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How a $60 loaf of rye bread went viral in New York City: ‘It’s a conversation piece’

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Bread experts weigh in on whether the rye sourdough that bakers ‘feed every day’ is worth that much A loaf of bread has become New York City’s latest viral hit and, somehow, status symbol. At Rye, the first US outpost of Austrian bakery Martin Auer, a 3.3lb loaf of 100% rye sourdough sells for $60 in SoHo. Made with just water, flour, salt and time, the bread has attracted the kind of attention once reserved for rainbow bagels, cronuts and skyscraper milkshakes. Which begs the inevitable question – is it actually worth that much?

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USCBS News

SpaceX launches Starship on giant rocket's first flight to orbit

SpaceX launched the company's Super Heavy-Starship on its first flight to orbit Monday, a major step toward perfecting the world's most powerful rocket for commercial flights and NASA moon missions. One of the Starship upper stage's six Raptor engines shut down early during the climb to an initially suborbital trajectory. After assessing telemetry, Elon Musk's flight control team decided the spacecraft was otherwise healthy and a second engine firing using a single Raptor engine completed the climb to orbit.

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Cornell fraternity rape investigation will be reopened, DA says

The investigation into an alleged rape at Cornell University in 2024 will be reopened, authorities said Monday. The move comes after a lawsuit was filed earlier this month by a woman who claimed she was drugged and raped by multiple people at a fraternity house over the course of hours. "The Grand Jury will be able to consider the testimony of Jane Doe as well as any new evidence raised by the allegations of the civil complaint. Upon a vote by the Grand Jury to indict any or all of the individuals involved, this office will prosecute the charges zealously and to the fullest extent of the law," the statement continued.

USABC News

RAF Fairford terrorism plot suspects are all British nationals, police say

LONDON -- A police cordon remained in place on Monday near a major air base hosting U.S. forces in the southwest of England, where British police arrested five men early on Sunday on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses. The men were detained in possession of three vans close to RAF Fairford, which has long served as a key European hub for the U.S. Air Force and a vital staging point for long-range operations in the Middle East -- including in the ongoing conflict with Iran.