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Starship test flights, from explosions to mock satellite deployments

SpaceX is set to launch the 12th uncrewed test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, the debut of a redesigned vehicle central to Elon Musk's plans for the moon, Mars and the company's looming U.S. listing.The Starship system, made up of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster and Starship upper-stage vehicle, is designed to be fully reusable and is built to carry crew and cargo.The debut flight of the Starship V3, outfitted with new features designed to support future missions to the moon and Mars, poses a key test for the spacecraft ahead of SpaceX's market debut that is targeting a valuation of

US oil prices rise as investors doubt breakthrough in US-Iran peace talks

US House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote

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Britons hold their nerve but turn warier about big spending plans, GfK says

British consumers have turned a little less downbeat this month but are the least willing to make big purchases in almost a year and a half, underscoring the fragile mood among households, according to a survey published on Friday.GfK's consumer confidence index, the longest-running survey of its kind in Britain, edged up to -23 from -25 which was its lowest since October 2023 and was seen as a reflection of worries about the Iran war.A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a reading of -28.The GfK data typically shows a rise in the month of May.Neil Bellamy, consumer insights director at

Australia's Guzman y Gomez to exit U.S. market, shut Chicago restaurants

Waymo suspends freeway rides, pauses Atlanta operations amid safety fixes

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GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke

House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences.The resolution was introduced by New York Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The congressman told reporters Wednesday that he thought House Speaker Mike Johnson had been stalling a vote on the measure.“A lot of my Republican colleagues are feeling the pressure back home when they’re looking at the cost of food, the cost of gas,” he said on C

Epstein’s longtime assistant accused three previously unknown abusers connected to him, Oversight chair says

Charges dropped against activists in Chicago immigration crackdown amid grand jury misconduct claims

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Republican revolt over Trump 'weaponization' fund stalls ICE funding vote

U.S. Senate Republicans abandoned plans to vote on a bill to fund U.S. immigration enforcement operations on Thursday in a political revolt against one of President Donald Trump's priorities: a $1.8 billion fund for victims of government "weaponization," including those convicted of violent crimes during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.The Senate walked away from a planned vote on a $72 billion bill funding Trump's massive migrant deportation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, delaying the vote at least until June, when lawmakers return from a one-week Memorial Day holi

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Kroger plans price cuts as new CEO looks to regain shoppers

Kroger is preparing to cut prices on thousands of items as new CEO Greg Foran pushes to regain market share from rivals including Walmart, Costco and Aldi.After taking the helm at the U.S. supermarket chain in February, Foran is focusing on plowing savings from tighter sourcing, simpler operations and cost cuts into lower prices and better service.• Foran said he plans to test price reductions before rolling them out more broadly and then phase them in over time.• "The reality is, the basket has to come down. And not everyone’s basket is the same," he said, adding the cuts would span �

Two fighter jets collide at Idaho air show

US to invest $2 billion in IBM, other quantum computing firms

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US Senate abandons Trump immigration enforcement funding deadline, Republican senators say

The U.S. Senate is abandoning President Donald Trump's June 1 deadline for passing immigration enforcement funding, Republican senators said on Thursday. Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, both of Louisiana, told reporters the Senate was beginning its Memorial Day recess without passing the bill that was intended to contain $1 billion for Trump ballroom and related security and $72 billion for migrant deportations. (Reporting by Richard Cowan, Katharine Jackson; Editing by Caitlin Webber)

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Key federal agency approves the design plan for Trump's Washington arch

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation's capital, a key step in the project's process but one that has no immediate bearing on the timeline for construction. Commissioners, all appointed by Trump, acted despite overwhelming public opposition to the 250-foot arch, one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing alongside a White House ballroom to leave his imprint on Washington. At the White House, Trump told reporters he thought the vo

Republicans revolt over Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Divided Supreme Court decision bars Alabama from executing an inmate who may be intellectually disabled

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Trump’s 2024 campaign discussed an anti-weaponization fund. They didn’t know where to get the money — until now

As Donald Trump plotted his return to the White House in late 2023, a group of campaign advisers began working on a plan to compensate political allies they believed were unfairly targeted by the federal government, two people familiar with the deliberations told CNN.The team spent months on the proposal in the lead-up to Trump’s election. But there was a major roadblock: they couldn’t find a viable funding source for the payouts. So, the advisers shelved the plan.Then Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against his own IRS started to flounder and the long-dormant campaign idea was suddenly revi

Greenlanders demonstrate against Trump as US diplomats open new consulate

The U.S. opening of a larger diplomatic hub in Greenland on Thursday was met by demonstrators opposed to President Donald Trump's ambition for greater influence in the Arctic island, while local government ministers shied away from the event.Moving from a wooden cabin on the outskirts of Nuuk to a much larger downtown office, the new United States consulate has become a focal point for Greenlanders unhappy with Trump's stated desire to control the island, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and a series of other politicians said that they had dec

Supreme Court sides with US company in claims over property seized in Cuban revolution

Protesters set Ebola treatment center on fire in DRC, demanding return of body

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US-bound flights with passengers who were in Ebola-affected region must land at Dulles airport for health screening

US-bound flights carrying passengers who were recently in an Ebola-affected region of Africa must land at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, where they will undergo health screening.“The Dulles requirement applies to all passengers, including U.S. citizens and [lawful permanent residents], who were present” in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda, the US Department of State said in a travel advisory.At least 10 staffers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being sent to Dulles to help with screening of arriving passengers amid the Ebo

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Trump arch moves ahead — but monument loses eight feet and four lions

President Donald Trump’s quest to have the tallest arch in the world took one step closer to being realized on Thursday after a key agency approved a revised design of the structure.However, the overall height of the monument will be lower than previously proposed.While the arch remains 250 feet tall in the revised design, the overall height of the structure shrank with the removal of an eight-foot-tall base that had been included in a previous version presented to the Commission of Fine Arts, an agency that advises the president and Congress on design plans for monuments, memorials, coins a

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Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

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How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot

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‘Mastermind’ of $250M Minnesota theft scheme gets 500-month prison sentence as feds charge more people with fraud

India's 'Cockroach' group goes viral, spotlights Gen Z worries

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Andrew was not vetted for controversial UK trade envoy role that was late Queen’s ‘wish,’ files show

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Trump to delay Biden-era refrigerant rules in push to ease costs

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls