States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.

For Alabama residents, King Neptune’s represents a point of culinary pride – evidence that some of the nation’s finest ...

King Neptune’s Seafood Restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama, is precisely that kind of place – a testament to the fact that when you focus on what truly matters (the food!), everything else falls into ...

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

With the federal law eroded by court decisions, about a half-dozen states want to enshrine protections for non-white voters. But it’s a tough sell even in Democratic states.

The National Weather Service's (NWS) Storm Prediction Center has categorized the storm threat as "slight" (level 2 out of 5) for a 69,416-square-mile area, which extends from east Texas to the ...

The justices will decide whether race or politics was the main factor as Louisiana lawmakers redrew districts for Congress.

Severe weather threatens the mid-Mississippi Valley and Southeast this weekend, with possible hail, and isolated tornadoes. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Nowheresville, Pennsylvania” burst onto the map thanks in large part to a joke. Many thought that Saint Francis making the ...

New Indiana Hoosiers coach Darian DeVries hit all the right notes Wednesday. At his introductory news conference, DeVries ...

The National Weather Service has confirmed several EF4-strength tornadoes in outbreaks of severe weather this month, the most ...

On Monday, 8 million people were under winter storm watches and warnings, although the storms' impacts were less severe than ...