Court fight over Alabama congressional seat has national significance, some say
Attorneys were to file briefs today to persuade three federal judges who will now decide whether Alabama’s congressional ...
The Supreme Court — and Black voters — may decide who controls the next Congress
Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...
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Black voters turned out in higher numbers in new majority-Black district, report says
Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...
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Experts say attempted mass firing of NOAA workers may be illegal and threatens public safety
Weather forecasters, climate modelers, glacier scientists and crew members on research ships received termination emails, ...
Chucking California’s recycling rules
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s direction to redo draft recycling rules is already reverberating on the opposite coast — and reviving ...
Supreme Court to hear argument over Louisiana congressional districts
Another round of ping-pong over Louisiana's congressional map is set to begin as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear ...
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Current convicted Alabama man pleads guilty to 1980 Back Bay hotel murder
On Wednesday, an Alabama man admitted to strangling a sex worker at a Boston hotel back in 1980. Steven Fike, 65, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Fike had already been serving a life sentence for ...