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| Welcome to Wednesday, Daily Briefing readers! While many of us are seriously missing human contact, the bond between pets and their owners has only become stronger during coronavirus quarantine, according to a new survey. |
| It's N'dea and here is today's top news, brought to you by these photos of the best Hollywood dogs. 🐶 |
SpaceX set to launch its first human crew to space 🚀 |
| On Wednesday, SpaceX is slated to fulfill its most important mission to date. Two astronauts are scheduled to board a Crew Dragon capsule and launch from Florida on a trajectory toward the International Space Station . It'll mark the first time the company has launched humans, as well as the first time in nearly a decade that astronauts take flight from American soil on American rockets. To succeed, everything – launch, orbit, docking, then departure and splashdown – will have to be perfect. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley depend on it. The mission is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which was designed to return American astronauts to the space station using commercially procured spacecraft. |
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Here is the latest news on COVID-19 |
| Even as the U.S. nears 100,000 coronavirus deaths, states including California and Nevada are continuing to reopen their economies. While many states are reopening, some are discouraging travel by requiring or recommending that visitors and residents returning from other states quarantine for 14 days. |
| Sign up to get daily updates on coronavirus straight to your inbox. 📥 |
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Another one: HBO Max becomes latest streaming service to debut. Is it worth it? 📺 |
| HBO Max, the latest major streaming service to launch, will be available starting Wednesday . But it arrives with a steep price tag at $14.99 a month. Still, it has a big leg up on the competition: An existing base of 43 million subscribers to HBO or Cinemax and its existing streaming service. So what are you getting for your money? Unlike Apple TV Plus, it is led by TV hits "Friends" and "The Big Bang Theory," all of HBO's series, Warner Bros. films, "Sesame Street" and several kids shows. Unlike Disney Plus and Hulu, it's designed as a one-stop shop for all ages. And unlike Netflix, it aims to provide what backers call a more "curated" collection of content. |
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Rocky Mountain National Park to begin reopening 🏞️ |
| Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado is scheduled to reopen Wednesday — two months after it was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic . However, park officials are still determining the timing and feasibility of park visitor center operations and other services. They are working with the state to follow "safer-at-home" guidance and are urging residents to limit activities to their immediate communities, restrict travel to no more than 10 miles from their home and not travel to mountain areas. The state tourism office has also discouraged vacations to the state to curtail the spread of COVID-19. |
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Need a sports fix? NASCAR holding second race at Charlotte 🏎️ |
| The NASCAR Cup Series held its annual Memorial Day weekend event — the Coca-Cola 600 — Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and on Wednesday the drivers will get another crack at the same 1.5-mile oval. After a 10-week shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR returned to action with a revised schedule that now includes rare mid-week races as the series tries to make up for postponed events. You can catch reigning series champion Kyle Busch, Sunday's winner Brad Keselowski and all of the Cup stars in the ALSCO Uniforms 500, 8 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. |
Eminem to host listening party in celebration of 'Marshall Mathers LP' 🎧 |
| Eminem has reached a new milestone in his rap career: the 20th anniversary of his seminal album "Marshall Mathers LP." And he's celebrating the album's big anniversary with a listening party on Wednesday, the Detroit-bred rapper announced. "I used to give a (expletive) / now I could give a (expletive) less," Eminem captioned an Instagram post using lyrics from his song "I'm Back." "Stan drop, Listening Party and I got a new number ☎️- hit the site for more info on the 20th Anniversary." |
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In better news: From Paris with love (and snacks) 🧀 🍷 🥖 |
| As flights get canceled and vacations to faraway places get put on the back burner for an unknown time when life will go back to "normal," it can seem challenging to think about traveling right now and heartbreaking to acknowledge your trip's demise. |
| Enter the answer to your travel woes. Out: real vacations. In: virtual vacations. |
| My co-worker Anika Reed had to cancel a trip to Paris due to coronavirus, but she didn't let that stop her. She decided to plan an entire day to recreate the magic of the City of Love and bring the trip to her one-bedroom apartment in New Jersey. |
| Here's how you can plan a Parisian getaway in the comfort of your own home, complete with a beautiful virtual tour of the city. |
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