Researchers have described how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus genetically adapts to humans, including mutations that allow some strains to evade the immune system and become resistant to ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...

Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. The redrawn map sparked a nationwide redistricting ...

A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats. Donald Trump’s White House ballroom targeted in ...

After a federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a redrawn U.S. House map that touched off a nationwide redistricting battle, some experts say California's voter-approved Proposition 50 is ...

In August, Matthew Klein, an analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, broke down the proposed Texas and California redistricting maps for the 2026 midterm elections. Illustration: Ryan Trefes ...

Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a blow to ...

A federal court has blocked Texas from using its new congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, writing for the majority, ordered Texas to use the maps ...

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional seats in the 2026 midterm elections, ruling 2 ...

Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a blow to ...

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A federal court blocked Texas from using its redrawn congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, ordering the map used for the 2022 and 2024 elections to be used next November. The 2-1 ruling of ...