Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder.
Tennessee has approved new congressional maps as part of President Trump's plan to create more Republican seats in Congress.
“Mary Annabaki Alve Member Station WPLN reports on the effort it drew widespread protests.”
Hundreds chanted no Jim Crow 2.0 and shame as lawmakers met today to approve new maps, splitting Memphis and its majority black voting block into three districts, one of which spans nearly 300 miles. The old district was contained to the city of Memphis. Republican supporters of the move say it would give the state a chance to have all its
nine house members be from the GOP.
To pass the new maps, the legislature first had to strike down a 50-year-old law that
barred mid-decade redistricting. The quick turnaround time could impact voters in the military and overseas. For NPR News, I'm Mary Annabaki Yao in Nashville. Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina also taking steps toward redistricting following U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that weekends a landmark voting rights act.
As many as 9,000 U.S. colleges that use the software canvas to manage grades and
“class materials have been hacked, Sanchez Trepski of Memorization Key KBIA and Columbia”
Missouri. Reports at hackers have given schools less than a week to respond. The hacking group Shiny Hunters replaced many canvas sites with a ransom message prompting schools to shut the service down as finals approach. Matthew Powell is executive director of the Missouri Cyber Security Center of Excellence
and advises clients who have been hacked. He says Shiny Hunters is known to recruit hackers with specialized knowledge. "I've seen evidence that they were using telegram in what's out groups and they were actually putting bounties on different access that they could get into different organizations. For example, like police departments or government entities like the Department of Justice."
The hackers have given schools until May 12th to pay a ransom or see students sensitive data released publicly. For NPR News, I'm Stan Justrebsky and Columbia, Missouri.
“"Linup, across Mississippi on going after strong storms that whipped up tornadoes destroyed”
hundreds of homes and injured more than a dozen people. This comes as a council of disaster experts appointed by President Trump, recommending major changes to FEMA in Pierce Rebecca Hershey reports."
The council was created by President Trump in the early days of his second term.
The president has repeatedly called for FEMA to be eliminated, but the council recommends investing in the agency to make it easier for disaster survivors to get help. That includes housing for people whose homes are destroyed in hurricanes, wildfires and other events. The council does not recommend cuts to FEMA's workforce.
In recent weeks, the agency has reversed Trump administration policies that previously cut thousands of jobs at FEMA. Rebecca Hershey and Pierre News. "This is NPR News. All the officials say the risk to the general public is low, but they are seeking to prevent
the potential spread of hunt-of-virus after an outbreak on a cruise ship killed three people." All several others fall in ill. Authorities across four continents are seeking to trace passengers who disembark before the outbreak was detected and anyone in close contact with them since.
The ship's operator said Thursday that all 30 passengers who left the ship on the remote south Atlantic island of St. Helena have been contacted. The devil's hole pup fish lives in a single pool in Death Valley National Park. This rare fish almost went extinct in the wild last year, but as MPR's now greenfield boy's reports officials took a drastic step to help survive and they say the species now
doing much better. After two earthquakes shook up the waters of devil's hole, its pup fish population plummeted. Only 20 fish were left, while life officials debated what to do, just as the federal workforce was experiencing mass firings and a government shutdown loomed. Moving quickly, biologists took some pup fish from a backup population that had been established
in captivity over a decade ago and released them into devil's hole. Those fish survived. Babies started appearing and biologists later added in some additional captive bread fish. This spring, an official count found 77 devils hole pup fish swimming around their rocky fish bowl in the desert.
Nell Greenfield boys and PR news. And I'm Joel Snyder, this is MPR News.
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