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June 30 (Reuters) - Four Georgia families sued the state in federal court on Friday to stop a law that bans transgender youth from receiving hormone therapy, joining a wave of challenges to similar laws across the United States. A host of Georgia state health officials and agencies are named as defendants. Unlike other states, Georgia does not also ban puberty blockers, typically the first medical intervention for transgender youth, who normally would next receive hormone therapy. Republican-led legislatures in 20 states have passed some type of ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Decisions on whether to block such bans in Montana and now Georgia are pending.

Persons: Carden Summers, Daniel Trotta, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Georgia, Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Republican, Georgia Senate, Federal, Thomson Locations: United States, Georgia, Montana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas , Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma

☆ Relentless heat wave scorches US South, air quality deteriorates over Midwest
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile, in Chicago, children, the elderly and people with respiratory diseases were being cautioned to stay indoors for a wholly different reason: polluted air. "It is essential to have a way to cool down and interrupt your heat exposure." The stationary high pressure system across the South that is trapping the heat and humidity, known as a heat dome, has been lingering for the last few weeks, causing the sweltering weather. The heat wave claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy who was hiking in the Big Bend National Park in Texas on Friday when the temperature reached 119 degrees. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Mark PorterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Callaghan, LaToya Cantrell, Brendan O'Brien, Chizu Nomiyama, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S, National Weather Service, NWS, REUTERS, New, Big, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Arizona, Texas, Florida's, Dallas, New Orleans, Mobile , Alabama, Houston , Texas, U.S, Canada, United States, Arkansas , Tennessee, Oklahoma

[1/6] A general view of the Bank of America financial center in New York City, U.S., June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidNEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) is adding consumer branches in four new U.S. states, it said on Tuesday, bringing its national footprint closer to rival JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N). Bank of America will open new financial centers in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Alabama and Louisiana as part of a four-year expansion across nine markets, including Louisville, Milwaukee and New Orleans. The openings will give BofA a retail presence in 39 states, compared with JPMorgan, the largest U.S. lender, which has branches in 49 states. Holly O'Neill, Bank of America's president of retail banking, said last month that she expects good performance for the unit in the second quarter.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Brian Moynihan, Moynihan, Aron Levine, Holly O'Neill, Saeed Azhar, Lananh Nguyen, Deepa Babington Organizations: Bank of America, REUTERS, Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase &, JPMorgan, Federal Reserve, Consumer, CNN, Reuters, Bank of, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Nebraska , Wisconsin , Alabama, Louisiana, Louisville, Milwaukee, New Orleans

☆ Sen. Tommy Tuberville voted against a bill that just gave his state $1.4 billion for rural broadband. He's celebrating it anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Biden administration announced Monday that Alabama will get $1.4 billion in broadband funding. Sen. Tommy Tuberville celebrated the news, calling the funding "crucial" for rural broadband. But he voted against the 2021 infrastructure bill that established the program he's now touting. "Coach voted against the infrastructure bill because it wasted Alabamians' tax dollars. He's advocated for including expanding rural broadband as part of an upcoming farm bill, and he introduced legislation earlier this year to shield broadband grants from being taxed as income.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, —, Republican Sen, Tuberville, I've, Terri Sewell, Terri A, Sewell, Steven Stafford, Stafford, He's Organizations: Biden, Alabama, Service, Republican, Broadband Equity, Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Infrastructure Law, White House, Democratic, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy Locations: Alabama

☆ Biden administration details plans for $42 bln investment in US internet access
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Jarrett Renshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The $42 billion in federal funding under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program is based on a newly released Federal Communications Commission coverage map that details gaps in access. Texas and California - the two most populous U.S. states - top the funding list at $3.1 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively. But other less populous states like Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana cracked the top 10 list for funding due to lack of broadband access. The administration estimates there are some 8.5 million locations in the U.S. that lack access to broadband connections. The lack of broadband access drew attention during COVID shutdowns that forced students into online schooling.

