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☆ Son Jun-ho: South Korean soccer player says Chinese authorities forced match-fixing confession out of him
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho tearfully denied on Wednesday accusations by Chinese authorities that he participated in match-fixing and bribery when playing in the country and said he gave a false confession under duress. “I never took part in match-fixing,” Son told a news conference. He was not mistreated during detention, Son added, but described the conditions in which he was held as harsh. The General Administration of Sport of China and the foreign and public security ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Son, who has now signed for South Korean side Suwon FC, said he hoped to continue his career.

Persons: Son, ho, “, ” Son, Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, Gu Chao Organizations: CNN, South, Chinese Football Association, CFA, Administration of Sport, Chinese Super League, Shandong, Shandong Taishan FC, South Korean, Suwon FC Locations: South Korean, China, Administration of Sport of China, Shandong Taishan

Ukraine CNN —Olga is running around the intensive care unit, constantly checking her patients’ oxygen levels, adjusting their medication and noting their vitals. Ivana Kottasova/CNNThe evacuation train transports wounded soldiers from the frontlines to hospitals across Ukraine. He told CNN he was hurt in a Russian drone strike. I got more motivated,” he told CNN with a smile. After her shift ended, she told CNN that seeing critically ill patients coming from the frontlines is the toughest part of her job.

Persons: Ukraine CNN — Olga, anesthetist doesn’t, It’s, Ivana Kottasova, Oleksandr, “, ”, CNN Oleksandr, Yevgeniy, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Pertsovskyi, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Stanislav, Olga, –, anesthetist Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, Ukrainian Medical Forces, “, Ukrainian Railways, ICU, CNN Ambulance, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Russian, Russia, Crimean, Donetsk, “, Crimea, Moscow

☆ Kursk: Russia counterattacks against Ukraine in border region
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Gul Tuysuz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia has launched a counter-attack in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces last month launched a surprise cross-border incursion. Ukraine has been anticipating a Russian reaction and a counteroffensive is in line with the ‘Ukrainian plan,’ Zelensky said. Zelensky has previously said that the surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk region was the initial step in a four-part “victory plan.”The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement Thursday that Russian forces had “penetrated” into the Kursk region, capturing 10 settlements. On August 6, Ukrainian forces stormed into the Kursk region in a shock, lightning strike that caught even American officials by surprise. Last week, Zelensky said Ukraine had captured around 100 settlements in the Kursk region, and around 1,300 square kilometers (500 square miles) of territory.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ’ Zelensky, Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, –, Bill Burns, Richard Moore, Ukraine’s, Moore, Burns, Cross, Pat Griffith, Dmytro Lubinets, ” Zelensky, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian, Russian Ministry of Defense, CIA, Red Cross, International Committee, ICRC, ” ICRC Ukraine Locations: Russia, Kursk, Ukraine, Russia’s Kursk, ”, Russian, Snagost, Moscow, Ukrainian, Donetsk region, Donetsk

☆ California wildfires: Bridge Fire explodes in size, man arrested in connection with Line Fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The blaze expanded from Los Angeles County into San Bernardino County, and as of Tuesday evening was 0% contained. “Tragically, homes have been lost,” San Bernardino County’s government said on Facebook late Tuesday, as the county proclaimed an emergency due to the blaze. Video by the San Bernardino County Fire Department showed firefighters and deputies performing rescue evacuations in Wrightwood on Tuesday evening as flames consumed brush and trees. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, from Norco, allegedly started the fire in the area of Baseline Road and Alpin Street in the city of Highland on Sept. 5, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said. The Line fire burns through in San Bernardino National Forest, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2024.

