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Supreme Court allows Alabama to use disputed congressional map
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The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 unsigned order Tuesday night permitting Alabama to implement a congressional map that eliminates a district held by a Black Democrat. The decision applies and expands the Court's recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
An Alabama woman has been arrested after police said she left her infant son alone at home while she went to work and found him dead upon her return.
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A 35-year-old man has been indicted on manslaughter charges after allegedly running a red light and crashing into an SUV, killing a mother and three of her children in northern Alabama.
A 24-year-old woman in Alabama has received a life sentence without parole for fatally shooting a pregnant woman in 2023. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty in the case.
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A three-judge federal panel on Tuesday barred Alabama from using a Republican-backed congressional map for the 2026 elections, finding the plan was tainted by intentional race-based discrimination against Black voters. The panel included two judges appointed by President Donald Trump.
Sheri Mitchell-Clutts, 65, faces murder charges after fatally shooting her husband at their home in Russellville, Alabama.
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In response to the Supreme Court's Callais v. Louisiana decision curtailing Voting Rights Act protections (as covered in this series), Alabama lawmakers have begun a special session to reinstate 2023 congressional maps if courts lift a prior ban. Critics say the move would undermine Black representation.
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