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ORLANDO, Fla. — The shipment’s running a little late, but SpaceX is set to send up its Dragon spacecraft on the CRS-25 resupply run to the International Space Station tonight.
A Falcon 9 rocket is slated to lift off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 8:44 p.m. ET with more than 5,800 pounds of cargo. The launch was delayed from June 10 after teams detected hydrazine vapor in the spacecraft, and ultimately decided to replace the vehicle’s parachutes.
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The flagship school of North Carolina’s university system announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with the journalist who ultimately shunned the school in an extended dispute over tenure to join a historically Black university. News outlets report the chairman of the Board of Trustees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said the settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones was for less than $75,000 and was approved by school Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. David Boliek said the settlement reached by the university was to resolve the possibility of legal action.
Guatemala has repatriated its first victim from the failed smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America dead last month in San Antonio, Texas. The body of 13-year-old Pascual Melvin Guachiac Sipac arrived around midday Friday in Guatemala’s capital. Twenty-one Guatemalans were among the migrants who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer June 27 in sweltering heat. The boy’s family was on hand to receive the casket at the capital’s airport. Guachiac Sipac was an Indigenous Quiche who spoke little Spanish, but had set out nonetheless with his cousin for the United States, both hoping to work and help their families.
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says an investigation into potential fraud by people who gathered signatures for a failed ballot initiative to term-limit state lawmakers will be referred to a county prosecutor for possible charges. Wrigley says the investigation would be handed over to Ward County next week. Secretary of State Al Jaeger in March said a review found numerous violations, including signatures “likely forged” in the presence of a notary public. The review also found petition workers were paid bonuses based on their production, and many signatures came from residents of other states.
Utah is asking a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to its ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports. Attorneys for the state argued this week that two unnamed transgender girls lack standing to challenge the law in court, in part becase they haven't been harmed by it. They allege one girl would be academically ineligible to compete in volleyball this upcoming fall regardless of the ban and say another won't be eligible to try out for high school girls' swimming until next year. Challenges to Utah’s ban parallel other cases in states such as Idaho, West Virginia and Indiana.
Biden: US peacekeepers to depart Red Sea isle of Tiran by end of year, sign of Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization.
Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed, was 'direct' on human rights issues.
NEW YORK — Rachel Uchitel is hoping that some day she will not be known as Tiger Woods’ mistress.
A wayward dolphin has been swimming in a Connecticut river after making its way upstream from Long Island Sound. The dolphin was first spotted Thursday morning by fishermen along the Thames River, jumping around near the Norwich Marina. Eventually, the animal rescue team at Mystic Aquarium was notified. They have been monitoring the situation along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ocean mammal was spotted in the same area again on Friday morning. The aquarium’s animal rescue technician says they are hopeful the animal will make its way back to the sound without needing to be rescued.
A nuclear waste treatment plant in eastern Idaho designed to treat 900,000 gallons of sodium-bearing, radioactive waste that has had numerous setbacks appears to be making progress. The U.S. Department of Energy this week says that the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the department's 890-square-mile site that includes the Idaho National Laboratory recently treated more than 100,000 gallons of simulant over seven weeks. The department plans additional testing and then a shutdown to make sure the plant is ready for radioactive waste. The department says increasing amounts of radioactive waste will be mixed with simulant when the plant is fully operational. The department didn't give a timeline.
It was launched as the new president’s ambitious plan for rebuilding America. President Joe Biden's $4 trillion federal investment in infrastructure and families not only would build roads and bridges but provide support for health care, child care, college costs unseen in generations. And it was almost instantly shunned by Sen. Joe Manchin. The conservative West Virginia Democrat said the proposals were too costly, too much. This week, after more than 15 months of breathtaking political pivots, Manchin has reduced Biden’s big ideas for a sweeping investment to just two: Reducing the costs of prescription drugs and shoring up the subsidies some families receive to buy health insurance.
President Joe Biden has blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute. The move announced Friday will keep 115,000 rail workers on the job while the arbitrators develop a set of contract recommendations for both sides to consider. A new round of negotiations is expected after those recommendations are issued. If the railroads and their 12 unions can't agree on a contract within the next 60 days, Congress would likely step in to prevent a strike by voting to impose terms or taking other action.
A dispute over a gender-neutral bathroom has endangered Peru’s plan to host the next gathering of the Organization of American States’ top decision-making body. Peru’s congress is dominated by social conservatives and it has voted to deny authorization for the scheduled Oct. 5-7 OAS General Assembly. It is supposed to bring together foreign ministers from across the hemisphere under the theme: “Together against inequality and discrimination.” The OAS had requested at least one gender-neutral bathroom be available. Peru’s Foreign Minister César Landa issued an appeal on Twitter Friday urging lawmakers to reconsider. He said the action “seriously damages the international image of Peru."
