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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest Sun Flyby Ever on December 24
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its closest-ever flyby of the sun on December 24, 2024, passing within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface at a speed of 430,000 mph. This marks the 22nd close encounter of the spacecraft’s mission, which aims to provide unprecedented insights into the sun’s corona and other solar phenomena. Despite extr...
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The 2 Most Dramatic Moments Of The US Election 2024
US voters will either pick their first female, Black and Asian leader - or reappoint a chief executive seeking an unprecedented return to the White House he left in disgrace nearly four years ago.
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Mark Parker, Nike CEO For More Than A Decade, To Step Down Next Year
Sporting goods giant Nike named a new CEO on Tuesday to take over from Mark Parker, who will continue to lead the company's board of directors.
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"Illuminating, Fascinating": NASA To Make Closest Approach To Sun Soon
Just 161 days after its launch, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed its first orbit of the Sun and has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, which will mark its closest approach to the Sun in April, the US space agency has said.
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From Queens To The Queen, Trump Set To Meet Elizabeth II
President Donald Trump's planned meeting with Queen Elizabeth II on Friday marks the culmination of a long and sometimes tortured fascination with the British royal family, dating back two decades to the divorce of Princess Diana.
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Netflix's Wonderland Teams Up Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg Again
Netflix has signed Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg for a film adaptation of Robert B. Parker's Wonderland – written by author Ace Atkins – which is part of the Spenser series.
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'Jared Has Faded': Inside The 28 Days Of Tumult That Left Kushner Badly Diminished
The shortest month of the year delivered 28 days of tumult that many inside and outside the White House say could mark the fall of the House of Kushner.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming's First Trailer Hits the Web
Marvel has released the first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, which marks the second reboot of the film in less than five years, and takes the character back to his school days with actor Tom Holland.
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Nike CEO's Pay Almost Triples To $47.6 Million With Stock Award
The soaring compensation underscores the board's desire to keep the 60-year-old executive at the helm of the world's biggest sporting-goods maker.
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The Birth of a Nation Scores Wins At Sundance Film Festival
The Birth of a Nation, a drama about a 19th century slave revolt in Virginia, swept top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival on January 30. Dual awards mark a major victory for filmmaker Nate Parker, who wrote and directed the movie about Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion in 1831
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They Knew They'd Marry Someday. Then A Gunman Stole Their Future On Live TV.
It has been more than three months since Chris Hurst lost the woman he wanted to marry in a shooting that marked a seemingly impossible watershed
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On Sandy Hook Anniversary, US Activists Call For Gun Restrictions
US gun control activists called for expanded background checks for firearms purchasers and for a ban on sales to people on federal watch lists today, in a protest marking the third anniversary of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.
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How a Differently Abled Student's Letter to Nike is Now Changing Many Lives
Matthew Walzer's 2012 letter to Mark Parker, Chief Executive Officer of Nike, that resulted in an invention that will help millions of differently abled people in the world.
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MasterCard Chief Ajay Banga Among World's Best Performing CEOs: Report
Financial services giant MasterCard's chief executive, Ajay Banga, is the sole Indian-origin top executive in a list of 100 best performing CEOs in the world compiled by the prestigious Harvard Business Review (HBR) magazine, with Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos topping the rankings.
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Prince Charles' brother-in-law, India's elephant man, dies
Mark Shand, the brother-in-law of Britain's Prince Charles, died in a New York hospital on Wednesday after suffering a serious head injury in a fall outside a club following a charity event.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest Sun Flyby Ever on December 24
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its closest-ever flyby of the sun on December 24, 2024, passing within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface at a speed of 430,000 mph. This marks the 22nd close encounter of the spacecraft’s mission, which aims to provide unprecedented insights into the sun’s corona and other solar phenomena. Despite extr...
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The 2 Most Dramatic Moments Of The US Election 2024
US voters will either pick their first female, Black and Asian leader - or reappoint a chief executive seeking an unprecedented return to the White House he left in disgrace nearly four years ago.
-
Mark Parker, Nike CEO For More Than A Decade, To Step Down Next Year
Sporting goods giant Nike named a new CEO on Tuesday to take over from Mark Parker, who will continue to lead the company's board of directors.
-
"Illuminating, Fascinating": NASA To Make Closest Approach To Sun Soon
Just 161 days after its launch, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed its first orbit of the Sun and has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, which will mark its closest approach to the Sun in April, the US space agency has said.
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From Queens To The Queen, Trump Set To Meet Elizabeth II
President Donald Trump's planned meeting with Queen Elizabeth II on Friday marks the culmination of a long and sometimes tortured fascination with the British royal family, dating back two decades to the divorce of Princess Diana.
-
Netflix's Wonderland Teams Up Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg Again
Netflix has signed Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg for a film adaptation of Robert B. Parker's Wonderland – written by author Ace Atkins – which is part of the Spenser series.
-
'Jared Has Faded': Inside The 28 Days Of Tumult That Left Kushner Badly Diminished
The shortest month of the year delivered 28 days of tumult that many inside and outside the White House say could mark the fall of the House of Kushner.
-
Spider-Man: Homecoming's First Trailer Hits the Web
Marvel has released the first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, which marks the second reboot of the film in less than five years, and takes the character back to his school days with actor Tom Holland.
-
Nike CEO's Pay Almost Triples To $47.6 Million With Stock Award
The soaring compensation underscores the board's desire to keep the 60-year-old executive at the helm of the world's biggest sporting-goods maker.
-
The Birth of a Nation Scores Wins At Sundance Film Festival
The Birth of a Nation, a drama about a 19th century slave revolt in Virginia, swept top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival on January 30. Dual awards mark a major victory for filmmaker Nate Parker, who wrote and directed the movie about Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion in 1831
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They Knew They'd Marry Someday. Then A Gunman Stole Their Future On Live TV.
It has been more than three months since Chris Hurst lost the woman he wanted to marry in a shooting that marked a seemingly impossible watershed
-
On Sandy Hook Anniversary, US Activists Call For Gun Restrictions
US gun control activists called for expanded background checks for firearms purchasers and for a ban on sales to people on federal watch lists today, in a protest marking the third anniversary of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.
-
How a Differently Abled Student's Letter to Nike is Now Changing Many Lives
Matthew Walzer's 2012 letter to Mark Parker, Chief Executive Officer of Nike, that resulted in an invention that will help millions of differently abled people in the world.
-
MasterCard Chief Ajay Banga Among World's Best Performing CEOs: Report
Financial services giant MasterCard's chief executive, Ajay Banga, is the sole Indian-origin top executive in a list of 100 best performing CEOs in the world compiled by the prestigious Harvard Business Review (HBR) magazine, with Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos topping the rankings.
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Prince Charles' brother-in-law, India's elephant man, dies
Mark Shand, the brother-in-law of Britain's Prince Charles, died in a New York hospital on Wednesday after suffering a serious head injury in a fall outside a club following a charity event.
