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AST SpaceMobile has ramped up demonstrations of voice calls, texts, and video calls via satellite over the last year, using 4G LTE and 5G connections with download bandwidth reaching 14Mbps. Now the company says that a previous memorandum of understanding with AT&T to work on a space-based broadband network for phones has become a “definitive commercial agreement,” just in time for AST’s first five commercial satellites to launch this summer.

Housing prices rose by 0.95 percent in a month and by 2.2 percent in Tel Aviv ■ The Bank of Israel is worried about a new inflationary outbreak, mainly because of Israel's geopolitical uncertainty

The Moto Edge 2023 is an even more appealing phone while you also get a free Lenovo tablet when you buy today.

The Nets are retiring the No. 15 jersey of Vince Carter, the high-flying guard who will be enshrined this year in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Grilling season is upon us after all.

Will Thursday’s Young Sheldon mark the last time we see the titular brainiac and his twin sister? Or is it just so-long for now? As the Powers That Be ready Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, the question on everyone’s mind is whether the rest of the Cooper clan will make appearances alongside Montana Jordan and […]

1. UK to introduce new offence of causing death or injury by dangerous cycling  The Guardian
2. Death by dangerous cycling set to become offence  BBC
3. Politics latest news: Cyclists who kill face life in prison  The Telegraph
4. 'Killer cyclists' crackdown planned after death in London's Regent's Park  Evening Standard

Baltimore will travel to Houston to play the Texans on Dec. 25, Netflix announced Wednesday.

U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.

SOUTH JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) – A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the head in Queens Wednesday afternoon, police said. The stabbing happened near 122-15 Guy R Brewer Blvd. in South Jamaica around 2:50 p.m., according to the NYPD. The 15-year-old was stabbed once in his head and twice in his shoulder, police said. He was [...]

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has been banned by at least six of the nine Native American tribes in her state as of Wednesday, after she made comments earlier this year the tribes say were offensive. Relations between the governor and the tribes have been strained since she took office in 2019, but her...

(Photo credit: Clare Grant-USA TODAY Sports) The second major of 2024 tees off Thursday with the first round of the 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky. Our golf experts preview the tournament and provide their favorite prop picks along with best bets to win this week. 106th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Location: Louisville, Ky., May 16-19 Course: Valhalla Golf Club (Par 71, 7,609 Yards) Purse: TBA. $17.5M in 2

Heavyweight champion Fury, who faces Usyk on Saturday, is a fan of Tyson vs Paul and has backed 'Iron Mike' to win the controversial fight

(Photo credit: Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports) Adley Rutschman hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon. Bo Bichette smacked a two-run double in the third inning for the Blue Jays and it looked like those would be enough as Baltimore's offense stalled. After Monday's 10-inning triumph to open the se

The 28-year-old three-time Super Bowl champion has triggered a storm of controversy over his comments made in a commencement speech last weekend at Benedictine College, a private Catholic college outside of Kansas City. In a wide-ranging address, Butker took aim at "dangerous gender ideologies" in a reference to Pride month and appeared to tell women in the audience that their most fulfilling career would be that of "homemaker." He also attacked President Joe Biden's stance on abortion, accusing... Читать дальше...

(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports) Trevor Rogers recorded his first win of the season and a quartet of relievers completed the Marlins' second straight shutout of the Detroit Tigers as Miami collected a 2-0 road victory on Wednesday afternoon. Rogers (1-6) lasted the minimum five innings, giving up three hits and two walks with six strikeouts. Rogers had given up 12 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings in his previo

The three leading U.S. indexes all finish day at all-time highs.

Valentina Gomez previously posted a video of her burning LGBTQ-themed books with a flamethrower

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It’s time to give Paris Hilton a well-deserved round of applause. The TV personality hurriedly took down a TikTok earlier this week when it was met with resounding backlash. In the video, her adorable kiddos — Phoenix, 1 and London, 6 months — are all dressed up for a Mother’s Day brunch. They’re each sitting […]

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Computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is an important policy guidance tool for pollution reduction and emission control objectives. An article, published in Energy and Climate Management, introduces the economic module, energy module, macroscopic closure, dynamic mechanism, algorithm and back-of-the-envelope of a CGE. Then, it shows how to extend the CGE to carbon tax and carbon trading market, energy rebound effect, environmental tax and disclosure, and carbon neutral strategies.

A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, although officials said one person on the barge was knocked into the water and quickly rescued.

About 20 tents were set up on the morning of Wednesday May 15 at the Memorial Union quad at Oregon State University. The demonstration falls on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, when a mass expulsion of Palestinians began in…