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United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight

United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that eventually will replace the company’s Atlas 5 and already-retired Deltas. Equipped with four solid-fuel strap-on boosters for additional takeoff power, the 198-foot-tall Vulcan’s two methane-fueled BE-4…

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US accuses UK of ‘significant human rights issues’ and restricting free speech | Politics News

US accuses UK of ‘significant human rights issues’ and restricting free speech | Politics News

The US State Department has accused the UK of having “significant human rights issues”, including restrictions on free speech. The unflattering assessment comes via a new version of an annual Human Rights Practices report, with its publication coinciding with Vice President JD Vance’s holiday in the Cotswolds. Politics Hub: Follow latest updates and analysis It…

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Berta, Berta review: Black Out performance opened my eyes unexpectedly

Berta, Berta review: Black Out performance opened my eyes unexpectedly

β€œBerta, Berta,” a two-character play by Angelica ChΓ©ri, was inspired by a prison work song from Parchman Farm, the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary whose harsh conditions and history of forced labor extended the nightmare of antebellum slave plantations into the 20th century. The play, which is receiving its West Coast premiere in an Echo Theater…

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