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A claim made during the June 6 CJP protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar has gone viral after a speaker identifying himself as an IT expert alleged that India's Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) run on ...

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Sydney Sweeney is drawing attention for yet another bizarre scene in “Euphoria.” During Sunday’s episode, Sweeney’s character, Cassie, appeared nude with a yellow python wrapped around her body for a ...

The US Supreme Court sharply limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts in a major ruling that buttresses Republican efforts to keep control ...

The US Supreme Court limited the ability of lawmakers to take the racial make-up of a state into account when drawing voting maps, in a ruling that could reshape politics across the American south. In ...

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Steve Sack did not intend to retire when he left the Star Tribune in 2022 after a 42-year career. “I had no choice, really,” Sack said.