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The government shutdown’s strain on air traffic control has not only led to limitations on airlines, but spaceflight too.

Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/J2TsjLOm6b

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 11, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration implemented space launch restraints so commercial launches have to fall between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. as of Monday.

That has led to a pivot from SpaceX for several of its planned launches on the Space Coast including a record-setting one knocked out Monday night.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-87 mission carrying 29 satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:21 p.m.

That fell within the new FAA limits, although the original launch window had been planned for earlier in the day.

This was the third flight of the first stage booster, which made another recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic.

The launch was significant as the 94th orbital mission on the Space Coast from all launch providers, one more than the record 93 flown in 2024. SpaceX’s early Sunday launch, also for Starlink, matched last year’s total. read more

By Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Consumers don’t have to worry about products arriving in time for the holidays, though they may be facing higher prices, say officials at one of America’s largest ports.

Imports at the Port of Long Beach are flowing smoothly through its facilities despite the government shutdown and tariff uncertainties, port executives said. Still, they acknowledge that the volume and prices of products in the millions of containers coming through the port suggest that imports are becoming more costly and consumers are more cautious.

Until now, retailers, manufacturers and other intermediaries have absorbed much of the cost of tariffs, but that is changing as it becomes more apparent which tariffs are here to stay, Mario Cordero, chief executive of the Port of Long Beach, said Friday during a virtual news conference.

“Consumers will likely see price escalation in the coming months as shippers continue to pass along the cost of tariffs on goods, and a higher percentage of these costs will be passed on to the consumer,” he said. read more

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press

Wendy’s plans to close hundreds U.S. restaurants over the next few months in an effort to boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing.

The Dublin, Ohio-based chain said during a conference call with investors Friday that it planned to begin closing restaurants in the fourth quarter of this year. The company said it expected a “mid-single-digit percentage” of its U.S. stores to be affected, but it didn’t give any more details.

Wendy’s ended the third quarter with 6,011 U.S. restaurants. If 5% of those locations were impacted, it would mean 300 store closures.

The new round of closures comes on top of the closure of 240 U.S. Wendy’s locations in 2024. At the time, Wendy’s said that many of the 55-year-old chain’s restaurants are simply out of date.

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By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer

While driving to a new restaurant, your car’s satellite navigation system tracks your location and guides you to the destination. Onboard cameras constantly track your face and eye movements. When another car veers into your path, forcing you to slam on the brakes, sensors are assisting and recording. Waiting at a stoplight, the car notices when you unbuckle your seat belt to grab your sunglasses in the backseat.

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This fall, multiple appliances in my home announced they were done: A water line inside my washer broke, my dryer began requiring multiple cycles to dry a load, and my hair straightener stopped getting hot enough to do its job.

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The only silver lining? Solid holiday sales start in October and get really good in November.

As a personal finance expert, I came up with a shopping strategy: I would select the appliances I wanted to buy before the October sales began, track the prices through Black Friday and buy as soon as those prices dipped to their lowest point.

I estimate leveraging holiday sales to buy my household necessities could save me several hundred dollars. read more