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...
FEMA resumes door-to-door visits in North Carolina after threats linked to disinformation
Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024
Asheville, N.C. — Federal disaster personnel have resumed door-to-door visits as part of their hurricane-recovery work in North Carolina, an effort...
'Blessed by God to have had my son,' parents of slain American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin speak out
Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024
New York — "This will always be with us."
Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold
Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024
Albuquerque, N.M. — Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five...
Gourdness gracious! Pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins California contest
Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024
Half Moon Bay, Calif. — A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern...
USDA launches internal investigation into deadly Boar's Head outbreak
Merit Street Media | Oct 15, 2024
Virginia —U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems at a...