Persons: San Bernardino County’s, Justin Wayne Halstenberg, Gavin Newsom, Gina Ferazzi, Paul Holaday, we’re, Brian Fennessey, David Swanson, Newsom's, Davis Organizations: Angeles National Forest, California Department of Forestry, Fire, Facebook, San, San Bernardino County Fire Department, Mount, National Weather Service, San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County Sheriff's, Central Detention, Home, National Guard, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images, Orange County Fire Authority, Trabuco Flyers, RC, Getty, U.S . Forest Service of Humboldt, Sierra Locations: Southern California, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, San Antonio, East Fork, California, Los Angeles, Norco, Highland, Big, Running, Lake, Forrest Falls, San, Calif, Orange County, Orange, El Cariso, Lake Elsinore, AFP, Nevada, U.S, Davis, Reno

☆ A wrongful death settlement doesn’t end an investigation into a toddler’s disappearance
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WATERVILLE, Maine — A settlement that led to the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit hasn’t ended a criminal investigation into a toddler’s disappearance from her father’s home in Maine where blood was found more than a decade ago. But that doesn’t change the status of the criminal investigation. A 911 call in December 2011 alerted police that Ayla was not in her bed, triggering what became the state’s largest and most expensive criminal investigation. The disappearance prompted a massive search by Waterville, Maine, and state police, game wardens, and FBI agents who canvassed neighborhoods and lowered several streams. Justin DiPietro was also charged with breach of his parental duty to protect his daughter.

Persons: hasn’t, Trista Reynolds, Ayla Reynolds, Justin DiPietro, ”, Shannon Moss, Ayla, Reynolds, didn’t Organizations: FBI, AP Locations: WATERVILLE , Maine, Maine, Waterville , Maine, California

☆ House Speaker Johnson pulls government funding bill after GOP support collapses
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The spending proposal would have funded the government until next March. But it also would include the so-called SAVE Act, a bill that would require people to show proof of citizenship to register as a voter. Former President Donald Trump has said that Republicans should not pass any spending plan without the SAVE Act attached. The Republican presidential nominee also said the GOP should be ready to shut down the government if the voter identification proposal is not in the spending bill.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, Donald Trump Organizations: Capitol Visitor Center, House Republican Conference, Republicans, GOP, NBC News, Congressional, SAVE, Democrat, Republican

CNN —Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, including from within his own party, to loosen the restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-provided weapons to strike deep inside Russia. On Tuesday, the bipartisan congressional Ukraine caucus called on Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with the long-range weapons. A group of key House Republican also urged Biden to ease the restrictions in a letter on Monday. On Tuesday, asked if the US will lift the restrictions, Biden answered, “we’re working that out right now.”Two US officials later told CNN that the Biden administration is not anticipating any policy changes when it comes to lifting restrictions. Asked about Trump’s comments, Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister, also downplayed them.

Persons: Joe Biden, Democratic Sen, Jeanne Shaheen, Biden, Ben Cardin, Vladimir Putin’s, ”, Cardin, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelensky, David Lammy, Leon Neal, Zelensky, Blinken, “, we’ll, ” Blinken, Andrii Sybiha, it’s, We’ve, Putin, Donald Trump, we’re Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Wednesday, Biden Administration, Ukrainian Armed Forces, New Hampshire Democrat, Foreign Relations, Committee, Armed Services Committee, Republicans, ” Democratic, Maryland Democrat, British, Getty, Kyiv Wednesday, Ukrainian, Biden, Republican, Ukraine Locations: Russia, Ukraine, ”, U.S, United States, Maryland, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Eastern Poland, Iranian, Iran, Washington, American, United States of America

☆ Police rescue 402 children after sex abuse allegations at Islamic welfare homes in Malaysia
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Associated Press —Malaysian authorities on Wednesday rescued 402 children and arrested 171 suspects after raiding 20 welfare homes linked to an Islamic business group, in which children were exploited and sexually abused, the national police chief said. Police believed that Global Ikhwan exploited the children and used religious sentiments to collect donations, he said. Investigations showed that the children at the welfare homes belonged to members of the Global Ikhwan group, placed by their parents at the homes since they were infants, he said. The group recently also came under the radar of Islamic authorities amid claims that it was still involved with the deviant teachings of the Al-Arqam sect. Global Ikhwan, in a statement Wednesday, denied allegations that it exploited children and said that it would cooperate with authorities.

