WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections, creating an opening fo...

Representative Steve Cohen, a Democrat who has represented Memphis since 2007, leaving the field possibly to his young rival, Justin J. Pearson, after Republicans redistrict his seat.

Instead of practically all of Memphis being in the Ninth District, the city is now divided into three districts, all of which stretch for some 200 miles into rural areas and suburban Nashville countie...