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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The new map sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and could […]
The Mexican peso continues to break records, appreciating its strongest level against the dollar in almost nine years at 16.44. “The U.S. currency has lost value against all other currencies because there’s a lot of dollars in circulation,” Jorge Fonseca, an economist in Tijuana, told NBC 7’s sister station Telemundo 20. However, these fluctuations generated […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the peace plan proposed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pointless as it is based on Moscow’s withdrawal from its captured areas. Lavrov told the Moscow daily Izvestia that a peace summit expected to be held in Switzerland based on Zelenskyy’s plan would not work until its fundamental bases […]
Shani Mott, a scholar of Black studies at Johns Hopkins University whose examinations of race and power in America extended beyond the classroom to her employer, her city and even her own home, has died in Baltimore. She was 47. She died of adrenal cancer on March 12, said her husband, Nathan Connolly, a professor […]
A storm system on Saturday brought heavy rain to the Northeast and heavy snow to parts of New England and Northern New York, leaving more than 300,000 customers in several states without electricity. Nearly 200,000 customers in Maine, more than 75,000 customers in New Hampshire and more than 89,000 in New York State were without […]
A powerful weather system battered the tri-state area with heavy rain and strong winds over the weekend, as a fast-moving storm blanketed northern New England with snow and plunged some 360,000 households in the Northeast into blackouts. At 6 a.m. ET Sunday, more than 197,000 households in Maine, 81,000 in New York state, and 73,000 in […]
GATE ACCESS INFO RE: UPCOMING BLACK START EXERCISE During the Black Start Exercise, we anticipate all gates will remain open across the installation for DoD ID cardholders, though there may be delays entering the installation. For non-DoD ID card holders, we anticipate access control systems will […]
On Tuesday, Ukraine said that it sank another Russian warship, the Sergei Kotov, in the Black Sea. The loss of the Kotov ship and the Tsezar Kunikov before it last month now means that a whopping
About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district formed to boost Black representation received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press March 5, 2024, 8:10 PM ET • 4 min read MONTGOMERY, Ala. — More than 6,000 voters in a newly formed congressional district […]
It is a day to celebrate all the women who have positively affected our lives in whatever shape or form. While it is right that we take a moment to appreciate how far we have come in the fight for equality, there is somewhat of a grey cloud over these celebrations because it also serves […]