Persons: Police Razarudin Husain, —, Razarudin, ”, Ashaari Mohamad, Al Arqam, Ashaari Organizations: Malaysia Associated Press, Malaysian, Wednesday, Police, Global Ikhwan Services, Business Holdings, Investigations, Global Locations: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, London, Paris, Australia, Dubai

CNN —Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill admitted some regrets about his actions during his pre-game detainment on Sunday but called for the officer who restrained him to be taken off the force. Earlier Wednesday, Hill’s attorney representing Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill called for the immediate firing of the officer at the center of Sunday’s controversial traffic stop outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. “Each action that a law enforcement official (takes) is governed by standard operating procedures,” attorney Julius Collins said in a letter shared with CNN. Miami Dade Police DepartmentThe officer puts his right arm around Hill and brings him to sit on the sidewalk. Miami Dade Police DepartmentFinally, the attorney connected Hill’s detainment to broader concerns about how police interact with Black people.

Persons: Tyreek Hill, ” Hill, “, ”, I’ve, Hill, Tyreek, Julius Collins, Danny Torres, ” Collins, Dan Le Batard, Drew Rosenhaus, Collins, Stephanie V, Daniels, “ I’m, ” Daniels, Torres, ” Torres, Ignacio Alvarez, Israel Reyes, Pro Bowler Organizations: CNN — Miami Dolphins, “, Dolphins, NFL, Miami Dolphins, CNN, Miami, Dade Police, Miami Dade Police Department, Miami Dade Police, Miami - Dade Police Department, Jacksonville Jaguars Locations: Miami Gardens , Florida, Hill, Black

☆ U.S. says Iran is sending ballistic missiles to Russia in a 'dramatic escalation'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine in a “dramatic escalation” that will let Moscow strike deeper inside Ukrainian territory, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. “Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine against Ukrainians,” Blinken told reporters. “Dozens of Russian military personnel have been trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, which has a maximum range of 75 miles,” he said. Confirmation from Washington that Iran is now arming Russia with sophisticated short-range ballistic missiles will likely increase pressure on the Biden administration to ease restrictions on how Ukraine can use weapons to strike at targets inside Russia. Iran has denied it is providing missiles to Russia and has called for countries to halt any weapons shipments to either side in the conflict.

Persons: Antony Blinken, David Lamy, ” Blinken, Blinken, “ We’ve, we’ve, ”, Biden, Andrii, Naser Kanaani, Dmitry Peskov, “, Lamy, Behnam Ben Taleblu Organizations: Ukraine, Blinken, British, Firefighters, U.S, Iran Air, Iranian Foreign Ministry, ISNA, Kremlin, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Locations: Iran, Russia, Moscow, U.S, Britain, London, Ukraine, Washington, Kyiv, Russian, Kharkiv, Gaza, Iranian, Tehran

WASHINGTON — Despite mounting opposition from his own party, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., vowed Tuesday to stay the course and put his government funding package on the House floor on Wednesday. His initial strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month is expected to fail and deal House Republicans an embarrassing blow. Due to their paper-thin majority, Republicans can afford only a handful of GOP defections on the vote, and many more than that have publicly voiced their opposition. “I am in this to win this,” Johnson told reporters at his weekly news conference. Afterward, the speaker added: “We are going to put the SAVE Act and the CR together, and we’re going to move that through the process.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald Trump, Johnson, “, ” Johnson, ”, Jim Banks, Cory Mills, Matt Rosendale, Montana —, Mills, Dan Meuser, ” Meuser, “ Shutdowns, Sen, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, “ I’m, ” Cassidy Organizations: SAVE, Democratic, White, GOP, Republicans Locations: WASHINGTON, Jim Banks of Indiana, Florida, Montana, Mexico

☆ Wolf pack blamed in Colorado livestock attacks is captured and will be relocated
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Colorado wildlife officials said Monday that they captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program. That wolf had been involved in repeated attacks on livestock and officials said it would have been kept in captivity if it survived. The pack formed after 10 of the predators from Oregon were released in December over bitter opposition from livestock groups. Ranching groups wanted the wolf pack killed. They said relocating pups risks their survival and wanted more done to keep the pack from killing livestock, such as using electric fencing that can better deter attacks.

