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NASA and Boeing say they're being cautious to make sure astronauts testing the new Starliner spacecraft will return safely.

NASA says astronauts from Boeing's Starliner could be in space for a couple more weeks even though their test flight was only supposed to last 8 days

Renton, WA

Interesting Engineering

"It's crystal clear they rushed the design and development of the plane," Ed Pierson, a former senior manager at Boeing's 737 Factory, told IE.

What went wrong with the 737 Max? Ex-Boeing factory manager speaks out

The aerospace giant has lost $1.6 billion on Starliner, including the $125 million, which was reported to regulators in a quarterly filing. While the company was awarded a massive $4.2 billion contract to accelerate Starliner development in 2014, it was structured as a “fixed-price” model. That means any cost overruns are solely the contractor’s responsibility.

Boeing bleeds another $125M on Starliner program, bringing total losses to $1.6B

NASA recently live streamed the departure of a spaceship from the International Space Station (ISS), but it wasn’t Boeing’s Starliner, which is staying longer than expected at the orbital outpost due to technical issues. On Friday, the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm detached Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft from the...

A spaceship just left the ISS, but it wasn’t the Starliner

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(Reuters) -Kelly Ortberg, the former Rockwell Collins boss tapped to lead Boeing, has a background that threads a delicate needle for the planemaker - a company outsider untethered to Boeing's past, but an industry insider with an engineering background.

New Boeing boss Kelly Ortberg brings engineering background, aerospace roots

Closer Weekly

Tom Selleck has been battling the bulge for some time — and now sources exclusively tell Closer he’s been eating comfort food to make up for the termination of his beloved show Blue Bloods. Sources and medical experts tell Closer 6-foot-4 Tom is grinding the scales at 350...

Tom Selleck Is ‘Virtually Obese’ at Nearly 350 Lbs: ‘His Whole Body Is Falling Apart’

Small merchants in China have been holding rallies this month to protest Temu's fines and refund policies, multiple outlets reported.

Dozens of angry Chinese suppliers swarmed Temu's office, saying they're tired of giving Westerners refunds without returns

West Virginia State

A 9/11 terrorist has asked a judge to send him back home to France to avoid the prospect of having Donald Trump order his execution if he is re-elected as president. Zacarias Moussaoui, who is being held at the Supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado, wrote to Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia that “your honor might concur that there is a possibility of, not a probability, that if the ex-U.S. President Donald Trump was to be reelected, he will sentence me to death by presidential executive order.”

9/11 terrorist begs judge to send him back to France because he is fearful of execution if Trump is president

Twentynine Palms, CA

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a retired major general whose body was discovered at a Marine base on Saturday. Maj. Gen. William Mullen, age 59, was found deceased at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, the San...

Retired Marine 2-star general found dead at sprawling California base

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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In 2019, Shaq hit a roadblock when he tried to buy a home for his mom, Lucille O’Neal. The real estate agent asked for a […]

Shaq Felt ‘Disrespected’ Over Credit Check Request While Dropping $1M on House for His Mom

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Mens Journal

It doesn't taste like other typical sodas.

Upstart Soda Brand Outselling Coke and Pepsi at Some Stores

When Don Lemon's "premium" video hosting deal on X was canceled in March, a representative for the former CNN anchor . Nearly five months later, he's taking Musk and his platform to court, claiming he hasn't been paid. The former CNN anchor filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Musk and...

Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X

POLITICO

Even as Trump slams the president for open borders, the Biden-Harris administration has kicked out far more immigrants than Trump ever managed to.

Trump Says He Wants to Deport Millions. He’ll Have a Hard Time Removing More People Than Biden Has.

The Spun

We're a couple of days into the 2024 Summer Olympics and several athletes have become breakout stars on social media. You can add another to the list: Ukraine high jumper Yuliya Levchenko.  The 26-year-old Summer Olympian is one to watch moving forward. Track and field is set to get underway ...

High Jumper From Ukraine Going Viral At The Summer Olympics

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said this week he plans to make his supercomputer Dojo compete with Nvidia. It's not the first time he's made ambitious promises.

Elon Musk made another big promise he may not be able to keep

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management issued a new forecast for Tesla stock last month. Wood thinks Tesla is the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) opportunity in the world, thanks to its full self-driving technology. Wood thinks Tesla stock will soar to $2,600 by 2029, but I think investors should pump the...

1 Unstoppable Stock That Could Soar 1,110% by 2029, According to Cathie Wood

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Boeing eats another $125 million loss over Starliner woes

Boeing has revealed that it has taken another $125 million in losses as a result of its Starliner spacecraft's delayed return from the ISS. As SpaceNews...

Boeing eats another $125 million loss over Starliner woes

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