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NASA Administrator Jarek Isaacson said it may be until 2028 before the Cape Canaveral launch pad that was badly damaged last week in the Blue Origin rocket explosion is repaired and ready to use.

In an interview on CNBC, he said the repairs will, quote, take some serious time.

Blue Origin has only one launch pad at the Florida Space Facility.

Researchers are beginning to understand how the brain identifies individual words in spoken sentences.

NPR's John Hamilton reports.

Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Edelman, who's the 10th winningest coach in NBA history, has died at the age of 79.

He coached five teams in the NBA and had 1,042 wins and took the Portland Trailblazers to the NBA Finals twice.

He coached Sacramento, Houston, Minnesota, and the Golden State Warriors.

He also played in the NBA for six years.

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi Friday refused to answer questions concerning President Trump's alleged involvement in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

During a four-hour closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, Bondi defended the Trump administration's handling of the files concerning the disease-infected sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

One Democratic lawmaker called the questioning a sham.

NPR's Ava Berger reports.

An ICE agent has been arrested in relation to the January shooting in Minneapolis of a Venezuelan immigrant.

NPR's Meg Anderson reports the agent, his name was Christian Castro.

He has been arrested in Texas.

An ongoing Ebola outbreak in East Central Africa is leading to travel restrictions across North America.