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The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

Drawing lines: A look at the methods, precedents, and history of redistricting

Welcome to the Friday, May 15, 2026, Brew.

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Pregnant Alabama woman claims jail staff ignored her for 24 hours as she went into labor on prison floor

Even some of the prison staff thought the entire incident was "barbaric."

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US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power

Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court ruling

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Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched

Tiffany McElroy says inmates assisted in delivering her baby in May 2024 after jail staff left her to fend for herself

The Guardian - US

Alabama governor sets Aug. 11 primary elections for 4 House seats

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday called for special primary elections for a handful of House districts in Alabama, essentially voiding the contests for those seats scheduled for next week. The Yellowhammer State is hosting primary elections next Tuesday, including for an open Senate seat. But after the Supreme Court…

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A U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him Twice. He Just Got Arrested a Third Time.

Leo Garcia Venegas and the Institute for Justice are suing to block immigration raids on private construction sites that target Latinos.

Reason

First Thing: Democrats express ‘grave concerns’ over secretive ICE deportation flights

Letter follows a Guardian investigation into irregular ways the Trump administration was transporting detainees. Plus, top World Cup tickets to retail at almost $33,000

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Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Alabama can use electoral map that favors Republicans, supreme court rules

Conservative justices vacated a lower court’s order that had blocked the map citing racial discrimination

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court moves Alabama closer to new congressional map

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a lower court ruling that found Alabama’s congressional map illegally and unconstitutionally discriminated against Black voters, potentially paving the way for the state to adopt a map with one less district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the result. The unexplained,…

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‘Thank god’: Alabama woman fell asleep in her parked car for 20 minutes. A passing headlight woke her just in time to avoid death

Divine intervention.

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Alabama Homeowners Face Higher Humidity-Related Repairs As Mold Can Begin Forming Within 48 Hours

Alabama summers do not play around, and homeowners know the drill the second they step outside into air that feels thick enough to swim through. That heavy humidity does more than ruin a good hair day because it quietly attacks drywall, flooring, insulation, and even structural wood inside homes across…

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Tennessee governor met with protests after signing GOP-backed House redistricting into law

Tennessee is the first state to enact new congressional districts since a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling significantly weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities

The Independent UK

Amy Eskridge's Alleged Voice Call Recording Details Kidnapping Attempt in 2021 as Doubts on her Death Deepen

Amy Eskridge, a scientist known for anti-gravity research, was found dead in Alabama. Her death, initially ruled a suicide, is under scrutiny due to alleged threats and a kidnapping attempt.

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Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case

Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center are set to appear in federal court in Alabama

Fortune

Here are the best hiring hotspots for recent graduates—and cities in the Midwest and South are even outpacing career hubs like New York City

Metropolitan areas in Alabama, Tennessee, and Ohio are competing with New York and San Francisco as the top hubs for new grads—and Gen Zers are flocking to the smaller cities.

The Independent UK

Takeaways from investigation showing Georgia officials knew carpet mills polluted local water

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region’s main source of drinking water

The Independent UK

Officials knew carpet mill chemicals were polluting the region’s drinking water; they didn’t tell residents

Testing by the University of Georgia in 2008 alerted the industry and state that the local Conasauga River, which supplies the region’s drinking water, was polluted with ‘staggeringly high’ levels of PFAS

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Alabama, Tennessee governors call for special sessions on redistricting

More states on Friday began planning special sessions next week to revisit their congressional maps as they consider the fallout from a Supreme Court ruling this week limiting the Voting Rights Act. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joined Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey in announcing a special session as states race to…

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Alabama Alert: New SNAP Work Rules Could Affect 10–12% of Adults Over 55

If you rely on food assistance—or expect to in the next few years—there’s a major change you can’t afford to ignore. The Alabama SNAP work...

The Conversation

Supreme Court bolsters donors’ free speech rights in unanimous crisis pregnancy center ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a chain of crisis pregnancy centers based in New Jersey to challenge a subpoena from New Jersey’s attorney general.

Sports Illustrated

Alabama’s Nate Oats Discusses Next Season’s Roster, And Whether or Not Aden Holloway Will Be Part of It

Holloway missed the NCAA tournament after his arrest for felony marijuana possession.

The Guardian - US

Black lawmakers face losing their seats after supreme court decision: ‘We’re going backwards’

Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures are at risk of losing their seats in Alabama’s Black congressional districts after ruling

The Independent UK

Man charged in murder of an Alabama mother, pregnant teen and 12-year-old boy – all found bound with zip-ties

Lisa Fields and her children Keziah Luker and Thomas Cordelle Jr. were found dead in their home on April 20

The Conversation

Reading gains in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are often touted, but don’t show full picture of literacy

Despite decades of legislation meant to boost children’s reading levels, literacy scores have remained relatively stagnant across the U.S. over the past 30 years.

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