When Solar Orbiter launches, and how to watch it An Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled take Solar Orbiter to space from a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Sunday at 11:03 p.m. Eastern, around the time this year’s Academy Awards ceremony will come to an end. Forecasts currently call for an 80 percent chance of […]
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Manchester City’s Premier League game against West Ham on Sunday was called off due to a storm battering England and northern Europe, as were matches in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands February 9, 2020, 4:34 PM 3 min read LONDON — Manchester City’s Premier League game against West Ham on Sunday was called off due
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CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion of an automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition technology. It was their Illinois addresses, though, that put the trio’s names atop a
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SALT LAKE CITY — Ann Lovell had never owned a passport before last year. Now, the 62-year-old teacher is a frequent flier, traveling every few months to Tijuana, Mexico, to buy medication for rheumatoid arthritis — with tickets paid for by the state of Utah’s public insurer. Lovell is one of about 10 state workers
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CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion of an automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition technology. It was their Illinois addresses, though, that put the trio’s names atop a
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Remy Martin got the shooter’s roll on a pull-up jumper with 19 seconds left, and Arizona State held on for a 66-64 win over Southern California By JOSE M. ROMERO Associated Press February 9, 2020, 6:40 AM 4 min read TEMPE, Ariz. — Shooting 31% from the field, and going more than 11 minutes without
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No. 1 Baylor’s school-record winning streak has reached 20 games By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer February 9, 2020, 2:32 PM 5 min read WACO, Texas — MaCio Teague felt like he was in the quiet of a practice gym when he stood at the free throw line for No. 1 Baylor in the closing
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Facebook’s social media accounts were temporarily taken over by a group of hackers on Friday afternoon. The hacking group OurMine posted on the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger, writing “even Facebook is hackable”. The accounts have now been restored. OurMine claims its attacks are an attempt to show cyber vulnerabilities. In January
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Zach Reichle hit a key 3-pointer down the stretch and Oregon State overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 14 Oregon 63-53 By BY GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press February 9, 2020, 7:17 AM 4 min read CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle knew there would be games when his
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Announce a political campaign, write a book. This two-step is a national pastime. In “Author in Chief,” Craig Fehrman dives deeper into the books that have been written by presidents, before or after they were in office, including Thomas Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia” and Ronald Reagan’s little-remembered 1965 autobiography “Where’s the Rest
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