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Maine company successfully launches prototype rocket

Sascha Deri, chief executive officer of bluShift, said the company is banking on becoming a quicker, more efficient way of transporting satellites to space.

 
Heart disease affects half of all adults in United States

A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that’s mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure.

Facebook discovers efforts to interfere with US elections

Facebook said it has uncovered “sophisticated” efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence U.S. politics on its platforms.

Super blue blood moon over Las Vegas — PHOTOS

Moon-gazers across the Las Vegas Valley were not disappointed by Wednesday morning’s celestial event. A cloudless sky with the temperature hovering around 50 made for a perfect night of viewing the super blue blood moon.

Conservationists fight Ruby Mountains oil development

Conservationists are bashing the latest move to open more federal land in Nevada to oil exploration, this time in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County.

 
Facebook says Russian ads seen by as many as 126M users

Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election.