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Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Republican-held congressional district in New York

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By John Fritze, CNN

(CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Monday approved an emergency appeal from a Republican congresswoman in New York who asked the justices to block a state court ruling that ordered her Staten Island-based district to be redrawn ahead of the midterm election.

The high court’s three liberal justices dissented from the decision.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and state GOP election officials had urged the Supreme Court to allow New York’s current map to be used, an outcome that would have benefited Republicans in the midterm amid a flurry of mid-decade redistricting in other parts of the country.

Malliotakis argued that the state court decision requiring her district to be redrawn had “thrown New York’s elections into chaos” and said the new district would amount to a racial gerrymander.

The case deals with a different legal dispute than the one at issue in President Donald Trump’s effort to eke an advantage out of the maps by redrawing the congressional district lines in Texas and other states. However, Democrats would likely benefit from the redrawing of Malliotakis’ district in a midterm in which that party is angling to recapture control of the House.

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Santa Maria Police arrest Clayton Peavey for attempted murder

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police arrested Clayton Peavey, a 31-year-old man from Santa Maria, for attempted murder at a Chick-fil-A on Betteravia, just before noon Monday.

SMPD officers investigated the case and found out about a female employee outside the restaurant, whom Peavey struck in the back of the head with a large brick.

The assault knocked the victim to the ground before Peavey fled. Paramedics later took the victim to the hospital for treatment and evaluation, according to the SMPD.

SMPD officers later found Peavey in nearby agricultural fields and took him into custody without incident for attempted murder.

Witnesses of the incident are urged to contact the SMPD.

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America’s founding documents fly out of nation’s capitol for first time on the freedom plane

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A stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence traveling on the Freedom Plane.

By Alexandra Skores, CNN

Washington, DC (CNN) — For the first time in United States history, several of the country’s founding documents will travel the skies to visit multiple cities on their own jet in honor of the nation’s founding.

“This initiative is all about bringing our history to life, capturing the national mood of celebration, and sending America’s big birthday party from the nation’s capital to the very heart of America,” said Monica Crowley, chief of protocol of the US.

The Freedom Plane took off Monday from a cold and windy Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for its first stop in Kansas City, Missouri. The documents will travel to eight cities through August.

Among the documents: an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence; George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr’s Oaths of Allegiance and the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution.

“Safety and security of the documents has been paramount from the point when this tour was first conceived,” said Jim Byron, with the National Archives while standing in front of the plane. “They stay typically in secured vaults in the National Archives, and they don’t they don’t come out very often.”

The Freedom Plane is a Boeing 737-7BC aircraft, manufactured in the year 2000 and owned by Boeing, which is partnering with the National Archives for the tour.

“This feels different this morning walking up to the airplane,” Boeing pilot Joe Seymour said before he took off in the plane. “You think about the names that are on these documents, the signatures, George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin. These are the founding fathers of the United States and so there’s a great pride that comes with that.”

The plane is a modernized homage to the Freedom Train of 1976, which took founding documents on tour around the country for the bicentennial.

“We know that not everybody’s going to be able to come and see (the documents) in Washington DC,” Byron said. “So to be able to take those right up to people’s cities and towns and communities is a once in a generation opportunity.”

The 737 family of airplanes has carried more than 30 million passengers over the last 60 years, according to the manufacturer, but never has carried documents like these.

Freedom Tour city visits below.

  • Kansas City, MO: National WWI Museum and Memorial: Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 22
  • Atlanta, GA: Atlanta History Center: Friday, March 27 – Sunday, April 12
  • Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California Fisher Museum of Art: Friday, April 17 – Sunday, May 3
  • Houston, TX: Houston Museum of Natural Science: Friday, May 8 – Monday, May 25
  • Denver, CO: History Colorado Center: Thursday, May 28 – Sunday, June 14
  • Miami, FL: HistoryMiami Museum: Saturday, June 20 – Sunday, July 5
  • Dearborn, MI: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation: Thursday, July 9 – Sunday, July 26
  • Seattle, WA: Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI): Thursday, July 30 – Sunday, August 16

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Quiénes son las víctimas del tiroteo de Austin que podría haber sido motivado por los ataques a Irán

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Por Amanda Musa, Hanna Park, Holly Yan y Ed Lavandera

La madrugada del domingo tomó un giro violento en el corazón de Austin, Texas. Una ráfaga de disparos resonó en la popular Sixth Street justo cuando los locales nocturnos cerraban sus puertas, sembrando el pánico en el conocido distrito de entretenimiento.

Un hombre en una SUV grande bajó la ventana y abrió fuego contra los clientes de los bares, dijo la policía de Austin. Continuó su ataque conduciendo por la calle, saliendo del vehículo y “disparando a las personas que pasaban”, dijeron las autoridades.

Al final del ataque, dos personas murieron y otras 14 resultaron heridas. El sospechoso también murió, dijo la policía. Los dos fallecidos fueron Ryder Harrington, estudiante de Texas Tech, y Savitha Shan, de 21 años, informó la jefa de policía de Austin, Lisa Davis, en una conferencia de prensa el lunes. La familia de Harrington señaló que él tenía 19 años. (Inicialmente, la policía proporcionó edades diferentes).

Se espera que uno de los pacientes sea desconectado del soporte vital el lunes y otros dos pacientes estaban en estado crítico, dijo Davis al ser consultada sobre los hospitalizados. Cuando se le pidió que aclarara el comentario de la jefa sobre el soporte vital, un funcionario dijo que investigaría el asunto.

Aunque aún no se ha confirmado el motivo de la mortal agresión, las autoridades investigan si el sospechoso se inspiró en los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes contra Irán de este fin de semana, dijeron varias fuentes policiales informadas sobre el caso.

Los investigadores también están revisando los antecedentes penales del hombre y sus registros de salud mental, indicaron las fuentes.

Esto es lo que sabemos:

La policía de Austin identificó al sospechoso como Ndiaga Diagne, de 53 años, en una publicación en X durante la noche del domingo.

El sospechoso vestía una camiseta con el diseño de la bandera iraní debajo de una sudadera con capucha que tenía impreso “Property of Allah” (Propiedad de Allah), dijo un funcionario policial a CNN.

Los investigadores están buscando conexiones y entrevistando testigos, dijo Alex Doran, agente especial interino a cargo de la división del FBI en San Antonio, en una conferencia de prensa el lunes. Los agentes también están revisando “miles de horas de video”, según Doran.

La investigación también implica revisar una gran cantidad de pruebas tanto digitales como físicas, por lo que “no queremos especular ni hacer conjeturas en esta etapa de la investigación sobre cuál fue finalmente ese motivo”, dijo.

Gran cantidad de agentes del orden llegaron el domingo a una vivienda vinculada al sospechoso en Pflugerville, un suburbio de Austin, informó la filial de CNN KEYE.

Los investigadores sacaron cajas de la casa y examinaron un auto en la entrada, reportó KEYE.

Las autoridades que buscaron en la casa probablemente investigaban computadoras y teléfonos para determinar si el sospechoso había leído propaganda o dejado escritos que indicaran lo que planeaba hacer, dijo un funcionario a CNN.

El lunes, los investigadores trataban de identificar un motivo, y la policía de Austin dependerá de sus socios federales para investigar si, por ejemplo, su vestimenta ayudó a identificarlo, dijo Davis el lunes.

“Además de que esta fue una escena enorme y compleja, estamos llamando a esos socios federales para que lo revisen también”, dijo Davis. “Esos son los motivos, todas esas cosas, de eso se trata

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