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Alabama's new, court-picked map adds a second congressional district where Black voters' preferred candidate is projected to win a majority of the time.

Donors to the popular outdoor attraction outside of Funks Grove say they feel blindsided by recent changes. The nonprofit's board president says the decision was the only way to avoid shutting the center down altogether.

Mike DeWine said investigators discovered "commercial" marijuana-growing operations at some of the murder sites. Eight members of the same family were found dead at four homes in Pike County, Ohio.

Experts who study the psychological impact of mass shootings say panicked reactions after such events is expected, but tends to dissipate over time.

The Environmental Protection Agency tells officials in 31 states that new air-pollution controls are needed to control smog in counties containing more than 150 million people. The EPA, acting under court order, said 474 counties have air that fails federal standards or contributes to pollution in a neighboring area. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.

Florida's Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Gore campaign to force Miami-Dade county to recount votes from the November 7th election. Noah talks NPR's Wade Goodwyn about that new development, about the ongoing recount in two other Florida counties, and how things might shape up for the Sunday deadline set by the state's high court for the final vote tally to be made.

Miami public schools are experiencing significant growth as a historic number of students from other countries have moved into the district. Schools that were under capacity are now filling up.

A California parole board on Thursday will begin two days of hearings to determine whether Erik and Lyle Menendez, who killed their parents 36 years ago, should be set free.

A clerk in Yolo County, Ca., didn't want to wait until Tuesday morning to conduct gay marriage ceremonies. So the straight Christian clerk started them at 5:01 p.m. Monday — the earliest possible time she could. She married 11 couples.

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases that have inundated ICUs, the Southern California county is also asking ambulance crews to conserve bottled oxygen.