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Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91

Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a lat

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Robotic vision startup Plus One raises $33M

San Antonio-based Plus One Robotics today announced a $33 million Series B. The round follows an $8.3 million Series A announced in 2018 and brings the company’s total funding to north of $40 million.

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Denver plane engine fire consistent with metal fatigue in fan blade, say investigators

Metal fatigue in the fan blades may have been behind the engine failure of a Boeing jet in Denver at the weekend, the US National Transportation Safety Board has said.T

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Boeing grounds 777s after engine fire in Colorado

In this file photo the Boeing regional headquarters is seen amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S., April 29, 2020. /VCG Dozens of Boeing 777 planes were grounded worl

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Damage to fan blade in Boeing 777 engine consistent with metal fatigue

A preliminary assessment showed that damage to a fan blade in a Pratt Whitney engine that failed in Saturday's United Airlines Boeing 777-200 shortly after takeoff from Denveris consistent with metal

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Boeing 777s grounded around world after Denver engine failure

Boeing has recommended grounding more than 120 of its 777 jets worldwide following a catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines plane in Denver.The company said o

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U.S. orders extra inspection of Boeing 777s with certain engines

U.S. aviation regulators issued an emergency directive for increased inspections of Boeing 777 jets using the same type of engine involved in a Saturday incident in Denver.The regulatory moves involv

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Japan requests airlines stop using Boeing 777s with P&W4000 engines

Japan's transport ministry on Sunday evening requested domestic airlines avoid using Boeing 777 planes with Pratt Whitney 4000 engines until further notice following an accident in the United States

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Lockheed Martin acquires rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4Bn as Space heats up

Lockheed Martin (LM), the US’s largest defence contractor will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), a rocket engine and missile manufacturer, for $4.4 billion including debt and net cash, giving the com

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Singer Bobby Brown's son found dead at Los Angeles home

Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 28.Los Angeles Police spokesman Officer Jeff Lee said officers were responding to a medical emer

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Bumble will exist as long as women do, CEO says

Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd wants to build a truly timeless company.“You can never disrupt the need for humans to connect. And the other thing that you can never disrupt is the need for women

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Amazon brings Twitch’s livestreams to its Amazon Music app

Amazon is leveraging its investment in live-streaming site Twitch to expand its Amazon Music service. The company announced this morning Twitch’s livestreams will now be available in the Amazon

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New York's MoMA, British Museum to reopen August 27

This file photo shows guests attending the MoMA's Second Annual Film Benefit, Honoring Tim Burton at the MOMA in New York, November 17, 2009. /CFP New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and th

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Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is coming to Disrupt 2020

The ongoing pandemic has drastically shaped how we maintain existing relationships but it’s also transformed how we get those relationships started, pushing more first encounters online and addi

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U.S. approves possible sale of F-35B fighter to Japan

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Thursday submitted the notification to the Congress of the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Japan, which includes 42

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Michelle Obama's book tour documented for 'Becoming' film

Michelle Obama will star in a new documentary out next week which follows the former first lady's global book tour for her smash-hit memoir, Netflix said on Monday. "Be

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Industrial technologies get a big backer with Anzu Partners’ new $190 million fund

Advances in biology, biochemistry, sensors and automation have the potential to reshape the ways manufacturing in America is done and a relatively new firm called Anzu Partners has just raised $190 mi