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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to put weapons in space — pitched as a “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program — is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag he gave last year. The nonpartisan CBO report, published Tuesday, is described as an analysis that reflects “one illustrative […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump. He steps down after just over a year leading the powerful health regulatory agency, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak before an announcement expected […]

May 12 (Reuters) – Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the NBA team said on Tuesday. No cause of death was immediately announced. “We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke,” the Grizzlies said in a statement. “Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten.” Clarke, […]

May 12 (Reuters) – Blue Owl has seen a 95% drop in new investments at its biggest credit fund for retail investors, according to a regulatory filing, as direct lending came under rising scrutiny. The Blue Owl Credit Income fund (OCIC) reported accepting just $26.4 million in subscription payments on May 1, compared with $480 million at this time last year. Blue Owl values OCIC’s portfolio at about $34 billion. […]

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Space Bureau approved EchoStar’s sale of approximately 65 megahertz of spectrum to SpaceX and 50 megahertz to AT&T, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. (Reporting by Christian Martinez;Editing by David Ljunggren) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

LeBron James said he’s not ready to make a decision on playing a 24th NBA season, but oddsmakers strongly anticipate him being on the court come the 2026-27 season. James, 41, said after the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated by Oklahoma City on Monday night that, “what my future (holds), I don’t know, obviously.” However, the odds of James retiring opened with “No” at -450 at SportsBetting.ag, compared to +275 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Neil deGrasse Tyson has had a lifelong fantasy of being abducted by aliens. That’s right, he actually wants to be taken. “I even picture the scenario in my head: I’m sitting out there alone, and a beam of light comes down,” he says. “It’s not a spacecraft that’s hovering over me. It’s just a beam of light from space. And I just get lifted up into […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria ‘s military Tuesday denied a rights group’s claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention turned again to a long-running fight against armed groups in the country’s volatile north. Amnesty International in a statement Monday said a military airstrike on Sunday hit a market in Tumfa in Zamfara state. A Red Cross official in the state, Ibrahim Bello […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize the country’s nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end. Putin said that the nuclear-armed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year. It was built to replace the aging Soviet-built Voyevoda. “This […]