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• Walmart just announced a new slate of pay and benefits perks for US hourly associates.
• Some 700,000 workers are eligible for a new bonus that increases with their years with the company.
• The retailer is also expanding online training options, as well as piloting a trades career

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• Boeing launched its Starliner spacecraft carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station. 
• The launch went smoothly after the program was plagued by delays.
• Boeing's spacecraft would give NASA a second option for human transport to space. 

On Wednesday morning, Boeing's Starliner launched toward the International

House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones are both adapted from the works of George R.R. Martin, but with distinct challenges: Dragon is based on a history tome, while Thrones’ plot ended up advancing beyond that of Martin’sas-yet-unfinished book series. Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal knows endings are an issue in…

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U.S. astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams left Earth on Wednesday in a new Boeing spaceship, after a string of delays and engineering problems that spanned a decade. 

Following two scuttled launch attempts over the past month, the third try appeared to be the charm with a seamless countdown. Starliner's first crewed test flight blasted off at 10:52 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space

Boeing's first Starliner flight with a human crew onboard has successfully blasted off to space on top of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket, almost a month after it was originally scheduled to launch. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams entered the Starliner capsule and completed necessary checks by 10:08AM ET. Less than 30 minutes after the astronauts entered the capsule, the

Update: June 5, 11:02 a.m. ET: ULA’s Atlas V rocket blasted off this morning at 10:52 a.m. ET, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sitting inside Boeing’s Starliner capsule. The first crewed mission of this spacecraft, following two failed launch attempts, is finally underway. Of course, the true test…

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The climate as we know it may be in the rear-view mirror, and there is precious little time to change course before careening past a dangerous threshold for global warming.

That was the sentiment expressed by United

Dermatologists are sounding the alarm over two emerging types of fungi that can cause nasty bouts of ringworm. In a new report Wednesday, they describe the first known U.S. case of one ringworm fungus that can spread sexually, while another recent paper details the arrival of a species resistant to the most common…

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If you’re mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on your web browser, Google is telling you it’s past time to start using the app and only the app. The company is ending access to the Timeline feature for users on the web. If you want to keep your past routes, you’ll need to download them to your app.

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In his search for giant stars hosting large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, came across a strangely puffy planet that’s smaller, hotter, and older than it’s supposed to be. “We didn’t expect to find any planet that looks like this,” he told Gizmodo.

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