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maps as part of President Trump's plan to create more Republican seats in Congress, Mariana
“Bakiyao of Member Station WPLN reports the effort drew widespread protests.”
"Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle, Handle." The old district was contained to the city of Memphis. Republicans, 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 Mariana Bakiyao, in Nashville. "A man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today after pleading guilty to killing one person and injuring others while they were demonstrating peacefully
and bolder Colorado in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza, authorities say Muhammad Sabri Salimon through Molotov cocktails, demonstrators on a pedestrian mall, Rahel Halper and one of the fire bombing victims." "We have been surrounded by words that injured us, injured our identity, injured who we are and created a space in which somebody can imagine, then throwing 18 hot
molotov cocktails as was his intention is the right way to deal with whatever concerns he had." Prosecutors are weighing whether to seek the death penalty in a separate federal case.
Big oil companies are reporting their earnings for the first quarter, they haven't indicated
they plan to boost production to fill the hole in the market, created by the disruption in the state of Hormuz and Pierre's Camilla Dominozki reports. Exxon is sticking with its planned production growth, Chevron is keeping output flat in the Permian Basin in the U.S. and not chasing big expansion in Venezuela yet. Here's Chevron's CEO, Mike Worth.
"We could hit the gas and begin to grow it again, but I don't know what the future looks
“like for right now, I think it's really steady as she goes."”
Some smaller independent oil companies are making a different calculation. Diamondbacks CEO, in its earnings this week, said quote, "If this isn't the time to grow now, then I don't know when it is." Camilla Dominozki and Pierre News. The state department will begin revoking the passports of parents who owe more than $100,000
an unpaid child support. That would apply to about 2700 American passport holders. The revocation program will later be expanded to cover parents who owe more than 2500 an unpaid child support, that's the threshold set by a little enforced 1996 law. This is NPR News.
The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on forever chemicals in drinking water, and EPA officials says the proposal will keep tough standards for two common types of PFOS, but delay when those standards will be enforced.
“Officials criticized former President Joe Biden's administration alleging they didn't”
follow the right process when they wrote the rule, environmental groups say the move weakens protections. In China, a court has sentenced two former defense ministers to life in prison for bribery, and PR's Jennifer Pox says it's part of a sweeping purge in the Chinese military. The two men have been under investigation since 2023.
Weifenghue has now been convicted by a military court of accepting bribes, while Li Changfu was found guilty of both accepting and offering bribes. The statement issued by state-run news agencies Xinhua did not give further details about the allegations. Both men have been given suspended death sentences with no chance of parole, meaning both
will be in prison for life. Since their downfall, many more senior generals have been ousted or investigated, including the number two of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Yuxia, only President Xi stood above him. Jennifer Pac and PR News, Shanghai.
Greece is preparing sweeping constitutional reforms that would require artificial intelligence to serve human society and protect individual freedoms. Greek officials say the AI provision would act as a long-term safeguard as technology platforms gain greater influence over daily life. The reforms must pass votes in two successive parlaments.
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