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Virgin Galactic02 crew members, Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff and Anastasia Mayers. (Virgin Galactic)(NEW YORK) -- Virgin Galactic is launching its first mission carrying paying customers on Thursday just weeks after the companys first flight in June. Galactic 02 will launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 9:00 a.m. MST (11:00 a.m. EST), which will be livestreamed. The spaceflight company, founded by British businessman Richard Branson, will have six people on board, with three of them be...

US Border Patrol(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A Florida mayor had quite the unexpected catch while on a recent fishing trip. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor helped reel in 70 pounds of cocaine while fishing last month in the Florida Keys, her office confirmed on Tuesday. The drugs had an estimated street value of $1.1 million, according to Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar with the U.S. Border Patrols Miami sector. Slosar said on social media on July 24 that the cocaine was "discovered by a recreational boater&...

Elke Meitzel/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood after the American Red Cross announced Monday it would follow recent guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA issued guidelines in May stating that all potential blood donors must answer a series of individual, risk-based questions to decide eligibility. Men who are in monogamous sexual relationships with other men will be able to donate blood. People regardless of gender or sexu...

Frazer Harrison/WireImageNick Viall and Natalie Joy will soon be a family of three. In a joint Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the Bachelor alum and his fiancée announced they are expecting a baby. "Our biggest dream came true," they wrote in the caption alongside several photos of them embracing, and an ultrasound image. The photos were taken by photographer Sarah Partain. Several Bachelor Nation alums flooded the comments section of the post, including Victoria Fuller f...

IronHeart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A single ticket sold in Florida won the estimated $1.58 billion jackpot in Tuesday nights Mega Millions drawing, a record high for the lottery and among the largest-ever U.S. drawings, the lottery said. The winning ticket was purchased at a Publix Super Market on Atlantic Boulevard in Neptune Beach, Florida, local lottery officials said. The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20. 32, 33 and gold Mega Ball 14. The cash payout option is estimated at $783.3 million, th...

FILE -- Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Eleven people are missing after a fire engulfed a vacation home for people with disabilities in eastern France on Wednesday morning, officials said. The blaze broke out around 6:30 a.m. local time at a private accommodation in the French town of Wintzenheim, near the border with Germany. It wasnt long before "violent flames" enveloped about 300 square meters (3,200 square feet) of the 500 square meter (5,400 square foot) structure, accord...

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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Campbell Soup Company is expanding its presence on grocery store shelves with a new deal to acquire Sovos Brands Inc., the maker of Raos pasta sauces and noosa yogurt. At $23 per share, the total enterprise value of the acquisition is approximately $2.7 billion, the companies announced in a joint press release on Monday. The premium pasta sauces first hit shelves in 1992 to bring home cooks a signature taste of the legendary 10-table New York City re...

Sam Nolan(JUNEAU, Alaska) -- Astonished scientists could not have predicted the severity of a glacial lake outburst flood that inundated a large portion of Juneau, Alaska, over the weekend. Now, theyre worried the unprecedented event could happen again. City officials in Juneau, Alaska, issued an emergency declaration Sunday after a glacier lake outburst flood, from the Suicide Basin on the Mendenhall Glacier, wreaked havoc in the city. Typically, researchers at the National Weather Service expe...

The AsylumThe year was 2013. Daft Punks "Get Lucky" was on the radio, and in the air, there was a funnel cloud full of sharks. That was the year that gave us Sharknado, the campy SyFy Channel special starring Tara Reid and Ian Ziering, a whole lot of amateurishly rendered computer generated sharks and, well, tornadoes. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, production company The Asylum is bringing the fish franchises original into theaters, with a special two-day event. According to a new...