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 A last-minute problem nixed Saturday s launch attempt for Boeing s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years. NASA released a statement saying the agency and its partners would also forego a Crew Flight Test launch attempt on Sunday, June 2  to give the team additional time  stanley cup becher to assess a ground support equipment issue stanley cup  at Cape Canaveral Space Force Stations Space Launch Complex-41 in Florida. Two NASA astronauts were strapped in the company s Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted at 3 minutes and 50 seconds by the computer system that controls the final minutes before liftoff.Just moments before take off, there was no time to work through the latest issues, so the mission was suspended. NASA said it was due to an  observation of a ground launch sequencer,  and said,  The system was unsuccessful in verifying the sequencers necessary redundancy. Launch controllers were evaluating the data, according to United  stanley cup Launch Alliance s Dillon Rice.Technicians raced to the pad to help astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams out of the capsule atop the fully fueled Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Within an hour of the launch abort, the hatch was reopened. The attempt was an effort to send the astronauts to the International Space Station. It was the second launch attempt. The first try on May 6 was delayed for leak checks and rocket repairs.NASA said United Launch Alliance would assess the situation overnight and provide an upd Ghhn Why are experts warning about extremism in gaming
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 The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness as soaring rents and a decline in coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of reach for more Americans, federal officials said Friday.About 653,000 people were experiencing homelessness during the January snapshot. That s t stanley cups he highest number since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007 to count  stanley flask the homeless population. The total represents an increase of about 70,650 homeless people compared to January 2022.The latest estimate also indicated that people becoming homeless for the first time were behind much of the increase, and it ended a downward trend in family homelessness that began stanley termoska  in 2012. This data underscores the urgent need for support for proven solutions and strategies that help people quickly exit homelessness and that prevent homelessness in the first place,  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge said in a prepared statement.The U.S. had been making steady progress until recent years in reducing the homeless population as the government focused particularly on increasing investments to get veterans into housing. The number of homeless people dropped from about 637,000 in 2010 to about 554,000 in 2017.The numbers ticked up to about 580,000 in the 2020 count and held relatively steady over the next two years as Congress responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with emergency rental assistance, stimulus payments, aid to states and local government Xefp More girls are playing sports, but access becoming segregated
 The last major flashpoint between Russia and Ukraine was in 2014, when Ukraine ousted its pro-Russian president and the Russian military annexed Crimea. Since then, pro-Russian separatists, allegedly with Russian military support, have been locked in a conflict with Ukrainian forces in the  garrafa stanley East. But their tense stalemate had ended after the fighting briefly reignited in early 2020.Then in October, a buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border raised major concerns from the United States and Europe. Since then, both sides have been slowly amassing forces near the border.Ukraine is not part of NATO, but President Vladimir Putin has called NATO s growing influence in eastern Europe a threat to his country and that his milit stanley cup ary buildup is a reaction to Ukraine s stronger alliance with NATO.As of January 15, The Washington Post estimated about 35% of Russia s available battalion tactical groups and support elements are along both the Russian and Belarus borders with Ukraine, translating into at least 85,000 troops, not including aerospace forces and naval units.Meanwhile, in Ukraine, nationalist and citizen militias have been preparing for a drawn-out guerrilla campaign in case of Russian occupation, according to the New York Times.The U.S. has sent ambiguous messages on a potential response. Though President Biden has sa stanley mug id that U.S. troops will not be sent to Ukraine, it was reported that the Pentagon placed 8,500 troops on alert in case of deployment. The State Departmen

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 There is broad agreement among lawmakers and experts that the U.S. is about to experience a surge in migrants. Barring a last-minute change, Title 42 will come to an end May 11, and officials are bracing for migrants who have been waiting at the border to enter the U.S.The pandemic-era rule put in place by then-President water bottle stanley  Donald Trump was intended to stop the spread of COVID-19. In the years since, asylum seekers have generally been required to wait in Mexico.In preparation for the expiration of Title 42, the Biden administration announced the addition of 1,500 troops at the border. Given U.S. law prohibits the military from conducting law enforcement, the t stanley website roops will mostly be on hand to do administrative tasks. Some Republicans, however, arent happy about this move. This is a bad situation that is about to get much, much worse, and the answer is not 1,500 active-duty service members, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said at a news conference.  They didnt join the military to go to the border and push paper and change diapers, but under the law, thats all they can do. At a news confe stanley france rence, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., slammed the plan of sending troops to the border. It is ridiculous theater,  Graham said.  It will not change the outcome. Theyre not going to be there as soldiers turning people around. Theyre not going to be there enforcing laws because of the Posse Comitatus Act 鈥?They are not doing anything to deter entry into the country. SEE MORE: US, Mexico announce immigration Vsfs African American Chamber of Commerce raises $1 million for the Legacy Campaign
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 American Airlines officials confirmed that a flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger on board one of its commercial planes on Wednesday. American Airlines flight 377, with service from San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, to Los Angeles International Airport, was en route when the incident happened. CNN reported that a video posted to social media showed a passenger approach a flight attendant and then punch them before other passengers were heard gasping in reaction. American Airlines said in a statement,  Acts of violence against our team members are not to stanley taza lerated by American Airlines.  The statement said,  The individual involved in this incident will never be allowed to travel with us in the future, and we will work closely with law enforcement in their investigation. Law enforcement met the flight when it landed at the g stanley cup ate and removed the passenger. The passenger was arrested, according to a public information officer with the U.S. Attorney s Office Central District of California. Their office is working with the FBI on the case. American Airlines said,  We thank our crew for their quick action and professionalism to ensure the safety of their fellow team members and customers on board.  The statement said,  Our thoughts are with our injured flight attendant, and we are ensuring that they and their fellow crew members have the support they need at this time. Julie Hed vaso stanley rick, national president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants  APFA , said,  This violent be Cdyk Former President Trump wins CPAC straw poll with 70%