Biden tells Dems to pass trimmed economic package demanded by Sen. Manchin, lauding its proposed health care savings.
Contrary to social media rumors, Drake was not arrested in Sweden Thursday night.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is already in the grips of a coronavirus surge fueled by the omicron subvariant BA.5, but yet another worrisome strain that’s causing concern in India has also been found locally.
President Joe Biden has blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute. The move announced Friday will keep 115,000 rail workers on the job while the arbitrators develop a set of contract recommendations for both sides to consider. A new round of negotiations is expected after those recommendations are issued. If the railroads and their 12 unions can't agree on a contract within the next 60 days, Congress would likely step in to prevent a strike by voting to impose terms or taking other action.
A dispute over a gender-neutral bathroom has endangered Peru’s plan to host the next gathering of the Organization of American States’ top decision-making body. Peru’s congress is dominated by social conservatives and it has voted to deny authorization for the scheduled Oct. 5-7 OAS General Assembly. It is supposed to bring together foreign ministers from across the hemisphere under the theme: “Together against inequality and discrimination.” The OAS had requested at least one gender-neutral bathroom be available. Peru’s Foreign Minister César Landa issued an appeal on Twitter Friday urging lawmakers to reconsider. He said the action “seriously damages the international image of Peru."
Biden tells Dems to pass trimmed economic package demanded by Sen. Manchin, lauding its proposed health care savings.
Contrary to social media rumors, Drake was not arrested in Sweden Thursday night.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is already in the grips of a coronavirus surge fueled by the omicron subvariant BA.5, but yet another worrisome strain that’s causing concern in India has also been found locally.
Officials say a man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the Southern California slayings of four women decades ago. Seventy-six-year-old Billy Ray Richardson was arrested Thursday by detectives from the Los Angeles and suburban Inglewood police departments with the assistance of officers from Fort Worth, Texas. Los Angeles police say Richardson was charged by prosecutors with four counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of multiple murder and murder in the commission of rape. It was not immediately known if Richardson has an attorney to comment on his behalf. He was in custody in Texas on Thursday awaiting extradition to Los Angeles.
Sri Lanka’s opposition leader, who will seek the presidency next week, is vowing to “listen to the people” who are struggling through the island nation’s worst economic crisis. He also says he will hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Sajith Premadasa said that if he wins the election in parliament, he would ensure that “an elective dictatorship never, ever occurs” in Sri Lanka. The former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, slipped away aboard a military plane Wednesday before arriving in Singapore. His resignation was officially announced Friday.
Mississippi's attorney general has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago. Michelle Williams is the chief of staff for Attorney General Lynn Fitch. Williams told The Associated Press on Friday that “there’s no new evidence to open the case back up" against Carolyn Bryant Donham. Williams also says Fitch’s office has not been in contact with the local Leflore County prosecutor who would handle any case. The Justice Department previously investigated without filing charges and closed the case. The department ended its most recent investigation in December.
If elected president, Sri Lankan opposition leader vows to 'listen to the people' and hold former president accountable.
ATLANTA — Sesame Street’s Elmo, who is 3½, recently got his COVID-19 vaccine.
Democrat Beto O’Rourke has raised nearly $32 million in his bid for Texas governor during the first half of 2022. That's more than Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and a haul that puts their race on track to smash spending records in November’s midterm elections. The new figures released Friday put the two-term governor in the rare position of finding himself outraised, although his campaign has raised more than $30 million since the beginning of the year. The narrowing gap underlines O’Rourke’s durability as a fundraising powerhouse and how money is pouring into high-profile governor’s races even as inflation and President Joe Biden’s sagging approval creates strong headwinds for Democrats with voters.
Britain’s Prince Harry will address the U.N. General Assembly at its annual celebration of Nelson Madela International Day. South Africa's U.N. Mission said Friday he's expected to speak about the legacy of the South African anti-apartheid leader who spent 27 years in prison and became his country’s first Black leader. General Assembly spokesperson Paulina Kubiak officially announced the program for Monday's Nelson Mandela International Day, with Harry giving the keynote and participants including assembly president Abdulla Shahid, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, New York Mayor Eric Adams and Guinea’s Foreign Minister Morissanda Kouaté.
