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Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to stanley cup give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The three-judge panel for the U.S. district court in Alabama ordered the state to use the new lines in the stanley cup 2024 elections. The judgesstepped in to oversee the drawing of a new map after ruling last monththat Alabama lawmakers flouted their instruction to fix a Voting Rights Act violation and create a second majority-Black district or somet stanley cup hing quite close to it. The three-judge panel selected one of three plans proposed by a court-appointed expert that alters the bounds of Congressional District 2, now represented by Republican Rep. Barry Moore, in southeast Alabama, who is White. The district will now stretch westward across the state. Black voters will go from comprising less than one-third of the voting-age population to nearly 50%. Selection of the new district lines follows a long legal fight that began after redistricting process undertaken by the Republican-led state legislature following the 2020 Census.The Supreme Court in June upheld the three-judge panel s finding in January 2022 that Alabama s prior map mdash; with one majority-Black district, Congressional District 7, out of seven in a state that is 27% Black mdash; likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act. The three judges said the state should have two districts where Black voters Foql Dramatic rescue of 4-year-old boy from Texas well
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Authorities say two people have died after a tree branch fell on spectators during a nike dunk fireworks display in western Illinois. The Rock Island County Sheriff s Office says the branch fell from a large oak tree outside the county courthouse in Rock Island around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday.Dozens were sitting near the tree watching the fireworks when the branch fell about 25 feet 8 meters and crushed some of the spectators. Some of those who weren t hurt tried to lift the branch to free the people trapped beneath.Authorities said 61-year-old Daniel Mendoza Sr. of Rock Island was pronounced dead at the scene. Seventy-two-year-old Lawrence Anderson of Moline died at a hospital. Authorities have not provided the causes of death.Six other people were treated for injuries, including a 21 asics -year-old pregnant woman from East Moline who was near term. Bustos said the woman was taken to a local hospital where she gave birth. He says mother and baby are in good health. A few witnesses told CBS affiliate WHBF-TV they heard people shouting and saw people pulling branches from the scene. salomon More from CBS News Sheriff asks FBI to investigate death of Black man found hanging in Alabama |
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