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Monday, September 26, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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In this image made from a NASA livestream, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft heads straight into asteroid Dimorphos on Monday evening.

Watch replay: NASA spacecraft hits its target -- a rocky asteroid 7 million miles away

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 14,000 mph.
Amanda Rouser poses for a photo in front of a recruiting desk for new poll workers at Atlanta City Hall on Sept. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. Rouser was motivated to serve as a poll worker for the first time during the upcoming midterm election by false allegations of fraud against a Georgia poll worker after the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)

False claims, threats fuel poll worker sign-ups for midterms

False claims about the 2020 presidential election by former President Donald Trump and his allies are spurring new interest in working the polls in Georgia and elsewhere for the upcoming midterm elections, but for different reasons
Angelo Bernard, who lives near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, poses with his grandchildren who are visiting him for the weekend, at his home in Reserve, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. From left are Korinne Bernard, 11, Karmen Bernard, 9, and Anthony Bernard, 10, who used to attend Fifth Ward Elementary until Hurricane Ida forced them to move. "I feel for the kids that have to go to school that close to the plant," Angelo Bernard said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Civil rights law targets 'cancer alley' discrimination

The Biden administration is using Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to investigate environmental discrimination by state agencies and others that receive federal funds
FILE - People line up to vote in a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Sept. 24, 2022. Voting began Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo/File)

Ukrainians scared by Russia's preordained referendums

After seven weary months of war, many Ukrainians fear more suffering and political repression awaits them
People walk past a currency exchange bureau in London, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. The pound today slumped to its lowest level against the dollar since 1971, after the Chancellor hinted more tax cuts would follow those he announced last week. The pound dipped as low as $1.0349 per U.S. dollar early Monday but then rebounded to $1.0671, down 2.3%. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
The British pound has taken a tumble. What's the impact?
The British currency has taken a plunge, sliding against the U.S. dollar to touch an all-time low
FILE - Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, on June 25, 2017. Rhodes formally launched the Oath Keepers in Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19, 2009, where the first shot in the American Revolution was fired. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes' path: From Yale to jail
Oath Keepers militia group founder Stewart Rhodes was once a promising Yale Law School graduate
This screen shot from a Zoom video hearing shows Michael Carneal on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 at Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange, Ky. Carneal killed three students and wounded five more in a school shooting 25 years ago. He told a parole panel on Tuesday that he is still hearing voices like the ones that told him to steal a pistol and shoot into a crowded high school lobby in 1997. (Kentucky Parole Board via AP)
Kentucky man who shot classmates in '97 imprisoned for life
A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will spend the rest of his life in prison without another opportunity to seek parole
Today in History: September 26, first presidential debate
Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2022. There are 96 days left in the year.
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Aurora man who skipped trial convicted of sexually assaulting two children
An Aurora man who skipped out on his criminal trial was found guilty of sexually assaulting two children and faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison, the Kane County state's attorney's office announced Monday.
Naperville native Lucy Westlake, who earlier this year became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest, has been named a winner of the 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for her work to address water safety around the world.
Everest record-setter from Naperville wins national award for her work with water safety
Naperville native Lucy Westlake, who earlier this year became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest, has been named a winner of the 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for her work to address water safety around the world.
NASA spacecraft slams into harmless asteroid to see if it's possible to nudge killer space rocks out of Earth's way
NASA spacecraft slams into harmless asteroid to see if it's possible to nudge killer space rocks out of Earth's way
An elderly woman walks on a street in Raihorodok, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Russian military recruiter shot amid fear of Ukraine call-up
A young man shot a Russian military commander at close range at an enlistment office Monday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Eleven-year-old Gage Paez was one of about 30 students from Glenside Middle School Builders Club that planted 2,977 American Flags Friday September 9, 2022 in front of the Glendale Heights Village Hall in remembrance of the victims lost on September 11, 2001. An additional 466 flags were planted in memory of military, police and firefighters. In total 3050 flags were planted.
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FILE - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II looks on during a visit to officially open the new building at Thames Hospice, Maidenhead, England July 15, 2022. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision as doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.” The announcement comes a day after the 96-year-old monarch canceled a meeting of her Privy Council and was told to rest.
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