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Alabama Republicans this week rejected calls to draw a second majority-black congressional district, instead creating maps that Democrats and advocates say completely ignore a recent US Supreme Court ruling.A federal court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map last year to include two districts where black voters make up voting-age majorities, "or something close to that." The Supreme Court upheld the ruling this year, prompting the Legislature to call a special session to redraw the map this week.But on Friday, the Republican-controlled Legislature is set to pass a map with just one majority black seat. They are currently considering…

at least 41 people were injured by an explosionapparently occurred in underground gas pipelines in the center of the city of Johannesburg in northern South Africa, local authorities confirmed."The situation is completely under control, by our security forces and our emergency agencies," the head of the Government of Gauteng province (where that city is located), Panyaza Lesufi, told local media. Despite stressing that "the situation is bad", Lesufi assured that no deaths have been recorded, for now. The causes of the accident are still under investigation.Along the same lines, Russel Meiring, spokesman for the South African private ambulance service ER24,…

Seven leading artificial intelligence companies have agreed to a handful of industry best practices, a first step toward more meaningful regulation, the White House announced Thursday.The companies (Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI) agreed to principles that include security, transparency with the public, and internal testing of their products before introducing them to the public.In a call with reporters Wednesday night ahead of the announcement, a White House official, who asked not to be named as part of the terms of the call, said President Joe Biden will eventually sign an executive order that will more strictly regulate…

The average wrestling fan fondly remembers the time when WWE went head-to-head with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) every Monday night, as one show featured The Rock, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and The Undertaker, while the other show featured the New World Order, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, and Sting.An upstart promotion added a new facet to Monday Night Wars and prompted the professional wrestling industry to embrace a more extreme style to further captivate its audience.Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was the name that changed the game.When most fans look back on ECW, the most recognizable names that emerge are Paul Heyman, Rob…