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Maryland State Police to determine if the agency engaged in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. Friday's announcement from federal prosecutors follows a series of complaints from Black troopers about harassment and mistreatment by fellow white officers. Those concerns had drawn the attention of a Maryland state legislator last year. According to a news release, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Woodrow W. Jones III have been informed and pledged cooperation with the investigation. Hogan’s office also says the state has committed funds to increase diversity and strengthen recruitment.
The union representing concession workers at Dodger Stadium says it won't strike during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game and its related events. Unite Here Local 11 and concessionaire Compass Group and its subsidiary Levy Restaurants have made what the union says is “substantial progress” in contract negotiations this week. As a result, there won't be a strike during the All-Star events that begin Saturday and culminate in the game on Tuesday. Union spokesperson Maria Hernandez says both sides look forward to a successful event and continued negotiations. The union had earlier voted to authorize a strike.
This week’s new entertainment releases include Beyoncé’s new album “Renaissance,” Stephen Curry hosting the ESPYS sports awards and the summer thrill ride known as Shark Week returns to Discovery Channel for its 34th year. Netflix places one of its biggest bets yet on “The Gray Man,” a globe-trotting action thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. One of the streamer’s most expensive films, “The Gray Man” is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the brothers who presided over one of the biggest box-office smashes ever in “Avengers: Endgame.”
Officials say that gunmen attacked a Malian army checkpoint outside Bamako, killing at least six people and wounding several others, raising concerns as attacks by jihadist groups move closer to the capital. Amadou Sangho, spokesman for Mali’s Ministry of Security and Civil Protection, said the attack targeted the Zantiguila base, about 60 kilometers from Bamako. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it bears the mark of the al-Qaida-linked group known as JNIM that has carried out several other attacks around Bamako.
Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson says he won't call a special legislative session to address confusion over the state's new abortion ban. Parson on Thursday told KTVI that the issue is too complicated to be solved during a special session, which typically last days or at most weeks. Missouri's abortion ban includes an exception when it's necessary to save the life of the mother. Doctors, patients and others have asked for clarity on what medical emergencies that covers. Parson says doctors should be given the power to use their best judgment.
The National Transportation Safety Board says a runway location signal was off by 200 feet when operators of a regional jet missed the landing strip in 2019 in northern Maine. But the final report this week blames the pilots for failing to visually identify the runway before touching down. The United Express flight operated by Ohio-based CommutAir came to a rest in snow alongside the landing strip on March 4, 2019, at the Presque Isle International Airport. Three of the 31 passengers and crew members suffered minor injuries.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When the Royal Park Bridge in West Palm Beach opened beneath Carol Wright in February, the frightening plummet to her death left behind more than a void in the lives of her loved ones. She left behind a legacy — one of increased safety measures and access to opportunity.
This week’s new entertainment releases include Beyoncé’s new album “Renaissance,” Stephen Curry hosting the ESPYS sports awards and the summer thrill ride known as Shark Week returns to Discovery Channel for its 34th year. Netflix places one of its biggest bets yet on “The Gray Man,” a globe-trotting action thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. One of the streamer’s most expensive films, “The Gray Man” is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the brothers who presided over one of the biggest box-office smashes ever in “Avengers: Endgame.”
Officials say that gunmen attacked a Malian army checkpoint outside Bamako, killing at least six people and wounding several others, raising concerns as attacks by jihadist groups move closer to the capital. Amadou Sangho, spokesman for Mali’s Ministry of Security and Civil Protection, said the attack targeted the Zantiguila base, about 60 kilometers from Bamako. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it bears the mark of the al-Qaida-linked group known as JNIM that has carried out several other attacks around Bamako.
Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson says he won't call a special legislative session to address confusion over the state's new abortion ban. Parson on Thursday told KTVI that the issue is too complicated to be solved during a special session, which typically last days or at most weeks. Missouri's abortion ban includes an exception when it's necessary to save the life of the mother. Doctors, patients and others have asked for clarity on what medical emergencies that covers. Parson says doctors should be given the power to use their best judgment.
The National Transportation Safety Board says a runway location signal was off by 200 feet when operators of a regional jet missed the landing strip in 2019 in northern Maine. But the final report this week blames the pilots for failing to visually identify the runway before touching down. The United Express flight operated by Ohio-based CommutAir came to a rest in snow alongside the landing strip on March 4, 2019, at the Presque Isle International Airport. Three of the 31 passengers and crew members suffered minor injuries.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When the Royal Park Bridge in West Palm Beach opened beneath Carol Wright in February, the frightening plummet to her death left behind more than a void in the lives of her loved ones. She left behind a legacy — one of increased safety measures and access to opportunity.
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