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American companies will attempt to send a spacecraft to the Moon on February 14th, when Valentine's Day is celebrated in many places. This comes just a month after the failure of the first private mission, reported by the AFP. The mission will be carried out by a lunar lander belonging to the company "Intuitive Machines", based in Houston, Texas.

Usher delivered a Las Vegas-appropriate set heavy on glitz, choreography and nostalgia as he headlined Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, but it was new music from Beyonce and the Taylor Swift cam that grabbed the most attention.

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink has moved its legal corporate home from Delaware to Nevada after a Delaware judge struck down Musk's $55.8 billion pay package as CEO of Tesla.

Neuralink, which has its physical headquarters in Fremont, California, became a Nevada company on Feb. 8, according to state records.

Donald Trump strolled to victory in the Nevada caucus on Thursday, adding more delegates in his seemingly unstoppable march to the Republican Party's presidential nomination.

Trump was the only major candidate on the ballot when party members gathered in public buildings across the southwestern U.S. state to cast their in-person votes.

Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, which is campaigning for that American state to become fully independent, said that "TEXIT" is now on everyone's mind. He also claims that the secession of Texas from the USA "could be closer than you think".
His words come in the wake of the US state's conflict with federal authorities over the Texas-Mexico border.

Texas doubled down on using razor wire to repel migrants after the Supreme Court ruled that Border Patrol agents can cut through the wire to allow illegal immigrants into the country

Organizers say they want to stand up to "globalists" who they believe are conspiring to let migrants illegally flood the country.
"This is a biblical, monumental moment that's been put together by God," one organizer said.
"We are besieged on all sides by dark forces of evil," said another.

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will open a moderation office in Texas with an emphasis on fighting content linked to child sexual abuse, the company said.

A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico's northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth - and maybe a mate - in his new home 2,000 kilometers to the south.

A fighter pilot poised to become Turkey's first person in orbit and three other astronauts representing Europe were set for launch on Thursday headed for the International Space Station in the latest commercially arranged mission from Texas startup Axiom Space.