 It was a busy weekend for parents everywhere with kids 5 to eleven as hundreds flocked to pharmacies across town to receive their first dose of the Pfizer Vaccine.Thursday the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine became available for children ages five to 11. According to the CDC now everyone ages 5 and older is recommen stanley cup ded to get the vaccine.Hayat Pharmacies saw more than 300 children between the ages of five through 11, which was an all-time high for their clinic. Mariana Sanabria has three kids and so far, only 2 qualify to receive the vaccine.  It s just been a count down for us. It s good to know that we re gonna be going into this winter season a little bit more protected,  said Sanabria. While studies show that kids remain at a lower risk of becoming severely ill due to COVID-19, local leaders say it is imperative that they get v stanley us accinated to stop the spread. Children an stanley water bottle d teens continue to represent the highest number of new confirmed cases in Wisconsin compared to other age groups. Saturday afternoon, Mayor Tom Barret, held a press conference alongside local leaders to discuss their efforts in creating more vaccine clinics to get more children vaccinated.  Currently, 19.7% of the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 are within children under the age of 12. So basically 20% of the people that are now suffering from COVID younger than 12,  said the mayor. However, as more shots go into little arms, officials hope to see that percentage decrease. Hayat Pharmacies was buzzing wit

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  CBS News  PHILADELPHIA - There are museums dedicated to barbed wire and Spam, hobos and yo-yos -- even trash. Yet there is no major museum for the treasures of the American Revolution. But there are plans to right that wrong -- with a museum to be built with public and private funds in the city where America was born.In a secret location in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Scott Stephenson has been cataloging artifacts form the Revoluti stanley mug onary  stanley water bottle War.He shows us a musket used in the Battle of Lexington and Concord -- the first action in the war of independence. He also has a soldier s canteen -- one only three known to have survived:It says  U. States.  If you t stanley italia hink about it at this point the United States is still just an idea,  Stephenson said.                A musket used in the Battle of Lexington and Concord is one of 3,000 Revolutionary War artifacts being donated to a new museum in Philadelphia documenting the Revolution.                                                      CBS                                        For years the 3,000 items in his collection have been looking for a permanent home. By 2015, they ll finally have one, when the Museum of the American Revolution opens in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall. Amazingly, it will be the first national museum to tell the entire story of the American Revolution.          It s been a long time coming but I m glad it s here,  said Brown University professor Gordon Wood, a scholar of the revolution. There have been Jmob Terrifying Aquarium Shark Plunge
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 Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee are accusing the CIA of trying to delay release of the panel s report that criticizes the agency for overestimating the prewar threat posed by Iraq. I m not sure whether it s because they don t want to be embarrassed,  said Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the committee s top Democrat. For some reason they re delaying it. They don t want it out,  he said in a broadcast interview.The CIA was given most of the committee s report several weeks ago for declassification and fact-checking. The report examines intelligence failures on Iraq, including the flawed weapons estimates. They were supposed to have that back to us in two weeks, then three, and i stanley flask t s now four,  said Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, the committee s chairman.        He said the committee s review is  not a flattering picture. The report by itself is not a good news report. CIA spokesman Tom Crispell, asked for a response by The Associated Press, said:  We will continue to work with the committee in order to deal with these issues. The senators declined to discuss details of the report, but Roberts said the weapons issue  was a global failure of all of the world intelligence agencies.  It was an assumption train, and the assumptions were wrong,  Roberts said.            The committee may bypass the CIA and approve making public the re stanley becher port s conclusions  to force its release,  Rockefeller said.The CIA is reviewing the report to make stanley uk  sure its factual and that Gdsi Lawmakers Blast Shifts In Bailout Plan
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 An Army colonel who pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of laundering cash from his wife s drug deals while he headed U.S. anti-drug operations in Colombia has been fired by the Army.Col. James C. Hiett, a 24-year veteran, has been dropped from Army personnel rolls and as a result will receive no military retirement pay, spokesman Lt. Col. Russell Oaks said Monday. Oaks said Hiett cannot appeal the decision.Army public affairs officials said they did not know how to reach Hiett to respond to media requests for comment.A federal judge in July sentenced Hiett to five months in prison, five months of home confinement an stanley mugs d one year probation. Hiett pleaded guilty in April to charges he tried to launder $25,000, proceeds from drug shipments his wife made from a post office in the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to New York City.Laurie Hiett pleaded guilty in January to charges she shipped packages containing $700,000 worth of heroin and cocaine. She is serving a five-year sentence.        James Hiett was U.S. military group commander at the embassy in Bogota at the time. In that job, he was in charge of  stanley flasche all U.S. military activities in Colombia, including highly sensitive counterdrug operations.After the allegations became public in August 1999, Hiett was transferred to a desk job at Fort Monroe, Va.At the time, the Army said an investigation by stanley cup  its Criminal Investigation Division in Panama cleared Hiett of any involvement in criminal activity, saying he had  no prior knowledge  of h Xurs Push Toward Gay Marriage Bans
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