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A tiny piece of space debris no bigger than a grain of salt punched a hole in the International Space Station. The incident highlights a growing problem orbiting above our heads. With more than 33,000 tracked objects and an estimated 100 million smaller pieces of debris circling Earth, a new industry is emerging to clean up space before it threatens satellites, astronauts, and the future of the space economy. New York Post financial correspondent Lydia Moynihan explains who’s building the business of orbital cleanup, who will pay for it, and why it could become one of the next major investment frontiers. Plus, what removing space junk means for life, and business, here on Earth.
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A New Jersey family is mourning the deaths of two young siblings after a boating trip ended in a collision with a channel marker in Barnegat Bay. Investigators are working to determine what caused the crash that threw both children into the water. The Secret Service is also warning that threats against President Trump and other protected officials have reached unprecedented levels. Ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the agency says it has already opened roughly 10,000 threat investigations this year.
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A dispute over a $65 parking contract allegedly ended with an Ethiopian migrant opening fire inside a Minnesota apartment complex, killing three employees. Authorities say the suspect was later arrested about 200 miles away while driving one of the victims’ cars. The mystery surrounding the death of college football player Nolan Wells is also deepening after an independent autopsy failed to determine his cause or manner of death. His family is still seeking answers about what happened during a Fourth of July trip to a Mississippi island.
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Five people, including two married couples, drowned in Ohio’s Scioto River after rushing into the water to save a struggling swimmer. The failed rescue attempt has left young children without their parents as investigators examine the dangerously high river conditions. The Trump administration is freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota while federal officials review potentially fraudulent claims. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the money will remain on hold until both states prove the taxpayer funds were spent lawfully.
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The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating whether an attack outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan was politically motivated after a man allegedly set a fire and threatened people with airsoft rifles. The building houses immigration courts, an ICE field office, and several other federal agencies. President Trump is also promising Iran will pay “many times over” after American service members were killed in the escalating conflict. The United States launched a tenth consecutive night of airstrikes as Qatar works to broker a temporary cease-fire.
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