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Middle East latest: Israel says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead

Merit Street Media | Oct 17, 2024

Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip — Israel says it has killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza. Foreign Minister Katz...

Family, fans devastated after former One Direction member Liam Payne  dies from three-story fall

Merit Street Media | Oct 17, 2024

Buenos Aires, Argentina — The death of Liam Payne, who shot to stardom as a member of the boy band One Direction and grappled with intense global...

Texas board rejects clemency plea from man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case

Merit Street Media | Oct 16, 2024

Elon Musk commits $70M to support Donald Trump

Merit Street Media | Oct 16, 2024

Washington — Elon Musk, a tech mogul who is the world's richest person, plunged more than $70 million into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans...

NFL team owners approve Tom Brady's purchase of a minority stake in Las Vegas Raiders

Merit Street Media | Oct 16, 2024

The US gender wage gap just widened for the first time in 20 years

Merit Street Media | Oct 16, 2024

Ohio — Just how much of a setback was the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S. working women?

Nebraska’s high court says people with felony records can register to vote

Merit Street Media | Oct 16, 2024

Omaha, Neb. — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restored the voting rights of those who...

3 weeks from election day, former President Trump campaigns in Atlanta

Merit Street Media | Oct 16, 2024

Atlanta, Ga. — With only three weeks left until election day, Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump continues to campaign in key...

Pandas arrive at National Zoo, won't be ready for public debut until January

Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024

Washington — The National Zoo's long dark panda drought has come to an end.

Protesters demand Kellogg remove artificial colors from Froot Loops, other cereals

Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024

U.S. — Dozens of people rallied outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. Tuesday, demanding that the company remove artificial dyes from...