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Black voting power takes a hit as Supreme Court revives Alabama’s contested map
Black voting power takes a hit as Supreme Court revives Alabama’s contested map The justices granted the state’s emergency appeal, allowing the use of a map adopted three years ago that features a majority-Black population in only one of its seven congressional districts. The three liberal justices on the bench dissented from the decision - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to implement a congressional map that favors Republicans in this...
Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP-backed congressional map for midterms
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Alabama Republicans a victory, issuing an emergency order that the state can use a congressional map likely to benefit the GOP in November’s midterm elections. The justices granted Alabama’s emergency appeal to use a map adopted by the state legislature in 2023 that includes a single majority-Black district for this election cycle. The court’s three liberal justices dissented.
Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP-backed congressional map for midterms
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Alabama Republicans a victory, issuing an emergency order that the state can use a congressional map likely to benefit the GOP in November’s midterm elections. The justices granted Alabama’s emergency appeal to use a map adopted by the state legislature in 2023 that includes a single majority-Black district for this election cycle. The court’s three liberal justices dissented.
NCAA: Four ex-Alabama State players fixed game
INDIANAPOLIS -- The hero of Alabama State's first NCAA tournament win and three of his teammates on the 2024-25 team were ruled permanently ineligible for accepting payment from gamblers to fix the outcome of a game that season, the NCAA announced Friday. Amarr Knox, Shawn Fulcher, Corey Hines and Tony Madlock allegedly engaged in game manipulation when Alabama State played at Southern Miss on Dec. 5, 2024. Southern Miss was a six-point favorite and won 81-64.
Messi scores in cameo in front of 88K in Alabama
Argentina v Iceland Argentina wins as Messi scores in cameo in front of 88k in Alabama Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni gave the huge partisan crowd at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, what it wanted: Lionel Messi. The Argentine legend, who is working his way back from muscle fatigue ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup, came on in the 70th minute and scored from the penalty spot right afterward in his team's 3-0 win over Iceland. It was Messi's 911th career goal for club and...
Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that dilutes Black vote
The Supreme Court on Tuesday night said it would allow the state of Alabama to use a new map for congressional districts that a lower federal court had ruled was discriminatory to Black voters. The 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court is expected to result in Republicans in Alabama gaining one seat in the House of Representatives in November's midterm elections because of the dilution of Black voters in the district. The ruling by the Supreme Court's six-member conservative majority was unsigned.
Alabama student Weston Higginbotham found dead in Kyoto forest after six-day search
Alabama student Weston Higginbotham found dead in Kyoto forest after six-day search James 'Weston' Higginbotham, 20, was found dead in a mountainous area outside Kyoto, Japan, following an extensive search-and-rescue effort, according to his mother Nancy Higginbotham, who announced the news on Saturday morning An Alabama student who had gone missing in Japan has been found dead, his devastated mother has confirmed. Nancy Higginbotham announced the tragic passing of her 20 year old son, James...
Judge blocks Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method, rules it is unconstitutionally cruel
A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama executing death row inmate Jeffrey Lee with nitrogen gas after finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks handed down the ruling hours after an appeals court reversed her initial finding that the controversial execution method was constitutional. She permanently barred the state from using nitrogen gas to execute Jeffrey Lee, 49, who was scheduled to be put to...
Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that eliminates a majority-Black district
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that eliminates one of two majority-Black districts in the state in a win for Republicans. The justices, split 6-3 on ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, granted an emergency request filed by Republican officials seeking to use the map, which was enacted in 2023 but has never been used. In the unsigned three-page order, the court said the state is likely to ultimately prevail on its claim that the map...
Missing Alabama student’s parents are in ‘living hell’ after he vanished on Japan vacation
Missing Alabama student’s parents are in ‘living hell’ after he vanished on Japan vacation James ‘Weston’ Higginbotham is a keen hiker who may have taken a quiet trail, his parents said as they join efforts to find him - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The parents of an Auburn University student who went missing during a family vacation in Japan have said they are “in our own living hell” as they join desperate efforts to find him. James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old graduate of...