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Redistricting battle intensifies in states after US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle by providing Republican officials in several states new grounds to redraw voting districts.

In Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday that she is calling a special legislative session to begin Monday in hopes that the Supreme Court allows the state to change its U.S. House map ahead of the November midterm elections.

Louisiana already has suspended its May 16 congressional primary to allow time for House... Read More

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for immigrants who has opposed U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown policies.

Pope Leo XIV announced Friday the appointment of the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, an auxiliary bishop in Washington, D.C., as the new leader of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which comprises West Virginia, one of the nation’s least racially diverse states.

Menjivar-Ayala, 55, fled El Salvador's civil war as a teen in the late 1980s, eventually crossing... Read More

Cam York threw his stick in the stands after scoring an OT winner, but the Flyers star got it back

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Cam York threw his stick into the stands after he scored a playoff winner for the Flyers and, almost like a boomerang, it came back to him at practice.

York's overtime goal beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 in Game 6 of their first-round series and helped the Flyers advance in the playoffs for the first time since 2020.

York was caught up in the moment — “definitely don’t want a lawsuit,” he cracked after the long toss — and hoped the Flyers fan who retrieved the valuable piece of equipment would return the souvenir.

“I... Read More

Ukraine says a strike hit Russian Black Sea oil terminal in Tuapse

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in the Russian Black Sea city of Tuapse, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Friday, marking the fourth attack targeting the region's oil infrastructure in just over two weeks.

Explosions and a fire were recorded at the terminal, the statement from the General Staff said. Local officials in Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack sparked the blaze and that no casualties were reported.

The facility had been hit previously on April 16, April 20 and April 28. Regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said a fire at the... Read More

Apple leads Wall Street to more records as oil prices pull back

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Friday and added to its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.9% to its own record. Easing oil prices also helped to steady the stock markets around the world that were still open on the May Day holiday. Treasury yields fell in the bond market.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s... Read More

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Redistricting battle intensifies in states after US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

Cam York threw his stick in the stands after scoring an OT winner, but the Flyers star got it back

Ukraine says a strike hit Russian Black Sea oil terminal in Tuapse

Apple leads Wall Street to more records as oil prices pull back

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