Scott Powers
chicagotribune.com
Orlando, FL, United States
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What we’re watching: January 15
From "American Gods" and "Your Honor" to Nomadic Ambience and "Small Axe," here is what we’re watching. → Read More
What we’re watching: Jan. 8
From new series to old movie favorites, here is what we’re watching. → Read More
2020 is winding down, but the drama isn’t: Read these books now to make sense of it
We asked our staffers to recommend books as 2020 draws to a close; whether you need another jolt of politics or a dose of inspiration, read on. → Read More
Chicago-raised rapper Tray Savage remembered as loving father who ‘lived for his kids,’ family says
Musician Kentray Young, better known as Tray Savage, was remembered by his family as a “wonderful” father, grandson and nephew after he was fatally shot Friday morning on Chicago’s South Side. → Read More
10 TV-themed gifts made for the binge-watching season
Here are 10 gifts perfect for your loved ones who can't stop talking about their favorite shows. → Read More
Pitchfork Music Fest 2018: 5 things we can't get enough of on day 2
The best and worst of what we saw during the second day of Pitchfork Music Fest 2018. → Read More
Pitchfork Music Fest 2018: 12 things we loved (and hated) from day 1
The best and worst of what we saw during the first day of Pitchfork Music Fest 2018. → Read More
Who will fight medical-marijuana initiative this time?
With it becoming increasingly likely that Florida voters will be asked again to legalize medical marijuana, the group behind the ballot initiative must prepare for still-unknown opposition. → Read More
Congratulations pouring in for SpaceX launch, landing
SpaceX 's double triumph Monday night -- returning to flight with the launch of a Falcon 9, and bringing the rocket safely back to a perfect landing at Cape Canaveral -- is being hailed by the space industry as a dramatic moment for private space. → Read More
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral, sticks landing
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – SpaceX ’s Falcon 9 is back: back in service, blasting off Monday night after a six-month stand-down; and – just as remarkably for the company’s long-term plans — back on the ground, in one piece. → Read More
Rocket Crafters planning 'Ford F-150' of rockets for Cape
Former astronaut, Air Force test pilot and Sandia National Laboratories director Sid Gutierrez is chairman and CEO of Rocket Crafters. His company is developing a hybrid engine and expendable rockets designed for low-cost launches for small satellites — which can be as small as toasters. Rocket Crafters got state tax incentives to move from Utah to Titusville in 2013. Gutierrez, 64, spoke… → Read More
SpaceX bumps static-fire test to Thursday
SpaceX is expected to run its static-fire test Thursday, rather than Wednesday as initially envisioned, to prepare for launch of its Falcon 9 rocket. There is no word yet whether the launch itself might also be delayed a day. → Read More
SpaceX sets Jan. 17 California launch
As SpaceX 's launch of a set of ORBCOMM satellites Saturday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station remains pending a Falcon 9 engine static fire test today, the company already has set the launch of another Falcon 9, Jan. 17, from California. → Read More
Soto concedes campaign ethics charges, pays fine
State Sen. Darren Soto has consented to charges that his 2014 re-election campaign committed four campaign finance law violations, and he has paid a $400 in fines to the Florida Ethics Commission. → Read More
Florida's medical-marijuana licenses challenged
Eleven companies challenged Florida's limited medical-marijuana program Monday by contesting how the state awarded licenses to start the industry. → Read More
Elon Musk confirms SpaceX targeting Dec. 19 launch
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the commercial space company is aiming for a Dec. 19 launch. The launch will mark the first since a June launch failure. → Read More
SpaceX return to flight next: Dec. 19?
Now that Orbital ATK has successfully returned to the launching business, sending 7,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station, competitor SpaceX is next, and reportedly could launch as soon as Dec. 19. → Read More
Randolph nabs Minnesota Congressman's endorsement
Democratic congressional candidate Susannah Randolph has landed the endorsement of a Minnesota congressman who is a co-founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and chief deputy whip for the 113th Congress and the first Muslim elected to Congress. → Read More
Brown touts Clinton plan targeting Pine Hills, Washington Shores plants
Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton is unveiling a new plan to reinvest in closed manufacturing plants in distressed areas, citing examples in Pine Hills and Washington Shores, and drawing applause from U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown , D-Jacksonville. → Read More
Atlas V takes Orbital ATK capsule toward space station
NASA ’s commercial resupply program was re-launched Sunday as an Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a Cygnus spacecraft full of supplies for the International Space Station. → Read More