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Casey White sentenced to life in prison after breaking out of Alabama jail with female corrections officer

Convicted felon broke out of Lauderdale County Detention Center in April 2022 with help from guard Vicky White before going on the run for two weeks

The Independent UK

Expert: SCOTUS wrongly awarded GOP House

Supreme Court rejecting Alabama maps that diluted Black voting power may have big implications in other states

Salon

Alabama ruling could help Democrats in multiple states - Roll Call

Democrats could pick up several seats as a result of a Supreme Court ruling in an Alabama case upholding part of the Voting Rights Act.

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US Supreme Court rules in favour of Alabama Black voters

Court ruled that Republican redistricting violated the Voting Rights Act’s provisions against racial discrimination.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court Reaffirms Strong Presumption of Statutory Stare Decisis

It did so in today's Voting Rights Act ruling in Allen v. Milligan. This holding has implications for other cases where litigants attempt to overturn statutory precedents, especially longstanding ones.

Reason

Supreme Court rules Alabama discriminated against Black voters in major victory for voting rights

A surprise 5-4 decision on the conservative-majority panel is a rare win in defense of the Voting Rights Act

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

The Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population

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Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot is extradited to the US

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

The Independent UK

Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering

The Supreme Court has ruled against Alabama's defense of an electoral map drawn by the state's Republican-dominated legislature. Black voters had challenged the law as racially discriminatory.

WEKU

Alabama discriminated against Black voters, US supreme court rules

John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh join liberal justices in 5-4 decision that is major victory for Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court backs challenge to Alabama congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Black voters who challenged Alabama’s congressional map as a violation of the Voting Rights Act.

Roll Call

Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway due to be extradited to US

The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama student Natalee Holloway is expected to be handed over to U.S. officials in Peru and flown to the United States on Thursday

The Independent UK

Alabama senator says Space Command prefers Huntsville for HQ, but command has no comment

Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville says the top general in charge of U.S. Space Command told him during a meeting Wednesday that Huntsville, not Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the preferred location for its new headquarters

The Independent UK

Music Review: Jason Isbell's writing flair sings in latest with 400 Unit, 'Weathervanes'

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have created another Alabama-accented earworm of an album that flaunts the power of his voice, guitar and lyrics

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Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests

Della Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama, but she says she clearly remembers the police attacking the demonstrators

Wales Online

The American gospel choir with a historic link to Wales which just performed outside a house in Cardiff

They unveiled a new mural from the creators of some of the city's iconic public art

The Independent UK

Supreme Court opened the door to states’ voting restrictions. Now a new ruling could widen them

A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country

Kiplinger

Alabama Tax Rebate Checks are Coming in 2023

Alabama tax rebate checks will start going out this year. Here’s how much you’ll get and when you can start checking your bank account.

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further

A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act still reverberates across the country

The Independent UK

Supreme Court opened the door to states' voting restrictions. Now a new ruling could widen them.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country

Reuters

Peru to extradite suspect in Alabama teen murder case within days, Interpol says

A convicted killer imprisoned in Peru will be extradited within days to the U.S., where he faces extortion and fraud charges related to the disappearance and murder of an Alabama teenager nearly two decades ago, Interpol's local head said on Monday.

The Guardian - US

Father of teen killed in Alabama mass shooting: ‘America is tearing itself down’

After a Sweet 16 shooting killed four Black youth, Martin Collins searches for answers and fights to keep his son’s name alive

The Independent UK

Burning body identified as woman who vanished after going to pick up Facebook Marketplace purchase

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, found Jermiera Fowler’s burning body a day after she was reported missing by family

Salon

Bama Rush & my desperate need to belong

My Alabama high school had sororities, and one pool party sealed my fate during rush

The Independent UK

After decades of attempts, major Alabama bill to cut state's 4% grocery tax wins final passage

Alabama families could soon pay less at the grocery store after lawmakers gave final passage to a landmark bill to gradually remove half of the 4% state sales tax on food by September 2024

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