WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic continued its monthly cadence of commercial suborbital spaceflights Oct. 6, carrying three customers that included the first person from Pakistan to go to space. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, took off from Spaceport America attached to its VMS Eve mothership at 11:28 a.m. Eastern. VSS Unity released from the plane at 12:10 p.m. Eastern, flying to an apogee of 87.5 kilometers before gliding back to a runway landing at the spaceport. As with the previous flight, Galactic 03 on Sept. 8, Virgin Galactic did not provide a live broadcast, limiting itself to social media updates.…
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Apple, off late, has been a bit slow when it comes to new iPad launches. Its last iPad launch took place in October last year when it released its new iPad Pro variants powered by its then-new M2 processor and a new 10th Gen iPad with a new design and a new keyboard accessory. While we have been hearing rumours about some new and interesting iPad models, there is finally some news which sort of confirms that they are indeed being tested and should be launching soon.9to5mac as per its sources claims that everything is on track and that Apple…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while talking to the media during a break as he attends trial in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against him, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in New York City, October 4, 2023.Mike Segar | ReutersA New York appeals court on Friday refused to stay the ongoing civil business fraud trial of Donald Trump and his company, but did halt a judge’s order to cancel the business certificates of Trump’s companies in the state.The ruling came after Trump’s business fraud trial ended its first week of…
Play video content Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce is taking Aaron Rodgers’ playful diss in stride … admitting he thought it was actually funny when the Jets superstar referred to him as “Mr. Pfizer” earlier this week — but doubling down on his decision to be a vaccine spokesperson. Kelce addressed AR8’s recent comments on the “Pat McAfee Show” with reporters on Friday … cracking a few jokes of his own as he discussed the whole ordeal. “Our defense played really well and Mr. Pfizer didn’t have a crazy impact on the game” 😂@AaronRodgers12 #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/AGzbcRFjdi— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October…
Department of Defense logo is seen ahead of a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., United States on August 15, 2023. Celal Gunes | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — A former U.S. Army sergeant was arrested on Friday for allegedly attempting to provide classified national security information to China, the Department of Justice said.Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, was taken into custody at a San Francisco airport after he arrived there from China, the DOJ said.Schmidt allegedly initiated efforts to provide Chinese intelligence with U.S. defense information after separating from the military in January 2020, the department said.He left…
Less than one year after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were declared legally single in March 2022, West has seemingly remarried, and his alleged new wife actually works for his company, Yeezy. TMZ reported on January 13 that West and Bianca Censori recently had a private wedding-like ceremony, although they haven’t yet filed a marriage certificate to make it legal. West was seen wearing a gold wedding band while at lunch with Censori in Beverly Hills on Monday, January 9, and the outlet reports he released a song about her, “Censori Overload” last month.West has kept a lower profile since…
The mark of a good TV series is when it can reinvent itself to prevent becoming stale. Chucky did that in a big way on Chucky Season 3 Episode 1, which shifted the action to the White House. It was a compelling way to give the killer doll this new sandbox to play in while simultaneously sending threats to those who can’t get close to him. It’s on-brand for him, but where will that go on Chucky Season 3 Episode 2? Devon, Lexy, and Jake vowed to get into the White House to take down the killer doll, once and…
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The Tesla logo is seen on a charger station in Virginia on Aug. 16, 2023.Celal Gunes | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Pioneer Natural Resources — The energy stock added nearly 10%. The action comes after The Wall Street Journal reported that Exxon Mobil is close to a deal to acquire Pioneer for about $60 billion. Exxon shares slid 1%.Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle company fell nearly 1% after Tesla cut the price of some Model 3 and Model Y versions in the U.S. Tesla began slashing prices on its cars…
