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Month: October 2023

A judge rules against a Republican challenge of a congressional redistricting map in New Mexico

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state judge has ruled against a Republican Party challenge of new congressional boundaries approved by Democrats that divvied up a politically conservative oil-producing region. In an order published on Friday. Judge Fred Van Soelen wrote that the redistricting plan enacted by Democratic

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Louisiana Republicans are in court to fight efforts to establish new Black congressional district

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana’s top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district. Louisiana is among multiple states still wrangling over congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in

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Ivory Coast’s president removes the prime minister and dissolves the government in a major reshuffle

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has removed the country’s prime minister and dissolved the government, according to a senior public official. The presidency’s secretary general Abdourahmane Cissé said in a statement Friday that Prime Minister Patrick Achi was removed alongside the members of the government

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Troopers who fatally shot a ‘Cop City’ activist near Atlanta won’t be charged, prosecutor says

By KATE BRUMBACK and R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not be charged, a prosecutor announced Friday, saying he found that their use of deadly force was “objectively reasonable.” Opponents

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Commander, el perro de Biden, ha estado involucrado en más incidentes de mordeduras en la Casa Blanca de los reportados anteriormente

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Commander, el pastor alemán de 2 años del presidente Joe Biden y la primera dama Jill Biden, ha estado involucrado en más incidentes de mordeduras de los informados anteriormente en la Casa Blanca, según múltiples fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto le dijeron a CNN. Si bien el Servicio Secreto de

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