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Former UNC student selected as commander for upcoming mission to International Space Station :: WRAL.com

Former UNC student selected as commander for upcoming mission to International Space Station :: WRAL.com

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate will be a commander for a SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. According to NASA, Zena Cardman, a UNC graduate and current astronaut, will serve as the commander for the Crew 11 mission set to depart for the ISS later between …

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Family wants to know why student was fatally shot by an Alabama police officer

Family wants to know why student was fatally shot by an Alabama police officer

An independent autopsy determined that no exit wound or bullet was found in the body of an 18-year-old Black college freshman who was fatally shot by a police officer in Alabama, his family’s attorney said Tuesday. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump asked state officials and the Homewood Police Department to release body camera video of the deadly June 23 encounter …

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U.S. debt is so dire it now resembles the student loan crisis

U.S. debt is so dire it now resembles the student loan crisis

The U.S. is inviting a debt shock if it continues on its current trajectory, which is starting to look like unsustainable student loans, according to Jared Bernstein, who previously served as the chair of President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. In a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday, he acknowledged that he was once a longtime dove when it …

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