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☆ NASA’s Boeing Starliner test flight astronauts discuss spacecraft problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and its crew have been in space for more than a month — much longer than the weeklong stay initially expected. But the two astronauts piloting this historic test mission mostly spoke favorably about the vehicle that carried them to the International Space Station, marking the inaugural crewed flight of the Boeing-built spacecraft. I mean, truly amazing,” Butch Wilmore, one of two NASA astronauts helming this mission, said in a Wednesday news briefing. The pump’s failure “put us in a position where we’d have to store an awful lot of urine,” said Dana Weigel, manager for NASA’s International Space Station Program, before the flight. SpaceX designed its cargo Dragon spacecraft years before its Crew Dragon capsule, while Boeing somewhat started from scratch with Starliner.

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☆ Denied the 'right to hug': In many U.S. jails, video calls are the only way detainees can see loved ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dan_Headshot.Jpg | Dan Slepian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Reekila Harris-Dudley during a video call with her family at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10. In recent years, hundreds of jurisdictions around the United States have eliminated in-person visits, making a video screen the only way detainees can see their loved ones. The financial allure of video visitation was clear to local officials when the technology was first introduced in Genesee County a decade ago. In Genesee County, video calls are free — if the “visitor” travels to the jail and uses a screen there. The video visitation scheduling kiosk at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10.

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☆ STIs: How to talk about them with a new partner
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

However, “how to bring it up is tricky because any topic related to sexual health is so taboo and so value-based,” Brito said. But regardless, “it’s important for you to be assertive about your own health,” Brito said, especially as rates of STIs have been rising over the last several years. Whether it’s due to shame or selfishness, not everyone is forthcoming about their sexual health status. Additionally, it’s easier to be proactive and prevent contracting STIs than it is to have to handle a health problem. “There are many … STIs that have really bad stigmas that actually don’t cause any long-term problems,” Earle-Cruickshanks said.

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On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector's record growth. Kentucky's bourbon industry pumps $9 billion into the Bluegrass State's economy each year, creating more jobs and attracting more tourists than ever before, according to a study released Tuesday. Kentucky distillers produce 95% of the global bourbon supply, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association. Producers had a record inventory of 12.6 million bourbon barrels aging in warehouses at the start of 2023, it said. Bourbon tourism has flourished, with attendance surpassing 2.5 million visitors last year along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour, which showcases smaller distilleries.

Persons: Andy Beshear, Bill Samuels Jr, Maker's Mark, Samuels, “, ”, David Osborne, Eric Gregory, ” Samuels Organizations: Kentucky Capitol, Democratic, Kentucky distillers, Kentucky Distillers ' Association, Maker's, statehouse, distillers, Producers, Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Distillers, Republican, Bluegrass State, Capitol, Ivy League Locations: FRANKFORT, Ky, Kentucky

WASHINGTON (AP) — By any standard, the past 18 months have been remarkable for getting wrongfully detained Americans home. For all the releases of wrongly detained Americans, several dozen remain imprisoned or held hostage, often by a hostile government. In some instances, there have been few signs of progress, and families have sometimes seen the foreign countries that are holding their loved ones release other detainees — but not yet their relatives. In September, five Americans jailed for years in Iran walked free in a deal that saw the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets. Despite the administration’s recent spate of success with other detainees, he said he was pragmatic about the absence of an obvious solution.

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☆ Thinking about bringing your significant other to Thanksgiving? Here’s what to consider
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jocelyn Solis-Moreira | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Inviting your partner to Thanksgiving is a huge step in any relationship journey. The Thanksgiving invitation should come after getting to see each other in a variety of settings, such as hanging with each other’s friends or after being physically intimate. Couples should also talk about what the end goal is for inviting their partner to Thanksgiving. Of all your relatives, your significant other should meet your parents or other important family at least a few days earlier. What to do on Thanksgiving DayIf you decide to invite your partner, Coles recommended bringing a gift as a thank-you for the invitation.

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☆ Taylor Swift’s Tour Revives an Old Debate: When’s the Bathroom Break?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ashley Wong | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ For Some Figma Fans, Adobe Deal Triggers Fears Over Innovation, Pricing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

In many instances, users switched over to it from Adobe products for those reasons. The fear is “not necessarily that it’s going to get worse, it’s that it’s just not going to get better anymore,” Mr. McCarthy said. Since last week, the social media site has become a popular forum for Figma users to voice their worries. If Figma price points approached some of the existing price points for Adobe products, “our costs would go through the roof,” said Mr. McCarthy. Both Adobe and Figma said that the strong community element is part of what made Figma so valuable and attractive to Adobe and they hope it can remain.

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