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In this image provided by NASA, the core stage for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is seen at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four engines fired for a little more than one minute.

NASA's 8-Minute Rocket Test Shuts Down After 67 Seconds

The test was for NASA's Space Launch System, a successor to the retired Space Shuttle program. It takes eight minutes to generate the power needed to get to space, and ultimately to the moon.

In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, in Washington. Kirby announced late Feb. 25, that the U.S. military conducted airstrikes against facilities in eastern Syria that the Pentagon said were used by Iran-backed militia groups, in response to recent attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq.

U.S. Airstrikes Target Iran-Backed Militia Sites In Iraq And Syria

They mark the second such attacks against similar facilities in and around Syria under the Biden administration.

Brian Mitchell, right, looks through the damaged home of his mother-in-law along with family friend Chris Hoover, left, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Waverly, Tenn. Heavy rains caused flooding Saturday in Middle Tennessee and have resulted in multiple deaths as homes and rural roads were washed away.

This Is The Devastation The Deadly Flooding Wrought In Tennessee

Record-breaking storms dropped more than 9 inches of rain on areas of Middle Tennessee. At least 21 people are dead and dozens are still missing.

Mail Delivery Is About To Get Slower And Pricier Just In Time For The Holidays

Some of the changes will result in increased transit times for cross-country and other long-distance deliveries. The price increases will not affect shipping for international products.

People gather as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on July 12, 2021.

More Than 60 People Are Dead After A Hospital Fire In A Southern Iraqi City

On Monday, flames swept through outbuildings of the al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiryah that had been set up to isolate COVID-19 patients.

Spectators leave the stadium in the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres on Saturday night in D.C. after a shooting occured outside the park.

3 Injured In Shooting Outside D.C. Stadium During Nationals-Padres Game

Fans ran for safety during the sixth inning after what police said was an exchange of gunfire between people in two cars.

David Elder, ocean rescue supervisor for Kill Devil Hills, N.C, stands in a hole he estimates to be 7 feet deep on Sunday. The town on North Carolina's Outer Banks has issued a plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the beach.

A man's death shows the dangers of digging deep holes on the beach

A town on the Outer Banks issued a public plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the oceanfront just hours before a man died at a New Jersey beach when a hole collapsed on him.

Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young address the press at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Prosecutors filed charges against six officers involved in the couple's arrest.

Atlanta officers won't face charges from 2020 arrest of 2 college students

On bodycam footage, officers are shown confronting two young Black adults, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, after the pair were out past curfew following protests over George Floyd's death.

The affidavit to support the arrests of Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali says the two men were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady's security detail.

2 men impersonated federal agents to get close to the Secret Service, FBI says

They have been impersonating federal agents since early 2020, the FBI says. They allegedly offered favors to several Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady's detail.

A photo of the the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moab, Utah. A construction project at the site recently damaged some of the tracks and trace fossils.

A construction project caused damage to 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah

A project to replace the boardwalk at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moah, Utah, cause minor damage to tracks and trace fossils at the site, a Bureau of Land Management paleontologist found.

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