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NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion Spacecraft Takes Major Step Toward Historic Lunar Mission

NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion Spacecraft Takes Major Step Toward Historic Lunar Mission

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is one step closer to its ambitious goal of sending astronauts around the Moon. According to recent updates from NASA, the Orion spacecraft, which will be at the heart of the mission, has successfully completed its propellant loading and is now advancing through critical phases of its preparation. This milestone comes after the spacecraft was moved …

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KU Athletics Receives Historic $300 Million Gift From Longtime Donor and Alumnus David Booth

KU Athletics Receives Historic 0 Million Gift From Longtime Donor and Alumnus David Booth

LAWRENCE, Kan. (Aug. 13, 2025) — Just days before the Kansas Jayhawks football season kickoff against Fresno State on Aug. 23, the University of Kansas announced an unprecedented gift from alumnus David G. Booth of Austin, Texas. The extraordinary gift, amounting to approximately $300 million, is the largest in Kansas Athletics and University of Kansas history, and is among the …

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White House lands on Trump-Putin summit location as officials scramble to prepare for historic Alaska meeting

White House lands on Trump-Putin summit location as officials scramble to prepare for historic Alaska meeting

Facebook Tweet Email Link American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday’s summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host the two world leaders were severely limited. When word reached certain prominent Alaskans …

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Southeast Wisconsin historic flooding, recovery and cleanup continues

Southeast Wisconsin historic flooding, recovery and cleanup continues

Historic flooding aftermath Communities across southeastern Wisconsin are still dealing with the aftermath of historic rainfall and flash flooding that occurred on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10, 2025. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. – Southeast Wisconsin saw historic and dangerous flooding this past weekend (Aug. 9-10). A flood warning remains in effect until 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. However, several river flood …

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Photos: Historic flash floods hit Milwaukee as Midwest faces heavy rains threat – Axios

Photos: Historic flash floods hit Milwaukee as Midwest faces heavy rains threat  Axios See aftermath of severe weather, flooding in Milwaukee, Wisconsin  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Heavy rain floods underground parking, submerging cars, in West Allis  WISN Severe storms knock out power and close roads in Midwest as flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair  NBC News Heavy Rains in Wisconsin Lead to Flooding …

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Blue Jays outscore Rockies 45-6 in historic 3-game sweep

Blue Jays outscore Rockies 45-6 in historic 3-game sweep

Even in a clash of Coloradan aces, Colorado ended up on the losing end. By a lot. Kevin Gausman (Grandview High School, class of 2010) pitched seven strong innings to outlast Kyle Freeland (Thomas Jefferson High, 2011), and the Rockies’ bullpen limped to a 20-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday, capping off a historically lopsided sweep at Coors …

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Webb Captures Historic New Version of Hubble’s Legendary Deep Field Image

Webb Captures Historic New Version of Hubble’s Legendary Deep Field Image

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is one of the most iconic space photos of all time, showing nearly 10,000 galaxies of diverse ages, sizes, shapes, and colors in a single frame. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revisited the same region of the sky, capturing its longest exposure of an extragalactic field with a single filter yet and revealing one …

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Athletics C Shea Langeliers posts historic 3-HR game in first career appearance as leadoff hitter

Athletics C Shea Langeliers posts historic 3-HR game in first career appearance as leadoff hitter

Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers made his first career appearance as a leadoff hitter Tuesday, a change A’s manager Mark Kotsay said he hoped would get the team off to “a quick start, hopefully.” Mission accomplished. Advertisement Facing the Washington Nationals, Langeliers made all kinds of MLB history with a 5-for-6, three-homer performance in a 16-7 blowout win. It might have …

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