Persons: —, Jeff Davis, Tim Ritschard, “, ” Ritschard, Michael Saul, ” Saul, “ CPW, ” Organizations: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Stockgrowers Association, Colorado Parks and, Wildlife, of Wildlife Locations: Colorado, Oregon, Grant County, Rocky, Wyoming

☆ Aysenur Eygi: Israel says ‘highly likely’ its forces shot slain American activist
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Dana Karni | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has called for “fundamental changes” to the way Israeli forces operate in the occupied West Bank after the killing of American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at a protest last week. “No one, no one should be shot and killed for attending a protest. “Now we have the second American citizen killed at the hands of Israeli security forces. And we’ll be making that clear to the senior-most members of the Israeli government.”Blinken added that the United States had “long seen” reports of Israeli forces ignoring extremist settler violence against Palestinians and reports of excessive force by Israeli forces against Palestinians. The 26-year-old activist, who was born in Turkey, was shot while taking part in a weekly protest against an Israeli settlement near the Palestinian village of Beita.

Persons: State Anthony Blinken, Aysenur Ezgi, Eygi, ”, Blinken, It’s, ” Blinken, Rachel Corrie, Israel Organizations: CNN, State, West Bank, Israeli Defense Forces, American, University of Washington, International Solidarity Movement, IDF, Military Police, Investigation, Military, General’s Corps, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: London, United States, Turkey, Beita, Gaza, Israel, East Jerusalem, Ramallah

☆ Trump will attack Harris' biggest vulnerabilities at the debate. Her response could decide the election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Trump appears to have begun to slow Harris' rise, which began after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. At the same time, Harris has abandoned many of her most progressive views that she took during her failed 2020 Democratic presidential primary run. "She's not really quite sure what she believes that's why she is pretty evasive to answering questions on policy, policy positions that she has supported in the past and supposedly what she does not support now," Wolking said. Tuesday's debate will mark the first time Harris and Trump will be in the same room together. With perhaps the exception of the Nixon-Kennedy debate, no other presidential debate will loom larger in history.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, pollsters, Trump's, Ben Warner, Warner, They've, Kamala, Matt Wolking, Tim Walz, CNN's Dana Bash, She's, Wolking, hasn't, Bash, Biden, Democratic pollster Evan Roth Smith, Roth Smith, Reid Hoffman, Roth, Doug Sosnik, he'll, Sosnik, Clinton, Nixon, Kennedy Organizations: Service, New York Times, Super Bowl, NFL, University of Missouri, Culinary Union, Democratic, Voters, Trump Locations: Siena, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Nevada

☆ The US Army is looking into artillery shells that fly farther after its new cannon projects flopped
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe Army is on the lookout for new longer-range artillery shells after canceling some of its plans for new cannons. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth discussed plans at the 2024 Defense News Conference last week when she spoke on some of the potential follow-ups for longer-range artillery after the cancellation of its Extended Range Cannon Artillery program. "We still believe that we have a requirement for, you know, sort of an artillery system with that kind of range," Wormuth said. Advertisement"I think we may also be looking at sort of what we call, you know, 'innovating at the round,' looking at what can we do with the actual round to increase the range," Wormuth said recently. The Army is also still at work on ramjet-powered artillery shells, which have estimated ranges around 93 miles.

Persons: —, Christine Wormuth, Wormuth, Doug Bush, weren't, Lance Cpl, Matthew Bragg ERCA, Mark Esper, Diego Herrera Carcedo Organizations: Service, Cannon Artillery, Business, Army, US Marine Corps, US Army, Anadolu Agency, Getty Locations: China, Russia, Ukraine

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, a beloved and iconic figure in Spanish-language journalism, is leaving the network after nearly 40 years in the anchor chair. I will continue anchoring ‘Noticiero Univision’ until December, and afterwards I will share my professional plan,” Ramos said in the release. Ramos has co-anchored “Noticiero Univision” since 1986. His co-anchors over the years have included other Hispanic journalism icons, such as Ilia Calderón and María Elena Salinas. He also hosts the weekend Univision program "Al Punto" and "America with Jorge Ramos" on Fusion TV.

