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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can’t use its congressional map with only one majority Black district, reasoning it was likely a discriminatory racial gerrymander that runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act. The 5-4 ruling sends the issue back to the state to redraw its congressional map, which had been allowed to be used in the 2022 midterm elections. Chief Justice John G. Roberts

A tropical disturbance in the northwest Caribbean Sea is entering the Gulf of Mexico and becoming better organized, and weather forecasters say there’s an increased chance it could become a tropical depression early next week. Invest 93L is expected to move toward Florida, but it’s track is still uncertain, the National Weather Service in Miami said Friday afternoon. The National Hurricane

A white male in his early 20s entered a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday afternoon and opened fire, police say, killing three Black people before taking his own life in what officials are investigating as a hate crime. A little after 1 p.m. on Saturday, the shooter—who has not been publicly identified beyond his age range and race—drove from nearby Clay County to a Dollar

Republican presidential candidates were set to face off Thursday in the first debate of the 2024 primary campaign, without front-running former President Donald Trump who decided to skip the event. With Trump absent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the leading contender of the eight who made the cut for the kick-off to the primary battle, and was hoping to use the event to cement his status in