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Commentary: Too many congressional races are over before they start. Here's a remedy
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (967+ words) Imagine if Sunday’s World Cup final were played under rules that blatantly favored one side over the other. Let’s say Argentina was spotted four goals against Spain. Spain could, conceivably, overcome that 4-0 deficit. But it would be awfully hard and…...
Family of Mississippi teen who died after July 4 trip calls for transparency, deeper investigation
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (547+ words) NEW YORK — The family of a Mississippi 18-year-old who was found dead after a July 4 boat trip with friends to an island off the Gulf Coast is expected to call for greater transparency at a news conference Friday with the…...
Police shooting of 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents
3+ week, 6+ day ago (871+ words) JACKSON, Miss. — The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police who were responding to a shoplifting call this week has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the small town of Senatobia, Miss. “We are treating items on…...
B-52 bomber crashes at Edwards Air Force Base in California
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (193+ words) A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber plane crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California Monday morning, leaving behind a major plume of smoke that could be seen across L.A. County’s high desert. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was injured or killed…...
Edison grads celebrate end of high school careers with lively rendition of 'Freebird"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (163+ words) It’s a song that calls for a rocking guitar crescendo, and Mavrick Shum, Everett Wilson, Owen Wiggins and Charles Marvin understood the assignment. The Edison High Music Industry Senior Band “HLBC” celebrated with classmates Thursday at Cap Sheue Field, as…...
California's slow vote count faces changes as Supreme Court decision on late ballots looms
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1312+ words) California’s slow vote counting process — still underway and causing friction after last week’s primary — may be forced to change before November’s midterm elections, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether mail ballots must be received by…...
Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (376+ words) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was…...
How SoCal Law Schools Use Technology to Prepare Future Lawyers
2+ mon, 10+ hour ago (127+ words) Discover how SoCal law schools (USC Gould, Loyola) integrate AI, new tech programs, and hybrid learning to prepare students for the evolving legal profession....
Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation
2+ mon, 17+ hour ago (1020+ words) That’s the mantra of a multiracial group of civil rights leaders and activists organizing opposition to a mostly white conservative alliance dismantling the Voting Rights Act and political districts that allowed Black and other nonwhite voters to choose more of…...
Letters to the Editor: The racism the Voting Rights Act was created to address hasn’t disappeared
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (388+ words) To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg gives credit on a surface level to both the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which he opines “can pull in opposite directions,” thereby implying that they are…...