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Virgin Galactic completes final test flight before launching paying customers to space

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (AP) - Virgin Galactic completed what's expected to be its final test flight Thursday before taking paying customers on brief trips to space, marking wh...
Target on the defensive after removing LGBTQ+-themed products

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Now that status is tarnished after it removed some LGBTQ+-themed products...
South Korea launches first commercial-grade satellite, as North Korea plans first spy satellite

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea successfully launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time Thursday as part of its growing space development program, as riva...
Austin hopes F-16 fight jet training for Ukrainian pilots will begin in coming weeks

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he hopes that training for Ukrainian pilots on American-made F-16 fighter jets will begin in the coming weeks, ...
2 planes aborted landings in San Francisco when a Southwest jet taxied across their runways

Associated Press
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways...
More Americans apply for jobless benefits but labor market remains tight

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - U.S. applications for jobless claims rose slightly last week but remain at healthy levels with companies reticent to let go of employees in a tight labor market. The num...
COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that's been the go-to treatment against the coronavirus. More than 11 million ...
Hong Kong-flagged vessel briefly blocks Egypt's vital Suez Canal

May 25, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly blocked Egypt's vital Suez Canal on Thursday morning, authorities said, the latest such incident in the busy waterway. Acco...
Kids could fill labor shortages, even in bars, if these lawmakers succeed

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded r...
America aged rapidly in the last decade as baby boomers grew older and births dropped

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
May 25, 2023 1:00 am - The United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade i...

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