Louisiana must draw new congressional map by mid-January for 2024 elections (www.theguardian.com)
The Louisiana state legislature has until the middle of January to enact a new congressional map after a federal court ruled that the state’s current map illegally disfranchises Black voters....
Mass graves, unclaimed bodies and overcrowded cemeteries. The war robs Gaza of funeral rites (abcnews.go.com)
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Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company,’ dies at 76 (apnews.com)
VA Attorney General Warns Right-Wing Group To Stop Sending False Info to Voters (www.democracydocket.com)
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) sent a letter to Virginia Voter Assistance, which is a project of the right-wing organization Look Ahead America, warning it to “immediately cease and desist” from sending false and misleading information to voters in Virginia.
Justice Dept. Accuses Trump Lawyers of Dragging Their Feet in Documents Case (www.nytimes.com)
Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers of trying to employ an arcane law governing the use of classified material to “intentionally derail” the timing of his trial on charges of mishandling national security documents and obstructing efforts to retrieve them....
Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records (apnews.com)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general, hospital officials have confirmed.
Ivanka Trump's bid to block fraud trial testimony crashes and burns: report (www.rawstory.com)
Ivanka Trump has lost her appeal to try to overturn the order forcing her to testify in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial, reported Law360's Frank G. Runyeon on Thursday evening."Ivanka Trump must testify after NY appellate court rejects her bid to freeze her trial subpoena," wrote R...
A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far (apnews.com)
It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover....
More presumed human remains recovered from submersible that imploded, killing 5, Coast Guard says (apnews.com)
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, officials said Tuesday....
Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools (apnews.com)
A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers’ sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases....
Police arrest repeat offender suspected in murder of Baltimore tech CEO (www.nbcnews.com)
Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, a U.S. Marshal confirmed, as police announced plans to reveal details of the capture following a major manhunt....
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district (www.nbcnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a defeat to Alabama Republicans for the second time in three months, rejecting their latest attempt to use a congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district....
The bloody labor crackdown Paramount didn't want America to see (www.motherjones.com)
Why Donald Trump is in "significant legal jeopardy" with Georgia indictment (www.newsweek.com)
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet (wamu.org)
A U.S.-bound plane took off from London last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were completely missing, according to U.K. air accident investigators....
Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christianity back in schools (www.nbcnews.com)
26-year-old tech CEO found dead in Baltimore with signs of blunt-force trauma (www.cnn.com)
The Baltimore Police Department has announced an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted for the murder of Pava LaPere, the 26-year-old CEO of startup EcoMap Technologies, who was found dead in a downtown Baltimore apartment Monday with signs of blunt-force trauma to her head....
News organizations across country condemn raid of Kansas newspaper office (www.kshb.com)
Florida prisons lock people in dirty showers for hours, report finds (www.tampabay.com)
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Most in the US see Mexico as a partner despite border problems, an AP-NORC/Pearson poll shows (apnews.com)
Most people in the U.S. see Mexico as an essential partner to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, even as they express mixed views of Mexico’s government, according to a new poll....
An Oklahoma judge could be removed from office for sending more than 500 texts during a murder trial (apnews.com)
The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended the removal of Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom in a court filing Tuesday following an investigation by the state’s Council on Judicial Complaints....
UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they? (apnews.com)
It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises....
Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ after latest China comments (www.theguardian.com)
Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zone...
