Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court once seemed poised to rule that partisan redistricting was unconstitutional. Now that seems unlikely — and grass-roots efforts against gerrymanders may be imperiled.
SURFACING: Conjuring Spirits in Florida
In Sarasota, there is a community surrounding a litany of roadside psychics and more than 100 mediums and spiritual guides. Why?
3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
More than 4,000 people were lynched in the United States from 1882 to 1968, according to the three senators who introduced the bill.
Prankster Calls the President, and the White House Puts Him Right Through
A shock jock pretending to be Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, talked to President Trump, who was on Air Force One at the time, about immigration and more.
Gunman’s Rampage Turned Quiet Newsroom Into Chaos
Employees huddled under desks, urgently texting, tweeting and calling 911 as a gunman fired into the Capital Gazette newsroom.
Here Are the Biggest Stories in American Politics This Week
From Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s decision to retire from the Supreme Court to upsets in midterm primaries, it was a busy week in American politics. Here are some of the highlights from the headlines this week.
For Local Newspapers, Angry Readers Are a Given. But Killings Send Shivers.
Many journalists, especially at the local level, have stories of being confronted or harassed by a resident upset by something that was published. Violence is rare.
Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Pick on July 9
The president said that he has narrowed down his Supreme Court candidates to about five people, including two women, calling them “brilliant” and “talented.”
Newspaper Shooting Shows Widening Use of Facial Recognition by Authorities
The use of facial recognition to identify the suspect in the shooting at a community newspaper chain in Maryland revealed how pervasive the technology has become in law enforcement.
Francisco J. Ayala, Famed Biologist, Resigns After Sexual Harassment Inquiry
Administrators at the University of California, Irvine, said they would remove Dr. Ayala’s name from campus buildings and academic posts.
N.S.A. Purges Hundreds of Millions of Call and Text Records
The agency said it had discovered “irregularities” in a system it created under a 2015 law, the USA Freedom Act, to collect data from U.S. telecoms.
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