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VOL. 46 | NO. 5 | Friday, February 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court put on hold a lower court ruling that Alabama must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. The high court order boosts Republican chances to hold six of the state’s seven seats in… Continue reading Supreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case

VOL. 46 | NO. 5 | Friday, February 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office with his daughter Ivanka and Vice President Mike Pence‘s national security adviser on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, when he made yet another push to pressure Pence. Trump again told Pence that he… Continue reading What does Ivanka Trump know about Jan. 6? Congress is asking

Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 5 | Friday, February 4, 2022 KNOXVILLE (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has reinstated a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that had accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants. Nanotechnology expert Anming Hu returned to… Continue reading UT reinstates professor acquitted of ties to China

VOL. 46 | NO. 5 | Friday, February 4, 2022 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a General Motors assembly plant in northern Mexico voted for a new independent union to represent them after ousting an old guard union last year, according to results announced Thursday. The vote among the roughly 6,500 employees of GM… Continue reading Auto workers vote for independent union at Mexico GM plant

Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2022 The Associated Press Updated 1:52PM The attorneys general for eight holdout states and the District of Columbia are close to reaching a new settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would require members of the family who own the company to increase… Continue reading Mediator: Purdue Pharma close to reaching a new settlement

VOL. 46 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2022 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a General Motors plant in northern Mexico were voting Tuesday on whether to form one of the first truly independent auto labor unions in Mexican history. The vote among the roughly 6,500 employees of GM transmission and pickup plants… Continue reading Union vote by GM workers in Mexico a test for labor rights

Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet with Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and the president’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court. Aides said Biden’s list of potential… Continue reading White House: No ‘gaming the system’ on Supreme Court pick

VOL. 46 | NO. 3 | Friday, January 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has already narrowed the field for his first Supreme Court pick. Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman.… Continue reading Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick

VOL. 46 | NO. 3 | Friday, January 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court. Breyer, 83, has been a pragmatic force on a court that has grown… Continue reading Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pick