Persons: Jorge Ramos, Ramos, “, ” Ramos, Ilia Calderón, María Elena Salinas, Al Punto, Donald Trump, Trump, Paola Ramos Organizations: Univision, Univision ’, Univision ”, TV, MSNBC, NBC Locations: Mexican American, U.S, America

CAIRO — The splendor of the Queen of the Nile is the star not of any Egyptian museum, but of the Neues Museum in the German capital, Berlin, where thousands admire the 3,400-year-old bust of Nefertiti every day in a domed hall. Therefore, the home of the bust should be the Grand Egyptian Museum. The Nefertiti bust on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin. The Neues Museum did not respond to a request for comment. In July, the New York Museum of Metropolitan Museum of Art returned more than a dozen Cambodian artifacts.

Persons: Nefertiti, Zahi Hawass, ” Hawass, Hawass, Michael Sohn, Pharaoh Akhenaten, Akhenaten, — Hawass, Hitler, “, Mona Lisa, ’, Rosetta Stone, ”, Napoleon, Charlene Gubash, Mithil Organizations: Neues Museum, Egyptian Museum, “, El, Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, Associated Press, New York Museum of Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum Locations: CAIRO, Berlin, Germany, Egypt, Tell, Cairo, Nefertiti's, “ Egypt, London, Alexandria, Louvre, Paris, Hong Kong

☆ Jessica Leeds: Trump accuser said she ‘laughed out loud’ when she heard him again deny her assault allegation
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jack Forrest | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jessica Leeds, who previously accused Donald Trump of sexual assault and was a trial witness in a high-profile case against the former president, said Monday that she “laughed out loud” when she heard he recently disputed her allegation and said she “would not have been the chosen one.”“I laughed out loud. She said she was seated in first class on an airplane next to Trump in the 1970s when he suddenly began groping her. Leeds said she fought off Trump and moved to the back of the airplane. Earlier this year a separate jury found Trump defamed Carroll when in 2022 he repeated several of the statements he initially made in 2019. Her attorneys argued to the jury that the only way to stop Trump from repeating the statements was to hit him in his pocketbook.

Persons: Jessica Leeds, Donald Trump, “, ” “, ”, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Trump, Leeds, Cooper, Steven Cheung, Kamala Harris, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Trump’s, she’ll, CNN’s Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, ” Leeds, Trump, Leeds, Democratic, E, Carroll Locations: ”

☆ NASA’s Europa Clipper gets the green light to launch
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The approval was a relief to the Europa Clipper team after the discovery in May of a possible issue with transistors on the spacecraft. Europa Clipper carries 10 science instruments that could determine whether life is possible on another place in our solar system besides Earth. Now, Europa Clipper has been approved to launch, with no changes to the mission plan, goals or trajectory. Exploring an ocean worldWhen Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper program scientist, began working at NASA in 2003, he faced the task of pushing a Europa mission forward. Each year, the effort to get Europa Clipper designed and built has seemed more difficult, he said.

Persons: NASA’s, we’re, ”, Nicola Fox, Jupiter’s, Jordan Evans, Evans, “, ” Evans, Curt Niebur, ” Niebur, It’s, we’ve, That’s, Niebur, Laurie Leshin Organizations: CNN, Clipper, NASA, Europa Clipper, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight, Science, JPL, “, Juno Locations: Pasadena , California, Laurel , Maryland, Greenbelt , Maryland, flybys, Europa, gush

