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Alabama

Alabama asks US Supreme Court to halt ruling blocking Republican-drawn voting map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Alabama officials on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily halt a lower court’s ruling that rejected a Republican-crafted electoral map for diminishing the clout of Black voters, escalating a legal […]

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City Council

Los Angeles City Council acts to spare Marilyn Monroe house from demolition | #citycouncil

[1/5]The new US postage stamp commerating actress Marilyn Monroe, was unveiled in New York January 5, 1995. REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing Rights LOS ANGELES, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home, where she died of a drug overdose in […]

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Alabama

Alabama to ask US Supreme Court to keep Republican-drawn electoral map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sept 5 (Reuters) – Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents’ voting power and must be redrawn, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday, a decision that the state said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appeal plan escalated the stakes of a judicial decision that boosted Democratic chances […]

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Alabama

Court revives Alabama ban on transgender youth treatment, judge blocks Georgia law | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

[1/2]A person holds up a flag during rally to protest the Trump administration’s reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday […]

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Alabama

Biden’s pick for top US general warns on Republican blocking promotions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the top U.S. general warned on Tuesday that a Republican senator’s blockade of military promotions could have a far-reaching impact across the U.S. armed forces, affecting troops and their families. “We will lose talent,” General Charles “CQ” Brown, the outgoing Air Force chief of […]

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Alabama

Alabama lawmakers clash over Black voters as redistricting deadline looms | #elections | #alabama

July 20 (Reuters) – Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature faced a Friday deadline to approve a new congressional map that would boost the number of Black voters in one of the state’s districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that its current map was unconstitutional and violated the Voting Rights Act. But Democrats and civil rights groups […]

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Mayor

London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s clean air zone plans fuel racist abuse online -City Hall

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans to expand a contentious clean-air zone for motorists has driven a surge in online racist abuse against him, according to an analysis published by his office on Wednesday. Khan, who is of Pakistani descent, was elected the first Muslim mayor of London – and of […]

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Mayor

Home of French mayor ram-raided and torched by rioters

[1/7]L’Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun reacts at the city hall in L’Hay-les-Roses, the city where his home was ram-raided and set alight while his wife and children were asleep inside during the unrest that has gripped the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a… Read more PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) – […]

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Mayor

Lisbon mayor accused of ‘boycotting’ slavery memorial

[1/2]Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas speaks during the opening ceremony of Web Summit, Europe’s largest technology conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes LISBON, July 1 (Reuters) – The mayor of Lisbon has been accused of “boycotting” Portugal’s first memorial to victims of slavery, a long-delayed project in a country still struggling to […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors blocked by U.S. judge

[1/2]Transgender rights activist waves a transgender flag as they protest the killings of transgender women this year, at a rally in Washington Square Park in New York, U.S., May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Demetrius Freeman/ File Photo June 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care […]

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