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The move carves up the state's only black-only majority district in Memphis into three districts, ultimately moving more Democratic voters into rural Republican districts.

Memphis resident Steve Fowler says the new congressional lines means he and longtime neighbors who live across the street from each other will now be represented by different members of Congress.

The redistricting plan comes just days after the Supreme Court, by a 6-3 vote, struck down a key section of the landmark Voting Rights Act, which required maps to be drawn not to discriminate against racial minorities.

Israel continues carrying out the attacks aimed at Hezbollah targets despite a ceasefire.

The strikes have killed a number of civilians.

NPR's Jane Araf reports the State Department says representatives from Israel and Lebanon will meet in Washington next week,

for two days of talks focused on ending the war there.

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Scientists and lawmakers are pushing for stricter animal welfare regulations, this following the deaths of dozens of sloths imported for a sloth world attraction previously planned in Orlando.

The attraction has been canceled, but many are hoping for the owners to face criminal charges.

Molly Durig with Central Florida Public Media in Orlando reports.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Bobby Cox, the longtime manager of the Atlanta Braves, died Saturday.

Cox was 84.

During his long career in Major League Baseball, Cox played briefly for the New York Yankees

and also managed the Toronto Blue Jays, but his best success came during a 25-year run as Atlanta's manager.

He won the 1995 World Series, captured five National League titles, and took the Braves to 14 consecutive division titles from 1991 to 2005.

He was also named Major League Baseball's Manager of the Year four times.

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