Washington CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris has met more than 150 world leaders since becoming vice president. Still, Harris has not always been the first phone call for foreign leaders or officials looking to get a line into the White House. UkraineA month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Harris was dispatched to NATO’s eastern flank on a reassurance mission – one that also came with some sensitive diplomatic smoothing-over. For a foreign policy novice with aspirations for higher office, the war in Ukraine was a rigorous introduction to wartime diplomacy. She has vowed to continue to support Ukraine and impose costs on Russia,” an aide to the vice president said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, ”, Biden, Harris ’, Harris, she’s, Donald Trump, –, Dana Bash, “, Dana, haven’t, —, Israel Harris, Netanyahu, Israel –, ” Harris, Harris “, Israel ”, Xi Jinping, Phil Gordon, Rebecca Lissner, Dean Lieberman, Antony Blinken, ” Lieberman, Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy McEldowney, ” McEldowney, don’t, Jake Sullivan, John Kerry, Emmanuel Macron, Biden –, – Harris Organizations: Washington CNN —, Israeli, Democratic, Republicans, CNN, Biden, White, Israel, White House, American, United Nations General Assembly, UN, ”, Aboard Air Force, NATO, Munich Security Conference, “, Munich Security, Ukraine, Rue Coquilliere Locations: Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, Ukraine, United States, New York, Washington , DC, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Port, Prince, Haiti, Russia, Poland, Warsaw, Washington, Romania, Munich, France, Paris, White, Rue

☆ Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft touches down on Earth, capping months of drama in orbit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Denise-Chow-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Denise Chow | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

After a summer of turmoil, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally home. The capsule undocked from the International Space Station without astronauts onboard on Friday at 6:04 p.m. Its smooth journey back suggests that the two NASA astronauts it carried to the space station could probably have flown home safely on the spacecraft. But the Starliner then remained parked at the space station for months as engineers on the ground assessed how to safely bring it back to Earth. Wilmore and Williams will remain on the space station into the new year then fly back in February on a SpaceX capsule.

Persons: Starliner, ” Joel Montalbano, NASA Starliner, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Wilmore, Williams, you’ve, ” Williams, “, ”, Boeing’s Organizations: International, NASA, Boeing, SpaceX, Space Center Locations: New, China, Houston

☆ Boeing Starliner capsule returns home from space — without astronauts on board
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Jackie Wattles | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Relive the Boeing Starliner capsule’s return home as it happened. CNN —Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned from the International Space Station Friday evening — concluding its nearly three-month stay in space. This screengrab taken from a video shows Boeing Starliner as it touches down in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, at 12:01 a.m. Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed at White Sands, New Mexico, on September 7. NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, left, and Scott Tingle look inside NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, in New Mexico, on September 7.

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☆ General says the Marine Corps 'stole' the narco-sub idea from drug runners to move missiles and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Marine Corps has a new unmanned, semisubmersible vessel to transport supplies and weapons. The general said the design is "just a narco-boat," an idea stolen from drug smugglers. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe Marine Corps got its inspiration for a new unmanned, semisubmersible vessel from narco-submarines used to transport drugs, a general said. The vessel is intended to transport equipment, weapons, and supplies to forward-deployed Marines, helping to make US forces more maneuverable and flexible.

Persons: —, Simon Doran Organizations: Marine Corps, Service, Corps, Business Locations: narco

☆ NASA to Say if Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Stay Longer on Space Station
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Saturday, NASA is scheduled to finally announce its decision for how two of its astronauts, who went to orbit in June on Starliner, a spacecraft built by Boeing, will come home from the International Space Station. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the space station on June 6. If everything during the mission had proceeded perfectly, Starliner would have been docked for just eight days. But this is a test flight for Starliner, the first with people aboard, and it was not a surprise that some problems might pop up. But problems with the Boeing spacecraft’s propulsion system turned out to be more than minor glitches.

Persons: Will, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore Organizations: NASA, Boeing, International Space, Starliner Locations: Starliner

☆ Italian Authorities Open Manslaughter Investigation in Yacht Disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Emma Bubola | Jeffrey Gettleman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Italian authorities said on Saturday that they had opened a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of the Bayesian luxury yacht, but that they had not yet zeroed in on any potential suspects. On Saturday, Ambrogio Cartosio, the prosecutor in charge of the case, said at a news conference that it was “plausible” crimes were committed during the accident. “There could be responsibilities of the captain only,” he said. There could be responsibilities of the boat makers. Or there could be responsibilities of those who were in charge of surveilling the boat.”

Persons: Michael Lynch, Hannah, Ambrogio Cartosio, ” Locations: British

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