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| NASA's new moon rocket is set to launch this morning – but setbacks have put pressure on the operation. A new poll reveals what voters want in 2024: to win. Keep reading to hear about Taylor Swift's new album and Eminem and Snoop Dogg's NFT-inspired performance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, and here's a few things to know this Monday. |
| 🌅 But first, meet Clark, the 19-year-old bald eagle spotted traveling through airport security. A majestic bird moving alongside metal detectors isn't an everyday sight – so photos and video footage took off on social media, with Clark capturing many hearts. Read more |
NASA presses toward moon rocket launch after fuel leak |
| As precious minutes in the countdown ticked away Monday, launch controllers repeatedly halted the fueling operation of NASA's new Artemis 1 moon rocket. It already was running nearly an hour late because of thunderstorms offshore of Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Then a leak reappeared in the same place that saw seepage during a dress rehearsal back in the spring. NASA's assistant launch director said controllers finally managed to get the leak down to a safe and acceptable level. It held steady there as nearly 1 million gallons of super-cold fuel filled the tanks of the rocket's core stage. Read more |
| One thing to know: NASA has just two hours to launch the 322-foot rocket on its first test flight with an empty crew capsule bound for lunar orbit. |
| • | What will Artemis I do? The mission will send an unmanned capsule on a 42-day trip around the moon before splashing down back into the Pacific Ocean. Artemis I's main priority is to test a new heat shield as it reenters Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 mph. | | • | The operation will launch the first of the Space Launch Systems program. The giant SLS rocket is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. It will cost taxpayers $4.1 billion every time it launches, watchdog groups say. | | • | How to watch the launch: The two-hour launch window at the Kennedy Space Center begins at 8:33 a.m. USA TODAY will stream the Artemis I launch live on our YouTube page. | |
| 🍩 One more thing: If you stop by Krispy Kreme today, maybe try their special filled, dipped donut celebrating Artemis 1. |
 | | On the main road to Merritt Island, the peninsula where the Kennedy Space Center is located, Brenda Mulberry's space memorabilia shop is packed with tourists. Between 100,000 and 200,000 visitors are expected to attend the launch of the mission, called Artemis 1, which will propel an empty capsule to the Moon as part of a test for future crewed flights. | | CHANDAN KHANNA, AFP via Getty Images | |
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| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, national political reporter Mabinty Quarshie looks at 'Defund the FBI' slogans and their potential effect on this fall's midterms. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
What do voters want in 2024? Democrats want a unifier, Republicans want a fighter |
| It's not just that Democratic and Republican voters disagree about who should be the next president. A new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds they also have different visions of the crucial characteristics needed for the job. Democratic voters say they want most of all a unifier who will focus on bringing the country together and finding compromises, while Republican voters value first and foremost a fighter who will battle on behalf of "the freedom and dignity of all Americans." Partisans on both sides do want this: a nominee who can win. Read more |
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 | | Pages from the government's released version of the F.B.I. search warrant affidavit for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 27, 2022 in California. The 32-page affidavit was heavily redacted for the protection of witnesses and law enforcement and to ensure the 'integrity of the ongoing investigation. | | Mario Tama, Getty Images | |
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International aid reaches flood-ravaged Pakistan |
| International aid is reaching Pakistan, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. Two cargo planes from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates landed near Islamabad on Sunday and more help arrived. Since mid-June, rains and floods have affected 33 million Pakistanis, damaged one million homes and killed at least 1,061 people. Read more |
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 | | Displaced people float belongings salvaged from flood-hit homes through a flooded area, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. | | Muhammad Sajjad, AP | |
Women in Afghanistan cope with fear, loss of rights under Taliban rule |
| The fall of Afghanistan, the hasty retreat of U.S. and allied troops last August, and the Taliban's resurgence changed the lives of Afghan women in unthinkable ways. A report last month by the human rights group Amnesty International catalogued the hardships inflicted upon women and girls under the Islamic militant regime. The organization interviewed more than 100 women and girls, as well as staff members of Taliban-run detention centers, international experts and journalists. The 98-page report's description of their lives under Taliban rule: "Death in slow motion." Read more |
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 | | Taliban fighters fired into the air as they dispersed a rare rally by women as they chanted "Bread, work and freedom" and marched in front of the education ministry building, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power, on August 13, 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan. | | Nava Jamshidi, Getty Images | |
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2022 VMAs Recap: Taylor Swift announces new album, Nicki Minaj is honored |
| It was all fireworks at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, New Jersey, where Taylor Swift celebrated her video of the year win for "All Too Well" by announcing her new album "Midnights." Elsewhere during the ceremony, Eminem and Snoop Dogg teamed up for a NFT-inspired performance, while Video Vanguard Award honoree Nicki Minaj brought a stripper pole to the Prudential Center stage for a career-spanning medley of her greatest hits. Read more |
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📷 Photo of the day: Must-see photos of Anitta, Nicki Minaj, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift and more 📷 |
| One of the night's many epic performances included Bad Bunny, who delivered a dynamic remote performance of "Tití Me Preguntó," from his chart-dominating fifth album "Un Verano Sin Ti." The sunglass-clad reggaeton superstar had no trouble captivating the enormous stadium audience, making the VMAs feel like his own personal concert as he set Twitter ablaze by kissing male and female dancers. Bad Bunny took home the artist of the year award. Click here to see more viral photos from the VMAs 2022. |
 | | Bad Bunny performs at Yankee Stadium. | | Noam Galai, Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global | |
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| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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