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May 15 2023
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Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to
KSTPMar 29 2023
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Biden-Appointed DA Declined to Prosecute 67% of Those Arrested in DC
Crime has spiked in Washington, DC, in recent months after Biden-appointed United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, refused to prosecute 67 percent of those arrested who would have been put on trial in the D.C. Superior Court, according to 2022 District statistics. Among those Graves declined to prosecute were some 52 percent of all felony arrests, along with 72
Breitbart NewsJun 27 2022
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9 Democratic Primaries To Watch In Illinois And New York
By the end of the day on Tuesday, 29.5 states — why do you always have to make things difficult, New York? — will have held their 2022 primary elections. But we still have to get through Tuesday first! On June 28, voters in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah head to the polls (or mail in their ballots) for primaries; Mississippi and South Carolina will also hold runoff elections;
538 (ABC News)Mar 21 2023
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Body of missing 75-year-old woman found in container in West Baltimore, police say
BALTIMORE -- Police have identified a body found in a container this month in West Baltimore as Versey Spell, a 75-year-old woman who was first reported missing last year. Spell was first reported missing to police in October 2022, from her home in the 3900 block of Barrington Road. She disappeared under suspicious circumstances. According to her family, they found Spell's doors were forced
CBS News (Online)May 17 2023
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After Historic Primary in Philadelphia, a New Mayor Will Face Old Problems
As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Cherelle Parker’s win in the Democratic primary is a sign of how the city has changed. But Philadelphia’s challenges remain deep and daunting. PHILADELPHIA — The afternoon before Election Day, Jennifer Robinson, 41, was trying to manage her two small children in the quiet corner of a public library
New York Times (News)Mar 29 2023
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Irene Gakwa's boyfriend pleads guilty to stealing money from her after she vanished a year ago in Wyoming
The live-in boyfriend of missing woman Irene Gakwa has pleaded guilty to stealing money from her in the weeks after she vanished a year ago in Wyoming. Gakwa’s family last saw her on a video call on February 24, 2022, and reported her missing about a month later. She was 32 at the time, and lived with the boyfriend, Nathan Hightman, in Gillette, Wyoming. Hightman, 39, pleaded guilty Tuesday to
CNN (Online News)May 17 2023
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Progressives stumble in Philadelphia on heels of mayoral win in Chicago
Progressives suffered a setback in Philadelphia just a month after they notched a breakthrough victory in Chicago's mayoral contest. Crime took center stage in both elections, but in Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker, the more centrist aspirant who made beefing up law enforcement a forefront issue, prevailed, whereas Brandon Johnson, a progressive contender who was hammered on policing, ultimately
Colorado Springs GazetteMay 17 2023
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LA strip club dancers vote to unionize: 'Finally... a seat at the table'
In what could define live entertainment history, 15 months after attempting to unionize, dancers at a Los Angeles gentlemen's club are one step closer to becoming the first group of strippers to form a union in America. During a settlement hearing with union club attorneys, lawyers representing management of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood agreed to withdraw election
"USA Today" ContributorMay 17 2023
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Republicans Choose Cameron to Challenge Democratic Gov. Beshear
Republican voters in Kentucky on Tuesday chose Daniel Cameron, the state’s popular conservative attorney general, to challenge Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, setting up one of the most closely watched elections of the year, according to an early call of the race by the Associated Press. Cameron, who is Black and has a rising national profile among conservatives, was endorsed by former
Black EnterpriseApr 10 2023
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Senate GOP wants Trump to stay away from 2024 races as his legal woes mount
Senate Republicans, including members of leadership and even Trump allies, say former President Trump should stay out of the 2024 Senate primaries, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s disappointing midterm elections.
They view Trump as becoming more of a political liability in next year’s Senate races as his legal problems mount.
The Manhattan district attorney charged
The Hill