By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The uncrewed Orion capsule of NASA’s Artemis I mission sailed within 80 miles (130 km) of the lunar surface on Monday, achieving the closest approach to the moon for a spacecraft built to carry humans since Apollo 17 flew half a century ago. The capsule’s lunar flyby, on the return leg …
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By Nathan Layne CUMMING, Ga. (Reuters) – With Republican influence in the U.S. Senate on the line, two dozen party faithful gathered in an Atlanta suburb on Sunday for the final stretch of a get-out-the-vote effort aimed at electing former football star Herschel Walker. Conservative activist Scott Presler told the group to make sure the …
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By Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday appeared ready to rule that a Christian web designer has a right to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages in a case the liberal justices said could empower certain businesses to discriminate based on constitutional free speech …
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By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Kirstie Alley, the two-time Emmy-winning actress who rose to fame in her role on the hit TV series “Cheers”, died on Monday after a short battle with cancer. She was 71. Alley’s death was confirmed to Reuters by her representative and through a statement from her children posted on …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs in Hollywood last year pleaded no contest to attempted murder on Monday and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison. As part of the no-contest plea – …
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By Rachael Levy (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations. Neuralink Corp is developing …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp will voluntarily recognize a union of about 300 videogame testers at subsidiary ZeniMax Studios if they vote to unionize, a first for the company in the United States, the Communication Workers of America union (CWA) said on Monday. ZeniMax employees at four locations in Maryland and Texas began …
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By Idrees Ali and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army on Monday awarded the contract for its next-generation helicopter to Textron Inc’s Bell unit, ending a years-long competition for the technology that will replace the Black Hawk utility helicopter. The Army’s “Future Vertical Lift” competition aimed at finding a replacement as the Army looks …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the main criminal counts in the federal government’s corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin. U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan said the Department of Justice failed to allege an explicit “quid pro quo” between Benjamin and Gerald …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden wants a bill to speed energy permitting attached to the annual defense policy spending legislation that Congress is considering, the White House said on Monday. (Reporting by Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Leslie Adler)