Persons: Joe Biden, Read, Joe Biden's, Jeff Zients, Zients, Franklin Roosevelt's, COVID, Biden, Anita Dunn, Mike Donilon, Jarrett Renshaw, Scott Malone, Chris Reese, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Infrastructure Law, White, Broadband, Federal Communications, Congress, Verizon, Comcast, Charter Communications, Thomson Locations: Texas, California, U.S, Virginia , Alabama, Louisiana, America, Chicago

☆ U.S. trade dominates Panama Canal traffic. 'Severe' drought is threatening the long-term future of the century-old shipping route
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Forty percent of all U.S. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal every year, which in all, moves roughly $270 billion cargo annually. "The U.S. is the main the main source and destination of our traffic," said Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, administrator of the Panama Canal Administrator. The Panama Canal is popular for East Coast trade because it is faster than other options. Traveling through the Panama Canal, which is more expensive, takes only 35 days. The U.S. is the largest country to move energy commodities through the Panama Canal, including natural gas.

Persons: Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, Vásquez, Luis Acosta Organizations: Gulf, Panama Canal, East, Agriculture Transportation Coalition, CNBC, LNG Allies, Panama, Afp, Getty, Panama Canal Authority Locations: Panama, East Coast, U.S, Shenzhen, China, Miami , Florida, Suez, New Orleans, Mobile , Alabama, Colon province, Panama City

☆ This woman bought a mini Kei truck on Facebook for her honey business and says it's perfect for her 5'3" frame
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Alabama woman bought a Kei truck on Facebook Marketplace to run her honey business. Cindy Bryant bought a Honda Acty in March for $5,500, joining other Americans buying mini trucks. Sometimes, Kei truck owners are forced to take a leap of faith and buy from importers, not seeing the vehicle until it arrives. She uses the Kei truck to cater for her 18 hives, each housing at least 50,000 bees. Do you own a Kei truck?

Persons: Cindy Bryant, Cindy Bryant's, Bryant, hadn't, Kei, she's, Honey, They're, Kei Car, Matthew Matusiak, She's Organizations: Facebook, Honda, Ford, General, Bee Association, Japan Locations: Alabama, Arley , Alabama, Smith

☆ Gen-Z homebuyers are flocking to these 3 cities the most - and avoiding California and New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Salt Lake City has become the most popular city for Gen Z homebuyers, a LendingTree report found. Expensive cities like San Francisco, New York, and San Jose, California, were the least popular among Gen Z. At the same time, adult Gen Zers have come of age in a remote-friendly professional landscape, altering beliefs about housing and location. The next two most popular cities included the relatively inexpensive Oklahoma City and Birmingham, Alabama, with mortgage requests hovering at 22.36% and 20.79%, respectively. The second and third least popular cities, per the report, were New York and San Jose, California, at 8.88% and 9.70%, respectively.

Persons: Gen Z, —, Zers, Gen, Louis, Gen Zers, LendingTree Organizations: Gen, Oklahoma City, Service, Gen Zers Locations: Salt Lake City, Oklahoma, Birmingham , Alabama, San Francisco , New York, San Jose , California, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, St, San Francisco, New York, California, San Jose

☆ One Year, 61 Clinics: How Dobbs Changed the Abortion Landscape
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Allison Mccann | Amy Schoenfeld Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

One Year, 61 Clinics: How Dobbs Changed the Abortion LandscapeIn the year since Roe fell, 20 states enacted laws banning or restricting abortion, forcing a rapid shift in the country’s patchwork of abortion access. Hawaii A map showing the locations of abortion providers that have closed, stopped offering abortion services or opened a new location. Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times Emily Kask for The New York Times Emily Kask for The New York Times Emily Kask for The New York Times A year ago, the Jackson clinic was the last one standing in Mississippi. Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times Terreisha Rancher, 26, recently sat in an exam room at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, pregnant and uninsured. No abortions Austin, Texas Closed Houston No abortions Madison, Wis. No abortions Memphis A grid of photos of abortion clinics in nine locations.