Why are people acting so crazy these days? Because crazy behavior is becoming the new normal.  In other words, what was clearly insane ten years ago is normal today. Why? One of the most potent causes is what researchers call “toxic leadership.” We have an example of toxic leadership in the firing of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday October 3rd. On the one hand, McCarthy had an extremely positive quality, persistence.  McCarthy aimed to be Speaker of the House for over ten years and raised massive amounts of money for his fellow Republicans, money to build…
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2023.SAUL LOEB | GettyViolent moves in the bond market this week have hammered investors and renewed fears of a recession, as well as concerns about housing, banks and even the fiscal sustainability of the U.S. government.At the center of the storm is the 10-year Treasury yield, one of the most influential numbers in finance. The yield, which represents borrowing costs for issuers of bonds, has climbed steadily in recent weeks and reached…
For a long time, I’ve described my writing as “spooky literary”—the term that seems closest to the pulse of this genre-muddling category I love so much. “Spooky literary” books have ghosts or monsters or werewolves, and they also have complex characters and gorgeous prose. They have moonlit swamps or dark New England woods or shadowy basements, and they ask troubling questions about what it means to be human. They might elicit fear or conjure an unsettling atmosphere, and they might make us reconsider our conception of what is monstrous or what it means to be haunted. I’m a huge fan…
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film had sold more than $100 million in advance tickets globally as of today, according to AMC Theatres Distribution and AMC Entertainment as the film is set to opens at close to 8,500 theatres across 100 countries in a week. Audience demand “has been incredible” across the U.S., AMC said, “from the largest cities to the smallest towns,” dominating arge screen formats. The Sam Wrench-directed movie of the blockbuster tour opens October 13 at 6 p.m. local time. AMC has said that the most anticipated movie on the fall theatrical release calendar will be holding a world premiere…
BAKU, Azerbaijan — The liftoff time for India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander was shifted four seconds to avoid close approaches to other space objects. Chandrayaan-3 launched July 14 on a LVM-3 heavy-lift rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into an initial highly-elliptical Earth orbit. This began a circuitous journey to the moon which culminated in the lander making the highest latitude lunar landing and making India the fourth country to safely soft land on the moon. The nominal launch time was however changed after analysis of the orbits of tracked space objects. “Based on collision avoidance analysis the liftoff time…
Honor 90 5G launched in India in September. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and packs a 5,000mAh battery. It is available for purchase in the country in two storage options and three colourways. The model is set to be offered at a discounted price during the upcoming Amazon Great India Festival sale which starts on October 8. This sale coincides with Flipkart’s Big Billion Days sale. Aside from smartphones, both these e-commerce sales will offer discounts on a wide range of electronics and non-electronic items as well.Honor 90 5G Amazon Great Indian Festival sale priceThe 8GB…
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Manhattan courthouse, where he is attending the trial in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against Trump, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others, in New York, Oct. 2, 2023.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersDonald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to dismiss the election interference indictment against him, claiming he is protected from prosecution in that case by presidential immunity.Trump’s lawyers argued that the acts he is criminally charged with were part of his official presidential duties.Trump is therefore “absolutely immune from prosecution,” the…
NewsMegan Thee Stallion Shares New Song for A24’s Dicks: The Musical: Listen“Out Alpha the Alpha” is Meg’s first new song as lead artist this yearBy Evan MinskerOctober 6, 2023FacebookXMegan Thee Stallion as Gloria in Dicks: The Musical (Justin Lubin)FacebookXMegan Thee Stallion has released the new song “Out Alpha the Alpha.” It appears on the soundtrack of the A24 film Dicks: The Musical, a movie which also stars Meg. It’s her first new single as lead artist of the year fresh off the release of her Cardi B collaboration “Bongos.” It was co-written by Marius de Vrises and co-composer Karl Saint…
A general view of the pools for the process of salt extraction at Salinas Grandes on March 28, 2023 in Jujuy, Argentina.Ricardo Ceppi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMomentum behind Argentina’s lithium mining boom is picking up fast.The country is thought to be on track to match — and potentially even surpass — neighboring Chile as Latin America’s leading lithium producer by 2030, with investors and operators from across the globe scrambling to get involved in its burgeoning ventures.Lithium, sometimes referred to as “white gold” due to its light color and high market value, is regarded as a critical…