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San Francisco to Elon Musk: 'Good riddance'

San Francisco officials are giving Elon Musk and his companies the kind of rude kiss-off he's known for: "Good riddance!" The miffed Musk has announced he's packing up and taking X headquarters from San Francisco off to Austin, Texas, and moving SpaceX from Hawthorne, California, to the Longhorn State. Musk is quitting the state in a snit, he says, over a new California law that prohibits schools from notifying parents if their children expresses a desire to change their gender identity. Musk cited the gender identity law as the state's "final straw."

WHAT CALIFORNIA LEADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MUSK'S EXIT



Putin played on Trump's ego, ex-aide claims

Donald Trump was determined during his presidency to cozy up to counterpart Vladimir Putin despite Russia's interference in US democracy and objections by advisers, a former top aide claims in a new book. The new behind-the-scenes details from H.R. McMaster, Trump's second national security adviser, come as Americans are set to decide whether the former president should return to the White House and as US officials warn of fresh foreign election meddling.

McMASTER WRITES ABOUT ODD TRUMP-PUTIN RELATIONSHIP


Boeing's Starliner faces series of setbacks

The decision to transfer the crew of Boeing's Starliner to a SpaceX mission after the spacecraft malfunctioned is just the latest twist in a long saga that has undermined the US aerospace giant. The setbacks and delays on Starliner's journey to transport a crew to the International Space Station -- and its inability to bring them back home -- is just the latest in a company plagued by a series of disappointing setbacks.

SEE THE LONG-RUNNING RIVALRY BETWEEN BOEING, SPACEX


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Friday's answer: After leading a USA Today poll for a decade, Chick-fil-A fell to third place last month behind Del Taco and KFC, respectively.

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