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☆ Pride organizers describe timid sponsors and tighter security but no mass corporate retreat
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Sara Ruberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Many Pride organizers across the country say high-profile brand backlashes, restrictive legislation and heightened threats against LGBTQ people have fueled record crowd turnout this year. Most of the Pride organizers NBC News spoke with, including Snider, declined to identify corporate sponsors that shrunk their involvement or visibility, concerned about alienating important financial backers. Like Indy Pride, Pride organizations are typically nonprofit organizations that also offer year-round services to the LGBTQ community, such as grants, educational events and support for political activism. Josh Coleman, president of Central Alabama Pride in Birmingham, said some longtime corporate sponsors dropped out this year, including Wells Fargo. Kendra Johnson, executive director of Equality NC, said threats against the community and Pride events have risen dramatically throughout North Carolina.

Persons: InterPride, Shelly Snider, Snider, We've, Bud Light, Josh Coleman, Wells Fargo, It's, Coleman, we've, hasn't, Vanessa Rodley, didn't, Charles Schwab, Wells, Bruce Starr, Pride, Seth McCollough, McCollough, haven't, they've, Kendra Johnson, I've, Johnson, Ron deHarte, deHarte Organizations: Boston Red Sox, Pride, Fenway, Indy, NBC, Indy Pride, Central Alabama Pride, Memphis's, Kroger, Terminix, South Pride, Nike, Ford, Equality, United States Association of Locations: Boston, U.S, Indianapolis, Birmingham, Wells, Tennessee, Memphis, Auburn , Alabama, Plains, Midwest, South, bluer, New York City, Charleston , South Carolina, North Carolina

June 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors, a victory for families that had sued to challenge the law. Moody had last year blocked enforcement of the law in a preliminary order while he considered the case. Arkansas in 2021 became the first U.S. state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The measures have been challenged in court, and have so far been fully or partially blocked in states including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana and Florida. Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: James Moody, Moody, Dylan Brandt, Brandt, Tim Griffin, Griffin, Asa Hutchinson, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Sandra Maler Organizations: District, American Civil Liberties Union, Republican, Thomson Locations: U.S, Arkansas, Little, . Arkansas, Oklahoma , Arkansas , Alabama, Indiana, Florida, New York

☆ 4 professionals share how business travelers can have an authentic cultural experience during a conference trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Mariette Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Four experts told Insider how professionals can balance work and leisure activities during a conference trip. "While attending a women's leadership conference on the west coast, a colleague and I made a beeline to the beach to enjoy a seaside cocktail, and I also scheduled a spa visit in between conference activities in Dubai." "I recently attended a conference in Boston and was enthralled with the old-world beauty of the place," Sharp told Insider. "When I have limited time, I make every effort to carve out time to try great restaurants," said Dr. Sekou. Take advantage of conference perks or connectionsDepending on the type of conference you're attending, you can tap into the conference resources.

Persons: —, Sara Sharp, Hunter Garnett, Sheree Sekou, Sharp, Paul Revere's, Bryan Clayton, Sekou, Garnett Organizations: Service, SK, S, Church, House Locations: Huntsville , Alabama, Dubai, Boston, Massachusetts, Colorado Springs

☆ Amazon reinstates Bessemer, Alabama warehouse worker and union face Jennifer Bates
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —An Amazon worker and union organizer has been given her job back after she appealed her firing by the e-commerce giant earlier this month. Amazon on Thursday confirmed that it had reinstated Jennifer Bates — who became the face of the effort to unionize an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama — following its appeals process. Bates had received notice of her termination from Amazon in early June. Amazon workers at a New York warehouse voted to form the company’s first US union last year, although Amazon has since refused to recognize the union or come to the bargaining table. Other efforts to unionize Amazon facilities, including one across the street from the New York warehouse, have failed.

Persons: Jennifer Bates —, Bates, I’m, ” Bates, Mary Kate Paradis, –, Catherine Thorbecke Organizations: New, New York CNN, Amazon, Wholesale, Department Store Union, CNN, National Labor Relations Board Locations: New York, Bessemer , Alabama, United States

“I’m not a fair-weather friend,” Pate told CNN in a telephone interview Monday evening. The event – planned for Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey — has been billed as the first major fundraising event of his presidential campaign. CNN has previously reported that Trump is expected to make remarks from Bedminster before the fundraiser. He said Tuesday’s fundraiser gathering is likely to be a “small event,” which he attributed the limited pool of big-dollar donors generally. But he said he expected small-dollar donations to Trump’s campaign — and his poll numbers — to surge with the indictment.

