Must Read-Most redistricting coverage emphasizes partisanship over more important voting rights violations. To his credit, @copycopeland.bsky.social w/ @star-telegram.com offers the most accurate analysis of the mid-decade redistricting unfolding in Tarrant Co. www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...

Are Tarrant’s proposed redistricting maps racial gerrymanders? We asked experts

We showed Tarrant County’s proposed precinct maps to national experts in election laws. Here’s what they said.

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NOW: A hearing in Manhattan federal court over the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The judge opens by saying he's going to make the docket OPEN on Pacer; it's normally sealed for immigration cases like this. Following live for @CourthouseNews 🧵 (📸 @jrussjruss.bsky.social)

There’s only 1 reason to wear sunglasses inside. ❄️❄️❄️

Tomato workers use these 5 gallon buckets to pick tomatoes that when full weigh approximatley 21 pounds. They carry these, 2 buckets at a time to the trailer, dump them and start all over. This is done over and over in their 6 hour day. #WeFeedYou

They claim Johnson & Johnson's baby powder gave them cancer. The company worth over $372B has used an obscure TX law to try and bury their lawsuits by filing for bankruptcy. It's now bringing the tactic to a TX court. My latest for @startelegram.bsky.social www.star-telegram.com/news/state/t...

👀Por si andan en Guadalajara, estaré en la @filguadalajara.bsky.social mañana 3 de diciembre.

Sonia labors 8-9 hours a day, 5 days a week kneeling on the damp earth to harvest the leeks we enjoy in our #Thanksgiving stuffing. #WeFeedYou

When I read of a stadium full of ppl singing their allegiance to El Chapo, I can’t help but think of Ceci, Yadira, Jacqueline, Jorge, José and dozens more I met who are searching for disappeared loved ones, many by the Sinaloa Cartel. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/a...

The World Loves Corridos Tumbados. In Mexico, It’s Complicated.

Inspired by a century-old genre from the Mexican countryside, the latest pop music phenomenon is drawing thousands of young fans — and criticism for its violent references.

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As many as 8,500 people will die in the coming months in areas hit hard by Otis due to diseases from contaminated water and mosquitoes. Disaster medics warn of infectious disease outbreaks in Hurricane Otis aftermath @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/disaster-med...

Disaster medics warn of infectious disease outbreaks in Hurricane Otis aftermath

Aid groups are doing what they can to mitigate a second wave of deaths due to public health threats, but they lack the most important resource for accomplishing that: government cooperation.

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Mexico received a heartening bill of financial health Friday, as inflation continued to drop and economic activity grew for the fourth month in a row. @copycopeland.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/slowing-infl...

Slowing inflation and growing economy good news for Mexico’s financial health

Food prices remain high, but are on the way down, with inflation there at the lowest annual rate in nearly two years.

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A group of Oaxacan men incarcerated for nearly nine years on what they say are fabricated murder charges will finally get their day in court next week, their friends and family announced Tuesday. @copycopeland.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/oaxacan-poli...

Oaxacan political prisoners granted mandatory pretrial detention hearing

A recent ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights should compel the judge to order the prisoners’ release, supporters said.

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Mexican presidential hopeful Marcelo Ebrard challenged a Morena poll that gave Claudia Sheinbaum the party's candidacy for president next year. He stated his intention to break with the party if it does not rule in his favor. @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ebrard-annou...

Ebrard announces possible split with Mexico’s ruling Morena party

The former foreign secretary claimed that the party’s internal polling process was riddled with irregularities that favored the president’s preferred candidate.

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Members of the media and other approved parties will be able to review security footage captured during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Congress’ administrative panel announced Friday. @benjaminweiss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/congress-to-...

Congress to grant limited access to Jan. 6 security footage, House GOP says

The House Administration Committee set ground rules for reviewing CCTV footage of the 2021 insurrection months after media outlets demanded access to the tapes.

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Today on Texas Standard: Bears are returning to Texas, whether we’re ready or not

Hunters and ranchers effectively eradicated bears from the state by about 1950. In recent years, though, black bears have started to re-colonize parts of West Texas. Will Texans co-exist with them ��...

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On Thursday, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all 13 criminal charges against him related to interference in the 2020 Georgia election and waived his right to an in-person arraignment. www.courthousenews.com/trump-pleads...

Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia 2020 election interference case

The former president waived his right to an in-person arraignment and will not be returning to Atlanta next week.

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Mexico's feminist movement is fractured and plagued with infighting, while its human rights agency appears to have been hacked by an executive branch determined to control info no matter the cost. The cost: human lives. @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/legal-battle...

Politics take toll on Mexico’s human rights agency and feminist movement

Two feminist activists say that the federal investigation against them is the government’s way of making a political example of them and the movement fighting against violence towards women.

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"We know that a disaffected assailant’s aim can be affected if the heat makes them too woozy, and that’s not a risk we’re willing to take."

Texas Cancels School Over Concerns Extreme Heat Not Safe Environment For Shootings

PLANO, TX—Citing faulty HVAC systems and temperatures over 100 degrees, Plano Independent School District in North Texas canceled classes Friday over concerns that the extreme heat made its campuse...

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Mexico's feminist movement is fractured and plagued with infighting, while its human rights agency appears to have been hacked by an executive branch determined to control info no matter the cost. The cost: human lives. @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/legal-battle...

Politics take toll on Mexico’s human rights agency and feminist movement

Two feminist activists say that the federal investigation against them is the government’s way of making a political example of them and the movement fighting against violence towards women.

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Former President Donald Trump turned himself in for booking at the Fulton County Jail Thursday evening for his charges in the Georgia 2020 election interference case. www.courthousenews.com/trump-to-sur...

Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail in election interference RICO case

Thursday marked the former president's fourth arraignment since April, when he became the first former U.S. president in history to face indictment.

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Mexico’s fiscal attorney general on Tuesday accused judges of costing the government billions of pesos in taxes by drawing out trials and delaying judgments. @copycopeland.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/mexico-fisca...

Mexico fiscal attorney general calls out costly delays in judicial branch

The delays in prosecuting fraud cases has cost Mexico billions of tax dollars, but the accusations also come amid the executive branch’s ongoing feud with the judiciary.

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