The CEO of Virgin Galactic says the space tourism venture is on the verge of making more history in 2020 following an “incredible” year of progress By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press December 5, 2019, 10:26 PM 3 min read Virgin Galactic is on the verge of making more history in 2020 following an “incredible” […]
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Amazon said on Friday that it would lease office space in Midtown Manhattan for more than 1,500 employees, increasing its presence in New York City less than a year after abandoning plans for a second headquarters in Queens in the face of stiff local opposition. The retail giant said it had a signed a lease
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Beating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January. The Chiefs had home-field advantage and NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes but the Patriots escaped Arrowhead Stadium with a 37-31 overtime win and went on to win their sixth Super Bowl title. The
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President Trump is taking on Americans’ flushing habits and the country’s water efficiency standards. “We have a situation where we’re looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms, where you turn the faucet on — in areas where there’s tremendous amounts of water, where the water rushes out to sea because
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GRUNDY, Va. — Jay Rife surveys the landscape — hundreds of flat, grassy acres reclaimed from a spent mountaintop mine once operated by the Paramont Coal Company. A few handsome homes stand on one end of the project. An 80,000-square-foot shell, to house some future manufacturing operation, is being built on another. For the intrepid,
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“Why are you looking for a job change?” is a reasonable question for a person making a job change to hear during a job interview. But how honest should you be? Saying that you are escaping a bad boss, or want more money, or simply want a new job is not going to sell your
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It’s been two years since 38-year-old massage worker Yang Song fell four stories to her death from an apartment window during a police raid on an illegal parlor in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. The New York Police Department’s Queens North Vice Enforcement Division conducted the raid on Nov. 25, 2017, just two days after
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ericsson is one of world’s biggest makers of mobile network equipment Sweden’s telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£760m) to resolve allegations of bribery, the US Department of Justice has announced. It said the company had “admitted to a years-long campaign of corruption in five countries
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France’s nationwide strike has disrupted schools and transport. Many union workers, including teachers, transport workers, hospital staff and some police are unhappy about the planned reforms that would see them retiring later or facing reduced payouts. President Emmanuel Macron wants to introduce a universal points-based pension system which made some union leaders vow to strike
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Disney on Wednesday unveiled its latest “Star Wars” attraction, a sprawling ride at one of its Orlando theme parks that takes guests into the heart of a First Order Star Destroyer. Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance formally opens at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Thursday morning, with a twin version of the ride making its
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