Georgia Republican legislative leaders reject governor's call for 2028 redistricting

ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia’s Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about moving too quickly after a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters.

ICE facility in Louisiana reports second detainee death in 2 months

A second detainee has died in less than two months at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana where a recent inspection report found insanitary conditions, problems with medical care and the use of excessive force.

Louisiana Supreme Court rules against exoneree whose office was abolished

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A sharply divided Louisiana Supreme Court on Monday signed off on abolishing an elected office won by a New Orleans exoneree who had spent nearly 30 years in prison for murder before his conviction was vacated.

What to know about the legacy of Brexit, which still divides Britain 10 years on

LONDON (AP) – Ten years ago, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that forges political identities to this day and that shattered a half-century project to get closer to the continent. Brexit, short for British exit, became a reality on June 23, 2016, when 52% – or more than 17 million people – voted to leave the EU.

Latest video showing vessels moving in the Strait of Hormuz

Latest video showing vessels moving in the Strait of Hormuz

Louisiana passes new congressional map to give the GOP another seat

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to help Republicans pick up a seat while eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black House districts, both of which are represented by Democrats.

Louisiana House approves congressional redistricting to benefit Republicans

Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are poised to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district that elected a Democrat in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that its map constituted an illegal racial gerrymander.

Shocking French law oversaw slavery of 1.4 million Africans

PARIS (AP) – France’s powerful lower house voted finally to scrub a fundamental slavery-era edict from French law on Thursday. After the National Assembly voted 254-0 to adopt the bill to repeal Code Noir, it now goes to the Senate, where supporters expect it to be approved as well.

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