A massacre at a Texas elementary school has once again drawn attention to the powerful gun lobby in the United States, with Democratic officials blaming Republican lawmakers for staying in debt with influential gun interests that, according to its proponents, they have stopped national arms reforms. Speaking hours after an 18-year-old gunman robbed Robb Elementary …
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Live countdown coverage and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Mission Transporter 5 will launch 59 small payloads from customers around the world. Follow us on Twitter. SFN live Fifty-nine small satellites and hosted experiments are awaiting launch Wednesday at 14:35 EDT …
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Starliner during the ISS docking procedure on May 20th. Photo: NASA Johnson Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has been authorized to leave the International Space Station, setting the stage for the final act of this important demonstration of the end-to-end system. You can watch all the action live right here. Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is running …
Getty Images Omar Khan, vice president of football and business administration for the Steelers, has been named the team’s next general manager, replacing Kevin Colbert, who is stepping down after about 22 years of success. Khan was one of six candidates the Steelers accepted for second interviews. The other five were the Steelers’ professional exploration …
(Marc Bell / Reuters) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the Uvalde school shooting for killing 19 children and two teachers for mental health issues. “Before coming here, we had a long discussion with law enforcement at all levels … and I asked an open question to the sheriff and other people and I received the …
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SAN FRANCISCO – At a virtual meeting of Twitter executives last week, Parag Agrawal admitted he was exhausted. Mr. Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, had spent the past six weeks running the company through a $ 44 billion sale to Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. Some employees openly rebelled against its new owner, who had …
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Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Kate Moss stated on May 25 that ex-boyfriend Johnny Depp “never pushed me, he didn’t kick me or throw me down any stairs.” Rather, he said he came to her rescue after what he described as a nasty fall during a vacation. Depp’s team called Moss …
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Ellen DeGeneres is tackling the toxic job scandal that caused three of her top producers to be fired in 2020 as she prepares to close her successful talk show this week after 19 seasons on the air. The 64-year-old TV presenter described the controversy as “very, very difficult” and said she had been “crying every …
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Placeholder while loading article actions In the hours following the deaths of at least 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the deadliest mass shooting at an American school in nearly a decade, Republicans in Congress joined the world to mourn the latest massacre with weapons. But while some …
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Editor’s note: Some testimonials contain graphic language and descriptions of sexual and physical assault. Johnny Depp returned to the podium on Wednesday in the civil trial for his lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. Actor Johnny Depp testifies in the Fairfax County Circuit Court Chamber in Fairfax, Virginia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein / AP …