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Two NASA astronauts began an epic battery swap on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday (June 26), the first of four excursions to update the outpost. NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken, both veteran spacewalkers performing their seventh extravehicular activity (EVA), traded in three aged nickel-hydrogen …

ICM Partners has been the only major Hollywood agency to retain nearly all of its staff without overall pay cuts, as the coronavirus pandemic halted Hollywood production. (The agency released floating assistants at the start of the shutdown, now in its fourth month.) ICM Partners is now implementing a reduction …

Shares on Wall Street fell sharply on Friday as new confirmed coronavirus infections in the US hit a record high, prompting Texas and Florida to reverse the course of business reopening. The combination injected new concerns into a market that has been at its peak since April in hopes that …

Facebook faces a growing boycott by advertisers unhappy with its handling of disinformation and hate speech, including its laissez-faire attitude toward recent posts by President Trump. The effort gained steam in early June amid pressure from civil rights organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of People of …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that U.S He was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials believed to be responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong. The move comes ahead of a Chinese parliament meeting next week that is expected to enact new national security legislation for …