U.S. judges order Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional districts revamped
A panel of three federal judges on Friday ruled Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map is based on unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering and ordered it to be redone before the 2020 presidential election.
Mississippi River reaches record level in northern Illinois
The Mississippi River has reached record high levels in the area of Rock Island, Illinois, as melting heavy snowpack coupled with rain has caused widespread flooding, a national hydrologist said on Friday.
Civil rights groups sue Tennessee over law imposing new penalties on voter registration
Civil rights groups in Tennessee have asked a federal court to block enforcement of a new state law that threatens to impose new penalties on voter-registration groups if they file too many incomplete forms.
Trucker in deadly Colorado crash charged with 40 criminal counts
A Texas truck driver who police say caused a fiery multi-vehicle crash near Denver last week that killed four people and injured four was charged on Friday with 40 criminal counts including vehicular homicide, prosecutors said.
Flood-swollen Mississippi River closed to shipping at St. Louis: U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard said it closed the Mississippi River near St. Louis to boat and barge traffic on Friday as excessive rains and heavy snow melt this spring swelled the major shipping waterway to near record levels.
Truck driver in deadly Colorado crash to appear before judge
A Texas truck driver who police say caused a fiery multi-vehicle crash near Denver last week that killed four people was due before a Colorado judge on Friday to be formally charged, after being arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide.
ABCs of LGBTQ history mandated for more U.S. public schools
A picture book for second graders about a family with two moms. A lesson for fourth graders about Gold Rush era stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst, who was born a woman but lived as a man.
Georgia executes man convicted of murder of two women in 1994
A 52-year-old man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her friend during an argument in 1994 was put to death by lethal injection on Thursday, state corrections officials said.
Georgia executes man convicted of 1994 murder of two women
The U.S. state of Georgia on Thursday executed a 52-year-old man convicted of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend and one of her friends during an argument in 1994.
Rights groups sue over U.S. decision to hold asylum seekers without bond
Immigrant rights groups asked a U.S. court on Thursday to reverse a Trump administration decision that allows asylum seekers who cross the border illegally to be held without bond.
