A federal judge set a hearing for Monday morning to hear a challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County, Texas, the largest county in the state.
Federal judge says deadline to ratify ERA ‘expired long ago’ in setback to advocates’ efforts
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A federal district judge on Friday dealt a blow to advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment in ruling that the deadline to ratify the ERA "expired long ago" and three states' recent ratifications of the amendment arr...
‘Dripping in the blood of Jim Crow’: Voting rights groups say GOP-backed bills in Georgia target Black voters
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Atlanta Voting rights groups led bus tours, knocked on 1 million doors and gave out food at community events to achieve an unprecedented Black voter turnout in Georgia. The organizations have been credited with helpi...
At least 6 people hospitalized after a natural gas explosion and fire in Texas
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At least six employees of CenterPoint Energy were transported to local hospitals Friday after what the company described as a "natural gas incident." Company spokesperson Olivia Koch told CNN the incident occurred i...
A judge ruled photos of enslaved individuals belong to Harvard, not their direct descendant
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A woman who says she is the direct descendant of a man and woman pictured in some of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people does not have a property interest in the images, now owned by Harvard University...
NYC judge slams prosecutor’s office behind the wrongful homicide convictions of three men
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Three men were released from prison on Friday after the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in the Queens, New York, District Attorney's Office found that they had been wrongfully convicted of double homicide. George B...
Beto O’Rourke is criss-crossing Texas, igniting Democratic hopes he’ll run for governor
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Beto O'Rourke is on the road again, criss-crossing Texas and broadcasting his stops in small towns live. His efforts have been focused on the crises that have gripped the state: Widespread power outages brought on ...
CNN analysis: Georgia’s proposed weekend voting restrictions would strike at Black voters
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Black Georgians disproportionately cast their ballots on the weekend days that Republican lawmakers want to eliminate as options in future elections, according to a CNN analysis of voting data from last November's g...
One Arizona county has so many vaccine doses, it’s now able to offer them to anyone over 18
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Concerned that there weren't enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the vaccine eligibility requirement to encourage more people to make appointmen...
Biden’s pick for top Pentagon policy job apologizes for past tweets at confirmation hearing
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President Joe Biden's nominee to become the top policy official at the Pentagon, Colin Kahl, apologized to Republican senators for using "sometimes disrespectful" language in tweets criticizing several Trump adminis...
Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants released from custody, a senior Homeland Security official tells CNN. After relaxing st...
Texas power grid CEO is fired following widespread outages during winter storms
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Following widespread power outages during a series of winter storms that left many Texas residents in the dark for days, the head of the organization overseeing the state's power grid has been fired. Bill Magness, ...
What’s behind Texas governor’s ‘Neanderthal thinking’?
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A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. "Neanderthal thinking" was President Joe Biden's unusually direct description of the decision by go...