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Terrifying moment eight sharks surround swimmers in 2ft of water as they clammer to escape

The pack of hammerheads was seen stalking the shallow waters around Orange Beach, a popular tourist island off the coast of Alabama, with paddlers being forced to scramble to get on board the nearby boats as the creatures drew closer

Daily Mirror

Georgia’s 2024 SEC opponents announced: This is going to be fun

The Georgia Bulldogs face a tough 2024 SEC schedule that features trips to Alabama and Texas. Who else does UGA play?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ten Takeaways From the New-Look 2024 SEC Football Schedule

With newcomers Texas and Oklahoma on the way, the 16-team slate is balanced while restoring old rivalries.

Sports Illustrated

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Georgia gets Alabama, Texas on road in 2024

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia football fans will have to wait a while longer to check out College Station, Texas, but Austin, Texas, is on the docket for 2024. So is Oxford, Miss.; Lexington, Ky.; and — get this — Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Tribune News Service

4-star LB Joseph Phillips is ready to commit

Four-star class of 2024 linebacker recruit Joseph Phillips has set his commitment date

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why Does Alabama Only Let You Consume Peach-Flavored Edibles?

The state seems to think kids don't like the taste of peach.

Reason

Texans LB Christian Harris says Henry To’oTo’o is ‘grasping the playbook’

Houston Texans linebacker Christian Harris says his former Alabama teammate, LB Henry To'oTo'o, is "grasping the playbook."

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Voting rights reforms are still needed after Supreme Court ruled against gerrymandered map

The decision striking down Alabama’s gerrymandered congressional map was a rare win. Our future as a multiracial democracy depends on ensuring the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oregon’s longest state legislative walkout enters sixth week

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 14, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Voting maps in South may be redrawn

As many as five House seats could flip in 2024 after the Allen v. Milligan ruling

Salon

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Alabama’s Congressional Maps In Allen V. Milligan Decision

The United States Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plans violated the Voting Rights Act.

Zenger

Mississippi state senator arrested for drink driving in Alabama

McLendon was released on a released on a $2,500 bond.

The Independent UK

Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

The Texas Tribune

Local News Close-Up: Birmingham Stations Make a Little Magic

WBRC sings a familiar tune in the heart of Alabama

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The Guardian - US

The US supreme court upheld race-conscious voting protections. Affirmative action could be next

The court’s decision this week served as an affirmation that race-conscious protections such as these can and should exist in US law

Daily Mirror

Criminal who escaped with prison guard lover handed life in jail after she shot herself

Casey White, a prisoner, said that guard Vicky White who was not related to him was the first person who cared about him as he was sentenced in Alabama

The Guardian - US

Turning point or the long game: what’s behind John Roberts’s surprise supreme court voting rights ruling?

Chief justice’s opinion shocked observers of his 40-year assault on the Voting Rights Act, but it may not mean a change of heart

The Independent UK

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

More changes could be coming to voting districts in some states

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The Independent UK

Chief suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance to be arraigned on extortion charges

The chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has arrived at a courthouse in Alabama to face charges that he tried to extort the missing teen's mother

The Conversation

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act

In a surprising ruling on June 8, 2023, the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that a lower court had ruled discriminated against Black voters and violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Guardian - US

Why did the right-leaning supreme court hand Democrats a victory?

Perhaps they know they need to preserve whatever is left of their legitimacy

The Guardian - US

Surprise US supreme court ruling could help Democrats take House in 2024

Ruling on Alabama congressional map gives Black voters more opportunities to elect candidates of their choice

WEKU

Court ruling on Black political power in Alabama could affect maps in other states

A major Supreme Court decision in an Alabama redistricting case could provide a roadmap for other gerrymandering challenges. There are similar challenges to maps elsewhere in the South.

The Independent UK

Joran van der Sloot, chief suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance, extradited to US

Holloway, who lived in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, was 18 when she vanished during a trip with classmates to Aruba in 2005

The Guardian - US

Four controversial doctors helping Republicans attack trans healthcare

A wave of new restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors relies on a number of doctors with ties to rightwing groups and little experience treating transgender patients

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