to answer the phones, an improvement officials attribute in part to hiring more operators who can ...Read more

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SpaceX launches Starlink mission while Axiom Space waits out weather

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Tuesday morning’s weather was nice enough on the Space Coast for one of two planned launches, but high winds in a potential abort site forced the human spaceflight plans of Axiom Space and SpaceX to push the Ax-4 mission from Kennedy Space Center to at least Wednesday.

The payload of 23 Starlink satellites on another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ...Read more

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Putin ramps up drone-making to unleash attacks on Ukrainian cities

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Russia is stepping up drone production to increase massive daily attacks on Ukrainian cities as Moscow pressures Kyiv to concede to peace terms.

The Kremlin unleashed deadly destruction in the capital Kyiv and the Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, firing 315 drones and seven missiles, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. That ...Read more

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Trump calls these communities immigrant sanctuaries. They reject the label

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ATLANTA — Late last month, the Trump administration released a list of so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country, describing them as places that obstruct immigration enforcement.

Among the hundreds of communities on the list, which was briefly published on the Department of Homeland Security’s website, were six Georgia ...Read more

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China and US holding second day of trade talks in London

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Talks between the U.S. and China stretched into a second day in London, with financial markets on edge as the world’s largest economies try to agree to allow exports of key tech and industrial goods and avoid escalating their trade war.

The teams led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng reconvened ...Read more

How LA law enforcement got pulled into the fight over Trump's immigration crackdown

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LOS ANGELES — A phalanx of police officers on horseback surround a person who has been knocked to the ground and repeatedly pummeled with batons.

An Australian TV news reporter winces in pain as she’s shot by a rubber bullet while wrapping up a live broadcast.

A crowd milling above the 101 Freeway lobs rocks and chunks of concrete down on...Read more

China and US holding second day of trade talks in London

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The U.S. and China resumed talks into a second day in London, with financial markets on edge as the world’s largest economies try to agree to allow exports of key tech and industrial goods and avoid escalating their trade war.

The teams led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng were reconvening Tuesday ...Read more

Iran seeks 'framework' deal in US nuclear talks, official says

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Iran will suggest a framework agreement in nuclear talks with the U.S., a senior official said, raising the prospect of an interim deal that could be followed by further negotiations.

Tehran is working on a fresh proposal regarding its atomic activities ahead of a sixth round of talks with Washington in Oman on Sunday. That “can be used as a ...Read more

California's Salton Sea is emitting foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide gas, triggering health concerns

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LOS ANGELES — On scorching days when winds blow across the California desert, the Salton Sea regularly gives off a stench of decay resembling rotten eggs.

New research has found that the shrinking lake is emitting the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulfide more frequently and at higher levels than previously measured.

The findings document how ...Read more

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Trump decried crime in America, then gutted funding for gun violence prevention

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ST. LOUIS — Violent crime was already trending down from a COVID-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his administration has eliminated about $500 million in grants to organizations that buttress public safety, including many working to prevent gun violence. ...Read more

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With high-speed rail stuck in the station, Brightline West project still moving

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has poured cold water on federal funds for two high-speed rail projects this year, leaving advocates to hope that a plan to speed travelers between southern California and Las Vegas can demonstrate the U.S. can still complete projects with transportation technology common in Europe and Asia.

The ...Read more

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States, sheriffs puzzle over Trump's error-filled list of immigration sanctuaries

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A list of 14 states, 298 counties and 200 cities deemed immigration sanctuaries by the Trump administration has disappeared from a government website but continues to hang over the heads of officials who face threats of losing federal funding.

“We were placed on a list with many other sheriffs across the nation for no clear reason and no ...Read more

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Commentary: Federalizing the state National Guard is a chilling push past the law

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The use of the military to quell protests is something associated with dictators in foreign countries, and as of Saturday night, with a president of the United States.

When President Donald Trump federalized 2,000 members of the California National Guard, deploying them because of protests against federal immigration authorities, he sent a ...Read more