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SpaceX says failure of helium storage tank caused September rocket explosion

Four months after a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a Florida launch pad, SpaceX said Monday that the cause was a failed composite overwrapped pressure vessel used to store liquid helium. In the final update to its investigation, the space company said one of three such tanks in the rocket’s larger, second-stage liquid oxygen tank […]

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Trump Must Recognize U.S. Vulnerability to Cyberattacks

The most difficult fact for any nation to accept, is the fact that it may be totally outmatched, in some critical field, by some foreign agency or organization. Under the administration of Harry Truman, “Operation Paperclip” was instituted. This controversial program—designed to bring thousands of Nazi scientists into the U.S. after World War II—was the

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Nancy Pelosi: GOP’s rush to repeal Obamacare is ‘act of cowardice’

House Democrats lobbed a preemptive salvo Monday against Republicans itching to kick-start their Obamacare repeal effort once the new Congress gavels in, calling the effort an “act of cowardice” and reckless “assault” on health care for millions and conservative orthodoxy alike, since repeal is projected to raise the deficit. They also said Republicans would pay

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Quake swarm near the California-Mexico border gets scientists’ attention

More than 250 small earthquakes have struck since New Year’s Eve near the California-Mexico border, causing unease among residents and attention from scientists. The strongest earthquake in the sequence was magnitude 3.9, directly underneath Brawley, about 170 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The earthquakes struck in the southern end of the Brawley Seismic Zone, a

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Bennett vows to pursue Ma’ale Adumim annexation in January

Jewish Home leader says plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jerusalem-area settlement to be presented in Knesset after Trump inauguration By Tamar Pileggi and Times of Israel staff Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett delivers a statement to the press in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western

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Middle East, USA

UN’s new chief Antonio Guterres in appeal to ‘put peace first’

The new Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has called for peace to be a global priority as he started his first day in office. The former Portuguese prime minister and UN refugee chief begins a five-year term amid conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere, as well as threats from terrorism

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Trump’s Indonesia partner considers runnning for president

US President-elect Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner Global Mediacom CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, “If there is no one I can believe who can fix the problems of the country, I may try to run for president.” He added that running for election would be “not for myself, for the country” and

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Rep. Darrell Issa: Joe Biden must ‘stay engaged’ after leaving office

President Obama has said he’ll stay out of the day-to-day scrum in Washington once he vacates the White House, but a top Republican in Congress hopes the president’s second in command sticks around and works to facilitate deals between the two political parties. Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, said Vice President Joseph R. Biden can

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According to police, a lawmaker was beating his wife, and he had an audience

.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} A disturbing 911 tape that has been released appears to chronicle the moments in which Chris Corley beat his wife, and his children begged for him to stop. Corley is a Republican state representative in South Carolina. He was elected in 2014 and has a law office in Augusta, Georgia. RELATED:

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Mexican town whose chief earners are in the U.S. worries what happens if they’re sent home

TLACOLULA, Mexico — From her stall featuring regional delicacies, Eufenia Hernandez issued a challenge to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. “If this individual came down here to Oaxaca, we would put him to work,” she said. “Let’s see if he can work as hard as the Mexicans in the north.” Hernandez, a veteran border crosser, having

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Trump, Kelly, & The Coast Guard: Exclusive Interview With Adm. Zukunft

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft (right) meets with then-Southern Command chief Gen. John Kelly, now Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security. With the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States and with Trump’s nomination of Gen. John Kelley for Secretary of Homeland Security, life is going to change

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Former Australian PM: Cut off aid to Palestinians

Tony Abbott: Canberra should consider moving embassy to Jerusalem, support the ‘region’s only liberal, pluralist democracy’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90) Former Australian prime minister

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