Persons: Stan Pate, Donald Trump, “ I’m, ” Pate, ” “ He’s, “, Bedminster , New Jersey —, Trump, Pate, —, ” Organizations: Alabama, Trump, CNN, New Jersey – Locations: Tuscaloosa , Alabama, New Jersey, Miami, Bedminster , New Jersey, Bedminster, New York

The justices turned away an appeal by Bradley Hester of a lower court's ruling that upheld Cullman County, Alabama's cash bail system. Hester was required to remain in jail following a misdemeanor arrest because he could not afford to make a $1,000 bail payment. Hester joined a lawsuit against Cullman County Sheriff Matthew Gentry and other officials in 2017 following his arrest and detention for possessing drug paraphernalia. A federal judge in Alabama in 2018 temporarily blocked Cullman County's bail practices, ruling that Hester was likely to prevail on his claim that the county's "discriminatory bail practices deprive indigent criminal defendants in Cullman County of equal protection of the law." Circuit Court of Appeals panel in 2022 reversed that ruling, prompting Hester's appeal to the Supreme Court.

Persons: Bradley Hester, Hester, Matthew Gentry, Cullman, John Kruzel, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, . Constitution, Circuit, Thomson Locations: ., Cullman County, Alabama

☆ What we talk about when we talk about diversity, and CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Trisha Gopal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This week, CNN CEO Chris Licht was fired after a scathing profile was published in the Atlantic. In the profile, Licht details his own thoughts about how diversity should be defined in the media industry. In Alberta's profile, Licht claimed to be operating under his own idea of "diversity," one that does not include "virtue signaling." "I think 'Defund the police' would've been covered differently if newsrooms were filled with people who had lived in public housing," Licht continued. The diversity Licht did seem to value was geographic diversity, which can be a coded way of saying "not from the liberal coasts."

Persons: Chris Licht, Licht, MAGA, Stephen Gutowski, Trump, Tim Alberta, Jean Carroll, Kevin McCarthy, Rick Scott, Jim Acosta's, Brian Stelter's, Warner, David Zaslav, Franklin Leonard, Washington Post's Perry Bacon Jr, John Miller, Miller, Lehman, Tara Narula, Don Lemon, Reagan, Lisa Ling, Kamau Bell, New York Mondaire Jones, Jones, Kaitlin Collins, Lemon, Poppy Harlow, Collins, Laura Coates Organizations: CNN, NRA, Atlantic, Warner Bros, Discovery, Republicans, Harvard, Insider, NYPD, Stanford, Catholic, LSU, Republican, White House, Daily, White Locations: Alberta, Washington, New York City, Baton Rouge , Louisiana, Birmingham , Alabama, Mobile , Alabama, New York, Alabama, Asia

☆ Voting Rights Act survives at US Supreme Court but more challenges loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Election law expert Ned Foley of Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law called the ruling "a hugely important development for both the Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court more broadly." The decision requires Alabama to draw a second U.S. House of Representatives district where Black voters comprise a majority or close to it. The Voting Rights Act was passed at a time when Southern states including Alabama enforced policies blocking Black people from casting ballots. Nearly six decades later, the Supreme Court continues to hear cases involving Black voters suing over electoral maps they argue diminish their influence. Thursday's ruling centered upon Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a provision aimed at countering measures that result in racial bias in voting even absent racist intent.

