The U.S. redistricting war took a turn Tuesday when a Texas court invalidated that state’s new congressional map, ruling it an illegal racial gerrymander. The mid-decade redistricting trend began in ...

Jeffy Mai is the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. It’s been a whirlwind 16 months for Jake Potashnick, chef and owner of ...

The sudden death of 25-year-old TikTok influencer Ben Bader was caused by heart disease, according to a newly released autopsy that ruled the Miami content creator’s collapse as natural. The Palm ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. After 15 years at the summit of fine dining in New ...

A federal court has blocked Texas from using its new congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, directing the state to revert to its previous districts. The majority opinion said the coalition ...

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The 2026 elections will proceed under the current congressional maps rather than newly drawn Texas congressional districts that sought to give Republicans more congressional power, a federal court ...

A red alert has been issued for some coastal Indian states set to be slammed by powerful Cyclone Ditwah, which has left 123 people dead and at least 130 missing in Sri Lanka. Cyclone Ditwah formed off ...

Medical science has pushed the boundary of survival so far that the moment of death no longer looks like a clean line. Instead, it resembles a gray zone in which cells, organs, and consciousness shut ...

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites. The findings, by researchers at the University of Virginia ...