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Pompeo says Trump to take broad action on Chinese software

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

President Donald Trump plans to take action on a what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.

SpaceX Crew Dragon is heading home, hopes to land Sunday

By PBS NewsHour

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are expected to land back on Earth on Sunday afternoon. The historic mission aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor, which has been docked at the International Space Station since May, will mark the first…

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SpaceX guiding NASA astronauts to 1st splashdown in 45 years

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit headed toward a retro-style splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon to close out a two-month test flight.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s election agitations and distortions

By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Heads snapped and eyes rolled when President Donald Trump made a case for considering an election postponement in the pandemic. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who agree on precious little, said forget about it.

Hurricane Isaias lashes Bahamas while Florida battens down

By Dánica Coto, Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Hurricane Isaias snapped trees and knocked out power as it blew through the Bahamas on Saturday and headed toward the Florida coast, where officials said they were closing beaches, parks and coronavirus testing sites.

How a painless patch could one day deliver vaccines

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Vaccine patches haven’t yet been approved for commercial use, but vaccine experts and researchers agree that the emerging technology could revolutionize the way we deliver vaccines worldwide.

U.S. officials seek limits on what constitutes a ‘habitat’ for imperiled species

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals…

WATCH: NASA launches Perseverance to look for ancient life on Mars

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral at 7:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 30, kicking off its nearly seven month journey to Mars.

Why people are taking more coronavirus risks as the pandemic drags on

By Fedor Kossakovski

Even as COVID-19 cases are surging to new heights across the U.S., it makes sense that people are likely to be more lax in their precautions than during the early days of the crisis, experts in risk perception say.