Persons: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Ned Foley, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Foley, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Terri Sewell, Marc Elias, Elias, Brennan, Alabama, Deuel Ross, Ross, Gotell Faulks, Faulks, John Kruzel, Moira Warburton, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Conservative, Republican, Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law, Alabama, U.S . House, Representatives, Black House Democrat, Democratic, Black voters, Black, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, American Civil Liberties, Thomson Locations: Alabama, U.S, Black, Louisiana, Constitution's, Montgomery, Jackson, Baton Rouge

☆ The Southern Tornado Alley: Where the deadliest twisters touch down in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Amy O'Kruk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Some climate scientists call it the Southern Tornado Alley (STA): An area above the Gulf of Mexico that stretches from the western borders of Arkansas and Louisiana to eastern Georgia, encapsulating Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee in between. But in the Southern Alley, tornadoes are uniquely dangerous and often much more fatal. “The Southern Alley is where you get the human population to meet up with the storms. “Because when it gets down to it, the minutes matter.”Tornadoes that occur in the Southern Tornado Alley are far less predictable than in the Great Plains Tornado Alley, often making them more deadly. “A lot of times people hear Tornado Alley and they just think Kansas.

Persons: Oz ”, twisters, ”, John Gagan, who’s, Gagan, there’s Organizations: Southern Tornado, Tornados, CNN, National Weather Service, ”, Tornado, Rockies Locations: of Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, encapsulating Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas, Sullivan , Wisconsin, Mississippi

Joran van der Sloot, 35, was extradited to Birmingham, Alabama, from a prison in Peru on Thursday for arraignment in federal court in northern Alabama. The teenager was last seen in Aruba with van der Sloot and another man. Beth Holloway watched as van der Sloot was arraigned in the courtroom, according to local media. During the brief court appearance, van der Sloot wore a T-shirt. Van der Sloot will be returned to Peru upon the trial's conclusion in Alabama.

Persons: Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, Holloway, van der Sloot, Van der Sloot, Beth Holloway, Tyler Clifford, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: CBS News, Thomson Locations: Alabama, Aruba, U.S, Birmingham , Alabama, Peru, Birmingham, New York City

FBI agents flew with van der Sloot on a US Department of Justice plane to an airport in Birmingham, Alabama, where he landed Thursday afternoon. Van der Sloot was seen leaving the Ancón 1 prison in Lima early Thursday, as he was driven away in a black van while in the custody of law enforcement. Peru initially agreed to extradite van der Sloot to the US to face those charges only after he serves his murder sentence. “I want to go to the US,” van der Sloot told Altez in a letter. Holloway was last seen alive with van der Sloot and two other men leaving a nightclub in Aruba 18 years ago.

Persons: Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway, van der Sloot, Holloway’s, Beth Holloway, John Kelly, van, Sloot, –, Van der Sloot, Daniel Maurate, ”, Joran Van Der Sloot, Elizabeth Ann Holloway, Maximo Altez, Altez, ” van der Sloot, Stephany Flores, Holloway, – van der Sloot, Deepak, Satish Kalpoe Organizations: CNN, Alabama, Dutch, FBI, US Department of Justice, Northern District of Alabama, Agents, Peru’s Air Force Base Grupo, ”, CNN en Espanol, Police Locations: United States, Aruba, Birmingham , Alabama, Northern District, Netherlands, Holloway’s, Alabama, Peru, Lima, Lima , Peru, America

☆ Peru extradites Dutch murderer in case of missing Alabama teen
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Joran Van der Sloot, a Dutch national from the Caribbean island of Aruba, has departed for the U.S. from a Peruvian Air Force base. Holloway's remains have never been found, though an Alabama judge declared her legally deceased in 2012, without settling the case. The young student was last seen in Aruba with Van der Sloot and another man. Van der Sloot, 35, is accused of extortion and fraud for offering Holloway's family false information about the whereabouts of the teenager, according to U.S. authorities. Van der Sloot was convicted in 2012 to 28 years in prison in Peru after he confessed to beating, strangling and suffocating a 21-year-old Peruvian business student in 2010.

