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NASA says astronaut in hospital as 'precautionary measure' after returning from extended stay in space

Merit Street Media | Oct 25, 2024

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut were unexpectedly transferred to a medical facility in Florida rather than...

2 weeks from Election Day, Trump and Harris campaign in the Lone Star State

Merit Street Media | Oct 25, 2024

Texas — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will center their attention on Texas Friday with both presidential candidates holding events in the staunchly...

Law enforcement races to stop AI-generated child sexual abuse images from spreading

Merit Street Media | Oct 25, 2024

Washington — A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army...

Computer glitch could keep 1,900 South Carolina teens from voting

Merit Street Media | Oct 25, 2024

Columbia, S.C. — A civil rights organization wants South Carolina to reopen voter registration for nearly 1,900 teens after the state Department of...

Israeli airstrike kills 3 journalists in southern Lebanon

Merit Street Media | Oct 25, 2024

Beirut — An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon early Friday, a rare strike on an area that...

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

Merit Street Media | Oct 24, 2024

Columbus, Ohio — The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year’s...

Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges

Merit Street Media | Oct 24, 2024

Denver — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly...

Prosecutors recommend resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez in 1989 killings of their parents

Merit Street Media | Oct 24, 2024

UPDATE | Oct. 24, 2024, 3:35 PM CST | Los Angeles — Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their...

Nebraska Democrats hope Omaha a ‘blue dot’ on state’s red electoral map − and their lawn sign shows it

Merit Street Media | Oct 24, 2024

Maria Sharapova elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame

Merit Street Media | Oct 24, 2024

Newport, Rhode Island — Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion known for plenty of on-court grit and off-court attention, and Bob...