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Republican officials celebrated Tuesday night’s decision that allows the state to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s election. Opponents of the map said they’re worried.
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Elise Catrion Gregg/Gulf States NewsroomAs redistricting heats up across the Gulf South, local Mississippi leaders discuss fears of what it could do to communities. -
Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for AmericaJefferson Parish is using opioid settlement money for a new drug court. Is it the best use of funds?The parish is poised to receive $65 million from the legal settlements fund. Some argue the money would be better spent on preventative programs and other initiatives.
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State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium. -
Javier Bardem is riveting in this 10-part Apple TV miniseries about a man who, recently released from prison, goes on to terrorize his former attorney. -
Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker was perhaps most well-known for the graphic memoir, and subsequent film, about her life during the Iranian revolution in 1979. -
Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are. -
The U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.
