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the state of Alabama from using a new congressional map. It would get rid of one majority black congressional district. Alabama lawmakers have been trying to redraw the state's map even before the U.S. Supreme
“Court gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act in April.”
Today the three-judge federal court said the new Alabama map discriminates against black voters on purpose and cannot be used for this year's midterm elections. The state says it will appeal. The South Carolina State Senate could decide today whether to redraw the state's congressional map there.
The Republican-led chamber voted over the weekend to advance a new map.
The state's primary is on June 9th and today is the first day of early voting.
It's not clear if some votes cast today in South Carolina will count. Texas Republicans are voting today and the most expensive Senate primary in history. NPR's gladiator Salas reports state attorney general Ken Paxton is challenging in comment Republican Senator John Coranan. Paxton, a controversial, mega-loyalist, drew president Trump's endorsement over Coranan.
Here's Paxton celebrating what supporters had to rally in the Houston suburb of Katie Texas.
“"We're going to change this country and we're going to go help Donald Trump get it done."”
Ronan is warning his party a Paxton nomination could open the door for Democrats to win the seat. It should be the first chance they've had in 30 or 40 years or longer to pick up the statewide office.
The race exposed a crack in the red wall of Texas pitting the party's populist movement
against its establishment wing, showcasing a fight that's been brewing for more than a decade for control of the party in a post-Trump era. The U.S. military says it is fired on Iranian missile launch sites and it fired on ships that were laying mines. Ronan can dem the U.S. military action today.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is outpacing efforts to respond. That's according to the World Health Organization. And Pia's Jonathan Lambert reports there at least 220 suspected deaths. The outbreak is still largely centered in northeastern DRC, but over the weekend, more
“cases were reported in Uganda bringing their total to 7 confirmed cases.”
On Monday, WHO Director General Tedros Adonam Gabriacius said the outbreak will likely get worse before it gets better. The outbreak is challenging for a few reasons.
First, delays in detection allow the virus to spread for a couple of months undeterred.
There are also no approved vaccines or treatments for the species of Ebola. That leaves victims with supportive care at clinics, which can be hard to come by in this region. Brighton Butter Public Health Responses, like tracing contacts of sick people and requesting that they isolate, are the main tools for stemming the outbreak.
Jonathan Lambert and Pia News. This is NPR. Ukraine's military says it is hit Russian military sites in occupied Ukraine and a separate strike shut down an oil refinery in Russia. Pia's Joanna Kikis' reports from Kiev, Russia is escalating its threats against Ukraine's
capital following its own weekend strikes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Secretary of State Marco Rubio to evacuate the U.S. embassy in Kiev. Lavrov said that Kremlin is planning strikes on, quote, "decision-making centers there." Rubio said he would relay the message to President Trump.
In a video addressed, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said his country's military has used technology to halt Russian advances on the front line. It's not easy, he said. We are still actively defending it. This year, though, we have achieved better results.
Zelensky claims Ukraine's long-range drone strikes have also cut Russian oil refining capacity by 10%. Joanna Kikis' NPR news, Kiev. Some of the people told to evacuate in a southern California neighborhood are being allowed to return, that's after the threat of a chemical explosion was reduced.
A chemical tank at risk of a catastrophic explosion has started to cool off. As many as 50,000 people got the orders to leave the Los Angeles suburb of Garden Grove, but authorities warned there is still a danger of a smaller explosion or fire. The scripts national spelling bee starts today in Washington, D.C. and runs through Thursday. There are nearly 250 spellers.
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