Persons: Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway, Read, Joran Van der Sloot, Carlos Lopez, Interpol Lima, Van der Sloot, Lopez, Marco Aquino, Lucinda Elliott, Peter Graff, Jonathan Oatis, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Peruvian, Peruvian Air Force, Interpol, Peru's, Ministers, Thomson Locations: Peru, U.S, LIMA, Alabama, Caribbean, Aruba, United States, Dutch, Lima, Birmingham , Alabama, Van

The lower court ordered Alabama to configure a second House district where Black voters could hold a majority or close to it. Conservative states and groups had previously succeeded in prodding the Supreme Court to limit the Voting Rights Act's scope. In the ruling on Thursday, two consolidated cases before the Supreme Court involved challenges brought by Black voters and advocacy groups accusing the state of violating Section 2. Alabama then appealed to the Supreme Court. In a major 2019 ruling, the Supreme Court barred federal judges from curbing the practice, known as partisan gerrymandering.

Persons: Michael A, McCoy, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Roberts, Abha Khanna, Khanna, Joe Biden's, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Selma Fire, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, Supreme, Black, Republican, Supreme Court, . House, Conservative, Republicans, U.S . House, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Selma, Selma , Alabama, U.S, Alabama, Black, Arizona, Constitution's, Washington

☆ Supreme Court orders voting maps redrawn in Alabama to accommodate Black voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Alabama officials to redraw the state’s congressional map to allow an additional Black majority district to account for the fact that the state is 27% Black. The federal court ordered the creation of another majority Black district to be drawn. He said it would be impossible to draw a second majority Black district in the state without taking race into consideration. Instead, she wrote, the state plan “divides the Black voters within this well-established community of interest across several districts, and as a result, Black Alabamians have no chance to elect their preferred candidates outside of” the one Black majority district. “Black voters are significantly numerous and compact to form a majority in a reasonably configured district, as the district court specifically found,” she said.

Persons: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, ” Roberts, Roberts, ”, Terri Sewell, “, ” Sewell, General Merrick Garland, –, Democrats –, Steve Vladeck, ” Vladeck, Sen, John Thune, ” Thune, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Gorsuch, ” Thomas, Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, ” Thomas ’, Edmund LaCour Jr, Alabama’s, LaCour, NAACP –, Abha Khanna, Khanna, ” Khanna, Alabamians, Biden, dilutions, Elizabeth Prelogar Organizations: CNN, Alabama, Republicans, Democratic, “, Central, Supreme, Trump, Democrats, University of Texas School of Law, Representatives, Republican, Judiciary, Black, ”, NAACP Locations: Alabama, United States, Black, Louisiana, Mobile , Montgomery, ”

☆ Taco Bell to test Vegan Crunchwrap with plant-based beef and cheese in 3 cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Taco Bell will sell a vegan version of its popular Crunchwrap, made with plant-based beef and cheese, in three U.S. cities for a limited time, it said Wednesday. Starting Thursday, customers in Los Angeles, New York and Orlando will be able to order the Vegan Crunchwrap. Vegetarians were also among the fans who successfully pushed Taco Bell to bring back its cult-favorite Mexican Pizza. Taco Bell used pea protein and soy to make the vegan beef in the new Crunchwrap. For the vegan blanco sauce and vegan nacho sauce, Taco Bell used soy as the main base.

Persons: Taco Bell, Carne, Liz Matthews, blanco, Taco Organizations: Bell, Yum Brands, Taco Bell, CNBC, Foods Locations: U.S, Los Angeles , New York, Orlando, Ohio, Birmingham , Alabama

☆ A 34-year-old real-estate investor explains his 'recession-proof' investing strategy that helped him achieve financial independence and quit his day job
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

By mid-2022, the cash flow from his two short-term rental units was enough to cover his family's expenses, allowing him to quit his day job. He is passionate about providing affordable housing, having seen first-hand how it can change a family's outcome. Long story short, she finally got her affordable housing unit and she was in tears." He expects his affordable housing unit, which he's currently renovating, to profit $200 a month minimum. "I think it's the perfect diversification strategy," said He, whose long-term goal is to acquire 1,000 affordable housing units.

Persons: Kent, PwC, there's Organizations: Bentley University, PricewaterhouseCoopers Locations: America, San Diego, Scottsdale , Arizona, Covid, Fairfield , Alabama, China, Boston, Chinatown

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